Handwritten character recognition using wavelet energy and extreme learning machine

International Journal of Machine Learning and Cybernetics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 149-161

  Chacko, Binu P ^a   Vimal Krishnan, V R ^a   Raju, G ^a   Babu Anto, P ^a  

^a KANNUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Character recognition; Extreme learning machine; Feature extraction; Wavelet energy

Indexed keywords

CHARACTER IMAGES; CLASSIFIER COMBINATION; DECOMPOSITION LEVEL; DIFFERENT SCALE; EXTREME LEARNING MACHINE; FEATURE VECTORS; FEED-FORWARD NETWORK; HAND WRITTEN CHARACTER RECOGNITION; HAND-WRITTEN CHARACTERS; HIDDEN LAYERS; INPUT WEIGHTS; OSCILLATING PATTERN; RECOGNITION ACCURACY; ROBUST PARAMETERS; TRADITIONAL LEARNING; WAVELET COEFFICIENTS; WAVELET ENERGY; WAVELET ENERGY FEATURE;

FACE RECOGNITION; FEATURE EXTRACTION; LEARNING ALGORITHMS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; NETWORK LAYERS; WAVELET DECOMPOSITION;

CHARACTER RECOGNITION;

EID: 84861524095     PISSN: 18688071     EISSN: 1868808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13042-011-0049-5     Document Type: Article

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