Extension to HSMMs

[dan-sprague]

Hi, I'm curious what your take is on the feasibility of extending this package for HSMM (Hidden Semi Markov Models). Geometric state duration distributions can be undesirable when very short durations are implausible. This involves adding a distribution D, such as a NegBin, into the forward/backward/viterbi, and the BW if compatible with EM (I think it is?)

I'm curious if you think this is something that would fit into this package, or if you think this should be a separate project.

Thanks!

[gdalle]

Hi @dan-sprague!
Thank you for the suggestion. I think the extension to HSMMs is feasible in theory, but it might be a lot of work. Is it something you'd be interested in trying?