A Geometrically Constrained ICA Algorithm for Blind Separation in Convolutive Environments
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چکیده
In this paper a blind source separation algorithm in convolutive environment is presented. In order to avoid the classical permutation ambiguity in the frequency domain solution, a geometrical constraint is considered. Moreover a beamformer algorithm is integrated with the proposed solution: in this way the directivity pattern of the proposed architecture can take into account the residual permutation at low frequencies and the scaling inconsistency. Several experimental results are shown to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.
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