Application of sparse time-frequency decomposition to seismic data

The Gabor and S transforms are frequently used in time-frequency decomposition methods. Constrained by the uncertainty principle, both transforms produce low-resolution time-frequency decomposition results in the time and frequency domains. To improve the resolution of the time-frequency decomposition results, we use the instantaneous frequency distribution function（IFDF） to express the seismic signal. When the instantaneous frequencies of the nonstationary signal satisfy the requirements of the uncertainty principle, the support of IFDF is just the support of the amplitude ridges in the signal obtained using the short-time Fourier transform. Based on this feature, we propose a new iteration algorithm to achieve the sparse time-frequency decomposition of the signal. The iteration algorithm uses the support of the amplitude ridges of the residual signal obtained with the short-time Fourier transform to update the time-frequency components of the signal. The summation of the updated time-frequency components in each iteration is the result of the sparse timefrequency decomposition. Numerical examples show that the proposed method improves the resolution of the time-frequency decomposition results and the accuracy of the analysis of the nonstationary signal. We also use the proposed method to attenuate the ground roll of field seismic data with good results.

SRMD:Sparse Random Mode Decomposition

Signal decomposition and multiscale signal analysis provide many useful tools for timefrequency analysis.We proposed a random feature method for analyzing time-series data by constructing a sparse approximation to the spectrogram.The randomization is both in the time window locations and the frequency sampling,which lowers the overall sampling and computational cost.The sparsification of the spectrogram leads to a sharp separation between time-frequency clusters which makes it easier to identify intrinsic modes,and thus leads to a new data-driven mode decomposition.The applications include signal representation,outlier removal,and mode decomposition.On benchmark tests,we show that our approach outperforms other state-of-the-art decomposition methods.

Physics-informed neural network-based petroleum reservoir simulation with sparse data using domain decomposition

Recent advances in deep learning have expanded new possibilities for fluid flow simulation in petroleum reservoirs.However,the predominant approach in existing research is to train neural networks using high-fidelity numerical simulation data.This presents a significant challenge because the sole source of authentic wellbore production data for training is sparse.In response to this challenge,this work introduces a novel architecture called physics-informed neural network based on domain decomposition(PINN-DD),aiming to effectively utilize the sparse production data of wells for reservoir simulation with large-scale systems.To harness the capabilities of physics-informed neural networks(PINNs)in handling small-scale spatial-temporal domain while addressing the challenges of large-scale systems with sparse labeled data,the computational domain is divided into two distinct sub-domains:the well-containing and the well-free sub-domain.Moreover,the two sub-domains and the interface are rigorously constrained by the governing equations,data matching,and boundary conditions.The accuracy of the proposed method is evaluated on two problems,and its performance is compared against state-of-the-art PINNs through numerical analysis as a benchmark.The results demonstrate the superiority of PINN-DD in handling large-scale reservoir simulation with limited data and show its potential to outperform conventional PINNs in such scenarios.

Enhanced Fourier Transform Using Wavelet Packet Decomposition

Many domains, including communication, signal processing, and image processing, use the Fourier Transform as a mathematical tool for signal analysis. Although it can analyze signals with steady and transitory properties, it has limits. The Wavelet Packet Decomposition (WPD) is a novel technique that we suggest in this study as a way to improve the Fourier Transform and get beyond these drawbacks. In this experiment, we specifically considered the utilization of Daubechies level 4 for the wavelet transformation. The choice of Daubechies level 4 was motivated by several reasons. Daubechies wavelets are known for their compact support, orthogonality, and good time-frequency localization. By choosing Daubechies level 4, we aimed to strike a balance between preserving important transient information and avoiding excessive noise or oversmoothing in the transformed signal. Then we compared the outcomes of our suggested approach to the conventional Fourier Transform using a non-stationary signal. The findings demonstrated that the suggested method offered a more accurate representation of non-stationary and transient signals in the frequency domain. Our method precisely showed a 12% reduction in MSE and a 3% rise in PSNR for the standard Fourier transform, as well as a 35% decrease in MSE and an 8% increase in PSNR for voice signals when compared to the traditional wavelet packet decomposition method.

