A model selection criterion for classification: Application to HMM topology optimization

Proceedings of the International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition, ICDAR

Volumn 2003-January, Issue , 2003, Pages 104-108

  Biem, Alain ^a  

^a IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARACTER RECOGNITION; HIDDEN MARKOV MODELS; MARKOV PROCESSES;

ACCURATE MODELING; BASELINE SYSTEMS; BAYESIAN INFORMATION CRITERION; HANDWRITTEN DIGIT; INFORMATION CRITERION; MODEL SELECTION CRITERIA; OCCAM'S RAZOR;

TOPOLOGY;

EID: 2442594524     PISSN: 15205363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICDAR.2003.1227641     Document Type: Conference Paper

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