Application of gaussian mixture models for blind separation of independent sources

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Abstract

In this paper, we consider the problem of blind separation of an instantaneous mixture of independent sources by exploiting their non-stationarity and/or non-Gaussianity. We show that non-stationarity and non-Gaussianity can be exploited by modeling the distribution of the sources using Gaussian Mixture Model (GMM). The Maximum Likelihood (ML) estimator is utilized in order to derive a new source separation technique. The method is based on estimation of the sensors distribution parameters via the Expectation Maximization (EM) algorithm for GMM parameter estimation. The separation matrix is estimated by applying simultaneous joint diagonalization of the estimated GMM covariance matrices. The performance of the proposed method is evaluated and compared to existing blind source separation methods. The results show superior performance.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
EditorsCarlos G. Puntonet, Alberto Prieto
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages382-389
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)3540230564, 9783540230564
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2004

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume3195
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • General Computer Science

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