forward-backward algorithm in English

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        "An inference algorithm for hidden Markov models which computes the posterior marginals of all hidden state variables given a sequence of observations/emissions. It uses dynamic programming to compute the values in two passes, the first going forward in time and the second backward."
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"forward-backward algorithm" meaning in English

Noun