hidden Markov models

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Summary

Hidden Markov models (HMMs) are a kind of probabilistic model widely used in speech and language processing. There is a discrete latent state which evolves over time as a Markov chain, and the current observations depend stochastically on the current latent state. HMMs are popular because they support efficient exact inference algorithms.

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Core resources (read/watch one of the following)

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A Revealing Introduction to Hidden Markov Models
Author: Mark Stamp
Mathematical Monk: Machine Learning (2011)
A Tutorial on Hidden Markov Models and Selected Applications in Speech Recognition
Author: Lawrence R. Rabiner

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