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Death rattle : an explorationWee, Bee Leng January 2003 (has links)
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La Médiathèque de Noisy-le-Grand rapport de stage /Bourguignat, Christelle. Presse, Claire. January 2003 (has links) (PDF)
Rapport de stage diplôme de conservateur des bibliothèques : Bibliothéconomie : Villeurbanne, ENSSIB : 2003.
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Vibraphone transcription from noisy audio using factorization methodsZehtabi, Sonmaz 30 April 2012 (has links)
This thesis presents a comparison between two factorization techniques { Probabilistic Latent Component Analysis (PLCA) and Non-Negative Least Squares (NNLSQ)
{ for the problem of detecting note events played by a vibraphone, using a microphone
for sound acquisition in the context of live performance. Ambient noise is reduced by
using specifi c dictionary codewords to model the noise.
The results of the factorization are analyzed by two causal onset detection algorithms: a rule-based algorithm and a trained machine learning based classi fier. These
onset detection algorithms yield decisions on when note events happen. Comparative
results are presented, considering a database of vibraphone recordings with di fferent
levels of noise, showing the conditions under which the event detection is reliable. / Graduate
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Perceptual Binaural Speech Enhancement in Noisy EnviornmentsDong, Rong 02 1900 (has links)
Speech enhancement in multi-speaker babble remains an enormous challenge. In this study, we developed a binaural speech enhancement system to extract information pertaining to a target speech signal embedded in a noisy background for use in future hearing-aid systems. The principle underlying the proposed system is to simulate the perceptual auditory segregation process carried out in the normal human auditory system. Based on the spatial location, pitch and onset cues, the system can identify and enhance those time-frequency regions which constitute the target speech.
The proposed system is capable of dealing with a wide variety of noise intrusions, including competing speech signals and multi-speaker babble. It also works under mild reverberation conditions. Systematic evaluation shows that the system achieves substantial improvement on the intelligibility of target signal, while it largely suppresses the unwanted background signal. / Thesis / Master of Applied Science (MASc)
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Exploiting Structure in Backtracking Algorithms for Propositional and Probabilistic ReasoningLi, Wei January 2010 (has links)
Boolean propositional satisfiability (SAT) and probabilistic reasoning represent
two core problems in AI. Backtracking based algorithms have been applied in both
problems. In this thesis, I investigate structure-based techniques for solving real world
SAT and Bayesian networks, such as software testing and medical diagnosis instances.
When solving a SAT instance using backtracking search, a sequence of decisions
must be made as to which variable to branch on or instantiate next. Real world problems
are often amenable to a divide-and-conquer strategy where the original instance
is decomposed into independent sub-problems. Existing decomposition techniques
are based on pre-processing the static structure of the original problem. I propose
a dynamic decomposition method based on hypergraph separators. Integrating this
dynamic separator decomposition into the variable ordering of a modern SAT solver
leads to speedups on large real world SAT problems.
Encoding a Bayesian network into a CNF formula and then performing weighted
model counting is an effective method for exact probabilistic inference. I present two
encodings for improving this approach with noisy-OR and noisy-MAX relations. In
our experiments, our new encodings are more space efficient and can speed up the
previous best approaches over two orders of magnitude.
The ability to solve similar problems incrementally is critical for many probabilistic
reasoning problems. My aim is to exploit the similarity of these instances by
forwarding structural knowledge learned during the analysis of one instance to the
next instance in the sequence. I propose dynamic model counting and extend the dynamic
decomposition and caching technique to multiple runs on a series of problems
with similar structure. This allows us to perform Bayesian inference incrementally as
the evidence, parameter, and structure of the network change. Experimental results
show that my approach yields significant improvements over previous model counting
approaches on multiple challenging Bayesian network instances.
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Exploiting Structure in Backtracking Algorithms for Propositional and Probabilistic ReasoningLi, Wei January 2010 (has links)
Boolean propositional satisfiability (SAT) and probabilistic reasoning represent
two core problems in AI. Backtracking based algorithms have been applied in both
problems. In this thesis, I investigate structure-based techniques for solving real world
SAT and Bayesian networks, such as software testing and medical diagnosis instances.
