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Ali H. Sayed

Bio: Ali H. Sayed is an academic researcher from École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. The author has contributed to research in topics: Adaptive filter & Optimization problem. The author has an hindex of 81, co-authored 728 publications receiving 36030 citations. Previous affiliations of Ali H. Sayed include Harbin Engineering University & University of California, Los Angeles.


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TL;DR: This paper considers the situation in which the data observed by the agents may have risen from two different models, and develops a classification scheme for agents to identify the models that generated the data, and proposes a procedure by which the entire network can be made to converge towards the same model through a collaborative decision-making process.
Abstract: In distributed processing, agents generally collect data generated by the same underlying unknown model (represented by a vector of parameters) and then solve an estimation or inference task cooperatively. In this paper, we consider the situation in which the data observed by the agents may have risen from two different models. Agents do not know beforehand which model accounts for their data and the data of their neighbors. The objective for the network is for all agents to reach agreement on which model to track and to estimate this model cooperatively. In these situations, where agents are subject to data from unknown different sources, conventional distributed estimation strategies would lead to biased estimates relative to any of the underlying models. We first show how to modify existing strategies to guarantee unbiasedness. We then develop a classification scheme for the agents to identify the models that generated the data, and propose a procedure by which the entire network can be made to converge towards the same model through a collaborative decision-making process. The resulting algorithm is applied to model fish foraging behavior in the presence of two food sources.

43 citations

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01 Oct 2008
TL;DR: This work motivates and proposes new versions of the diffusion LMS algorithm, including a version that outperforms previous solutions without increasing the complexity or communications, and others that obtain even better performance by allowing additional communications.
Abstract: We consider the problem of distributed estimation, where a set of nodes are required to collectively estimate some parameter of interest. We motivate and propose new versions of the diffusion LMS algorithm, including a version that outperforms previous solutions without increasing the complexity or communications, and others that obtain even better performance by allowing additional communications. We analyze their performance and compare with simulation results.

43 citations

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TL;DR: A model for the solution of multitask problems over asynchronous networks is described and a detailed mean and mean-square error analysis is carried out to show that sufficiently small step-sizes can still ensure both stability and performance.
Abstract: The multitask diffusion LMS is an efficient strategy to simultaneously infer, in a collaborative manner, multiple parameter vectors. Existing works on multitask problems assume that all agents respond to data synchronously. In several applications, agents may not be able to act synchronously because networks can be subject to several sources of uncertainties such as changing topology, random link failures, or agents turning on and off for energy conservation. In this work, we describe a model for the solution of multitask problems over asynchronous networks and carry out a detailed mean and mean-square error analysis. Results show that sufficiently small step-sizes can still ensure both stability and performance. Simulations and illustrative examples are provided to verify the theoretical findings. The framework is applied to a particular application involving spectral sensing.

43 citations

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TL;DR: This paper presents a spectrum sensing technique based on correlating spectra for detection of television (TV) broadcasting signals and shows that according to the Neyman-Pearson criterion, this spectral correlation-based sensing technique is asymptotically optimal at very low SNR and with a large sensing time.
Abstract: Spectrum sensing is one of the enabling functionalities for cognitive radio (CR) systems to operate in the spectrum white space To protect the primary incumbent users from interference, the CR is required to detect incumbent signals at very low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) In this paper, we present a spectrum sensing technique based on correlating spectra for detection of television (TV) broadcasting signals The basic strategy is to correlate the periodogram of the received signal with the a priori known spectral features of the primary signal We show that according to the Neyman-Pearson criterion, this spectral correlation-based sensing technique is asymptotically optimal at very low SNR and with a large sensing time From the system design perspective, we analyze the effect of the spectral features on the spectrum sensing performance Through the optimization analysis, we obtain useful insights on how to choose effective spectral features to achieve reliable sensing Simulation results show that the proposed sensing technique can reliably detect analog and digital TV signals at SNR as low as -20 dB

43 citations

Proceedings ArticleDOI
12 May 2008
TL;DR: This paper proposes a cooperative wideband spectrum sensing scheme, referred to as spatial-spectral joint detection, which is based on a linear combination of the local statistics from spatially distributed multiple cognitive radios.
Abstract: Spectrum sensing is an essential functionality that enables cognitive radios to detect spectral holes and opportunistically use under-utilized frequency bands without causing harmful interference to primary networks. Since individual cognitive radios might not be able to reliably detect weak primary signals due to channel fading/shadowing, this paper proposes a cooperative wideband spectrum sensing scheme, referred to as spatial-spectral joint detection, which is based on a linear combination of the local statistics from spatially distributed multiple cognitive radios. The cooperative sensing problem is formulated into an optimization problem, for which suboptimal but efficient solutions can be obtained through mathematical transformation under practical conditions.

42 citations


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TL;DR: There is, I think, something ethereal about i —the square root of minus one, which seems an odd beast at that time—an intruder hovering on the edge of reality.
Abstract: There is, I think, something ethereal about i —the square root of minus one. I remember first hearing about it at school. It seemed an odd beast at that time—an intruder hovering on the edge of reality. Usually familiarity dulls this sense of the bizarre, but in the case of i it was the reverse: over the years the sense of its surreal nature intensified. It seemed that it was impossible to write mathematics that described the real world in …

33,785 citations

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TL;DR: This survey provides an overview of higher-order tensor decompositions, their applications, and available software.
Abstract: This survey provides an overview of higher-order tensor decompositions, their applications, and available software. A tensor is a multidimensional or $N$-way array. Decompositions of higher-order tensors (i.e., $N$-way arrays with $N \geq 3$) have applications in psycho-metrics, chemometrics, signal processing, numerical linear algebra, computer vision, numerical analysis, data mining, neuroscience, graph analysis, and elsewhere. Two particular tensor decompositions can be considered to be higher-order extensions of the matrix singular value decomposition: CANDECOMP/PARAFAC (CP) decomposes a tensor as a sum of rank-one tensors, and the Tucker decomposition is a higher-order form of principal component analysis. There are many other tensor decompositions, including INDSCAL, PARAFAC2, CANDELINC, DEDICOM, and PARATUCK2 as well as nonnegative variants of all of the above. The N-way Toolbox, Tensor Toolbox, and Multilinear Engine are examples of software packages for working with tensors.

9,227 citations

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22 Jan 2006
TL;DR: Some of the major results in random graphs and some of the more challenging open problems are reviewed, including those related to the WWW.
Abstract: We will review some of the major results in random graphs and some of the more challenging open problems. We will cover algorithmic and structural questions. We will touch on newer models, including those related to the WWW.

7,116 citations

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6,278 citations

01 Jan 2016
TL;DR: The table of integrals series and products is universally compatible with any devices to read and is available in the book collection an online access to it is set as public so you can get it instantly.
Abstract: Thank you very much for downloading table of integrals series and products. Maybe you have knowledge that, people have look hundreds times for their chosen books like this table of integrals series and products, but end up in harmful downloads. Rather than reading a good book with a cup of coffee in the afternoon, instead they cope with some harmful virus inside their laptop. table of integrals series and products is available in our book collection an online access to it is set as public so you can get it instantly. Our book servers saves in multiple locations, allowing you to get the most less latency time to download any of our books like this one. Merely said, the table of integrals series and products is universally compatible with any devices to read.

4,085 citations