Other Important Random Variables - Random Signals and Processes Primer with MATLAB - page 354

RAYLEIGH random variable

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Fig. 5.27 Rayleigh variable with the parameter s 2

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ESTIMATION OF THE RAYLEIGH PDF

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RAYLEIGH PROBABILITY DENSITY

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Fig. 5.28 Rayleigh PDFs