I don't know how I missed this awesome book until now. If I had read it years ago I think it would have saved me lot of pain learning some concepts. Statistical Spectral Analysis: A Non-Probabilistic Theory http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0138445729
Book: Statistical Spectral Analysis: A Non-Probabilistic Theory
Started by ●January 31, 2015
Reply by ●January 31, 20152015-01-31
On Saturday, January 31, 2015 at 2:11:36 PM UTC-6, Mac Decman wrote:> I don't know how I missed this awesome book until now. If I had read > it years ago I think it would have saved me lot of pain learning some > concepts.I took the course from Bill Gardner himself, at UCDavis back in 1986. I recall that it was still a tough course, despite the elimination of the statistical aspect. We used a manuscript of the book for the course, but I thought highly enough of it that I bought the hardcover when it was published a few years later.
Reply by ●January 31, 20152015-01-31
On Sat, 31 Jan 2015 11:59:05 -0800, Mac Decman <dearman.mark@gmail.com> wrote:>I don't know how I missed this awesome book until now. If I had read >it years ago I think it would have saved me lot of pain learning some >concepts. > >Statistical Spectral Analysis: A Non-Probabilistic Theory >http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0138445729Hi Mac, It looks like that book may be "Out of Print." Also, I noticed there are no "Customer Reviews" on Amazon for that book. Wonder why that is so? [-Rick-]
Reply by ●January 31, 20152015-01-31
On Sat, 31 Jan 2015 18:16:40 -0800, Rick Lyons <R.Lyons@_BOGUS_ieee.org> wrote:>On Sat, 31 Jan 2015 11:59:05 -0800, Mac Decman ><dearman.mark@gmail.com> wrote: > >>I don't know how I missed this awesome book until now. If I had read >>it years ago I think it would have saved me lot of pain learning some >>concepts. >> >>Statistical Spectral Analysis: A Non-Probabilistic Theory >>http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0138445729 > >Hi Mac, > It looks like that book may be "Out of Print." > >Also, I noticed there are no "Customer Reviews" >on Amazon for that book. Wonder why that is so? > >[-Rick-]Rick, Yeah it is out of print, I'm not sure why that is. There is an illigal PDF copy on Google, if one wants to check it out. The author is still cited in research. I had run across it in another paper I was reading. P.Schreier and L. Scharf, "Stochastic Time-Frequency Analysis Using the Analytic Signal: Why the Complementary Distribution Matters," IEEE Signal Processing. 2003 Where the authors noted, "So far, few researchers have paid attention to the possibly improper nature of analytic signals in time-frequency analysis. A notable exception besides the already-cited papers includes the treatment of cyclostationary signals in [8] and [9]." Where [8] was this book and [9] was another paper authored by Gardner. [9] C. M. Spooner and W. A. Gardner, �The cumulant theory of cyclostationary time-series, Part I: Foundation and Part II: Development and applications,� IEEE Trans. Signal Processing, vol. 42, pp. 3387�3429, Dec. 1994. Anyway, I'm not sure if he has passed away? Mark
Reply by ●February 1, 20152015-02-01
On Sat, 31 Jan 2015 17:40:22 -0800 (PST), Greg Berchin <gjberchin@charter.net> wrote:>On Saturday, January 31, 2015 at 2:11:36 PM UTC-6, Mac Decman wrote: > >> I don't know how I missed this awesome book until now. If I had read >> it years ago I think it would have saved me lot of pain learning some >> concepts. > >I took the course from Bill Gardner himself, at UCDavis back in 1986. I recall that it was still a tough course, despite the elimination of the statistical aspect. We used a manuscript of the book for the course, but I thought highly enough of it that I bought the hardcover when it was published a few years later.I have always wondered what it would be like to be in a class with some of these great authors. When I think back about some of the best lecturers they were never these big name researchers, some of the worst were highly respected in their field. I had a couple of classes taught by the owner of Digilent, Inc. which were great and I still think about. Also the classes taught by the lab techs were always great. But, I'm still envious; I just really like his style. Mark
