Robust training algorithm for adverse speech recognition

Speech Communication

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 273-293

  Hong, Wei Tyng ^a   Chen, Sin Horng ^b  

^a INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); ITERATIVE METHODS; LEARNING ALGORITHMS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH COMMUNICATION;

HIDDEN MARKOV MODELS (HMM);

SPEECH RECOGNITION;

EID: 0033888153     PISSN: 01676393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6393(99)00057-6     Document Type: Article

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