| Paper: | SLP-P20.1 |
| Session: | Acoustic Modeling and Adaptation |
| Time: | Friday, May 19, 14:00 - 16:00 |
| Presentation: |
Poster
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| Topic: |
Speech and Spoken Language Processing: Clustering and novel modeling algorithms |
| Title: |
HMM State Clustering based on Efficient Cross-Validation |
| Authors: |
Takahiro Shinozaki, University of Washington, United States |
| Abstract: |
Decision tree state clustering is explored using a cross validation likelihood criterion. Cross-validation likelihood is more reliable than conventional likelihood and can be efficiently computed using sufficient statistics. It results in a better tying structure and provides a termination criterion that does not rely on empirical thresholds. Large vocabulary recognition experiments on conversational telephone speech show that, for large numbers of tied states, the cross-validation method gives more robust results. |