Robust GMM based gender classification using pitch and RASTA-PLP parameters of speech

Proceedings of the 2006 International Conference on Machine Learning and Cybernetics

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 3376-3379

  Zeng, Yu Min ^a,b   Wu, Zhen Yang ^a   Falk, Tiago ^c   Chan, Wai Yip ^c  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gender classification; GMM; RASTA PLP

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORMAL LANGUAGES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

GENDER CLASSIFICATION; GMM; NOISY SPEECH; RASTA-PLP;

SPEECH ANALYSIS;

EID: 33947247091     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICMLC.2006.258497     Document Type: Conference Paper

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