Linear prediction

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Linear prediction is a mathematical operation where future values of a discrete-time signal are estimated as a linear function of previous samples.

In digital signal processing, linear prediction is often called linear predictive coding (LPC) and can thus be viewed as a subset of filter theory. In system analysis (a subfield of mathematics), linear prediction can be viewed as a part of mathematical modelling or optimization.

The prediction model

The most common representation is

where is the predicted signal value, x(n − i) the previous observed values, and a_i the predictor coefficients. The error generated by this estimate is

where x_n is the true signal value.

These equations are valid for all types of (one-dimensional) linear prediction. The differences are found in the way the parameters a_i are chosen.

For multi-dimensional signals the error metric is often defined as

where is a suitable chosen vector norm.

Estimating the parameters

The most common choice in optimization of parameters a_i is the root mean square criterion which is also called the autocorrelation criterion. In this method we minimize the expected value of the squared error E[e²(n)], which yields the equation

for 1 ≤ j ≤ p, where R is the autocorrelation of signal x_n, defined as

where E is the expected value. In the multi-dimensional case this corresponds to minimizing the L₂ norm.

The above equations are called the normal equations or Yule-Walker equations. In matrix form the equations can be equivalently written as

where the autocorrelation matrix R is a symmetric, circulant matrix with elements r_i,j = R(i − j), vector r is the autocorrelation vector r_j = R(j), and vector a is the parameter vector.

Another, more general, approach is to minimize

where we usually constrain the parameters a_i with a₀ = 1 to avoid the trivial solution. This constraint yields the same predictor as above but the normal equations are then

where the index i ranges from 0 to p, and R is a (p + 1) × (p + 1) matrix.

Optimisation of the parameters is a wide topic and a large number of other approaches have been proposed.

Still, the autocorrelation method is the most common and it is used, for example, for speech coding in the GSM standard.

Solution of the matrix equation Ra = r is computationally a relatively expensive process. The Gauss algorithm for matrix inversion is probably the oldest solution but this approach does not efficiently use the symmetry of R and r. A faster algorithm is the Levinson recursion proposed by Norman Levinson in 1947, which recursively calculates the solution. Later, Delsarte et al. proposed an improvement to this algorithm called the split Levinson recursion which requires about half the number of multiplications and divisions. It uses a special symmetrical property of parameter vectors on subsequent recursion levels.

References

Original

• G. U. Yule. On a method of investigating periodicities in disturbed series, with special reference to wolfer’s sunspot numbers. Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc., 226-A:267–298, 1927.

Overview

• J. Makhoul. Linear prediction: A tutorial review. Proceedings of the IEEE, 63 (5):561–580, April 1975.
• M. H. Hayes. Statistical Digital Signal Processing and Modeling. J. Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 1996.

External links

• PLP and RASTA (and MFCC, and inversion) in Matlab

See also

• Forecasting
• Prediction interval
• Deconvolutionde:Linear prediction

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