Recognition of whiteboard notes: Online, offline and combination

Recognition of Whiteboard Notes: Online, Offline and Combination

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1-206

  Liwicki, Marcus ^a   Bunke, Horst ^b  

^a GERMAN RESEARCH CENTER FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE DFKI   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

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EID: 85115981957     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1142/6854     Document Type: Book

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