• DocumentCode
    2478168
  • Title

    A new HMM training and testing scheme

  • Author

    Ko, Albert Hung-Ren ; Sabourin, Robert ; de Souza Britto, A.

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    8-11 Dec. 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    One of disadvantages of Hidden Markov Models (HMMs) is its low resistance to unexpected noises among observation sequences. Unexpected noises in a sequence usually ¿break¿ a sequence of observations, and then makes this sequence unrecognizable for trained models. We propose a new HMM training and testing scheme, which compensates some of the negative effects of such noises. We carried out experiment on handwritten digit recognition problem and the result suggests our proposal can be as effective as multi classifier systems.
  • Keywords
    handwritten character recognition; hidden Markov models; learning (artificial intelligence); pattern classification; HMM training; handwritten digit recognition problem; hidden Markov model; multiclassifier system; observation sequences; unexpected noises; Databases; Handwriting recognition; Hidden Markov models; Mathematical model; NIST; Pattern recognition; Proposals; Stochastic processes; Testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Pattern Recognition, 2008. ICPR 2008. 19th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Tampa, FL
  • ISSN
    1051-4651
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2174-9
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1051-4651
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICPR.2008.4761250
  • Filename
    4761250