QUWI: An Arabic and English handwriting dataset for offline writer identification

Proceedings - International Workshop on Frontiers in Handwriting Recognition, IWFHR

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 746-751

  Maadeed, Somaya Al ^a   Ayouby, Wael ^a   Hassaïne, Abdelâali ^a   Aljaam, Jihad Mohamad ^a  

^a Qatar University ^*  (Qatar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENT AGES; HANDWRITTEN DOCUMENT; OFFLINE; PROCESSING STEPS; QATAR UNIVERSITY; TEXT INDEPENDENTS; WRITER IDENTIFICATION;

DATA PROCESSING;

EID: 84874276599     PISSN: 15505235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICFHR.2012.256     Document Type: Conference Paper

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