Baum-Welch re-estimation for some simple CSHMMs

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• Colin Champion, University of Birmingham
• Wednesday 17 February 2016, 14:00-15:00
• Gisbert Kapp, N123.

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I shall discuss parameter estimation for two simple forms of CSHMM - the dwell-only model and the sloping loudness model. The former is equivalent (for estimation purposes) to the hierarchical Gaussian model. I will sketch some of the literature on the topic, compare the Baum-Welch algorithm with the EM algorithm, show how Baum-Welch estimation can be performed, and remark on the fact that the mathematics is equivalent to the theory underlying maximum likelihood estimation of Gaussian parameters.

The sloping loudness model can be approached in much the same way. The mathematics becomes more complicated if realisations occur for which there is only one observation: in this case I show that the mathematics is equivalent to a generalisation of the earlier problem which has been studied by Anderson and Olkin.

I shall present results on TIMIT consonants if I have any.

This talk is part of the Speech Recognition by Synthesis Seminars series.

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