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8.7.3 Single Model Reestimation(HREST)

  In this style of model training, a set of training observations tex2html_wrap_inline21886 is used to estimate the parameters of a single HMM. The basic formula for the reestimation of the transition probabilities is

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where 1<i<N and 1<j<N and tex2html_wrap_inline21894 is the total probability tex2html_wrap_inline21896 of the r'th observation. The transitions from the non-emitting entry state are reestimated by

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where 1<j<N and the transitions from the emitting states to the final non-emitting exit state are reestimated by

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where 1<i<N.

For a HMM with tex2html_wrap_inline21904 mixture components in stream s, the means, covariances and mixture weights for that stream are reestimated as follows. Firstly, the probability of occupying the m'th mixture component in stream s at time t for the r'th observation is

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where

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and

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For single Gaussian streams, the probability of mixture component occupancy is equal to the probability of state occupancy and hence it is more efficient in this case to use

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Given the above definitions, the re-estimation formulae may now be expressed in terms of tex2html_wrap_inline21926 as follows.

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