A teaching and evaluation tool for adaptive signal processing using Java

A teaching and evaluation tool for adaptive algorithms using the Java platform is presented. The tool has been developed for use in teaching adaptive signal processing and gives the students the facility to observe a comprehensive set of algorithms executing in the time, frequency and z-domain, vary any parameter and thereby augment the traditional learning process. Another key aim in the development was to provide a simple tool so that the feasibility of adaptive algorithms for a particular problem can be evaluated quickly. The Java platform has been chosen for this task since it is possible to run the tool on any computer system (e.g. Unix, Windows, Linux) using a Java virtual machine via the World Wide Web.