Clustering writing styles with a self-organizing map

Proceedings - International Workshop on Frontiers in Handwriting Recognition, IWFHR

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 345-350

  Vuori, Vuokko ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTERS; HANDWRITING STYLES; ON-LINE FASHION; PRESSURE-SENSITIVE TABLETS; VECTOR COMPONENTS; WRITING STYLE;

DATA VISUALIZATION;

CONFORMAL MAPPING;

EID: 18044377492     PISSN: 15505235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IWFHR.2002.1030934     Document Type: Conference Paper

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