Automatic allograph matching in forensic writer identification

International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 61-81

  Niels, Ralph ^a   Vuurpijl, Louis ^a   Schomaker, Lambert ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Allograph matching; Dynamic time warping; Forensic writer identification; Trajectory extraction

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; IMAGE PROCESSING; ONLINE SYSTEMS; TRAJECTORIES;

ALLOGRAPH MATCHING; DYNAMIC TIME WARPING; FORENSIC WRITER IDENTIFICATION; TRAJECTORY EXTRACTION;

PATTERN RECOGNITION;

EID: 33847386302     PISSN: 02180014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218001407005302     Document Type: Conference Paper

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