A discrete arabic script for better automatic document understanding

Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue 1 B, 2003, Pages 77-94

  Abuhaiba, Ibrahim S I ^a  

^a ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY OF GAZA   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Character Segmentation; Cursive Arabic Script; Discrete Arabic Script; Document Understanding; Left White Space; Right White Space; TrueType Font

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEWSPRINT;

CALLIGRAPHY; CHARACTER SEGMENTATION; CURSIVE ARABIC SCRIPT; DISCRETE ARABIC SCRIPT; DOCUMENT UNDERSTANDING; LEFT WHITE SPACE; RIGHT WHITE SPACE; TRUE TYPE FONT;

OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION;

EID: 0842303552     PISSN: 2193567X     EISSN: 21914281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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