Positioning Error Probabilities for Some Forms of Center-of-Gravity Algorithm Calculated with the Cumulative Distributions. Part II (2103.03464v1)

Abstract: To complete a previous work, the probability density functions for the errors in the center-of-gravity as positioning algorithm are derived with the usual methods of the cumulative distribution functions. These methods introduce substantial complications compared to the approaches used in a previous publication on similar problems. The combinations of random variables considered are: $X_{g3}=\theta(x_2-x_1) (x_1-x_3)/(x_1+x_2+x_3) + \theta(x_1-x_2)(x_1+2x_4)/(x_1+x_2+x_4)$ and $X_{g4}=(\theta(x_4-x_5)(2x_4+x_1-x_3)/(x_1+x_2+x_3+x_4)+ \theta(x_5-x_4)(x_1-x_3-2x_5)/(x_1+x_2+x_3+x_5)$ The complete and partial forms of the probability density functions of these expressions of the center-of-gravity algorithms are calculated for general probability density functions of the observation noise. The cumulative probability distributions are the essential steps in this study, never calculated elsewhere.