Preface 1. Preliminaries 1.1. Short LMS Algorithm History 1.2. Random Processes 1.3. Stability and Convergence 1.4. Linear Optimum Filtering 1.5. Least MEan Squares Algorithm 1.6. Partial Update Algorithms 2. Classic Stability and Convergence Analysis 2.1. Introduction 2.2. Small-Step-Size Theory ...

Dr. Agnieszka Bieńczyk - Missala is a lecturer at the Institutei of International Relations of the Warsaw University and an analist at the Polish Institute of International Affairs. She is engaged in problems of human rights and democracy, primarily in the context of security and foreign policy, and has written articles that have appeared in: Rocznik Strategiczny, Sprawy Międzynarodowe,...

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