Gearbox Fault Diagnosis using Adaptive Zero Phase Time-varying Filter Based on Multi-scale Chirplet Sparse Signal Decomposition

When used for separating multi-component non-stationary signals, the adaptive time-varying filter(ATF) based on multi-scale chirplet sparse signal decomposition(MCSSD) generates phase shift and signal distortion. To overcome this drawback, the zero phase filter is introduced to the mentioned filter, and a fault diagnosis method for speed-changing gearbox is proposed. Firstly, the gear meshing frequency of each gearbox is estimated by chirplet path pursuit. Then, according to the estimated gear meshing frequencies, an adaptive zero phase time-varying filter(AZPTF) is designed to filter the original signal. Finally, the basis for fault diagnosis is acquired by the envelope order analysis to the filtered signal. The signal consisting of two time-varying amplitude modulation and frequency modulation(AM-FM) signals is respectively analyzed by ATF and AZPTF based on MCSSD. The simulation results show the variances between the original signals and the filtered signals yielded by AZPTF based on MCSSD are 13.67 and 41.14, which are far less than variances (323.45 and 482.86) between the original signals and the filtered signals obtained by ATF based on MCSSD. The experiment results on the vibration signals of gearboxes indicate that the vibration signals of the two speed-changing gearboxes installed on one foundation bed can be separated by AZPTF effectively. Based on the demodulation information of the vibration signal of each gearbox, the fault diagnosis can be implemented. Both simulation and experiment examples prove that the proposed filter can extract a mono-component time-varying AM-FM signal from the multi-component time-varying AM-FM signal without distortion.

Underdetermined DOA estimation and blind separation of non-disjoint sources in time-frequency domain based on sparse representation method

This paper deals with the blind separation of nonstation-ary sources and direction-of-arrival （DOA） estimation in the under-determined case, when there are more sources than sensors. We assume the sources to be time-frequency （TF） disjoint to a certain extent. In particular, the number of sources presented at any TF neighborhood is strictly less than that of sensors. We can identify the real number of active sources and achieve separation in any TF neighborhood by the sparse representation method. Compared with the subspace-based algorithm under the same sparseness assumption, which suffers from the extra noise effect since it can-not estimate the true number of active sources, the proposed algorithm can estimate the number of active sources and their cor-responding TF values in any TF neighborhood simultaneously. An-other contribution of this paper is a new estimation procedure for the DOA of sources in the underdetermined case, which combines the TF sparseness of sources and the clustering technique. Sim-ulation results demonstrate the validity and high performance of the proposed algorithm in both blind source separation （BSS） and DOA estimation.

Application of Atomic Sparse Decomposition to Feature Extraction of the Fault Signal in Small Current Grounding System

Applying the atomic sparse decomposition in the distribution network with harmonics and small current grounding to decompose the transient zero sequence current that appears after the single phase to ground fault occurred. Based on dictionary of Gabor atoms and matching pursuit algorithm, the method extracts the atomic components iteratively from the feature signals and translated them to damped sinusoidal components. Then we can obtain the parametrical and analytical representation of atomic components. The termination condition of decomposing iteration is determined by the threshold of the initial residual energy with the purpose of extract the features more effectively. Accordingly, the proposed method can extract the starting and ending moment of disturbances precisely as well as their magnitudes, frequencies and other features. The numerical examples demonstrate its effectiveness.

A bearing fault diagnosis method based on sparse decomposition theory

The bearing fault information is often interfered or lost in the background noise after the vibration signal being transferred complicatedly, which will make it very difficult to extract fault features from the vibration signals. To avoid the problem in choosing and extracting the fault features in bearing fault diagnosing, a novelty fault diagnosis method based on sparse decomposition theory is proposed. Certain over-complete dictionaries are obtained by training, on which the bearing vibration signals corresponded to different states can be decomposed sparsely. The fault detection and state identification can be achieved based on the fact that the sparse representation errors of the signal on different dictionaries are different. The effects of the representation error threshold and the number of dictionary atoms used in signal decomposition to the fault diagnosis are analyzed. The effectiveness of the proposed method is validated with experimental bearing vibration signals.

Parameter estimation of maneuvering targets in OTHR based on sparse time-frequency representation

This paper proposes a new method for estimating the parameter of maneuvering targets based on sparse time-frequency transform in over-the-horizon radar（OTHR）. In this method, the sparse time-frequency distribution of the radar echo is obtained by solving a sparse optimization problem based on the short-time Fourier transform. Then Hough transform is employed to estimate the parameter of the targets. The proposed algorithm has the following advantages： Compared with the Wigner-Hough transform method, the computational complexity of the sparse optimization is low due to the application of fast Fourier transform（FFT）. And the computational cost of Hough transform is also greatly reduced because of the sparsity of the time-frequency distribution. Compared with the high order ambiguity function（HAF） method, the proposed method improves in terms of precision and robustness to noise. Simulation results show that compared with the HAF method, the required SNR and relative mean square error are 8 dB lower and 50 dB lower respectively in the proposed method. While processing the field experiment data, the execution time of Hough transform in the proposed method is only 4% of the Wigner-Hough transform method.

