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Fast Fourier transforms: a tutorial review and a state of the art

Image algebra techniques for parallel image processing

This paper introduces a general and axiomatic approach to linear signal processing (SP) that we refer to as the algebraic signal processing theory (ASP). Basic to ASP is the linear signal model defined as a triple (A,M,Phi) where familiar concepts like the filter space and the signal space are cast as an algebra A and a module M, respectively. The mapping Phi generalizes the concept of a z-transform to bijective linear mappings from a vector space of signal samples into the module M. Common concepts like filtering, spectrum, or Fourier transform have their equivalent counterparts in ASP. Once these concepts and their properties are defined and understood in the context of ASP, they remain true and apply to specific instantiations of the ASP signal model. For example, to develop signal processing theories for infinite and finite discrete time signals, for infinite or finite discrete space signals, or for multidimensional signals, we need only to instantiate the signal model to one that makes sense for that specific class of signals. Filtering, spectrum, Fourier transform, and other notions follow then from the corresponding ASP concepts. Similarly, common assumptions in SP translate into requirements on the ASP signal model. For example, shift-invariance is equivalent to A being commutative. For finite (duration) signals shift invariance then restricts A to polynomial algebras. We explain how to design signal models from the specification of a special filter, the shift. The paper illustrates the general ASP theory with the standard time shift, presenting a unique signal model for infinite time and several signal models for finite time. The latter models illustrate the role played by boundary conditions and recover the discrete Fourier transform (DFT) and its variants as associated Fourier transforms. Finally, ASP provides a systematic methodology to derive fast algorithms for linear transforms. This topic and the application of ASP to space dependent signals and to multidimensional signals are pursued in companion papers.

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Algebraic Signal Processing Theory: Foundation and 1-D Time

Efficient signal processing algorithms are important for embedded and power-limited applications since, by reducing the number of computations, power consumption can be reduced significantly. Similarly, efficient algorithms are also critical to very large scale applications such as video processing and four-dimensional medical imaging. This self-contained guide, the only one of its kind, enables engineers to find the optimum fast algorithm for a specific application. It presents a broad range of computationally-efficient algorithms, describes their structure and implementation, and compares their relative strengths for given problems. All the necessary background mathematics is included and theorems are rigorously proved, so all the information needed to learn and apply the techniques is provided in one convenient guide. With this practical reference, researchers and practitioners in electrical engineering, applied mathematics, and computer science can reduce power dissipation for low-end applications of signal processing, and extend the reach of high-end applications.

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Fast Algorithms for Signal Processing

A 2-D DCT (discrete cosine transform) algorithm based on a direct polynomial approach is presented. The resulting algorithm reduces the number of both multiplications and additions compared to previous algorithms. It is shown that, although being mathematically involved, it possesses a clean, butterfly-based structure. Tables comparing the number of operations are provided, as well as flowgraphs. >

Philippe Quandalle

Papers

Fast Computation of Discrete Fourier Transforms Using Polynomial Transfwms