Measure-transformed quasi maximum likelihood estimation with application to source localization

Koby Todros, Alfred O. Hero

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Abstract

In this paper, we consider the problem of estimating a deterministic vector parameter when the likelihood function is unknown or not expressible. We develop an estimator, called measure-transformed quasi maximum likelihood estimator (MT-QMLE), that minimizes the empirical Kullback-Leibler divergence between the transformed probability measure of the data and a hypothesized Gaussian probability distribution. By judicious choice of the transform we show that the proposed estimator can gain sensitivity to higher-order statistical information and resilience to outliers. Under some regularity conditions we show that the MT-QMLE is consistent, asymptotically normal and unbiased. Furthermore, we derive a necessary and sufficient condition for its asymptotic efficiency. The MT-QMLE is applied to source localization in a simulation example that illustrates its sensitivity to higher-order information and resilience to outliers.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2015 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, ICASSP 2015 - Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Pages3462-3466
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9781467369978
DOIs
StatePublished - 4 Aug 2015
Event40th IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, ICASSP 2015 - Brisbane, Australia
Duration: 19 Apr 201424 Apr 2014

Publication series

NameICASSP, IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing - Proceedings
Volume2015-August
ISSN (Print)1520-6149

Conference

Conference40th IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, ICASSP 2015
Country/TerritoryAustralia
CityBrisbane
Period19/04/1424/04/14

Keywords

  • Higher-order statistics
  • parameter estimation
  • probability measure transform
  • robust estimation
  • source localization

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Software
  • Signal Processing
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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