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GEOPHYSICS, VOL. 50. NO. 3 (MARCH 1984); P. 394413, 14 FIGS., 1 TABLE. Minimum entropy deconvolution and simplicity: A noniterative algorithm Carlos A. Cabrelli* ABSTRACT Minimum entropy deconvolution (MED) is a tech- filter, while the new algorithm derived from the D norm nique developed by Wiggins (1978) with the purpose of requires the inversion of a single matrix. separating the components of a signal, as the convolu- On the other hand, results of numerical tests, per- tion model of a smooth wavelet with a series of im- formed jointly with Graciela A. Canziani’, show that pulses. the new algorithm produces outputs of greater sim- The advantage of this method, as compared with tra- plicity than those produced by the traditional MED ditional methods, is that it obviates strong hypotheses algorithm. These considerations imply that the D cri- over the components, which require only the simplicity terion yields a new computational method for minimum of the output. The degree of simplicity is measured with entropy deconvolution. the Varimax norm for factor analysis. An iterative algo- A section of numerical examples is included, where rithm for computation of the filter is derived from this the results of an extensive simulation study with syn- norm, having as an outstanding characteristic its stabili- thetic data are analyzed. The numerical computations ty in presence of noise.