1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910141439103321

Autore

Middleton David <1920->

Titolo

Non-Gaussian statistical communication theory / / David Middleton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley-IEEE Press, , 2012

[Piscataqay, New Jersey] : , : IEEE Xplore, , [2012]

ISBN

1-118-16195-5

1-283-55015-6

9786613862600

1-118-16193-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (661 p.)

Collana

IEEE series on digital & mobile communication ; ; 22

Classificazione

SCI067000

Disciplina

003.54

003/.54

621.382

Soggetti

Statistical communication theory

Information theory - Statistical methods

Gaussian processes

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Reception as a Statistical Decision Problem -- Space-Time Covariances and Wave Number Frequency Spectra: I. Noise and Signals with Continuous and Discrete Sampling -- Optimum Detection, Space₆Time Matched Filters, and Beam Forming in Gaussian Noise Fields -- Multiple Alternative Detection -- Bayes Extraction Systems: Signal Estimation and Analysis, () = 1 -- Joint Detection and Estimation, () = 1: I. Foundations -- Joint Detection and Estimation under Uncertainty, () < 1. II. Multiple Hypotheses and Sequential Observations -- The Canonical Channel I: Scalar Field Propagation in a Deterministic Medium -- The Canonical Channel II: Scattering in Random Media; 'Classical' Operator Solutions -- Appendix A1 -- Index -- IEEE Press Series on Digital and Mobile Communication.

Sommario/riassunto

"The book is based on the observation that communication is the central operation of discovery in all the sciences. In its "active mode" we use it to "interrogate" the physical world, sending appropriate "signals"



and receiving nature's "reply". In the "passive mode" we receive nature's signals directly. Since we never know a priori what particular return signal will be forthcoming, we must necessarily adopt a probabilistic model of communication"--

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910816453903321

Autore

Farrow Douglas <1953->

Titolo

Ascension and ecclesia : on the significance of the doctrine of the Ascension for ecclesiology and Christian cosmology / / Douglas Farrow

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh : , : T&T Clark, , 1999

ISBN

0-567-25237-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (353 p.)

Disciplina

232.9/7

232.97

Soggetti

Church

Lord's Supper

Cosmology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Preface; 1. Thinking about the Church; Eucharist and Ambiguity; Two Histories; 2. The Ascension as Story and Metaphor; A Lukan Artifice?; The Larger Story; Breaking Boundaries; The Master's Metaphor; 3. Cosmologies and Ecclesiologies, I; A Precarious Position; Preserving the Tension; Eucharistic Ecclesiology; One Step Forward; 4. Cosmologies and Ecclesiologies, II; Two Steps Back; Origen; Augustine; Dualist Ecclesiology; East; West; 5. Where is Jesus ?; The Copernican Factor; An Unresolved Question; Discourse on the Dead Christ; Return of the Cosmic Christ; This Same Jesus

6. Church at the CrossroadsIn the Shadow of Sinai; Ecce Homo!; Appendices; A: Biblical Resources; B: Exaltation and Pre-existence; Bibliography; Index; Index of Names; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; Index of Subjects; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Index of Biblical References



Sommario/riassunto

Recent theology offers few attempts to come to grips with the meaning and implications of the ascension of Jesus.   Professor Farrow begins with a discussion of the biblical treatment of the ascension and Eucharistic celebration, from which emerges the unique ecclesial worldview. There are chapters on the treatment of these ideas by Irenaeus, Origen and Augustine, and on developments up to the Reformation. He explores the link between ideas of the ascension, cosmology and ecclesiology.   Farrow goes on to examine the difficulties faced by the doctrine of ascension in the modern scientific worl