Rule-based document structure understanding with a fuzzy combination of layout and textual features

International Journal on Document Analysis and Recognition

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 18-26

  Klink, Stefan ^a   Kieninger, Thomas ^a  

^a GERMAN RESEARCH CENTER FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE DFKI   (Germany)

Author keywords

Document structure analysis; Document understanding; Fuzzy feature combination; Layout analysis; Rule based approach

Indexed keywords

DOCUMENT STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; DOCUMENT UNDERSTANDING; FUZZY FEATURES; LAYOUT ANALYSIS; RULE-BASED APPROACH;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

OFFICE AUTOMATION;

EID: 0038144332     PISSN: 14332833     EISSN: 14332825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00013570     Document Type: Article

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