An HMM-MLP hybrid model for cursive script recognition

Pattern Analysis and Applications

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 314-324

  Kim, Jin Ho ^a,b   Kim, Kye Kyung ^a   Suen, Ching Y ^a  

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

^b Kyungil University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cheque processing; Cursive script recognition; Hidden Markov Model; HMM MLP hybrid model; Legal word recognition; Word segmentation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034346983     PISSN: 14337541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100440070003     Document Type: Article

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