Selective training for hidden markov models with applications to speech classification

IEEE Transactions on Speech and Audio Processing

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 46-54

  Arslan, Levent M ^a,c   Hansen, John H L ^a,b  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Classifier training; Hidden markov models; Pattern classification; Speech recognition

Indexed keywords

MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SPEECH ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

HIDDEN MARKOV MODELS;

SPEECH RECOGNITION;

EID: 0032762247     PISSN: 10636676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/89.736330     Document Type: Article

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