autocorrelation function

autocorrelation function

(aw-toh-kor-ĕ-lay -shŏn) A mathematical function that for a real function f(t) is given by
(u )f(u t )du

It describes, for example, the time or distance over which a signal is coherent. The cross-correlation function describes how two different signals compare as they are displaced relative to one another; for two real functions f(t) and g(t ), it is given by

(u )g(u t )du

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autocorrelation function

[¦ȯd·ō‚kär·ə′lā·shən ‚fuŋk·shən]
(mathematics)
For a specified function f (t), the average value of the product f (t) f (t- τ), where τ is a time-delay parameter; more precisely, the limit as T approaches infinity of 1/(2 T) times the integral from -T to T of F (t) f (t- τ) dt.
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