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Spectral density estimation technique
In signal processing, multitaper analysis is a spectral density estimation technique developed by David J. Thomson. It can estimate the power spectrum SX of a stationary ergodic finite-variance random process X, given a finite contiguous realization of X as data. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: MultitaperA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: The Multitaper Spectrum Analysis Package in PythonInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Introduction to automata theory, languages, and computationThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: A Review of Multitaper Spectral AnalysisCited 327 times
- Go sideways: Spectral concentration problemA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Slepian functionA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun A technique to estimate the power spectrum of a stationary ergodic finite-variance random process, using several different data tapers which are orthogonal to each other.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
A Review of Multitaper Spectral Analysis
Multitaper spectral analysis of high‐frequency seismograms
Sleep Neurophysiological Dynamics Through the Lens of Multitaper Spectral Analysis
A Fortran 90 library for multitaper spectrum analysis
Speech Enhancement Based onWavelet Thresholding the Multitaper Spectrum
Extended-Time Multitaper Frequency Domain Cross-Correlation Receiver-Function Estimation
Isostatic response of the Australian lithosphere: Estimation of effective elastic thickness and anisotropy using multitaper spectral analysis
On the performance advantage of multitaper spectral analysis
🆕 Influential since 2022
The Multitaper Spectrum Analysis Package in Python
Spectral proper orthogonal decomposition using multitaper estimates
Thomson’s Multitaper Method Revisited
Multitaper adaptive short-time Fourier transform with chirp-modulated Gaussian window and multitaper extracting transform
The multitaper reassigned spectrogram for oscillating transients with Gaussian envelopes
📚 Books worth reading
Introduction to automata theory, languages, and computationJohn E. Hopcroft, Jeffrey D. Ullman · 1979
Languages and machinesThomas A. Sudkamp · 1988
NES/Famicom AnthologieMathieu Manent, Florian Fourot · 2020
Spectral analysis for physical applicationsDonald B. Percival · 1993
Theory of computationDerick Wood · 1987
Theoretical foundations of computer scienceDino Mandrioli · 1987
The adaptation of the multi-tapped auto transformer to dimming of incandescent lampsTracy W. Simpson · 1909
Introduction to the theory of computationMichael Sipser · 1996
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