A maximum model distance approach for HMM-based speech recognition

Pattern Recognition

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 219-229

  Kwong, S ^a   He, Q H ^a   Man, K F ^a   Tang, K S ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Corrective training; Hidden Markov model; Maximum likelihood; Speech recognition; Stochastic process

Indexed keywords

MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RANDOM PROCESSES;

CORRECTIVE TRAINING; HIDDEN MARKOV MODEL; MAXIMUM MODEL DISTANCE;

SPEECH RECOGNITION;

EID: 0032017739     PISSN: 00313203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-3203(97)00042-3     Document Type: Article

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