An evaluation of ensemble methods in handwritten word recognition based on feature selection

Proceedings - International Conference on Pattern Recognition

Volumn 1, Issue , 2004, Pages 388-392

  Günter, Simon ^a   Bunke, Horst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Classifier ensemble methods; Feature selection; Handwritten word recognition; Hidden markov model (HMM)

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFIER ENSEMBLE METHODS; FEATURE SELECTION; HANDWRITTEN WORD RECOGNITION; HIDDEN MARKOV MODEL (HMM);

DIGITAL LIBRARIES; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MARKOV PROCESSES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; TEXT PROCESSING;

FEATURE EXTRACTION;

EID: 10044270695     PISSN: 10514651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICPR.2004.1334133     Document Type: Conference Paper

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