An approach based on multi-scale ehirplet sparse signal decomposition is proposed to separate the malti-component polynomial phase signals, and estimate their instantaneous frequencies. In this paper, we have generate...An approach based on multi-scale ehirplet sparse signal decomposition is proposed to separate the malti-component polynomial phase signals, and estimate their instantaneous frequencies. In this paper, we have generated a family of multi-scale chirplet functions which provide good local correlations of chirps over shorter time interval. At every decomposition stage, we build the so-called family of chirplets and our idea is to use a structured algorithm which exploits information in the family to chain chirplets together adaptively as to form the polyncmial phase signal component whose correlation with the current residue signal is largest. Simultaueously, the polynomial instantaneous frequency is estimated by connecting the linear frequency of the chirplet functions adopted in the current separation. Simulation experiment demonstrated that this method can separate the camponents of the multi-component polynamial phase signals effectively even in the low signal-to-noise ratio condition, and estimate its instantaneous frequency accurately.展开更多
A new cross-channel interference suppression method is proposed to decrease the cross-channel interference in beat signals based on the short time Fourier transform （STY3＂） and the inverse short time Fourier transf...A new cross-channel interference suppression method is proposed to decrease the cross-channel interference in beat signals based on the short time Fourier transform （STY3＂） and the inverse short time Fourier transform （ISTFT） when the dual-orthogonal polarimetric frequency-modulated continu- ous wave （FMCW） radar adopts the opposite-slope linear frequency modulation signal pair in the simultaneous measurement mode. The STFT is applied only on the signals in the cross-interference intervals in the four polarimetric channels to decrease the computation complexity. A mask matrix for suppressing the interference is constructed using the constant false alarm ratio （CFAR） detection on the spectrograms by the STFY. The simulative results show that the cross-channel interference is effi- ciently suppressed by the proposed method. The comparison between the proposed method and the rejection method verifies the improved performance of the proposed method.展开更多
There are many situations in which the ability of animals to distinguish between two similar looking objects can have significant selective consequences. For example, the objects that require discrimination may be edi...There are many situations in which the ability of animals to distinguish between two similar looking objects can have significant selective consequences. For example, the objects that require discrimination may be edible versus defended prey, predators versus non-predators, or mates of varying quality. Working from the premise that there are situations in which discrimi- nation may be more or less successful, we hypothesized that individuals find it more difficult to distinguish between stimuli when they encounter them sequentially rather than simultaneously. Our study has wide biological and psychological implications from the perspective of signal perception, signal evolution, and discrimination, and could apply to any system where individuals are making relative judgments or choices between two or more stimuli or signals. While this is a general principle that might seem intuitive, it has not been experimentally tested in this context, and is often not considered in the design of models or experiments, or in the interpretation of a wide range of studies. Our study is different from previous studies in psychology in that a） the level of similarity of stimuli are gradually varied to obtain selection gradients, and b） we discuss the implications of our study for specific areas in ecology, such as the level of perfection of mimicry in predator-prey systems. Our experiments provide evidence that it is indeed more difficult to distinguish between stimuli - and to learn to distinguish between stimuli - when they are encountered sequentially rather than simultaneously, even if the intervening time interval is short .展开更多
基金supported by the National Science Foundation of China(No.50875078)
文摘An approach based on multi-scale ehirplet sparse signal decomposition is proposed to separate the malti-component polynomial phase signals, and estimate their instantaneous frequencies. In this paper, we have generated a family of multi-scale chirplet functions which provide good local correlations of chirps over shorter time interval. At every decomposition stage, we build the so-called family of chirplets and our idea is to use a structured algorithm which exploits information in the family to chain chirplets together adaptively as to form the polyncmial phase signal component whose correlation with the current residue signal is largest. Simultaueously, the polynomial instantaneous frequency is estimated by connecting the linear frequency of the chirplet functions adopted in the current separation. Simulation experiment demonstrated that this method can separate the camponents of the multi-component polynamial phase signals effectively even in the low signal-to-noise ratio condition, and estimate its instantaneous frequency accurately.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China for Youth(No.41301397)
文摘A new cross-channel interference suppression method is proposed to decrease the cross-channel interference in beat signals based on the short time Fourier transform （STY3＂） and the inverse short time Fourier transform （ISTFT） when the dual-orthogonal polarimetric frequency-modulated continu- ous wave （FMCW） radar adopts the opposite-slope linear frequency modulation signal pair in the simultaneous measurement mode. The STFT is applied only on the signals in the cross-interference intervals in the four polarimetric channels to decrease the computation complexity. A mask matrix for suppressing the interference is constructed using the constant false alarm ratio （CFAR） detection on the spectrograms by the STFY. The simulative results show that the cross-channel interference is effi- ciently suppressed by the proposed method. The comparison between the proposed method and the rejection method verifies the improved performance of the proposed method.
文摘There are many situations in which the ability of animals to distinguish between two similar looking objects can have significant selective consequences. For example, the objects that require discrimination may be edible versus defended prey, predators versus non-predators, or mates of varying quality. Working from the premise that there are situations in which discrimi- nation may be more or less successful, we hypothesized that individuals find it more difficult to distinguish between stimuli when they encounter them sequentially rather than simultaneously. Our study has wide biological and psychological implications from the perspective of signal perception, signal evolution, and discrimination, and could apply to any system where individuals are making relative judgments or choices between two or more stimuli or signals. While this is a general principle that might seem intuitive, it has not been experimentally tested in this context, and is often not considered in the design of models or experiments, or in the interpretation of a wide range of studies. Our study is different from previous studies in psychology in that a） the level of similarity of stimuli are gradually varied to obtain selection gradients, and b） we discuss the implications of our study for specific areas in ecology, such as the level of perfection of mimicry in predator-prey systems. Our experiments provide evidence that it is indeed more difficult to distinguish between stimuli - and to learn to distinguish between stimuli - when they are encountered sequentially rather than simultaneously, even if the intervening time interval is short .
