Computationally efficient estimation of multi-dimensional spectral lines

Abstract

In this work, we propose a computationally efficient algorithm for estimating multi-dimensional spectral lines. The method treats the data tensor's dimensions separately, yielding the corresponding frequency estimates for each dimension. Then, in a second step, the estimates are ordered over dimensions, thus forming the resulting multidimensional parameter estimates. For high dimensional data, the proposed method offers statistically efficient estimates for moderate to high signal to noise ratios, at a computational cost substantially lower than typical non-parametric Fourier-transform based periodogram solutions, as well as to state-of-the-art parametric estimators.