The parameter estimation problem considered in this chapter consists of estimating the unknown parameter, ū [a barred v, actually], given N samples of the observation process.

On the wall hung paintings of the djab—the devil—gargoylelike with protruding red tongues pierced by red dagger and lightning bolts […].

All the better; may / This night forestall him of the coming day!

To meet its goal of having each person live within a half-mile walk to a park, the mayor’s initiative calls for opening public school playgrounds after school hours, during summers and on weekends; creating at least one new public plaza in each of the city’s 59 community board districts; and expanding the Greenstreets program, which turns street medians into miniparks.