Correlation: A Brief Introduction

An important concept in many applications is the correlation function between two signals. The correlation function is more of a measure of similarity between functions. In spite of the importance of the correlation function, it is not covered in most books on signals and systems and signal processi...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:International journal of electrical engineering & education 2014-04, Vol.51 (2), p.93-99
Main Authors: Sadiku, Matthew N. O., Musa, Sarhan M., Nelatury, Sudarshan R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Control systems
Correlation
Correlation (Statistics)
Correlation analysis
Education
Electrical engineering
Engineering mathematics
Mathematical analysis
Matlab
Signal processing
Similarity
Students
Study and teaching
Citations: Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:An important concept in many applications is the correlation function between two signals. The correlation function is more of a measure of similarity between functions. In spite of the importance of the correlation function, it is not covered in most books on signals and systems and signal processing. The few books that cover it do not provide examples students can follow. This paper provides a simple introduction to the correlation function in continuous-time and discrete-time. It provides graphical examples and MATLAB examples.
ISSN:0020-7209
2050-4578
DOI:10.7227/IJEEE.51.2.1