Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471040002 ISBN 13: 9780471040002

Publisher: Wiley-Interscience, 1986

The classic reference on the theory and application of random data analysis now expanded and revised

This eagerly awaited new edition of the bestselling random data analysis book continues to provide first-rate, practical tools for scientists and engineers who investigate dynamic data as well as those who use statistical methods to solve engineering problems. It is fully updated, covering new procedures developed since 1986 and extending the discussion to a remarkably broad range of applied fields, from aerospace and automotive industries to biomedical research. Comprehensive and self-contained, this new edition also greatly expands coverage of the theory, including derivations of key relationships in probability and random process theory not usually found in books of this kind. Special features of Random Data: Analysis and Measurement Procedures, Third Edition include:

• Basic probability functions for level crossings and peak values of random data
• Complete derivations of both old and new practical formulas for statistical error analysis of computed estimates
• The latest methods for data acquisition and processing as well as nonstationary data analysis
• Additional techniques on digital data analysis procedures
• New material on the analysis of multiple-input/multiple-output linear systems
• Numerous new examples and problem sets
• Hundreds of updated illustrations and references

From the Publisher:

A revised and expanded edition of this classic reference/text, covering the latest techniques for the analysis and measurement of stationary and nonstationary random data passing through physical systems. With more than 100,000 copies in print and six foreign translations, the first edition standardized the methodology in this field. This new edition covers all new procedures developed since 1971 and extends the application of random data analysis to aerospace and automotive research; digital data analysis; dynamic test programs; fluid turbulence analysis; industrial noise control; oceanographic data analysis; system identification problems; and many other fields. Includes new formulas for statistical error analysis of desired estimates, new examples and problem sets.

About the Author:

JULIUS S. BENDAT, PhD, is President of the J. S. Bendat Company and the author of Nonlinear System Techniques and Applications (available from Wiley).

ALLAN G. PIERSOL, PE, is President of Piersol Engineering Company and the author of several chapters in engineering handbooks. The authors have previously collaborated on the companion volume to this book, Engineering Applications of Correlation and Spectral Analysis, Second Edition, also available from Wiley.