Analyzing training dependencies and posterior fusion in discriminant classification of apnea patients based on sustained and connected speech

Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, INTERSPEECH

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 3033-3036

  Blanco, José Luis ^a   Fernández, Rubén ^a   Torre, Doroteo ^b   Caminero, F Javier ^c   López, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c TELEFONICA RESEARCH   (Spain)

Author keywords

Background model (BM); Classifier fusion; Gaussian mixture models (GMMs); Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC MODEL; BACKGROUND MODEL; CLASSIFICATION ERRORS; CLASSIFIER FUSION; EXPERIMENTAL DATABASE; GAUSSIAN MIXTURE MODELS; HOMOGENEOUS GROUP; OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA; RELATIVE REDUCTION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 84865709226     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19909772     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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