On distribution of Rice-Middleton model (Q6123338)

The first purpose of this paper is to introduce a new probability distribution for the Rice-Middleton model. This describes the behavior of the single sinusoidal random signal combined with Gaussian noise. The probability density function is written as a convolution involving an exponential integral. This fact is proved by using the Neumann series of modified Bessel functions of the first kind. Then the cumulative distribution function, the raw moments and unimodal distributions, the maximum likelihood estimator, the moment method estimators are computed. Further proofs use the error function, the Bailey transform (to sum up double infinite series), the Grünwald-Letnikov fractional derivative, the Laplace transform, an inequality by \textit{C. M. Joshi} and \textit{S. K. Bissu} [J. Comput. Appl. Math. 69, No. 2, 251--259 (1996; Zbl 0865.33003)], and the log-likelihood function.