Implementing a Genetic Algorithm to Recover Task- dynamic Parameters of an. Articulatory Speech Synthesizer
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A genetic algorithm was used to recover the dynamics of a model vocal tract from the speech ~ressure wave that it produced. The algorithm was generally successful in p.erf?rmmg ~he optimization n~cessary to do this inverse problem: a problem with sI~ficanc~m the psychology, bIology and technology of speech. A natural extension of thIS work IS to study speech learning using a classifier system that employs a genetic algorithm.
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