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Problems on
Stochastic Processes
1. What is the difference between a random variable and a stochastic process?
e−λt (λt)
r
4. Show that the Poisson process {X (t)} given by P (X (t) = r) = , r = 0, 1, 2, ... is not
r!
stationary.
5. The process {X (t)} whose probability distribution under certain conditions is given by
(at)
n−1
n+1 , n = 1, 2, ...
P {X (t) = n} = (1 + at)
at
,n = 0
1 + at
show that {X (t)} is not stationary.
6. The random process {X (t)} given by X (t) = A cos (w0 t + x) is a WSS process, if A and w0 are
constants and X is uniformly distributed random variable in (0, 2π).
8. If a random process is WSS, then show that it must also be co-variance stationary.
X(t) = cos(λt + Y )
10. If {X(t)} is a stochastic process with the auto correlation function Rx (τ ) and if
11. Show that Y (t) = X(t)cos(ω0 t + θ) is a WSS process, where X(t) is a WSS process, θ is uniformly
distributed random variable in (−π, π) and ω0 is a constant.
12. Show that the process X(t) = Acosλt + Bsinλt, t ≥ 0 is a WSS process where A and B are
independent normal variate N (0, σ 2 ).
14. If X (t) = A cos (ωt + ϕ) , where A and ϕ are independent random variables and ϕ is uniformly
distributed in (−π, π) , then show that the random process {X (t)} is a W SS process.
2 Fourier transform of the density function
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15. If X (t) = Y cos t + Z sin t for all t where Y and Z are independent binary random variables, each
of which assumes values −1 and 2 with probabilities 2/3 and 1/3 respectively, prove that {X (t)}
is a W SS process.
16. Show that the process {X (t)} given by X (t) = 5 cos (2t + x) is a W SS process, where X is
uniformly distributed random variable in (0, 2π).
17. If X (t) = P + Qt, where P and Q are independent random variables with E (P ) = p, E (Q) =
q, V ar (P ) = σ12 , V ar (Q) = σ22 , find E {X (t)} , R (t1 , t2 ) and C (t1 , t2 )? Is the process stationary?
18. If X (t) = R cos (ωt + ϕ) , where R and ϕ are independent RV s and ϕ is uniformly distributed in
1 ( )
(0, 2π) , then R (t1 , t2 ) = E R2 × cos ω (t1 − t2 ) .
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19. Show that R (τ ) is an even function of τ.
20. Show that R (τ ) is maximum at τ = 0.
21. Calculate the auto-correlation function of the process X (t) = A sin (ω0 t + ϕ) , where A and ω0 are
constants and ϕ is a uniformly distributed RV in (−π, π) .
22. Show that R(τ ) is an even function of τ.
26. Suppose that X (t) is a process with mean µ (t) = 3 and auto-correlation R (t1 , t2 ) = 9+4e−0.2|t1 −t2 | ,
determine the mean, variance and the co-variance of the random variables Z = X (5) and W =
X (8) .
27. Find the mean and the variance of the stationary process whose ACF is given by
25τ 2 + 36
R(τ ) =
6.25τ 2 + 4
28. Show that if R(τ ) is the auto-correlation function of a stationary process {X(t)} with no periodic
component, then lim R(τ ) = µ2 , provided the limit exists. Also find the mean and the variance
τ →∞
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of the process whose auto-correlation function is R(τ ) = 16 + .
1 + 6τ 2