Choosing the parameters of the NARMA model implemented with the recurrent perceptron for speech prediction

Abstract

Speech signals have statistically nonstationary properties and cannot be processed properly by means of classical linear parametric models (AR, MA, ARMA). The neural network approach to time series prediction is suitable for learning and recognizing the nonlinear nature of the speech signal. We present a neural implementation of the NARMA model (nonlinear ARMA) and test it on a class of speech signals, spoken by both men and women in different dialects of the English language. The Akaike’s information criterion is proposed for the selection of the parameters of the NARMA model.