Random Data: Analysis and Measurement Procedures

"First published in 1971, Random Data served as an authoritative book on the analysis of experimental physical data for engineering and scientific applications. This Fourth Edition features coverage of new developments in random data management and analysis procedures that are applicable to a broad range of applied fields, from the aerospace and automotive industries to oceanographic and biomedical research." This new edition continues to maintain a balance of classic theory and novel techniques. The authors expand on the treatment of random data analysis theory, including derivations of key relationships in probability and random process theory. The book remains unique in its practical treatment of nonstationary data analysis and nonlinear system analysis, presenting the latest techniques on modern data acquisition, storage, conversion, and qualification of random data prior to its digital analysis.

The late ALLAN G. PIERSOL, PE, was president of Piersol Engineering Company. His consulting career spanned over fifty years and focused on a wide range of topics including the development of machinery condition monitoring techniques and the statistical analysis of all types of mechanical shock, vibration, and acoustic data. A Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America and the Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology, Piersol is the coauthor of Engineering Applications of Correlation and Spectral Analysis, Second Edition.