Off-line recognition of large-set handwritten characters with multiple hidden Markov models

Pattern Recognition

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 231-244

  Park, Hee Seon ^a   Lee, Seong Whan ^a,b,c,d  

^a Chungbuk National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hidden Markov model; Large set handwritten character recognition; Multiple classifier combination; Regional projection contour transformation

Indexed keywords

MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; PROBABILITY;

HANDWRITTEN CHARACTER RECOGNITION; HIDDEN MARKOV MODELS; MULTIPLE CLASSIFIER COMBINATION; REGIONAL PROJECTION CONTOUR TRANSFORMATION;

CHARACTER RECOGNITION;

EID: 0030081877     PISSN: 00313203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-3203(95)00081-X     Document Type: Article

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