812 Random Signals App. A
by a probability law. An individual random variable x, is described by the probability
distribution function
Px, (Xn) = Probability [xy < x], (Al)
where x, denotes the random variable and x, is a particular value of X,.! If x, takes
on a continuous range of values, it is equivalently specified by the probability density
function
Px, (Xn) 72) = = (A2)
or
Pans) =f" Pr,(x,n)dx. (A3)
‘The interdependence of two random variables x, and x», of a random process is
described by the joint probability distribution function
Pa. aq(%ns My Xm, 1) = Probability [x_