System and iterative method for lexicon, segmentation and language model joint optimization
US6904402B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 30, 2000 |
| Grant date | Jun 7, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 22, 2022 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG10L15/197
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for optimizing a language model is presented comprising developing an initial language model from a lexicon and segmentation derived from a received corpus using a maximum match technique, and iteratively refining the initial language model by dynamically updating the lexicon and re-segmenting the corpus according to statistical principles until a threshold of predictive capability is achieved.
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