3. The method of claim 2 wherein identifying a plurality of deep senones comprises: identifying a pair of parameters to be merged corresponding to the plurality of deep senones.
3. The method of claim 2 wherein identifying a plurality of deep senones comprises: identifying a pair of parameters to be merged corresponding to the plurality of deep senones. 6. The method of claim 3 wherein each deep senone is represented by at least one continuous density function, wherein the parameters comprise characteristics of the continuous density function, and wherein identifying a pair of parameters to be merged comprises: identifying a pair of characteristics to be merged based on a reduction in likelihood of generating a set of data corresponding to the pair of characteristics which results from merging the pair of characteristics.