Genetic algorithm and M-estimator based robust sequential estimation of parameters of nonlinear sinusoidal signals

Estimation of parameters of nonlinear superimposed sinusoidal signals is an important problem in digital signal processing. In this paper, we consider the problem of estimation of parameters of real valued sinusoidal signals. We propose a real-coded genetic algorithm based robust sequential estimation procedure for estimation of signal parameters. The proposed sequential method is based on elitist generational genetic algorithm and robust M-estimation techniques. The method is particularly useful when there is a large number of superimposed sinusoidal components present in the observed signal and is robust with respect to presence of outliers in the data and impulsive heavy tail noise distributions. Simulations studies and real life signal analysis are performed to ascertain the performance of the proposed sequential procedure. It is observed that the proposed methods perform better than the usual non-robust methods of estimation. 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.