arXiv:quant-ph/0409033 · International Journal of Quantum Information

QUANTUM COMPUTATION BASED PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION ESTIMATION

Ferenc Balázs, Sándor Imre

Published Dec 16, 2004• 0 citations

Abstract

Signal processing techniques will lean on blind methods in the near future, where no redundant, resource allocating information will be transmitted through the channel. To achieve a proper decision, however, it is essential to know at least the probability density function (PDF), which to estimate is classically a time consumpting and/or less accurate hard task that may make decisions to fail. This paper describes the design of a quantum assisted PDF estimation method also by way of an example, which promises to achieve the exact PDF by proper setting of parameters in a very rapid way.

DOI: 10.1142/s0219749905000578

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