Metaclasses and zoning mechanism applied to handwriting recognition

Journal of Universal Computer Science

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 211-223

  Freitas, Cinthia O A ^a   Oliveira, Luiz S ^a   Aires, Simone B K ^b   Bortolozzi, Flávio ^c  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^c OPET College   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Character recognition; Confusion matrix; Feature measurement; Metaclasses; Zoning mechanism

Indexed keywords

EID: 44349102595     PISSN: 0958695X     EISSN: 09486968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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