Serial combination of multiple experts: A unified evaluation

Pattern Analysis and Applications

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 292-311

  Rahman, A F R ^a,e   Fairhurst, M C ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b IEE Prof Grp E4 Image Proc Vis   (United Kingdom)

^c British Machine Vision Association   (United Kingdom)

^d Technology and Innovation Centre   (United Kingdom)

^e BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Character recognition; Generic serial framework; Multiple expert configurations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033463754     PISSN: 14337541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100440050038     Document Type: Review

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