An investigation of the performances of asynchronous measurements methods

In acoustical imaging and source localization, several methods for the exploitation of asynchronous array measurements have been proposed, based on covariance matrix completion, Bayesian estimation, fusion of beamforming maps, etc. The goal of asynchronous measurements is to reach the performance of large and dense arrays, with reduced experimental effort, by moving an array of limited size between experiments, and fuse the obtained data to produce an estimation of the distribution of acoustical sources. In this study, we consider the performances that one can expect from asynchronous measurements, and investigate the actual performances of several methods from the state of the art. In particular, the mean squared errors of the estimation of the position and power of an acoustical source are estimated using simulations and experimental measurements.