ON THE CALCULATION OF THE GENERALIZED Q-FUNCTION VIA PARLS METHOD Academic Article

abstract

• Parl has previously given error bounds suitable for calculating Marcum's Q-function. However, it is shown that additional terms in the error bound are necessary for accurate calculations of the generalized Q-function Qm(, ). The values of m, , and that result in successful algorithm completion are examined. Numerical results are presented for calculations of the noncentral chi-square distribution and the probability of detection for a classical multiobservation detection problem. Copyright 1986 by The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.

authors

• Cantrell, Pierce

published proceedings

• IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INFORMATION THEORY

author list (cited authors)

• CANTRELL, P. E.

citation count

• 16

complete list of authors

• CANTRELL, PE

publication date

• January 1986

publisher

• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)  Publisher

published in

• IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INFORMATION THEORY  Journal

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1109/TIT.1986.1057247
• 10.1109/tit.1986.1057247

start page

• 817

end page

• 824

volume

• 32

issue

• 6