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Damping factor estimation of damped complex sinusoidal signals using a maximum likelihood approach.

A Karthikeyan¹, Amit Kumar Rahul², Ravi Tiwari³

¹Department of Mathematics, School of Advanced Sciences (SAS), Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

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Summary

This study introduces an efficient approximate Maximum Likelihood (ML) estimator for damping factors in decaying signals. The method achieves optimal performance and reduced complexity, suitable for real-time applications.

Keywords:

Cramer–Rao lower bound Damped sinusoidal signals Damping factor estimation Exponential decay analysis Maximum likelihood estimation Parameter estimation Signal processing Statistical signal processing

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Area of Science:

Signal Processing
Statistical Estimation

Background:

Accurate estimation of damping factors is crucial for analyzing decaying signals.
Existing methods may lack efficiency or computational feasibility for certain applications.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop an approximate Maximum Likelihood (ML) estimation framework for damping factors in complex sinusoidal signals.
To derive a closed-form estimator and assess its statistical efficiency and performance.

Main Methods:

Derivation of a closed-form approximate ML estimator for the damping factor.
Assessment of estimator efficiency using the Cramer-Rao Lower Bound (CRLB).
Performance analysis across varying Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR), sample size, and signal parameters.

Main Results:

The proposed approximate ML estimator achieves the CRLB under small-damping conditions, demonstrating statistical optimality.
Estimation accuracy increases with higher SNR and larger sample sizes.
Empirical variance converges to the CRLB, validating the estimator's efficiency.

Conclusions:

The framework provides optimal estimation with reduced computational complexity, ideal for rapid damping parameter extraction.
Practical guidelines suggest moderate resources suffice for weakly damped signals.
Applications include structural health monitoring, radar, and vibration analysis.