780 research outputs found
Properties of a general quaternion-valued gradient operator and its applications to signal processing
The gradients of a quaternion-valued function are often required for quaternionic signal processing algorithms. The HR gradient operator provides a viable framework and has found a number of applications. However, the applications so far have been limited to mainly real-valued quaternion functions and linear quaternionvalued functions. To generalize the operator to nonlinear quaternion functions, we define a restricted version of the HR operator, which comes in two versions, the left and the right ones. We then present a detailed analysis of the properties of the operators, including several different product rules and chain rules. Using the new rules, we derive explicit expressions for the derivatives of a class of regular nonlinear quaternion-valued functions, and prove that the restricted HR gradients are consistent with the gradients in the real domain. As an application, the derivation of the least mean square algorithm and a nonlinear adaptive algorithm is provided. Simulation results based on vector sensor arrays are presented as an example to demonstrate the effectiveness of the quaternion-valued signal model and the derived signal processing algorithm
A Unifying Approach to Quaternion Adaptive Filtering: Addressing the Gradient and Convergence
A novel framework for a unifying treatment of quaternion valued adaptive
filtering algorithms is introduced. This is achieved based on a rigorous
account of quaternion differentiability, the proposed I-gradient, and the use
of augmented quaternion statistics to account for real world data with
noncircular probability distributions. We first provide an elegant solution for
the calculation of the gradient of real functions of quaternion variables
(typical cost function), an issue that has so far prevented systematic
development of quaternion adaptive filters. This makes it possible to unify the
class of existing and proposed quaternion least mean square (QLMS) algorithms,
and to illuminate their structural similarity. Next, in order to cater for both
circular and noncircular data, the class of widely linear QLMS (WL-QLMS)
algorithms is introduced and the subsequent convergence analysis unifies the
treatment of strictly linear and widely linear filters, for both proper and
improper sources. It is also shown that the proposed class of HR gradients
allows us to resolve the uncertainty owing to the noncommutativity of
quaternion products, while the involution gradient (I-gradient) provides
generic extensions of the corresponding real- and complex-valued adaptive
algorithms, at a reduced computational cost. Simulations in both the strictly
linear and widely linear setting support the approach
Filtering and Tracking with Trinion-Valued Adaptive Algorithms
A new model for three-dimensional processes based on the trinion algebra is introduced for the first time. Compared
with the pure quaternion model, the trinion model is more compact and computationally more efficient, while having similar or
comparable performance in terms of adaptive linear filtering. Moreover, the trinion model can effectively represent the general
relationship of state evolution in Kalman filtering, where the pure quaternion model fails. Simulations on real-world wind
recordings and synthetic data sets are provided to demonstrate the potentials of this new modeling method
Adaptive signal processing algorithms for noncircular complex data
The complex domain provides a natural processing framework for a large class of signals
encountered in communications, radar, biomedical engineering and renewable
energy. Statistical signal processing in C has traditionally been viewed as a straightforward
extension of the corresponding algorithms in the real domain R, however,
recent developments in augmented complex statistics show that, in general, this leads
to under-modelling. This direct treatment of complex-valued signals has led to advances
in so called widely linear modelling and the introduction of a generalised
framework for the differentiability of both analytic and non-analytic complex and
quaternion functions. In this thesis, supervised and blind complex adaptive algorithms
capable of processing the generality of complex and quaternion signals (both
circular and noncircular) in both noise-free and noisy environments are developed;
their usefulness in real-world applications is demonstrated through case studies.
The focus of this thesis is on the use of augmented statistics and widely linear modelling.
The standard complex least mean square (CLMS) algorithm is extended to
perform optimally for the generality of complex-valued signals, and is shown to outperform
the CLMS algorithm. Next, extraction of latent complex-valued signals from
large mixtures is addressed. This is achieved by developing several classes of complex
blind source extraction algorithms based on fundamental signal properties such
as smoothness, predictability and degree of Gaussianity, with the analysis of the existence
and uniqueness of the solutions also provided. These algorithms are shown
to facilitate real-time applications, such as those in brain computer interfacing (BCI).
Due to their modified cost functions and the widely linear mixing model, this class of
algorithms perform well in both noise-free and noisy environments. Next, based on a
widely linear quaternion model, the FastICA algorithm is extended to the quaternion
domain to provide separation of the generality of quaternion signals. The enhanced
performances of the widely linear algorithms are illustrated in renewable energy and
biomedical applications, in particular, for the prediction of wind profiles and extraction
of artifacts from EEG recordings
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