Does Lindley's LR estimation formula work for speech data? Investigation using long-term f0

International Journal of Speech, Language and the Law

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 235-254

  Kinoshita, Yuko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Continuous data; Japanese; Likelihood ratio; Long term F0; Speaker discrimination

Indexed keywords

EID: 30344453332     PISSN: 17488885     EISSN: 17488893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1558/sll.2005.12.2.235     Document Type: Article

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