A method and apparatus for efficiently determining the gain of a feature function in a maximum entropy/minimum divergence probability model in a single pass through a training corpus. A method for determining the gain of a feature in such a model includes the steps of a selecting a set of evaluation...http://www.google.com/patents/US6049767?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6049767 - Method for estimation of feature gain and training starting point for maximum entropy/minimum divergence probability models
