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Table 4 Statistical functions

From: Emotion recognition and school violence detection from children speech

Statistic function

S1

The maximum value of the contour

S2

The minimum value of the contour

S3

Range = max-min

S4

The absolute position of the maximum value (in frames)

S5

The absolute position of the minimum value (in frames)

S6

The arithmetic mean of the contour

S7

The slope (m) of a linear approximation of the contour

S8

The o_set (t) of a linear approximation of the contour

S9

The quadratic error computed as the di_erence of the linear approximation and the actual contour

S10

The standard deviation of the values in the contour

S11

The skewness (3rd order moment)

S12

The kurtosis (4th order moment)