ISCA Archive Eurospeech 1995
ISCA Archive Eurospeech 1995

Minimum classification error training algorithm for feature extractor and pattern classifier in speech recognition

Kuldip K. Paliwal, M. Bacchiani, Yoshinori Sagisaka

Recently, a minimum classification error training algorithm has been proposed for minimizing the misclassification probability based on a given set of training samples using a generalized probabilistic descent method. This algorithm is a type of discriminative learning algorithm, but it approaches the objective of minimum classification error in a more direct manner than the conventional discriminative training algorithms. We apply this algorithm for simultaneous design pf feature extractor and pattern classifier, and demonstrate some of its properties and advantages.