Environment adaptation for robust speaker verification by cascading maximum likelihood linear regression and reinforced learning

Computer Speech and Language

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 231-246

  Yiu, K K ^a   Mak, M W ^a   Kung, S Y ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; LINEAR EQUATIONS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; RANDOM PROCESSES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

HANDSET SPECIFIC TRANSFORMATIONS; HANDSETS; REINFORCED LEARNING; SPEAKER MODEL SYNTHESIS;

SPEECH RECOGNITION;

EID: 33750739220     PISSN: 08852308     EISSN: 10958363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csl.2006.05.001     Document Type: Article

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