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Detection of correlated components in multivariate Gaussian models

  • School of Electronics and Information Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology
  • University of Iowa
  • Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Abstract

In this paper, the problem of detecting correlated components in a p-dimensional Gaussian vector is considered. In the setup considered, s unknown components are correlated with a known covariance structure. Hence, there are equation possible hypotheses for the unknown set of correlated components. Instead of taking a full-vector observation at each time index, in this paper we assume that the observer is capable of observing any subset of components in the vector. With this flexibility in taking observations, the observer is interested in finding the optimal sampling strategy to maximize the error exponent (per sample) of the multi-hypothesis testing problem. We show that, when the correlation of these s components is weak, it is optimal for the observer to take full-vector observations; when the correlation is strong, the strategy of taking full-vector observation is not optimal anymore, and the optimal sampling strategy increases the detection error exponent by 25% at least, compared with the full-vector observation strategy.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationITW 2015 - 2015 IEEE Information Theory Workshop
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages224-228
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9781467378529
DOIs
StatePublished - 17 Dec 2015
Externally publishedYes
EventIEEE Information Theory Workshop, ITW 2015 - Jeju Island, Korea, Republic of
Duration: 11 Oct 201515 Oct 2015

Publication series

NameITW 2015 - 2015 IEEE Information Theory Workshop

Conference

ConferenceIEEE Information Theory Workshop, ITW 2015
Country/TerritoryKorea, Republic of
CityJeju Island
Period11/10/1515/10/15

Keywords

  • detection of correlation
  • error exponent
  • optimal sampling strategy
  • spiked signal model

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