Text independent writer recognition using redundant writing patterns with contour-based orientation and curvature features

Pattern Recognition

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3853-3865

  Siddiqi, Imran ^a,b   Vincent, Nicole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Clustering; Freeman chain code; Handwritten documents; Polygonization; Writer identification; Writer verification

Indexed keywords

PATTERN RECOGNITION; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

CLUSTERING; FREEMAN CHAIN CODE; HANDWRITTEN DOCUMENT; POLYGONIZATION; WRITER IDENTIFICATION; WRITER VERIFICATION;

CHARACTER RECOGNITION;

EID: 78049336089     PISSN: 00313203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.patcog.2010.05.019     Document Type: Article

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