Computer Models of Speech Using Fuzzy Algorithms

Renato de Mori

Jun 2013 · Springer Science & Business Media

About this ebook

It is with great pleasure that I present this third volume of the series "Advanced Applications in Pattern Recognition." It represents the summary of many man- (and woman-) years of effort in the field of speech recognition by tne author's former team at the University of Turin. It combines the best results in fuzzy-set theory and artificial intelligence to point the way to definitive solutions to the speech-recognition problem. It is my hope that it will become a classic work in this field. I take this opportunity to extend my thanks and appreciation to Sy Marchand, Plenum's Senior Editor responsible for overseeing this series, and to Susan Lee and Jo Winton, who had the monumental task of preparing the camera-ready master sheets for publication. Morton Nadler General Editor vii PREFACE Si parva licet componere magnis Virgil, Georgics, 4,176 (37-30 B.C.) The work reported in this book results from years of research oriented toward the goal of making an experimental model capable of understanding spoken sentences of a natural language. This is, of course, a modest attempt compared to the complexity of the functions performed by the human brain. A method is introduced for conce1v1ng modules performing perceptual tasks and for combining them in a speech understanding system.

About the author

Renato de Mori, renowned researcher, professor, and writer on computer science, was born in Milan, Italy, in 1941. He has held appointments at the University of Torino in Italy, and at Concordia University and McGill University in Montreal. de Mori wrote Computer Models of Speech and edited Computer Perceptions and Computer Systems. He has also published more than 100 articles in distinguished professional journals. He is involved internationally with studying technology and its effects upon the future of mankind. He is a Fellow of the IEEE Computing Society and is affiliated with the Association of Computing Machinery, Canadian Artificial Intelligence Society, and the American Association of Artificial Intelligence.