A New Hybrid Approach to Handwritten Address Verification

International Journal of Computer Vision

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 107-120

  Lee, C K ^a   Leedham, C G ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Handwritten postal address recognition; Hybrid fusion approach; Postal automation; Singapore postal address sorting; Verification of postcode recognition

Indexed keywords

HANDWRITTEN POSTAL ADDRESS RECOGNITION; HYBRID FUSION APPROACH; POSTAL AUTOMATION; SINGAPORE POSTAL ADDRESS SORTING; VERIFICATION OF POSTCODE RECOGNITION;

ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATION; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; FUZZY CONTROL; OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION; PROBABILISTIC LOGICS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SYNTACTICS;

COMPUTER VISION;

EID: 2142758135     PISSN: 09205691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:VISI.0000013085.47268.e8     Document Type: Article

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