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Markov models — training and evaluation of hidden Markov models

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Fig. 1: Modeling and parameter estimation of a Hidden Markov model (HMM) for an unstable coin.
Fig. 2: The calculation of the forward and backward probabilities for the training sequence HHTTT using initial estimates.
Fig. 3: Accuracy of HMM parameter estimates improves with larger training sets.

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Grewal, J.K., Krzywinski, M. & Altman, N. Markov models — training and evaluation of hidden Markov models. Nat Methods 17, 121–122 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41592-019-0702-6

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