Classifying speech sonority functional data using a projected Kolmogorov-Smirnov approach

Journal of Applied Statistics

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 749-761

  Cuesta Albertos, Juan Antonio ^a   Fraiman, Ricardo ^b   Galves, Antonio ^c   Garcia, Jesús ^d   Svarc, Marcela ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE SAN ANDRÉS   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Classification of languages; Functional data; Projected Kolmogorov Smirnov test; Rhythmic classes

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548214590     PISSN: 02664763     EISSN: 13600532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02664760701237077     Document Type: Article

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