A compact statistical model of the song syntax in Bengalese finch

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Jin, Dezhe Z ^a   Kozhevnikov, Alexay A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAINS; MARKOV PROCESSES; SYNTACTICS;

CHAIN NETWORKS; FINITE NUMBER; MARKOV MODELING; NETWORK MODELS; PARTIALLY OBSERVABLE MARKOV MODEL; STATE TRANSITIONS; STATE-TRANSITION MODEL; STATISTIC MODELING; STATISTICAL PROPERTIES; TRANSITION PROBABILITIES;

COMPLEX NETWORKS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINCH; HIDDEN MARKOV MODEL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PROBABILITY; SPEECH ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; MUSIC; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUND DETECTION; VOCALIZATION;

LONCHURA STRIATA DOMESTICA; PASSERI;

ANIMALS; FINCHES; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MUSIC; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 79953660610     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1001108     Document Type: Article

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