Blind Source Separation Algorithms Based on Nonnegative Matrix Factorization Using Different Learning Rates

The iterative multipliable update formulas are used in blind source separation algorithms based on non-negative matrix factorization (NMF). However, the methods to select the learning rates and affect algorithms’ performance remain to be researched. This paper gives a derivation of different learning rates when selecting various iterative update formulas. A lot of computer simulations about these combinations are carried, and they show that a denominator of the effective iterative update formulas must contain information of the error function. In addition, its terms of denominator and numerator should be balanced.