Independent component analysis P8

ICA by Maximization of Nongaussianity In this chapter, we introduce a simple and intuitive principle for estimating the model of independent component analysis (ICA). This is based on maximization of nongaussianity. Nongaussianity is actually of paramount importance in ICA estimation. Without nongaussianity the estimation is not possible at all, as shown in Section 7.5. Therefore, it is not surprising that nongaussianity could be used as a leading principle in ICA estimation. This is at the same time probably the main reason for the rather late resurgence of ICA research: In most of classic statistical theory, random variables are assumed to have...