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Article Citation - WoS: 18Citation - Scopus: 31Applied Mel-Frequency Discrete Wavelet Coefficients and Parallel Model Compensation for Noise-Robust Speech Recognition(Elsevier, 2006) Tüfekçi, Zekeriya; Gowdy, John N.; Gürbüz, Sabri; Patterson, EricInterfering noise severely degrades the performance of a speech recognition system. The Parallel Model Compensation (PMC) technique is one of the most efficient techniques for dealing with such noise. Another approach is to use features local in the frequency domain, such as Mel-Frequency Discrete Wavelet Coefficients (MFDWCs). In this paper, we investigate the use of PMC and MFDWC features to take advantage of both noise compensation and local features (MFDWCs) to decrease the effect of noise on recognition performance. We also introduce a practical weighting technique based on the noise level of each coefficient. We evaluate the performance of several wavelet-schemes using the NOISEX-92 database for various noise types and noise levels. Finally, we compare the performance of these versus Mel-Frequency Cepstral Coefficients (MFCCs), both using PMC. Experimental results show significant performance improvements for MFDWCs versus MFCCs, particularly after compensating the HMMs using the PMC technique. The best feature vector among the six MFDWCs we tried gave 13.72 and 5.29 points performance improvement, on the average, over MFCCs for -6 and 0 dB SNR, respectively. This corresponds to 39.9% and 62.8% error reductions, respectively. Weighting the partial score of each coefficient based on the noise level further improves the performance. The average error rates for the best MFDWCs dropped from 19.57% to 16.71% and from 3.14% to 2.14% for -6 dB and 0 dB noise levels, respectively, using the weighting scheme. These improvements correspond to 14.6% and 31.8% error reductions for -6 dB and 0 dB noise levels, respectively. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.Article Citation - WoS: 67Citation - Scopus: 78Chirp Group Delay Analysis of Speech Signals(Elsevier, 2007) Bozkurt, Barış; Couvreur, Laurent; Dutoit, ThierryThis study proposes new group delay estimation techniques that can be used for analyzing resonance patterns of short-term discrete-time signals and more specifically speech signals. Phase processing or equivalently group delay processing of speech signals are known to be difficult due to large spikes in the phase/group delay functions that mask the formant structure. In this study, we first analyze in detail the z-transform zero patterns of short-term speech signals in the z-plane and discuss the sources of spikes on group delay functions, namely the zeros closely located to the unit circle. We show that windowing largely influences these patterns, therefore short-term phase processing. Through a systematic study, we then show that reliable phase/group delay estimation for speech signals can be achieved by appropriate windowing and group delay functions can reveal formant information as well as some of the characteristics of the glottal flow component in speech signals. However, such phase estimation is highly sensitive to noise and robust extraction of group delay based parameters remains difficult in real acoustic conditions even with appropriate windowing. As an alternative, we propose processing of chirp group delay functions, i.e. group delay functions computed on a circle other than the unit circle in z-plane, which can be guaranteed to be spike-free. We finally present one application in feature extraction for automatic speech recognition (ASR). We show that chirp group delay representations are potentially useful for improving ASR performance. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.Article Citation - WoS: 4Ramcess 2.x Framework-Expressive Voice Analysis for Realtime and Accurate Synthesis of Singing(Springer Verlag, 2008) d'Alessandro, Nicolas; Babacan, Onur; Bozkurt, Barış; Dubuisson, Thomas; Holzapfel, Andre; Kessous, Loic; Vlieghe, MaximeIn this paper we present the work that has been achieved in the context of the second version of the RAMCESS singing synthesis framework. The main improvement of this study is the integration of new algorithms for expressive voice analysis, especially the separation of the glottal source and the vocal tract. Realtime synthesis modules have also been refined. These elements have been integrated in an existing digital instrument: the HANDSKETCH 1.X, a bimanual controller. Moreover this digital instrument is compared to existing systems.Article User-Relay Assisted Cellular Networks With Multiple Antennas(Taylor & Francis, 2019) Baştürk, İlhan; Özbek, BernaUser-relay assisted OFDMA-based cellular networks have gained great importance recently since these networks are indicated as one of the powerful technologies that will contribute the 5G standard. These networks can be used with novel three-phase frame structure unlike classical two-phase frame structure and can be enhanced with multiple antennas to utilise the advantages of them. The main advantage of the three-phase frame structure is taking care of the limitations of the current transceiver design in practical systems and not allowing users to be relay and user simultaneously. Diversity and capacity gains are also the advantages of extending the network with multiple antennas. In this paper, we will use the novel three-phase frame structure for downlink MISO-OFDMA cellular networks and develop resource management algorithms as relay selection and resource allocation to observe the benefits of this system.Article Traffic Aware Cell Selection Algorithm for Tetra Trunk Based Professional Mobile Radio(Springer Verlag, 2019) Özbek, Berna; Karataş, Azad; Bardak, Erinç Deniz; Sönmez, İlkerLoad balancing and traffic management are the critical needs in cell selection decision for a better and seamless communication demands in professional mobile radios. For the cases where cell selection algorithms do not consider the traffic load, there may be call drops due to the congestion in networks or longer call setup times for the users. These undesired consequences can cause dramatic quality degradation especially for the emergency cases or public safety services. In this paper, we propose two algorithms for Tetra Trunk based professional mobile radios by considering both traffic load and received signal strength indication (RSSI) in order to reduce the significant delays