Simple algorithms for decorrelation-based blind source separation

Abstract

We present simple adaptive algorithms that perform blind source separation for spatially-independent and temporally-correlated source signals. The proposed algorithms are modified versions of a well-known natural gradient prewhitening scheme, and the simplest version has almost the same complexity as this prewhitening method. We provide a stationary point analysis of our schemes, proving that the only locally-stable stationary point results in separated sources with unit variances and a guaranteed output ordering. We also show how to modify the approaches so that joint subspace analysis and decorrelation-based source separation are performed. Simulations verify the separation capabilities of the schemes.