When solving a SAT instance using backtracking search, a sequence of decisions
must be made as to which variable to branch on or instantiate next. Real world problems
are often amenable to a divide-and-conquer strategy where the original instance
is decomposed into independent sub-problems. Existing decomposition techniques
are based on pre-processing the static structure of the original problem. I propose
a dynamic decomposition method based on hypergraph separators. Integrating this
dynamic separator decomposition into the variable ordering of a modern SAT solver
leads to speedups on large real world SAT problems.
Encoding a Bayesian network into a CNF formula and then performing weighted
model counting is an effective method for exact probabilistic inference. I present two
encodings for improving this approach with noisy-OR and noisy-MAX relations. In
our experiments, our new encodings are more space efficient and can speed up the
previous best approaches over two orders of magnitude.
The ability to solve similar problems incrementally is critical for many probabilistic
reasoning problems. My aim is to exploit the similarity of these instances by
forwarding structural knowledge learned during the analysis of one instance to the
next instance in the sequence. I propose dynamic model counting and extend the dynamic
decomposition and caching technique to multiple runs on a series of problems
with similar structure. This allows us to perform Bayesian inference incrementally as
the evidence, parameter, and structure of the network change. Experimental results
show that my approach yields significant improvements over previous model counting
approaches on multiple challenging Bayesian network instances.
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Robust speech features for speech recognition in hostile environmentsToh, Aik January 1900 (has links)
Speech recognition systems have improved in robustness in recent years with respect to both speaker and acoustical variability. Nevertheless, it is still a challenge to deploy speech recognition systems in real-world applications that are exposed to diverse and significant level of noise. Robustness and recognition accuracy are the essential criteria in determining the extent of a speech recognition system deployed in real-world applications. This work involves development of techniques and extensions to extract robust features from speech and achieve substantial performance in speech recognition. Robustness and recognition accuracy are the top concern in this research. In this work, the robustness issue is approached using the front-end processing, in particular robust feature extraction. The author proposes an unified framework for robust feature and presents a comprehensive evaluation on robustness in speech features. The framework addresses three distinct approaches: robust feature extraction, temporal information inclusion and normalization strategies. The author discusses the issue of robust feature selection primarily in the spectral and cepstral context. Several enhancement and extensions are explored for the purpose of robustness. This includes a computationally efficient approach proposed for moment normalization. In addition, a simple back-end approach is incorporated to improve recognition performance in reverberant environments. Speech features in this work are evaluated in three distinct environments that occur in real-world scenarios. The thesis also discusses the effect of noise on speech features and their parameters. The author has established that statistical properties play an important role in mismatches. The significance of the research is strengthened by the evaluation of robust approaches in more than one scenario and the comparison with the performance of the state-of-the-art features. The contributions and limitations of each robust feature in all three different environments are highlighted. The novelty of the work lies in the diverse hostile environments which speech features are evaluated for robustness. The author has obtained recognition accuracy of more than 98.5% for channel distortion. Recognition accuracy greater than 90.0% has also been maintained for reverberation time 0.4s and additive babble noise at SNR 10dB. The thesis delivers a comprehensive research on robust speech features for speech recognition in hostile environments supported by significant experimental results. Several observations, recommendations and relevant issues associated with robust speech features are presented.
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Novel opposition-based sampling methods for efficiently solving challenging optimization problemsEsmailzadeh, Ali 01 April 2011 (has links)
In solving noise-free and noisy optimization problems, candidate initialization and sampling
play a key role, but are not deeply investigated. It is of interest to know if the entire
search space has the same quality for candidate-solutions during solving different type of
optimization problems. In this thesis, a comprehensive investigation is conducted in order
to clear those doubts, and to examine the effects of variant sampling methods on solving
challenging optimization problems, such as large-scale, noisy, and multi-modal problems.