Denoising via truncated sparse decomposition

This paper proposes a denoising algorithm called truncated sparse decomposition （TSD） algorithm, which combines the advantage of the sparse decomposition with that of the minimum energy model truncation operation. Experimental results on two real chaotic signals show that the TSD algorithm outperforms the recently reported denoising algorithmsnon-negative sparse coding and singular value decomposition based method.

Chaotic signal denoising algorithm based on sparse decomposition

Denoising of chaotic signal is a challenge work due to its wide-band and noise-like characteristics.The algorithm should make the denoised signal have a high signal to noise ratio and retain the chaotic characteristics.We propose a denoising method of chaotic signals based on sparse decomposition and K-singular value decomposition(K-SVD)optimization.The observed signal is divided into segments and decomposed sparsely.The over-complete atomic library is constructed according to the differential equation of chaotic signals.The orthogonal matching pursuit algorithm is used to search the optimal matching atom.The atoms and coefficients are further processed to obtain the globally optimal atoms and coefficients by K-SVD.The simulation results show that the denoised signals have a higher signal to noise ratio and better preserve the chaotic characteristics.

Application of signal sparse decomposition in dynamic test

In dynamic test,sampling rate is high and noise is strong,so a signal sparse decomposition method based on Gabor dictionary is put forward.This method iteratively decomposes the signal with the matching pursuit(MP)algorithm and takes the coherence ratio of the threshold as a condition of iteration termination.Standard MP algorithm is time-consuming,thus an adaptive genetic algorithm is introduced to MP method,which makes computation speed accelerate effectively.Experimental results indicate that this method not only can effectively remove high-frequency noise but also can compress the signal greatly.

Refined Sparse Representation Based Similar Category Image Retrieval

Given one specific image,it would be quite significant if humanity could simply retrieve all those pictures that fall into a similar category of images.However,traditional methods are inclined to achieve high-quality retrieval by utilizing adequate learning instances,ignoring the extraction of the image’s essential information which leads to difficulty in the retrieval of similar category images just using one reference image.Aiming to solve this problem above,we proposed in this paper one refined sparse representation based similar category image retrieval model.On the one hand,saliency detection and multi-level decomposition could contribute to taking salient and spatial information into consideration more fully in the future.On the other hand,the cross mutual sparse coding model aims to extract the image’s essential feature to the maximumextent possible.At last,we set up a database concluding a large number of multi-source images.Adequate groups of comparative experiments show that our method could contribute to retrieving similar category images effectively.Moreover,adequate groups of ablation experiments show that nearly all procedures play their roles,respectively.

TVAR Time-frequency Analysis for Non-stationary Vibration Signals of Spacecraft

Predicting the time-varying auto-spectral density of a spacecraft in high-altitude orbits requires an accurate model for the non-stationary random vibration signals with densely spaced modal frequency. The traditional time-varying algorithm limits prediction accuracy, thus affecting a number of operational decisions. To solve this problem, a time-varying auto regressive （TVAR） model based on the process neural network （PNN） and the empirical mode decomposition （EMD） is proposed. The time-varying system is tracked on-line by establishing a time-varying parameter model, and then the relevant parameter spectrum is obtained. Firstly, the EMD method is utilized to decompose the signal into several intrinsic mode functions （IMFs）. Then for each IMF, the PNN is established and the time-varying auto-spectral density is obtained. Finally, the time-frequency distribution of the signals can be reconstructed by linear superposition. The simulation and the analytical results from an example demonstrate that this approach possesses simplicity, effectiveness, and feasibility, as well as higher frequency resolution.

A technique to improve the empirical mode decomposition in the Hilbert-Huang transform

The Hilbert-based time-frequency analysis has promising capacity to reveal the time-variant behaviors of a sys- tem.To admit well-behaved Hilbert transforms,component decomposition of signals must be performed beforehand.This was first systematically implemented by the empirical mode decomposition(EMD)in the Hilbert-Huang transform,which can provide a time-frequency representation of the signals.The EMD,however,has limitations in distinguishing different components in narrowband signals commonly found in free-decay vibration signals.In this study,a technique for decompo- sing components in narrowband signals based on waves' beating phenomena is proposed to improve the EMD,in which the time scale structure of the signal is unveiled by the Hilbert transform as a result of wave beating,the order of component ex- traction is reversed from that in the EMD and the end effect is confined.The proposed technique is verified by performing the component decomposition of a simulated signal and a free decay signal actually measured in an instrumented bridge structure.In addition,the adaptability of the technique to time-variant dynamic systems is demonstrated with a simulated time-variant MDOF system.

