Automatic signature verification: The state of the art

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics Part C: Applications and Reviews

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 609-635

  Impedovo, Donato ^a,b   Pirlo, Giuseppe ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biometry; Personal verification; Signature verifi cation; System security

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATIC SIGNATURE VERIFICATION; BIOMETRY; PERSONAL VERIFICATION; SIGNATURE VERIFI-CATION; SYSTEM SECURITY;

PATTERN RECOGNITION SYSTEMS;

EID: 50649121872     PISSN: 10946977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSMCC.2008.923866     Document Type: Article

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