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&nbsp;<font color="#ff0000"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><math>\color{blue}\text{1. } \left( \text{25 pts} \right) \text{ Let X, Y, and Z be three jointly distributed random variables with joint pdf} f_{XYZ}\left ( x,y,z \right )= \frac{3z^{2}}{7\sqrt[]{2\pi}}e^{-zy} exp \left [ -\frac{1}{2}\left ( \frac{x-y}{z}\right )^{2} \right ] \cdot 1_{\left[0,\infty \right )}\left(y \right )\cdot1_{\left[1,2 \right]} \left ( z \right) </math></span></font>
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'''<math>\color{blue}\left( \text{a} \right) \text{ Find the joint probability density function } f_{YZ}(y,z).</math>'''<br>
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<math>\text{We need to find a direction }d\text{, such that } \exists\alpha_{0}>0,</math>&nbsp;
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<math>\text{As } x_{1}\geq0, x_{2}\geq0, d= \left( \begin{array}{c} x \\ y \end{array} \right)\text{where } x\in\Re, \text{ and } y\geq0.</math>  
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<math>d\in\Re^{2}, d\neq0 \text{ is a feasible direction at } x^{*}</math>&nbsp;<br>
 
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&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<math>\text{ if } \exists \alpha_{0} \text{ that } \left[ \begin{array}{c} \frac{1}{2} \\ 0 \end{array} \right] + \alpha\left[ \begin{array}{c} d_{1} \\ d_{2} \end{array} \right] \in\Omega \text{ for all } 0\leq\alpha\leq\alpha_{0}</math>
 
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<math>\color{blue}\left( \text{ii} \right) \text{Write down the second-order necessary condition for } x^{*} \text{. Does the point } x^{*} \text{ satisfy this condition?}</math><br>
 
  
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&nbsp;<font color="#ff0000"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><math>\color{blue}\text{ Let } \mathbf{X}\text{, }\mathbf{Y}\text{, and } \mathbf{Z} \text{ be three jointly distributed random variables with joint pdf } f_{XYZ}\left ( x,y,z \right )= \frac{3z^{2}}{7\sqrt[]{2\pi}}e^{-zy} exp \left [ -\frac{1}{2}\left ( \frac{x-y}{z}\right )^{2} \right ] \cdot 1_{\left[0,\infty \right )}\left(y \right )\cdot1_{\left[1,2 \right]} \left ( z \right) </math></span></font>  
  
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<font color="#ff0000"><span style="font-size: 17px;">'''<font face="serif"></font><math>\text{Let } f\left(x\right)=x_{1}^{2}-x_{1}+x_{2}+x_{1}x_{2} \text{ , } g_{1}\left(x\right)=-x_{1} \text{ , } g_{2}\left(x\right)=-x_{2}</math>'''</span></font><font color="#ff0000"><span style="font-size: 17px;">
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'''<math>\color{blue}\left( \text{a} \right) \text{Find the joint probability density function } f_{YZ}(y,z).</math>'''<br>  
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<math>\color{blue}\left( \text{b} \right) \text{Find }  
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<math>\color{green} \text{There exist } \mu \text{ which make point } x^{*} \text{ satisfies FONC.}</math>
 
  
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<math>\text{SONC: } L(x^{*},\mu^{*}) = \nabla l(x^{*},\mu^{*})=\left( \begin{array}{cc} 2 & 1 \\ 1 & 0 \end{array} \right)</math>
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<font color="#ff0000">'''<math>T(x^{*},\mu^{*}): \begin{cases} y^{T}\nabla g_{1}(x)=0 \\ y^{T}\nabla g_{2}(x)=0 \end{cases} : \begin{cases} y^{T}\left( \begin{array}{c} -1 \\ 0 \end{array} \right)=0 \\ y^{T}\left( \begin{array}{c} 0 \\-1 \end{array} \right)=0 \end{cases} \Rightarrow y=\left( \begin{array}{c} 0 \\0 \end{array} \right)</math><br>'''</font>
 
  
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<math>\color{green} \text {Here not using formal set expression. }</math>&nbsp;&nbsp;<math>\color{red} T\left( x^{* },\mu^{* } \right) \text{ should be } T\left( x^{* } \right)</math>  
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<math>Df\left ( x \right )=\left ( \nabla f\left ( x \right ) \right )^{T} = \left [ \frac{\partial f}{\partial x_{1}}\left ( x \right ),\frac{\partial f}{\partial x_{2}}\left ( x \right ) \right ]=\left [ 2x_{1}-1+x_{2},1+x_{1} \right ]</math><br>
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ECE Ph.D. Qualifying Exam

Communication, Networking, Signal and Image Processing (CS)

Question 1: Probability and Random Processes

August 2011

Question

Part 1. 25 pts


 $ \color{blue}\text{ Let } \mathbf{X}\text{, }\mathbf{Y}\text{, and } \mathbf{Z} \text{ be three jointly distributed random variables with joint pdf } f_{XYZ}\left ( x,y,z \right )= \frac{3z^{2}}{7\sqrt[]{2\pi}}e^{-zy} exp \left [ -\frac{1}{2}\left ( \frac{x-y}{z}\right )^{2} \right ] \cdot 1_{\left[0,\infty \right )}\left(y \right )\cdot1_{\left[1,2 \right]} \left ( z \right) $

$ \color{blue}\left( \text{a} \right) \text{Find the joint probability density function } f_{YZ}(y,z). $

$ \color{blue}\left( \text{b} \right) \text{Find } f_{x}\left( x|y,z\right ). $

$ \color{blue}\left( \text{c} \right) \text{Find } f_{Z}\left( z\right ). $

$ \color{blue}\left( \text{d} \right) \text{Find } f_{Y}\left(y|z \right ). $

$ \color{blue}\left( \text{e} \right) \text{Find } f_{XY}\left(x,y|z \right ). $


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Part 2. 25 pts


 $ \color{blue} \text{Show that if a continuous-time Gaussian random process } \mathbf{X}(t) \text{ is wide-sense stationary, it is also strict-sense stationary.} $


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Part 3. 25 pts

Show that the sum of two jointly distributed Gaussian random variables that are not necessarily statistically independent is a Gaussian random variable.

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Part 4. 25 pts


Assume that $ \mathbf{X}(t) $ is a zero-mean continuous-time Gaussian white noise process with autocorrelation function

                $ R_{\mathbf{XX}}(t_1,t_2)=\delta(t_1-t_2). $

Let $ \mathbf{Y}(t) $ be a new random process ontained by passing $ \mathbf{X}(t) $ through a linear time-invariant system with impulse response $ h(t) $ whose Fourier transform $ H(\omega) $ has the ideal low-pass characteristic

               $ H(\omega) = \begin{cases} 1, & \mbox{if } |\omega|\leq\Omega,\\ 0, & \mbox{elsewhere,} \end{cases} $

where $ \Omega>0 $.

a) Find the mean of $ \mathbf{Y}(t) $.

b) Find the autocorrelation function of $ \mathbf{Y}(t) $.

c) Find the joint pdf of $ \mathbf{Y}(t_1) $ and $ \mathbf{Y}(t_2) $ for any two arbitrary sample time $ t_1 $ and $ t_2 $.

d) What is the minimum time difference $ t_1-t_2 $ such that $ \mathbf{Y}(t_1) $ and $ \mathbf{Y}(t_2) $ are statistically independent?

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