Speech recognition enhancement using beamforming and a genetic algorithm

NSS 2009 - Network and System Security

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 510-515

  Chan, K Y ^a   Low, S Y ^b   Nordholm, S ^b   Yiu, K F C ^c   Ling, S H ^d  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Beamforming; Genetic algorithm; Signal enhancement; Speech recognition

Indexed keywords

BEAM FORMERS; CROSSOVER AND MUTATION; GA ALGORITHM; NOISY ENVIRONMENT; NON-LINEAR; SIGNAL ENHANCEMENT; SPEECH RECOGNIZER;

BEAMFORMING; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; NETWORK SECURITY; OPTIMIZATION;

SPEECH RECOGNITION;

EID: 72849141934     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSS.2009.44     Document Type: Conference Paper

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