Reply by ●February 1, 20152015-02-01
On Sat, 31 Jan 2015 21:38:06 -0800, Mac Decman <dearman.mark@gmail.com> wrote:>On Sat, 31 Jan 2015 17:40:22 -0800 (PST), Greg Berchin ><gjberchin@charter.net> wrote: > >>On Saturday, January 31, 2015 at 2:11:36 PM UTC-6, Mac Decman wrote: >> >>> I don't know how I missed this awesome book until now. If I had read >>> it years ago I think it would have saved me lot of pain learning some >>> concepts. >> >>I took the course from Bill Gardner himself, at UCDavis back in 1986. I recall that it was still a tough course, despite the elimination of the statistical aspect. We used a manuscript of the book for the course, but I thought highly enough of it that I bought the hardcover when it was published a few years later. > >I have always wondered what it would be like to be in a class with >some of these great authors. When I think back about some of the best >lecturers they were never these big name researchers, some of the >worst were highly respected in their field. I had a couple of classes >taught by the owner of Digilent, Inc. which were great and I still >think about. Also the classes taught by the lab techs were always >great. But, I'm still envious; I just really like his style.I had a Fourier Optics class by Emmett Leith of holography fame... brilliant mind, horrible instructor. He'd assign a homework problem that we'd all struggle over befor throwing in the towel. Next day, he'd tell us how to solve it using a handy rule of thumb or some other "insider" trick! It seemed that, like all too many professors, he devoted himself to his work, not to teaching. On the other hand, I had the honor of knowing Herb Wagner, a "big name" botanist and probably the world's expert on ferns at the time. (Also an expert on butterflies and geology!) He was an absolutely amazing instructor, who really put a lot of energy into his teaching. His enthusiasm was totally infectious! Best regards, Bob Masta DAQARTA v7.60 Data AcQuisition And Real-Time Analysis www.daqarta.com Scope, Spectrum, Spectrogram, Sound Level Meter Frequency Counter, Pitch Track, Pitch-to-MIDI FREE Signal Generator, DaqMusiq generator Science with your sound card!
Reply by ●February 1, 20152015-02-01
On Sat, 31 Jan 2015 19:59:43 -0800, Mac Decman <dearman.mark@gmail.com> wrote:>Anyway, >I'm not sure if he has passed away?http://faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu/gardner/
Reply by ●February 1, 20152015-02-01
On Sun, 01 Feb 2015 12:01:56 -0600, Greg Berchin <gjberchin@chatter.net.invalid> wrote:>On Sat, 31 Jan 2015 19:59:43 -0800, Mac Decman <dearman.mark@gmail.com> wrote: > >>Anyway, >>I'm not sure if he has passed away? > >http://faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu/gardner/Thanks Greg, I spent a few minutes searching but came up empty. Mark
Reply by ●February 3, 20152015-02-03
On 1/31/2015 9:59 PM, Mac Decman wrote: <snip>> > Yeah it is out of print, I'm not sure why that is. There is an > illigal PDF copy on Google, if one wants to check it out. The author > is still cited in research. I had run across it in another paper I > was reading.Looks like it is available from the author / institution? http://faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu/gardner/wp-content/uploads/sites/146/2013/02/Statistical_Spectral_Analysis_A_Nonprobabilistic_Theory.pdf Regards, Chris
Reply by ●February 3, 20152015-02-03
On Tue, 03 Feb 2015 13:11:24 -0600, Christopher Felton <nospam@nowhere.com> wrote:>On 1/31/2015 9:59 PM, Mac Decman wrote: ><snip> >> >> Yeah it is out of print, I'm not sure why that is. There is an >> illigal PDF copy on Google, if one wants to check it out. The author >> is still cited in research. I had run across it in another paper I >> was reading. > >Looks like it is available from the author / institution? > >http://faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu/gardner/wp-content/uploads/sites/146/2013/02/Statistical_Spectral_Analysis_A_Nonprobabilistic_Theory.pdf > >Regards, >ChrisHah, since I posted this here, all the cheap copies have been purchased from Amazon. Mark
