The material presented in this book is intended to provide the reader
with a practical treatment of Weibull distribution as applied to radar
systems.
Topics include general derivation of Weibull distribution, measurements
of Webull-distributed clutter, comparison of Webull distribution with
various distributions including Rayleigh, gamma, log-normal and k-
distributions, constant false alarm rate (CFAR) detectors for Weibull
clutter, non-parametric CFAR detectors, and signal detection in the time
and frequency domains. In particular, the Akaike Information Criterion
(AIC), which is a rigorously mathematical fit of the hypothetical
distribution to the data, is emphasised.
This book is written primarily for radar engineers. It is hoped that it
will also be of value to teachers and graduate students and of interest
to all who are working with Weibull distribution in various fields.