Towards a web-based progressive handwriting recognition environment for mathematical problem solving

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 886-893

  Vuong, Ba Quy ^a   He, Yulan ^b   Hui, Siu Cheung ^c  

^a University of Wisconsin   (United States)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Client server architecture with Ajax based communication; Progressive handwriting recognition; Progressive structural analysis; Web based handwriting mathematics system; WebMath

Indexed keywords

CLIENT-SERVER ARCHITECTURE WITH AJAX-BASED COMMUNICATION; PROGRESSIVE HANDWRITING RECOGNITION; PROGRESSIVE STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; WEB-BASED HANDWRITING MATHEMATICS SYSTEM; WEBMATH;

CLIENT SERVER COMPUTER SYSTEMS; FEEDFORWARD NEURAL NETWORKS; MOBILE DEVICES; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; PROBLEM SOLVING; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

FUNCTIONS;

EID: 70349439261     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2009.05.091     Document Type: Article

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