Offline handwriting recognition using synthetic training data produced by means of a geometrical distortion model

International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1285-1302

  Varga, T ^a   Bunke, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Hidden Markov Model (HMM); Offline handwriting recognition; Perturbation model; Synthetic training data; Underlying functions

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DATA REDUCTION; INTERPOLATION; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; PERFORMANCE; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; QUALITY CONTROL;

HIDDEN MARKOV MODEL (HMM); OFFLINE HANDWRITING RECOGNITION; PERTURBATION MODEL; SYNTHETIC TRAINING DATA; UNDERLYING FUNCTIONS;

PATTERN RECOGNITION;

EID: 10444226458     PISSN: 02180014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218001404003666     Document Type: Conference Paper

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