Blind source separation based on a fast-convergence algorithm combining ICA and beamforming

IEEE Transactions on Audio, Speech and Language Processing

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 666-678

  Saruwatari, Hiroshi ^a,b   Kawamura, Toshiya ^b   Nishikawa, Tsuyoki ^b   Lee, Akinobu ^b   Shikano, Kiyohiro ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Japan)

^b NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Beamforming; Blind source separation; Independent component analysis; Microphone array

Indexed keywords

HIGH-CONVERGENCE OPTIMIZATION; ITERATIVE OPTIMIZATION; SIGNAL SEPARATION;

ALGORITHMS; BEAMFORMING; DIRECTION OF ARRIVAL; INDEPENDENT COMPONENT ANALYSIS; MICROPHONES; OPTIMIZATION;

BLIND SOURCE SEPARATION;

EID: 33749553258     PISSN: 15587916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSA.2005.855832     Document Type: Article

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