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Most of the existing modelling techniques for the speaker recognition task make an implicit assumption of sufficient data for speaker modelling and hence may lead to poor modelling under limited data condition. The present work gives an experimental evaluation of the modelling techniques like Crisp Vector Quantization (CVQ), Fuzzy Vector Quantization (FVQ), Self-Organizing Map (SOM), Learning Vector Quantization (LVQ), and Gaussian Mixture Model (GMM) classifiers. An experimental evaluation of the most widely used Gaussian Mixture Model-Universal Background Model (GMM-UBM) is also made. The experimental knowledge is then used to select a subset of classifiers for obtaining the combined classifiers. It is proposed that the combined LVQ and GMM-UBM classifier provides relatively better performance compared to all the individual as well as combined classifiers.
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Jayanna, H.S., Mahadeva Prasanna, S.R. An experimental comparison of modelling techniques for speaker recognition under limited data condition. Sadhana 34, 717–728 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12046-009-0042-9
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