title: Parameter estimation for alpha-GMM based on maximum likelihood criterion.
abstract: Alpha-integration and alpha-GMM have been recently proposed for integrated stochastic modeling. However, there has not been an approach to date for estimating model parameters for alpha-GMM in a statistical way, based on a set of training data. In this letter, parameter updating formulas are mathematically derived based on maximum likelihood criterion using an adapted expectation-maximization algorithm. With this method, model parameters for alpha-GMM are reestimated in an iterative way. The updating formulas were found to be simple and systematically compatible with the GMM equations. This advantage renders the alpha-GMM a superset of the GMM but with similar computational complexity. This method has been effectively applied to realistic speaker recognition applications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer Science and Engineering, York University, Toronto, Ontario, M3J 1P3, Canada. daleiwu@cse.yorku.ca
authors.forename: Dalei
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D001185:Artificial Intelligence; D003198:Computer Simulation; D016013:Likelihood Functions; D010363:Pattern Recognition, Automated; D013269:Stochastic Processes