As a result, the search space is segmented by using seven segmentation schemes, namely:
Center-Point, Center-Based, Modula-Opposite, Quasi-Opposite, Quasi-Reflection, Supper-
Opposite, and Opposite-Random. The introduced schemes are studied using Monte-Carlo
simulation, on various types of noise-free optimization problems, and ultimately ranked
based on their performance in terms of probability of closeness, average distance to unknown
solution, number of solutions found, and diversity. Based on the results of the
experiments, high-ranked schemes are selected and utilized on well-known metaheuristic
algorithms, as case studies. Two categories of case studies are targeted; one for a singlesolution-
based metaheuristic (S-metaheuristic) and another one for a population based
metaheuristic (P-metaheuristic). A high-ranked single-solution-based scheme is utilized
to accelerate Simulated Annealing (SA) algorithm, as a noise-free S-metaheuristic case
study. Similarly, for noise-free P-metaheuristic case study, an effective population-based
algorithm, Differential Evolution (DE), has been utilized. The experiments confirm that
the new algorithms outperform the parent algorithm (DE) on large-scale problems. In the
same direction, with regards to solving noisy problems more efficiently, a Shaking-based
sampling method is introduced, in which the original noise is tackled by adding an additional
noise into the search process. As a case study, the Shaking-based sampling is
utilized on the DE algorithm, from which two variant algorithms have been developed and
showed impressive performance in comparison to the classical DE, in tackling noisy largescale
problems. This thesis has created an opportunity for a comprehensive investigation
on search space segmentation schemes and proposed new sampling methods. The current
study has provided a guide to use appropriate sampling schemes for a given types of
problems such as noisy, large-scale and multi-modal optimization problems. Furthermore,
this thesis questions the effectiveness of uniform-random sampling method, which is widely
used in of S-Metaheuristic and P-Metaheuristic algorithms. / UOIT
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Multiple Antenna Broadcast Channels with Random Channel Side InformationShalev Housfater, Alon 11 January 2012 (has links)
The performance of multiple input single output (MISO) broadcast channels is strongly dependent on the availability of channel side
information (CSI) at the transmitter. In many practical systems, CSI may be available to the transmitter only in a corrupted and
incomplete form. It is natural to assume that the flaws in the CSI are random and can be represented by a probability distribution
over the channel. This work is concerned with two key issues concerning MISO broadcast systems with random CSI: performance analysis and system design. First, the impact of noisy channel information on system performance is investigated. A simple model is formulated where the channel is Rayleigh fading, the CSI is corrupted by additive white Gaussian noise and a zero forcing precoder is formed by the noisy CSI. Detailed analysis of the
ergodic rate and outage probability of the system is given. Particular attention is given to system behavior at asymptotically
high SNR. Next, a method to construct precoders in a manner that accounts for the uncertainty in the channel information is
developed. A framework is introduced that allows one to quantify the tradeoff between the risk (due to the CSI randomness) that is
associated with a precoder and the resulting transmission rate. Using ideas from modern portfolio theory, the risk-rate problem is
modified to a tractable mean-variance optimization problem. Thus, we give a method that allows one to efficiently find a good
precoder in the risk-rate sense. The technique is quite general and applies to a wide range of CSI probability distributions.
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Multiple Antenna Broadcast Channels with Random Channel Side InformationShalev Housfater, Alon 11 January 2012 (has links)
The performance of multiple input single output (MISO) broadcast channels is strongly dependent on the availability of channel side
information (CSI) at the transmitter. In many practical systems, CSI may be available to the transmitter only in a corrupted and
incomplete form. It is natural to assume that the flaws in the CSI are random and can be represented by a probability distribution
over the channel. This work is concerned with two key issues concerning MISO broadcast systems with random CSI: performance analysis and system design. First, the impact of noisy channel information on system performance is investigated. A simple model is formulated where the channel is Rayleigh fading, the CSI is corrupted by additive white Gaussian noise and a zero forcing precoder is formed by the noisy CSI. Detailed analysis of the
ergodic rate and outage probability of the system is given. Particular attention is given to system behavior at asymptotically
high SNR. Next, a method to construct precoders in a manner that accounts for the uncertainty in the channel information is
developed. A framework is introduced that allows one to quantify the tradeoff between the risk (due to the CSI randomness) that is
associated with a precoder and the resulting transmission rate. Using ideas from modern portfolio theory, the risk-rate problem is
modified to a tractable mean-variance optimization problem. Thus, we give a method that allows one to efficiently find a good
precoder in the risk-rate sense. The technique is quite general and applies to a wide range of CSI probability distributions.
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