A variation measure for handwritten character image data using entropy difference

Pattern Recognition

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 19-29

  Kim, Dea Hwan ^a,b,c   Kim, Eun Jung ^a   Bang, Sung Yang ^a,d  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Character image; Database; Entropy; Handwritten character; OCR; Variation measure

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DATA PROCESSING; DATABASE SYSTEMS; IMAGE ANALYSIS;

AVERAGE ENTROPY DIFFERENCE; HANDWRITTEN CHARACTERS;

OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION;

EID: 0030846975     PISSN: 00313203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-3203(96)00066-0     Document Type: Article

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