Bose, SukantaPai, A.Dhurandhar, Sanjeev2012-03-122012-03-122000-06-28http://hdl.handle.net/11007/1265We formulate the data analysis problem for the detection of the New- tonian waveform from an inspiraling compact-binary by a network of arbi- trarily oriented and arbitrarily distributed laser interferometric gravitational wave detectors. We obtain for the first time the relation between the opti- mal statistic and the magnitude of the network correlation vector, which is constructed from the matched network-filter. This generalizes the calculation reported in an earlier work (gr-qc/9906064), where the detectors are taken to be coincident.enGravitational waves: DetectionNetwork of interferometric detectorsCompact binariesPreprint