Perceptual non-intrusive speech quality assessment using a self-organizing map

Journal of Enterprise Information Management

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 148-164

  Mahdi, Abdulhussain E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Communication technologies; Customer services quality; Data analysis; Quality assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644618428     PISSN: 17410398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410390610645058     Document Type: Article

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