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The paper presents a model for solving speech recognition tasks by exploring hybrid systems which include neural networks and fuzzy-rule based systems. The model utilises a set of neural networks for pattern recognition and a connectionist production system (CPS) for a higher level processing. Fuzzy rules for language processing are realised in the CPS. The whole process of speech recognition and language processing is considered to be one integrated process having two tightly coupled and interacting phases without a rigid, crisp border between them. The fuzziness and the ambiguity at the border line between the pattern matching and language understanding can be well represented in CPS. It facilitates flexible reasoning over fuzzy linguistic rules. An experiment on phonemes and digits recognition in English language is given for illustration. CPS make possible Connectionist implementation of the whole process of spoken language recognition both at low level and at a higher level. This brings all the benefits of the connectionist systems to the practical applications in the speech recognition area.
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Kasabov, N.K. (1995). Hybrid connectionist fuzzy systems for speech recognition and the use of connectionist production systems. In: Furuhashi, T. (eds) Advances in Fuzzy Logic, Neural Networks and Genetic Algorithms. WWW 1994. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1011. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-60607-6_2
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