QML-based joint diagonalization of positive-definite Hermitian matrices

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Abstract

In this paper, a new algorithm for approximate joint diagonalization (AJD) of positive-definite Hermitian matrices is presented. The AJD matrix, which is assumed to be square non-unitary, is derived via minimization of a quasi-maximum likelihood (QML) objective function. This objective function coincides asymptotically with the maximum likelihood (ML) objective function, hence enabling the proposed algorithm to asymptotically approach the ML estimation performance. In the proposed method, the rows of the AJD matrix are obtained independently, in an iterative manner. This feature enables direct estimation of full row-rank rectangular AJD sub-matrices. Under some mild assumptions, convergence of the proposed algorithm is asymptotically guarantied, such that the error norm corresponding to each row of the AJD matrix reduces significantly after the first iteration, and the convergence is almost Q-super linear. This property results rapid convergence, which leads to low computational load in the proposed method. The performance of the proposed algorithm is evaluated and compared to other state-of-the-art algorithms for AJD and its practical use is demonstrated in the blind source separation and blind source extraction problems. The results imply that under the assumptions of high signal-to-noise ratio and large amount of matrices, the proposed algorithm is computationally efficient with performance similar to state-of-the-art algorithms for AJD.

Original languageEnglish
Article number5475270
Pages (from-to)4656-4673
Number of pages18
JournalIEEE Transactions on Signal Processing
Volume58
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Sep 2010

Keywords

  • Blind source extraction
  • blind source separation
  • joint diagonalization

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Signal Processing
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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