Multistyle classification of speech under stress using feature subset selection based on genetic algorithms

Speech Communication

Volumn 49, Issue 10-11, 2007, Pages 801-810

  Casale, Salvatore ^a   Russo, Alessandra ^a   Serrano, Salvatore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Genetic algorithms; Hidden Markov models; Nonlinear features; Speech under stress; Stress classification

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; FEATURE EXTRACTION; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; HIDDEN MARKOV MODELS; VECTORS;

NONLINEAR FEATURES; SPEECH FEATURE VECTORS; STRESS CLASSIFICATION;

SPEECH RECOGNITION;

EID: 34547958553     PISSN: 01676393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.specom.2007.04.012     Document Type: Article

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