while establishing transmissions. The proposed full set cell selection algorithm is prioritized to reduce the call setup time for the mobile users and the proposed reduced set cell selection algorithm is focused on minimizing the number of RSSI measurements which causes significant delay in practical professional mobile radio. We illustrate the performance results in terms of delay for Tetra Trunk based professional mobile radio.Article A Saliency-Weighted Orthogonal Regression-Based Similarity Measure for Entropic Graphs(Springer, 2019) Ergün, Aslı; Ergün, Serkan; Ünlü, Mehmet Zübeyir; Güngör, CengizVarious measures are used to determine similarity ratios among images before and after image registration. Image registration methods are based on finding the translation, rotation, and scaling parameters that maximize the similarity between two images by taking advantage of the feature points and densities that are found. While the similarity criterion is calculated, it is possible and advantageous to use approximation methods on the graphs based on information theory. The current study proposes a new similarity measure based on saliency-weighted orthogonal regression derived from the weighted sums of the saliency map of the orthogonal regression residuals formed on the entropic graph. It is evaluated in terms of both quantitative and qualitative methods and compared with other graph-based similarity measures.Article Citation - Scopus: 1Reconstruction of Geometrical and Reflection Properties of Surfaces by Using Structured Light Imaging Technique(Türkiye Klinikleri Journal of Medical Sciences, 2018) Ozan, Şükrü; Gümüştekin, ŞevketWhen a robust and dense surface reconstruction is aimed, structured light imaging techniques are usually much appreciated. In this paper we propose a method to reconstruct both geometrical and reflective properties of surfaces by using structured light imaging. We use a technique where a camera and a projector are both treated as viewing devices. They are calibrated in the same manner. Each visible point can be correctly located on both image planes without solving a correspondence problem; hence, a dense reconstruction can be obtained. Since both the camera and the projector are explicitly calibrated, lighting and viewing directions can be identified for each surface point. It is also possible to measure reflected radiance by using high dynamic range (HDR) images for each surface point. The lighting and viewing directions that are known after calibration are combined with the reflected radiance and the incoming irradiance measurements to determine the bidirectional reflectance distribution function (BRDF) values of the material at the reconstructed surface points. We illustrate the reconstruction of surface reflection properties of sample surfaces by fitting the Phong BRDF model to the BRDF measurements.Article Citation - WoS: 4Citation - Scopus: 7On Operational Space Tracking Control of Robotic Manipulators With Uncertain Dynamic and Kinematic Terms(American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2019) Çetin, Kamil; Tatlıcıoğlu, Enver; Zergeroǧlu, ErkanIn this study, a continuous robust-adaptive operational space controller that ensures asymptotic end-effector tracking, despite the uncertainties in robot dynamics and on the velocity level kinematics of the robot, is proposed. Specifically, a smooth robust controller is applied to compensate the parametric uncertainties related to the robot dynamics while an adaptive update algorithm is used to deal with the kinematic uncertainties. Rather than formulating the tracking problem in the joint space, as most of the previous works on the field have done, the controller formulation is presented in the operational space of the robot where the actual task is performed. Additionally, the robust part of the proposed controller is continuous ensuring the asymptotic tracking and relatively smooth controller effort. The stability of the overall system and boundedness of the closed loop signals are ensured via Lyapunov based arguments. Experimental results are presented to illustrate the feasibility and performance of the proposed method.Article Citation - WoS: 2Citation - Scopus: 2Quantification of Resistive Wall Instability for Particle Accelerator Machines(Türkiye Klinikleri Journal of Medical Sciences, 2019) Yaman, FatihThe aim of this study is to quantify longitudinal resistive wall impedances, corresponding wake functions, and wake potentials for different accelerator machines of interest. Accurate calculations of wake potentials by particle-in-cell codes are extremely difficult for the investigated parameters; therefore, we use an analytical approach and consider large domains with fine discretization for the required numerical integrations. The semianalytical wake potential computations are benchmarked against numerical general purpose 2D/3D Maxwell solver software codes and a different analytical approach for a certain set of parameters. We report examples to illustrate limitations of wake potential estimations from coupling impedances, and computations for the machines using realistic beam parameters and machine conditions. A numerical example where the aim is to find the wake potential of the machine from the 5% noisy impedance data is given.Article Citation - WoS: 5Citation - Scopus: 6An Extended Jacobian-Based Formulation for Operational Space Control of Kinematically Redundant Robot Manipulators With Multiple Subtask Objectives: An Adaptive Control Approach(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers(ASME), 2019) Çetin, Kamil; Tatlıcıoğlu, Enver; Zergeroğlu, ErkanIn this study, an extended Jacobian matrix formulation is proposed for the operational space tracking control of kinematically redundant robot manipulators with multiple subtask objectives. Furthermore, to compensate the structured uncertainties related to the robot dynamics, an adaptive operational space controller is designed, and then, the corresponding stability analysis is presented for kinematically redundant robot manipulators. Specifically, the proposed method is concerned with not only the stability of operational space objective but also the stability of multiple subtask objectives. The combined stability analysis of the operational space objective and the subtask objectives are obtained via Lyapunov based arguments. Experimental and simulation studies are presented to illustrate the performance of the proposed method.