Time-frequency analysis has recently undergone significant advances in two main directions: statistically optimized methods that extend the scope of time-frequency-based techniques from merely exploratory data analysis to more quantitative application, and generalized joint signal representations that extend time-frequency-based methods to a richer ...

Bilinear time-frequency representations (TFRs) and time-scale representations (TSRs) are potentially very useful for detecting a nonstationary signal in the presence of nonstationary noise or interference. As quadratic signal representations, they are promising for situations in which the optimal detector is a quadratic function of the observations. ...

Time-frequency representations (TFRs) provide a powerful and flexible structure for designing optimal detectors in a variety of nonstationary scenarios. In this paper, we describe a TFR-based framework for optimal detection of arbitrary second-order stochastic signals, with certain unknown or random nuisance parameters, in the presence of Gaussian ...

Generalized joint signal representations (JSRs) extend the scope of joint time-frequency representations (TFRs) to a richer class of nonstationary signals, but their use, just as in the case of TFRs, has been primarily limited to qualitative, exploratory data analysis. To exploit their potential more fully, JSR-based statistical signal processing ...

Time-frequency based methods, particularly quadratic (Cohen's-class) representations, are often considered for detection in applications ranging from sonar to machine monitoring. We propose a method of obtaining near-optimal quadratic detectors directly from training data using Fisher's optimal linear discriminant to design a quadratic detector. This ...

Generalized joint signal representations extend the scope of joint time-frequency representations to a richer class of nonstationary signals. Cohen's marginal-based generalized approach is canonical from a distributional viewpoint, whereas, in some other applications, for example, in a signal detection framework, a covariance-based formulation is ...

Joint signal representations of arbitrary variables extend the scope of joint time-frequency representations, and provide a useful description for a wide variety of nonstationary signal characteristics. Cohen's marginal-based theory for bilinear representations is canonical from a distributional viewpoint, whereas, from other perspectives, such as ...

Reliable detection of engine knock is an important issue in the design and maintenance of high performance internal combustion engines. Cost considerations dictate the use of vibration signals, measured at the engine block, for knock detection. Conventional techniques use the energy in a bandpass filtered version of the vibration signal as a measure. ...

Joint signal representations (JSRs) of arbitrary variables generalize time-frequency representations (TFRs) to a much broader class of nonstationary signal characteristics. Two main distributional approaches to JSRs of arbitrary variables have been proposed by Cohen and Baraniuk. Cohen's method is a direct extension of his original formulation of ...

Optimal detectors based on time-frequency/time-scale representations (TFRs/TSRs) admit a representation in terms of a bank of spectrograms/scalograms that yields a large class of detectors. These range from the conventional matched filter to the more complex higher-rank detectors offering a superior performance in a wider variety of detection situations. ...