The Viterbi Algorithm: A Personal History
Information Theory
2007-07-13 v2 math.IT
Abstract
The story of the Viterbi algorithm (VA) is told from a personal perspective. Applications both within and beyond communications are discussed. In brief summary, the VA has proved to be an extremely important algorithm in a surprising variety of fields.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cs/0504020,
title = {The Viterbi Algorithm: A Personal History},
author = {G. David Forney},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cs/0504020},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
8 pages; presented at Viterbi Conference, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, March 8, 2005