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Asymptotic robustness of Kelly's GLRT and Adaptive Matched Filter detector under model misspecification
A fundamental assumption underling any Hypothesis Testing (HT) problem is
that the available data follow the parametric model assumed to derive the test
statistic. Nevertheless, a perfect match between the true and the assumed data
models cannot be achieved in many practical applications. In all these cases,
it is advisable to use a robust decision test, i.e. a test whose statistic
preserves (at least asymptotically) the same probability density function (pdf)
for a suitable set of possible input data models under the null hypothesis.
Building upon the seminal work of Kent (1982), in this paper we investigate the
impact of the model mismatch in a recurring HT problem in radar signal
processing applications: testing the mean of a set of Complex Elliptically
Symmetric (CES) distributed random vectors under a possible misspecified,
Gaussian data model. In particular, by using this general misspecified
framework, a new look to two popular detectors, the Kelly's Generalized
Likelihood Ration Test (GLRT) and the Adaptive Matched Filter (AMF), is
provided and their robustness properties investigated.Comment: ISI World Statistics Congress 2017 (ISI2017), Marrakech, Morocco,
16-21 July 201
Singlet structure function g_1 at small x and small Q^2
Explicit expressions for the singlet g_1 at small x and small Q^2 are
obtained with the total resummation of the leading logarithmic contributions.
It is shown that g_1 practically does not depend on Q^2 in this kinematic
region. In contrast, it would be interesting to investigate its dependence on
the invariant energy 2pq because, being g_1 positive at small 2pq, it can turn
negative at greater values of this variable. The position of the turning point
is sensitive to the ratio between the initial quark and gluon densities, so its
experimental detection would enable to estimate this ratioComment: Section 2 is totally changed, one more ref adde
Comment on the frozen QCD coupling
The frozen QCD coupling is a parameter often used as an effective fixed
coupling. It is supposed to mimic both the running coupling effects and the
lack of knowledge of alpha_s in the infrared region. Usually the value of the
frozen coupling is fixed from the analysis of the experimental data. We present
a novel way to define such coupling(s) independently of the experiments. We
argue that there are different frozen couplings which are used in the double-
(DL) and single- logarithmic (SL) Approximations. We introduce four kinds of
the frozen couplings: the coupling used in DLA with a time-like argument (i.e.
the coupling present in the non-singlet scattering amplitudes and DIS structure
functions) which we find 0.24 approximately; the DLA coupling with a space-like
argument (in e+e- -annihilation, in DY processes and in any scattering
amplitude in the hard or backward kinematics) which is a factor two larger,
namely 0.48. We also show that the frozen coupling in the SL evolution
equations like BFKL has to be defined in a way less accurate compared to DLA,
and our estimate for this coupling is 0.1. Our estimates for the singlet and
non-singlet intercepts are also in a good agreement with the results available
in the literature.Comment: 11 pages, 3 figure
Small -x behavior of the non-singlet and singlet structure functions g_1
Explicit expressions for the non-singlet and singlet structure functions g_1
at the small -region are obtained. They include the total resummation of
double-logarithmic contributions and accounting for the running QCD coupling
effects. We predict that both the non-singlet and singlet g_1 asymptotically ~
x^{- \Delta}, with the singlet intercept
= 0.86 and being more than twice larger than the non-singlet intercept = 0.4.
The impact of the initial quark and gluon densities on the sign of g_1 at x <<
1 is discussed.Comment: Talk given at Xth Workshop on high energy spin physics, Dubna,
Russia, September,16-20, 2003. LateX 9pp, 4 fig
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