We examine statistical approaches to two significant areas of deconvolution - Blind
Deconvolution (BD) and Robust Deconvolution (RD) for stochastic stationary signals.
For BD, we review some major classical and new methods in a unified framework of
nonGaussian signals. The first class of algorithms we look at falls into the class
of Minimum Entropy Deconvolution (MED) algorithms. We discuss the similarities
between them despite differences in origins and motivations. We give new theoretical
results concerning the behaviour and generality of these algorithms and give evidence
of scenarios where they may fail. In some cases, we present new modifications to the
algorithms to overcome these shortfalls.
Following our discussion on the MED algorithms, we next look at a recently
proposed BD algorithm based on the correntropy function, a function defined as a
combination of the autocorrelation and the entropy functiosn. We examine its BD
performance when compared with MED algorithms. We find that the BD carried
out via correntropy-matching cannot be straightforwardly interpreted as simultaneous
moment-matching due to the breakdown of the correntropy expansion in terms
of moments. Other issues such as maximum/minimum phase ambiguity and computational
complexity suggest that careful attention is required before establishing the
correntropy algorithm as a superior alternative to the existing BD techniques.
For the problem of RD, we give a categorisation of different kinds of uncertainties
encountered in estimation and discuss techniques required to solve each individual
case. Primarily, we tackle the overlooked cases of robustification of deconvolution
filters based on estimated blurring response or estimated signal spectrum. We do
this by utilising existing methods derived from criteria such as minimax MSE with imposed uncertainty bands and penalised MSE. In particular, we revisit the Modified
Wiener Filter (MWF) which offers simplicity and flexibility in giving improved RDs
to the standard plug-in Wiener Filter (WF)
