The invention performs speech recognition using an array of mixtures of Bayesian networks. A mixture of Bayesian networks (MBN) consists of plural hypothesis-specific Bayesian networks (HSBNs) having possibly hidden and observed variables. A common external hidden variable is associated with the MBN,...http://www.google.co.uk/patents/US6336108?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6336108 - Speech recognition with mixtures of bayesian networks