MHB What is the LMS Estimate of Theta for a Joint PDF on a Triangular Set?

  • Thread starter Thread starter Sitingbull
  • Start date Start date
  • Tags Tags
    Mean Square
Sitingbull
Messages
2
Reaction score
0
I have the following question and I am struggling to find the right answer.

The random variables and are described by a joint PDF which is uniform on the triangular set defined by the constraints 0 <= x <= 1, 0<= theta <= x Find the LMS estimate of theta given that X = x , for in the range [0,1] . Express your answer in terms x.

I started by calculating the joint pdf by first calculating the area of the triangle which is 1/2 * x * 1 = x /2 . The joint pdf will be 1 / (x/2) = 2 / x

Then I integrate over integral over (x to 1) of theta times 2 / x. I got an integral of \theta^ 2 / x which gives me a final answer of (1-X^2) / x

Does that look good or I am missing something ...

Sorry for my notation which lacks LATEX, I am new here.Thank youSB
 
Physics news on Phys.org
Sitingbull said:
I have the following question and I am struggling to find the right answer.

The random variables and are described by a joint PDF which is uniform on the triangular set defined by the constraints 0 <= x <= 1, 0<= theta <= x Find the LMS estimate of theta given that X = x , for in the range [0,1] . Express your answer in terms x.

I started by calculating the joint pdf by first calculating the area of the triangle which is 1/2 * x * 1 = x /2 .
What triangle are you talking about? I assumed you meant the triangle given here, 0<= x<= 1, 0<= theta<= x but the area of that does not depend on x! The area is 1/2.

The joint pdf will be 1 / (x/2) = 2 / x
Further, The probability density function is exactly what is said above- a constant since this is a "uniform distribution": 2 for all x, theta in the regon.

Then I integrate over integral over (x to 1) of theta times 2 / x. I got an integral of \theta^ 2 / x which gives me a final answer of (1-X^2) / x

Does that look good or I am missing something ...

Sorry for my notation which lacks LATEX, I am new here.Thank youSB
Given that x= X, a fixed value, theta can rang from 0 up to X. Take the square root of the integral of Theta^2 from 0 to X.
 
Thank you Country Boy you are totally right, I managed at the end to get it. Its simply the expecation of theta which is the midpoint between 0 and x. Thank you a lot
 
Namaste & G'day Postulate: A strongly-knit team wins on average over a less knit one Fundamentals: - Two teams face off with 4 players each - A polo team consists of players that each have assigned to them a measure of their ability (called a "Handicap" - 10 is highest, -2 lowest) I attempted to measure close-knitness of a team in terms of standard deviation (SD) of handicaps of the players. Failure: It turns out that, more often than, a team with a higher SD wins. In my language, that...
Hi all, I've been a roulette player for more than 10 years (although I took time off here and there) and it's only now that I'm trying to understand the physics of the game. Basically my strategy in roulette is to divide the wheel roughly into two halves (let's call them A and B). My theory is that in roulette there will invariably be variance. In other words, if A comes up 5 times in a row, B will be due to come up soon. However I have been proven wrong many times, and I have seen some...
Back
Top