Auditory-based subband blind source separation using sample-by-sample and Infomax algorithms
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2010
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We present a new subband decomposition method for the separation of convolutive mixtures of speech. This method uses a sample-by-sample algorithm to perform the subband decomposition by mimicking the processing performed by the human ear. The unknown source signals are separated by maximizing the entropy of a transformed set of signal mixtures through the use of a gradient ascent algorithm. Experimental results show the efficiency of the proposed approach in terms of signal-to-interference ratio. Compared with the fullband method that uses the Infomax algorithm, our method shows an important improvement of the output signal-to-noise ratio when the sensor inputs are severely degraded by additive noise.
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Convolutive mixture, Convolutive sources, Ear model, Full band, Gradient ascent, Human ear, Infomax algorithm, Infomax algorithms, Output signal-to-noise ratios, Sensor inputs, Signal to interference ratio, Source signals, Sub-bands, Subband decomposition, Signal to noise ratio, Blind source separation
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Salem, A. B., Selouani, S.-A., & Hamam, H. (2010). Auditory-based subband blind source separation using sample-by-sample and Infomax algorithms. In WCE 2010 - World Congress on Engineering 2010 (Vol. 1, pp. 651–655). http://www.iaeng.org/publication/WCE2010/WCE2010_pp651-655.pdf