FundamentalsofStatisticalSignalProcessing:PracticalAlgorithmDevelopmentisthethirdvolumeinaseriesoftextbooksbythesamename.Previousvolumesdescribedtheunderlyingtheoryofestimationanddetectionalgorithms.Incontrast,thecurrentvolumeaddressesthepracticeofconvertingthistheoryintosoftwarealgorithmsthatmaybeimplementedonadigitalcomputer.Indescribingthemethodologyandtechniques,itwillnotbeassumedthatthereaderhasstudiedthefirsttwovolumes,butofcourse,he/sheiscertainlyencouragedtodoso.Instead,thedescriptionswillfocusonthegeneralconceptsusingaminimumofmathematicsbutwillbeamplyillustratedusingMATLABimplementations.Itisenvisionedthatthecurrentbookwillappealtoengineersandscientistsinindustryandacademiawhowouldliketosolvestatisticalsignalprocessingproblemsthroughdesignofwell-performingandimplementablealgorithmsforrealsystems.