34 research outputs found
Constructive updating/downdating of oblique projectors: a generalization of the Gram-Schmidt process
A generalization of the Gram-Schmidt procedure is achieved by providing
equations for updating and downdating oblique projectors. The work is motivated
by the problem of adaptive signal representation outside the orthogonal basis
setting. The proposed techniques are shown to be relevant to the problem of
discriminating signals produced by different phenomena when the order of the
signal model needs to be adjusted.Comment: As it will appear in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and
Theoretical (2007
Measurements design and phenomena discrimination
The construction of measurements suitable for discriminating signal
components produced by phenomena of different types is considered. The required
measurements should be capable of cancelling out those signal components which
are to be ignored when focusing on a phenomenon of interest. Under the
hypothesis that the subspaces hosting the signal components produced by each
phenomenon are complementary, their discrimination is accomplished by
measurements giving rise to the appropriate oblique projector operator. The
subspace onto which the operator should project is selected by nonlinear
techniques in line with adaptive pursuit strategies
Constructive approximations to the q=1/2 maximum entropy distribution from redundant and noisy data
An approach adopted to consider the problem of constructing the q=1/2 maximum entropy distribution from redundant and noisy data was discussed. The advantage of this generalized approach, when dealing with very noisy data was illustrated by a numerical simulation. A strategy was proposed that evolved through different steps such as independent constraints were first preselected by recourse to a data independent technique. A backward approach was also proposed for reducing the parameters of such distributions. It was found that the sub-optimal strategies could be utilized in a broad range of situations
Signal representation for compression and noise reduction through frame-based wavelets
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On the truncation of the harmonic oscillator wavepacket
We present an interesting result regarding the implication of truncating the
wavepacket of the harmonic oscillator. We show that disregarding the
non-significant tails of a function which is the superposition of
eigenfunctions of the harmonic oscillator has a remarkable consequence: namely,
there exist infinitely many different superpositions giving rise to the same
function on the interval. Uniqueness, in the case of a wavepacket, is restored
by a postulate of quantum mechanics
Recursive approach for constructing the q = 1/2 maximum entropy distribution from redundant data
A recursive approach for computing the q = 1/2 nonextensive maximum entropy distribution of the previously introduced formalism for data subset selection is proposed. Such an approach is based on an iterative biorthogonalization technique, which allows for the incorporation of the Lagrange multipliers that determine the distribution to the workings of the algorithm devised for selecting relevant data subsets. This technique circumvents the necessity of inverting operators and yields a recursive procedure to appropriately modify the Lagrange multipliers so as to account for each new constraint
Modelling of pulsating diffusional boundary layers : I. A reversible metalâmetal ion electrochemical reaction under symmetric square wave perturbing potentials at a plane electrode
The concentration profiles of reacting species at the electrodeâsolution interface under a periodic square wave perturbing potential are calculated by solving the diffusion equation for the case of a fast reversible metalâmetal ion reaction. This situation is particularly interesting in the electrochemical facetting of metals. The model explains the dependence of current density and charge density on the frequency and number of cycles of the perturbing potential.Instituto de Investigaciones FisicoquĂmicas TeĂłricas y Aplicada
From cardinal spline wavelet bases to highly coherent dictionaries
Wavelet families arise by scaling and translations of a prototype function, called the mother wavelet. The construction of wavelet bases for cardinal spline spaces is generally carried out within the multi-resolution analysis scheme. Thus, the usual way of increasing the dimension of the multi-resolution subspaces is by augmenting the scaling factor. We show here that, when working on a compact interval, the identical effect can be achieved without changing the wavelet scale but reducing the translation parameter. By such a procedure we generate a redundant frame, called a dictionary, spanning the same spaces as a wavelet basis but with wavelets of broader support. We characterize the correlation of the dictionary elements by measuring their 'coherence' and produce examples illustrating the relevance of highly coherent dictionaries to problems of sparse signal representation
A competitive scheme for storing sparse representation of X-Ray medical images
A competitive scheme for economic storage of the informational content of an X-Ray image, as it can be used for further processing, is presented. It is demonstrated that sparse representation of that type of data can be encapsulated in a small file without affecting the quality of the recovered image. The proposed representation, which is inscribed within the context of data reduction, provides a format for saving the image information in a way that could assist methodologies for analysis and classification. The competitiveness of the resulting file is compared against the compression standards JPEG and JPEG200