Hi, the future cost estimate for a translation option is the combination of the translation model costs and an estimate of the language model costs. The computation of future costs for translation sequences is based on these estimates for translation options.
-phi On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 4:09 AM, Hung Huu Hoang <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello all, > > I'm new to Moses but I think it's a really powerful MT tool. Thanks. > > I'm running the phrase-based tutorial on the Moses website. > > When enable debugging level 2, Moses prints out, among other stats, the > pre-computed future cost estimates for each translation option. > > According to my understanding of the SMT Background tutorial, the future > costs can be pre-computed for each translation sequence, not translation > option. > > In my opinions, the future cost of each translation option depends on the > translation sequence to which the option belongs. > > Can anyone help explain these future cost estimates for translation options > and how they are related to the future cost estimates for translation > sequences? > > Thank you very much. > > Cheers, > Hưng (Paul) > > > _______________________________________________ > Moses-support mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/moses-support > _______________________________________________ Moses-support mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/moses-support
