Transformation-based Bayesian prediction for adaptation of HMMs

Speech Communication

Volumn 34, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 159-174

  Surendran, Arun C ^a   Lee, Chin Hui ^a  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE FILTERING; DATA STRUCTURES; ERROR ANALYSIS; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS;

BAYESIAN PREDICTIVE ADAPTATION (BPA); HIDDEN MARKOV MODELS (HMM); TRANSFORMATION-BASED BAYESIAN PREDICTIONS;

CONTINUOUS SPEECH RECOGNITION;

EID: 0034818518     PISSN: 01676393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6393(00)00052-2     Document Type: Article

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