A comprehensive noise robust speech parameterization algorithm using wavelet packet decomposition-based denoising and speech feature representation techniques

Eurasip Journal on Advances in Signal Processing

Volumn 2007, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Kotnik, Bojan ^a   Kǎcič, Zdravko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; GAUSSIAN BEAMS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; NOISE ABATEMENT; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; VECTORS; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

DECOMPOSITION-BASED DENOISING; NOISE-INTENSE; SIGNAL PARAMETERIZATION; SIGNAL REPRESENTATION;

SPEECH PROCESSING;

EID: 34347335498     PISSN: 16876172     EISSN: 16876180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2007/64102     Document Type: Article

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