Multiple-view time-frequency distribution based on the empirical mode decomposition

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2010-08
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Stevenson, Nathan J.
Mesbah, Mostefa
Boashash, Boualem
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This study proposes a novel, composite time-frequency distribution (TFD) constructed using a multiple-view approach. This composite TFD utilises the intrinsic mode functions (IMFs) of the empirical mode decomposition (EMD) to generate each view that are then combined using the arithmetic mean. This process has the potential to eliminate the inter-component interference generated by a quadratic TFD (QTFD), as the IMFs of the EMD are, in general, monocomponent signals. The formulation of the multiple-view TFD in the ambiguity domain results in faster computation, compared to a convolutive implementation in the time-frequency domain, and a more robust TFD in the presence of noise. The composite TFD, referred to as the EMD-TFD, was shown to generate a heuristically more accurate representation of the distribution of time-frequency energy in a signal. It was also shown to have performance comparable to the Wigner-Ville distribution when estimating the instantaneous frequency of multiple signal components in the presence of noise.
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Hilbert spectrum , Multiple-view time-frequency distribution , Empirical mode decomposition , Composite time-frequency , TFD , Time- frequency domain , Wigner-Ville distribution , Multiple signal components , Radar signal processing , Sonar signal processing , EMD
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Stevenson, NJ, Mesbah, M, Boashash, B; (2010) 'Multiple-view time-frequency distribution based on the empirical mode decomposition'. Iet Signal Processing, 4 (4) :447-456. doi: 10.1049/iet-spr.2009.0084
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© 2010 The Institution of Engineering and Technology. This paper is a postprint of a paper submitted to and accepted for publication in IET Signal Processing and is subject to Institution of Engineering and Technology Copyright. The copy of record is available at IET Digital Library.