@CONFERENCE\{IMM2007-05220, author = "H. Laurberg and L. K. Hansen", title = "On affine non-negative matrix factorization", year = "2007", booktitle = "{ICASSP} 2007, Hawaii, {USA}", volume = "", series = "", editor = "", publisher = "IEEE", organization = "", address = "", url = "http://www2.compute.dtu.dk/pubdb/pubs/5220-full.html", abstract = "We generalize the non-negative matrix factorization (NMF) generative model to incorporate an explicit offset. Multiplicative estimation algorithms are provided for the resulting sparse affine {NMF} model. We show that the affine model has improved uniqueness properties and leads to more accurate identification of mixing and sources." }