“…Accordingly, the AE signal processing methods can be classified into three categories: (i) signal processing, (ii) feature extraction, and (iii) pattern recognition. The most important and widely used (Qin et al, 2018) × (Karakus & Perez, 2014) × × × × (Bastari et al, 2011) × (Parsian et al, 2017) × × × (Marinescu & Axinte, 2009) × × (Xiao, Hurich et al, 2018) × (Li et al, 2018) × × (Buj-Corral et al,, 2018) × (Shaffer et al,, 2018) × × × (Wang et al, 2017) × × (Rivero et al, 2008) × (Flegner et al, 2014) × (Feng & Yi, 2017) × (Yari et al, 2017) × (Yari & Bagherpour, 2018 (a&b)) × (Shreedharan et al, 2014) × (Kostur & Futo, 2007) × ( Kawamura et al, 2017) × (Pedrayes et al, 2018) × × (Gradl et al, 2012) × × × (Vardhan et al, 2009) × × × (Beheshtizadeh et al, 2017) × (Miklusova et al, 2006) × × × × (Goyal & Pabla, 2016) × (Liew & Wang, 1998) × × (Kong et al, 2015) × (Jain et al, 2001) The Mining-Geology-Petroleum Engineering Bulletin and the authors ©, 2019, pp. 19-32, DOI: 10.17794/rgn.2019.4.3 methods of the first category (signal processing) include: time series statistical models, Short Time Fourier Transform (STFT), Fast Fourier Transform (FFT), Wavelet Packet Decomposition (WPD), Hilbert-Huang transform (HHT), Wigner-Ville distribution, signal spectrum analysis, Adaptive Line Enhancer (ALE), wavelet transform, and the Peak-Hold-Down-Sample (PHDS) algorithm.…”