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Signal processing computational method

In signal processing, independent component analysis (ICA) is a computational method for separating a multivariate signal into additive subcomponents. This is done by assuming that at most one subcomponent is Gaussian and that the subcomponents are statistically independent from each other. ICA was invented by Jeanny Hérault and Christian Jutten in 1985. ICA is a special case of blind source separation. A common example application of ICA is the "cocktail party problem" of listening in on one person's speech in a noisy room. Wikipedia →

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  4. Read the landmark paper: Independent Component Analysis Using an Extended Infomax Algorithm for Mixed Subgaussian and Supergaussian SourcesCited 1,697 times
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Noun A particular optimization method, prescribing that a function that maps a set of inputs to a set of outputs should maximize the average mutual information between the two sets, subject to constraints.

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