Deep Multiplicative Update Algorithm for Nonnegative Matrix Factorization and Its Application to Audio Signals

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1. What is the goal of NMF?

2. What is Bregman divergence in NMF?

3. Design of DeMUA for NMF?

4. How to design Ps B and Ph C for divergence axiom?

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The goal of NMF (Non-negative Matrix Factorization) is to approximate an observed data matrix as a product of basis and weight matrices. The approximation is achieved by minimizing the cost function J(W, H), where W and H are the basis and weight matrices, respectively. The rank of the approximation is determined by the number of bases, which is denoted as min(R+, min(R,)). In audio applications, the data matrix is organized using ymn = |y Cmn|^2, where Cmn is the complex spectrogram at the th frequency bin and th frame. NMF parameters can be estimated by minimizing the cost function J(W, H) using algorithms like MUA (Algorithm 1 and 2). The MUAs update the basis and weight matrices iteratively, with the aim of achieving a low-rank approximation of the observed data matrix.

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Bregman divergence in NMF is a function that satisfies axiom A1 and A2, where D(u, v) >= 0 for all u in R+ and D(u, v) = 0 if and only if v = u. It is defined as EQUATION, where is a strictly convex function and is the derivative. Early NMF literature introduced Bregman divergence, and it is used in update rules for NMF. It includes special cases like squared Euclidean distance, generalized Kullback-Leibler divergence, and Itakura-Saito divergence. It is a tractable case of the Bregman divergence and is often used in signal separation methods.

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DeMUA for NMF is an architecture that estimates NMF parameters, extending update rules with trainable parameters. It offers flexibility over MUAs, treating the update sub-block U as a recurrent NN. The design challenge lies in creating U for Bregman and CPDF-based divergences. For Bregman divergence, U is designed using a neural network function Ps B, while for CPDF-based divergence, U is designed using a neural network function Ph C. Both divergences are minimized by the DeMUA, as shown in Fig. 1(b) and (d) for Bregman, and Fig. 1(c) and (e) for CPDF-based divergence.

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Designing Ps B and Ph C is crucial for satisfying the axiom of divergence. According to [11], if Ps B is strictly convex, D B B reconstructed from Eq. (16) becomes a divergence. Ps B's structure is shown in Appendix A.1. The design ensures that the update units generate operative outputs, avoiding inoperative outputs caused by improper divergence. The restrictions on Ps B and Ph C are derived to ensure the divergence axiom is met, leading to effective neural-based divergences.

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DeMUA applies audio denoising by utilizing the low-rank approximation ability of NMF. The forward propagation process involves obtaining the complex spectrogram of the estimated source signal using the noisy spectrogram and low-rank approximation. The estimated source signal is reconstructed by applying the inverse short-time Fourier transform (STFT). The DeMUA is trained by minimizing the loss function based on the scale-invariant signal-to-distortion ratio (SI-SDR). This loss function is calculated using the target waveform and its estimate for each speaker, aiming to reduce the noise signal and improve audio quality.

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Deep unfolded NNs are trainable iterative algorithms used in audio and image processing applications. They result in interpretable neural network architectures, but the interpretability may be partially sacrificed due to the use of convolution layers. However, the interpretability of the DeMUA architecture is theoretically guaranteed. Deep unfolded NNs have been applied in various studies, including deep NMF and state-of-the-art NNs in audio applications. The present study focuses on designing a flexible divergence using NNs, distinguishing it from previous works.

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In the experiments, small datasets were used for comparison with NN literature. However, the dataset sizes were sufficient to train the DeMUA, as the power spectrogram contained over a hundred thousand elements. The datasets used were small in comparison to those used in the NN literature, but still provided enough data for training the DeMUA. The specific datasets used were not mentioned in the provided information.

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In the separation stage, the combination of female and male speakers was randomly determined for each forward path. This random combination allowed for comprehensive evaluation of the separation performance. The initial values of the NMF parameter were randomly generated, and the reduced divergences were set to specific values. The SI-SDRi values were calculated using 5 i.i.d. random initial values of the NMF parameters and all combinations of female and male speakers in SID2-1 and SID2-2. The results showed that the performance of the DeMUA varied depending on the combination of speakers, with some architectures showing higher SI-SDRi values than others. Overall, the separation performance depended more on the low-rank approximation and the training of the NNs.

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The DeMUA architecture is a new NN architecture proposed for NMF, representing MUAs and containing an update sub-block for divergence. It incorporates NNs for interpretability and is trained for denoising and signal separation tasks. The experimental results show improved SI-SDRi compared to untrained DeMUA, indicating successful learning of MUA and divergence. The architecture includes implementations for Bregman and CPDF-based divergences, providing theoretical guides for design. Overall, DeMUA enhances NMF performance and interpretability in various tasks.

Deep Multiplicative Update Algorithm for Nonnegative Matrix Factorization and Its Application to Audio Signals

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