Patent · US Expired

Method and apparatus for improving statistical word alignment models using smoothing

US7206736B2 · kind B2 · utility

33Cited by
6References
7Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventor

Key dates

Filing dateMay 3, 2006
Grant dateApr 17, 2007
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 3, 2026

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F40/58
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of iteratively re-estimating translation probabilities using smoothing. In the method, initial values for the translation probabilities are determined. The values of the translation probabilities are then iteratively re-estimated while using a smoothing technique.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.