• DocumentCode
    2491614
  • Title

    On efficient Viterbi decoding for hidden semi-Markov models

  • Author

    Datta, Ritendra ; Hu, Jianying ; Ray, Bonnie

  • Author_Institution
    Penn State Univ., University Park, PA
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    8-11 Dec. 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    We present algorithms for improved Viterbi decoding for the case of hidden semi-Markov models. By carefully constructing directed acyclic graphs, we pose the decoding problem as that of finding the longest path between specific pairs of nodes. We consider fully connected models as well as restrictive topologies and state duration conditions, and show that performance improves by a significant factor in all cases. Detailed algorithms as well as theoretical results related to their run times are provided.
  • Keywords
    Viterbi decoding; computational complexity; directed graphs; hidden Markov models; optimisation; Viterbi decoding; computational complexity; directed acyclic graph; fully connected model; hidden semiMarkov model; optimisation; restrictive topology; state duration condition; Algorithm design and analysis; Decoding; Event detection; Hidden Markov models; Inference algorithms; Proteins; Speech analysis; Speech recognition; Topology; Viterbi algorithm;
  • 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.2008.4761926
  • Filename
    4761926