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In many applications requiring filtering, the necessary frequency response may not be known beforehand, or it may vary with time. (Example; suppression of engine harmonics in a car stereo.) In such applications, an adaptive filter which can automatically design itself and which can track system variations in time is extremely useful. Adaptive filters are used extensively in a wide variety of applications, particularly in telecommunications.
"A good introduction in adaptive filters, a major DSP application."