A question about Lattice::LatticeWER( )

[Andreas Stolcke]

liuchangliang wrote:
>
> Hi:
>
> I use lattice-tool to compute the lattice WER. In the result, the 
> insertion error is always very high.
>
> In the source code of function Lattice::LatticeWER( ), there is a 
> sentence:
>
> * NOTE: since we process nodes in topological order this
>
> * will allow chains of multiple insertions.
>
> I don’t know what this sentence mean? Does that mean the insertion 
> error of the result is not reliable ?
>
No. It is a comment regarding the workings of the algorithm that aligns 
a word string to the lattice, and that topological order is required for 
correct computation of insertions.

Andreas