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Review
. 2018 Jul 2;18(7):2120.
doi: 10.3390/s18072120.

A Comparative Study of Four Kinds of Adaptive Decomposition Algorithms and Their Applications

Tao Liu  1   2 , Zhijun Luo  3 , Jiahong Huang  4 , Shaoze Yan  5
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Review

A Comparative Study of Four Kinds of Adaptive Decomposition Algorithms and Their Applications

Tao Liu et al. Sensors (Basel). .

Abstract

The adaptive decomposition algorithm is a powerful tool for signal analysis, because it can decompose signals into several narrow-band components, which is advantageous to quantitatively evaluate signal characteristics. In this paper, we present a comparative study of four kinds of adaptive decomposition algorithms, including some algorithms deriving from empirical mode decomposition (EMD), empirical wavelet transform (EWT), variational mode decomposition (VMD) and Vold⁻Kalman filter order tracking (VKF_OT). Their principles, advantages and disadvantages, and improvements and applications to signal analyses in dynamic analysis of mechanical system and machinery fault diagnosis are showed. Examples are provided to illustrate important influence performance factors and improvements of these algorithms. Finally, we summarize applicable scopes, inapplicable scopes and some further works of these methods in respect of precise filters and rough filters. It is hoped that the paper can provide a valuable reference for application and improvement of these methods in signal processing.

Keywords: adaptive decomposition algorithm; narrow-band signal; non-stationary signal; signal processing.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

Figures

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Figure 1
The waveform of the sample signal fsig1 between in time domain.
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Figure 2
The coefficients of correlation different IMFs and the sample signal.
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Figure 3
The waveforms of the IMFs 1 and 2 of fsig1 and the corresponding Fourier spectrums: (a) waveforms and (b) Fourier spectrums.
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The distributions of extreme values of a signal of 200 Hz with sampling frequencies of 0.5, 2 and 20 kHz.
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Figure 5
The EMD result of the signal of 200 Hz with a sampling frequency of 0.5 kHz and the corresponding Fourier spectrum: (a) the results of EMD and (b) the Fourier spectrum.
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Figure 6
The EMD result of the signal of 200 Hz with a sampling frequency of 2 kHz and the corresponding Fourier spectrum: (a) the result of EMD and (b) the Fourier spectrum.
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The waveform of the sample signal fsig2 in time domain.
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The STFT of the sample signal fsig2.
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The coefficients of correlation between different IMFs and the sample signal fsig2.
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Figure 10
The waveforms of the IMFs 1–3.
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Figure 11
The ideal time-frequency distributions of the IMFs 1–3: (a) IMF 1; (b) IMF 2 and (c) IMF 3.
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Figure 12
The STFT representations of the IMFs 1–3: (a) IMF 1; (b) IMF 2 and (c) IMF 3.
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Figure 13
The waveforms of the IMFs 1–3 and the corresponding Fourier spectrums: (a) waveforms and (b) Fourier spectrums.
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Figure 14
The waveforms of the IMFs 1–3 of fsig1 and the corresponding Fourier spectrums: (a) waveforms and (b) Fourier spectrums.
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Figure 15
The EEMD result of the signal of 200 Hz with a sampling frequency of 2 kHz and the corresponding Fourier spectrum: (a) the result of EEMD and (b) the Fourier spectrum.
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The waveform of the sample signal fsig3.
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The waveforms of the IMFs 1–3 of fsig3 by EEMD and CEEMD: (a) EEMD and (b) CEEMD.
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Residues of added white noises derived by EEMD and CEEMD: (a) EEMD and (b) CEEMD.
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Figure 18
Residues of added white noises derived by EEMD and CEEMD: (a) EEMD and (b) CEEMD.
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The waveform of the sample signal fsig4.
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Figure 20
Comparisons among EMD, EEMD, CEEMD and improved CEEMDAN.
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The errors of decomposition results of EEMD, CEEMD and improved CEEMDAN.
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Figure 22
Segmenting Fourier spectrum into N contiguous segments.
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Figure 23
The waveform of the sample signal fsig5.
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The waveforms of EWT result of fsig5 and the corresponding Fourier spectrums: (a) waveforms and (b) Fourier spectrums.
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The EWT result and the original signal of 800 Hz within [0.4 0.45] s.
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Figure 26
The waveform of the sample signal fsig6.
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Figure 27
The STFT of the sample signal fsig6: (a) 2D figure and (b) 3D figure.
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Figure 28
The IF and IA of the sample signal fsig6: (a) IF and (b) IA.
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The waveforms of EWT result of fsig6 and the corresponding Fourier spectrums: (a) waveforms and (b) Fourier spectrums.
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Figure 30
The waveform of the sample signal fsig7.
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The STFT of the sample signal fsig7: (a) 2D figure and (b) 3D figure.
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Each component of the sample signal fsig7: (a) the waveform and (b) the Fourier spectrum.
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The waveforms of EWT result of fsig6 and the corresponding Fourier spectrums: (a) waveforms and (b) Fourier spectrums. The parameters used in processed code are as follows: params.detect is set as ‘adaptivereg’, params.typeDetect is set as ‘otsu’.
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Figure 34
The decomposition result of fsig7: (a) the waveform and (b) the Fourier spectrum.
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The decomposition result of fsig6 by using VMD: (a) the waveform and (b) the Fourier spectrum.
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The STFT representations of the Comps 1–3: (a) Comp 1; (b) Comp 2 and (c) Comp 3.
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The decomposition result of fsig6 by using EMD: (a) the waveform and (b) the Fourier spectrum.
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Figure 38
The STFT representations of the IMFs 1–3: (a) IMF 1; (b) IMF 2; and (c) IMF 3.
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Figure 39
The waveform of the sample signal fsig8.
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Figure 40
The STFT of the sample signal fsig8: (a) 2D figure and (b) 3D figure.
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The waveforms of decomposition result of fsig8 by using VKF_OT and the corresponding calculation errors: (a) waveforms and (b) calculation errors.
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Figure 42
The waveform of the sample signal fsig9.
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Figure 43
The STFT of the sample signal fsig9: (a) 2D figure and (b) 3D figure.
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The IF errors of the sample signal fsig9 obtained from the corresponding STFTs.
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Figure 45
The waveforms of decomposition result of fsig9 by using VKF_OT and the corresponding calculation errors: (a) waveforms and (b) calculation errors.
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