Parametric adaptive time-frequency representation based on time-sheared Gabor atoms

A localized parametric time-sheared Gabor atom is derived by convolving a linear frequency modulated factor, modulating in frequency and translating in time to a dilated Gaussian function, which is the generalization of Gabor atom and is more delicate for matching most of the signals encountered in practice, especially for those having frequency dispersion characteristics. The time-frequency distribution of this atom concentrates in its time center and frequency center along energy curve, with the curve being oblique to a certain extent along the time axis. A novel parametric adaptive time-frequency distribution based on a set of the derived atoms is then proposed using a adaptive signal subspace decomposition method in frequency domain, which is non-negative time-frequency energy distribution and free of cross-term interference for multicomponent signals. The results of numerical simulation manifest the effectiveness of the approach in time-frequency representation and signal de-noising processing.

DOA ESTIMATION USING A SPARSE LINEAR MODEL BASED ON EIGENVECTORS

To reduce high computational cost of existing Direction-Of-Arrival(DOA) estimation techniques within a sparse representation framework,a novel method with low computational com-plexity is proposed.Firstly,a sparse linear model constructed from the eigenvectors of covariance matrix of array received signals is built.Then based on the FOCal Underdetermined System Solver(FOCUSS) algorithm,a sparse solution finding algorithm to solve the model is developed.Compared with other state-of-the-art methods using a sparse representation,our approach also can resolve closely and highly correlated sources without a priori knowledge of the number of sources.However,our method has lower computational complexity and performs better in low Signal-to-Noise Ratio(SNR).Lastly,the performance of the proposed method is illustrated by computer simulations.

Modal identification of multi-degree-of-freedom structures based on intrinsic chirp component decomposition method

Modal parameter identification is a mature technology.However,there are some challenges in its practical applications such as the identification of vibration systems involving closely spaced modes and intensive noise contamination.This paper proposes a new time-frequency method based on intrinsic chirp component decomposition(ICCD)to address these issues.In this method,a redundant Fourier model is used to ameliorate border distortions and improve the accuracy of signal reconstruction.The effectiveness and accuracy of the proposed method are illustrated using three examples:a cantilever beam structure with intensive noise contamination or environmental interference,a four-degree-of-freedom structure with two closely spaced modes,and an impact test on a cantilever rectangular plate.By comparison with the identification method based on the empirical wavelet transform(EWT),it is shown that the presented method is effective,even in a high-noise environment,and the dynamic characteristics of closely spaced modes are accurately determined.

A Novel Robust Zero-Watermarking Algorithm for Audio Based on Sparse Representation

Behind the prevalence of multimedia technology,digital copyright disputes are becoming increasingly serious.The digital watermarking prevention technique against the copyright infringement needs to be improved urgently.Among the proposed technologies,zero-watermarking has been favored recently.In order to improve the robustness of the zero-watermarking,a novel robust audio zerowatermarking method based on sparse representation is proposed.The proposed scheme is mainly based on the K-singular value decomposition(K-SVD)algorithm to construct an optimal over complete dictionary from the background audio signal.After that,the orthogonal matching pursuit(OMP)algorithm is used to calculate the sparse coefficient of the segmented test audio and generate the corresponding sparse coefficient matrix.Then,the mean value of absolute sparse coefficients in the sparse matrix of segmented speech is calculated and selected,and then comparing the mean absolute coefficient of segmented speech with the average value of the selected coefficients to realize the embedding of zero-watermarking.Experimental results show that the proposed audio zerowatermarking algorithm based on sparse representation performs effectively in resisting various common attacks.Compared with the baseline works,the proposed method has better robustness.

Study of seismic spectrum decomposition based on CEEMD

Empirical mode decomposition( EMD) is a powerful tool of time-frequency analysis. EMD decomposes a signal into a series of sub-signals,called Intrinsic mode functions( IMFs). Each IMF contains different frequency components which can deal with the nonlinear and non-stationary of signal. Complete ensemble empirical mode decomposition( CEEMD) is an improved algorithm,which can provide an accurate reconstruction of the original signal and better spectral separation of the modes. The authors studied the decomposition result of a synthetic signal obtained from EMD and CEEMD. The result shows that the CEEMD has suitability in spectrum decomposition time-frequency analysis. Compared with traditional methods,a higher time-frequency resolution is obtained through verifying the method on both synthetic and real data.