Methods of combining multiple classifiers wtth different features and their applications to text-independent speaker identification

International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 417-445

  Chen, Ke ^a,b   Wang, Lan ^a   Chi, Huisheng ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Associative switch; Combination of multiple classifiers; Different features; EM algorithm; Evidential reasoning; Linear opinion pools; Maximum likelihood learning; Text independent speaker identification; Winner take all

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000291808     PISSN: 02180014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/s0218001497000196     Document Type: Article

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