Abstract
The issue of quantifying the uncertainty in stochastic process power spectrum estimates based on realisations with missing data is addressed. In this regard, relying on relatively relaxed assumptions for the missing data, utilising fundamental concepts from probability theory, and resorting to Fourier and harmonic wavelets based representations of stationary and non-stationary stochastic processes, respectively, a closed-form expression is derived for the probability density function (PDF) of the power spectrum value corresponding to a specific frequency. The significance of the derived PDF relates to cases where incomplete process realisations are available for power spectrum estimation applications. In this setting, standard power spectrum estimation techniques subject to missing data typically provide with a deterministic estimate for the power spectrum. Thus, no information is provided concerning the uncertainty in the estimates. Numerical examples herein demonstrate the large extent to which any given single estimate may be unrepresentative of the target spectrum.
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