Speaker identification by combining multiple classifiers using Dempster-Shafer theory of evidence

Speech Communication

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 531-547

  Altinçay, Hakan ^a   Demirekler, Mübeccel ^b  

^a EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DECISION MAKING; PROBABILITY; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SPEECH RECOGNITION;

MULTIPLE CLASSIFIERS;

SPEECH COMMUNICATION;

EID: 18544396408     PISSN: 01676393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6393(03)00032-3     Document Type: Article

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