We propose a new decoder based on a generalized confidencescore. The generalized confidence score is defined as a product of confidence scores obtained from confidence information sources such as likelihood, likelihood ratio, duration, duration ratio, language model probabilities, supra-segmental information etc. All confidence information sources are converted into confidence scores by a confi...

This paper presents a novel Random Neural Network (RNN) based soft decision decoder for block codes. One advantage of the proposed decoder over conventional serial algebraic decoders is that noisy codewords arriving in non binary form can be corrected without rst rounding them to binary form. Another advantage is that the RNN, after being trained, has a simple hardware realization that makes it...

We demonstrate that an attention-based encoder-decoder model can be used for sentence-level grammatical error identification for the Automated Evaluation of Scientific Writing (AESW) Shared Task 2016. The attention-based encoder-decoder models can be used for the generation of corrections, in addition to error identification, which is of interest for certain end-user applications. We show that ...

The present study aimed to investigate the effect of picture-based vs. context-base method onIranian intermediate EFL learners' knowledge of prepositions. The main question this study triedto answer were whether using picture-based vs. context-based method might enhance higherknowledge of prepositions in Iranian learners of English at intermediate level. To answer thequestions, 45 intermediate ...

Tourism is a progressively major part of economies of urban areas. Urban regeneration as a subcategory of urban tourism has been the center of many urban projects. This study addresses the role of space syntax theory as an analytical tool and design aided tool in urban regeneration. For this purpose, we examined the development of a square in the Kuala Lumpur City Center (KLCC) using space synt...

To meet the requirement of distributed video coding (DVC) in resource-limited sensor networks, Wyner-Ziv theorem-based source coding with side information only available at the decoder states that an intraframe encoder with interframe decoder system can achieve comparable coding efficiency of a conventional interframe encoder and interframe decoder system. In this paper, firstly, a block discre...