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Tracking of Multiple Moving Sources Using Recursive EM Algorithm
EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing volume 2005, Article number: 534685 (2005)
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We deal with recursive direction-of-arrival (DOA) estimation of multiple moving sources. Based on the recursive EM algorithm, we develop two recursive procedures to estimate the time-varying DOA parameter for narrowband signals. The first procedure requires no prior knowledge about the source movement. The second procedure assumes that the motion of moving sources is described by a linear polynomial model. The proposed recursion updates the polynomial coefficients when a new data arrives. The suggested approaches have two major advantages: simple implementation and easy extension to wideband signals. Numerical experiments show that both procedures provide excellent results in a slowly changing environment. When the DOA parameter changes fast or two source directions cross with each other, the procedure designed for a linear polynomial model has a better performance than the general procedure. Compared to the beamforming technique based on the same parameterization, our approach is computationally favorable and has a wider range of applications.
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Chung, PJ., Böhme, J.F. & Hero, A.O. Tracking of Multiple Moving Sources Using Recursive EM Algorithm. EURASIP J. Adv. Signal Process. 2005, 534685 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1155/ASP.2005.50
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