A new HMM topology for shape recognition
Created on 2022-05-14T06:44:03-05:00
Ergodic models: can transition between any state to another state
Temporal models: can only transition to states further in a sequence
Circular HMM: Allow the terminal state to have transition probabilities back to the beginning states.
While a temporal model enforces a kind of "moving forward" in a sequence you are then subject to having a good beginning and end point. By connecting the end to the beginning as a mobius strip you can start at any part of the sequence and become more invariant to the start and end positions.