Publication: IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Fundamentals of Electronics, Communications and Computer Sciences Publication Date: 2005/08/01 Vol. E88-ANo. 8pp. 2078-2086 Type of Manuscript: Special Section PAPER (Special Section on Papers Selected from the 19th Symposium on Signal Processing) Category: Digital Signal Processing Keyword: source localization, DOA estimation, near-field, signal processor, microphone array, robot,