Combining classifier decisions for robust speaker identification

Pattern Recognition

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 147-155

  Mashao, Daniel J ^a   Skosan, Marshalleno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Gaussian mixture model; Multiple classifier systems; Parametric feature sets; Speaker identification

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); DATABASE SYSTEMS; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); VECTORS;

GAUSSIAN MIXTURE MODELS (GMM); MULTIPLE CLASSIFIER SYSTEMS; PARAMETRIC FEATURE SETS; SPEAKER IDENTIFICATION;

FEATURE EXTRACTION;

EID: 27344432863     PISSN: 00313203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.patcog.2005.08.004     Document Type: Article

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