Robust neural networks with on-line learning for blind identification and blind separation of sources

Abstract

Two unsupervised, self-normalizing, adaptive learning algorithms are developed for robust blind identification and/or blind separation of independent source signals from a linear mixture of them. One of these algorithms is developed for on-line learning of a single-layer feed-forward neural network model and a second one for a feedback (fully recurrent) neural network model. The proposed algorithms are robust, efficient, fast and suitable for real-time implementations. Moreover, they ensure the separation of extremely weak or badly scaled stationary signals, as well as a successful separation even if the mixture matrix is very ill-conditioned (near singular). The performance of the proposed algorithms is illustrated by computer simulation experiments.