arXiv · 1601.01173
Generic uniqueness of a structured matrix factorization and applications in blind source separation
Abstract
Algebraic geometry, although little explored in signal processing, provides tools that are very convenient for investigating generic properties in a wide range of applications. Generic properties are properties that hold "almost everywhere". We present a set of conditions that are sufficient for demonstrating the generic uniqueness of a certain structured matrix factorization. This set of conditions may be used as a checklist for generic uniqueness in different settings. We discuss two particular applications in detail. We provide a relaxed generic uniqueness condition for joint matrix diagonalization that is relevant for independent component analysis in the underdetermined case. We present generic uniqueness conditions for a recently proposed class of deterministic blind source separation methods that rely on mild source models. For the interested reader we provide some intuition on how the results are connected to their algebraic geometric roots.
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Ignat Domanov, Lieven DeLathauwer. 2016-01-06. Generic uniqueness of a structured matrix factorization and applications in blind source separation. https://doi.org/10.1109/jstsp.2016.2526971
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