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The effectiveness of features in pattern recognition
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A novel approach to handwritten character recognition
A number of new techniques and approaches for off-line handwritten character recognition are presented which individually make significant advancements in the field.
First. an outline-based vectorization algorithm is described which gives improved accuracy in producing vector representations of the pen strokes used to draw characters. Later. Vectorization and other types of preprocessing are criticized and an approach to recognition is suggested which avoids separate preprocessing stages by incorporating them into later stages. Apart from the increased speed of this approach. it allows more effective alteration of the character images since more is known about them at the later stages. It also allows the possibility of alterations being corrected if they are initially detrimental to recognition.
A new feature measurement. the Radial Distance/Sector Area feature. is presented which is highly robust. tolerant to noise. distortion and style variation. and gives high accuracy results when used for training and testing in a statistical or neural classifier. A very powerful classifier is therefore obtained for recognizing correctly segmented characters. The segmentation task is explored in a simple system of integrated over-segmentation. Character classification and approximate dictionary checking. This can be extended to a full system for handprinted word recognition.
In addition to the advancements made by these methods. a powerful new approach to handwritten character recognition is proposed as a direction for future research. This proposal combines the ideas and techniques developed in this thesis in a hierarchical network of classifier modules to achieve context-sensitive. off-line recognition of handwritten text. A new type of "intelligent" feedback is used to direct the search to contextually sensible classifications. A powerful adaptive segmentation system is proposed which. when used as the bottom layer in the hierarchical network. allows initially incorrect segmentations to be adjusted according to the hypotheses of the higher level context modules
A Statistical Mask-Matching Approach for Recognizing Handwritten Characters in Chinese Paleography *
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From Introduction: "This report is the first of a series intended to provide a selective overview of research and development efforts and requirements in the somewhat overlapping fields of the computer and information sciences and technologies. The projected series of reports will attempt to outline the probable range of R & D activities in the computer and information sciences and technologies through selective reviews of the literature and to develop a reasonable consensus with respect to the opinions of workers in these and potentially related fields as to areas of continuing R & D concern for research program planning or review in these areas.
A novel approach to handwritten character recognition
A number of new techniques and approaches for off-line handwritten character recognition are presented which individually make significant advancements in the field.
First. an outline-based vectorization algorithm is described which gives improved accuracy in producing vector representations of the pen strokes used to draw characters. Later. Vectorization and other types of preprocessing are criticized and an approach to recognition is suggested which avoids separate preprocessing stages by incorporating them into later stages. Apart from the increased speed of this approach. it allows more effective alteration of the character images since more is known about them at the later stages. It also allows the possibility of alterations being corrected if they are initially detrimental to recognition.
A new feature measurement. the Radial Distance/Sector Area feature. is presented which is highly robust. tolerant to noise. distortion and style variation. and gives high accuracy results when used for training and testing in a statistical or neural classifier. A very powerful classifier is therefore obtained for recognizing correctly segmented characters. The segmentation task is explored in a simple system of integrated over-segmentation. Character classification and approximate dictionary checking. This can be extended to a full system for handprinted word recognition.
In addition to the advancements made by these methods. a powerful new approach to handwritten character recognition is proposed as a direction for future research. This proposal combines the ideas and techniques developed in this thesis in a hierarchical network of classifier modules to achieve context-sensitive. off-line recognition of handwritten text. A new type of "intelligent" feedback is used to direct the search to contextually sensible classifications. A powerful adaptive segmentation system is proposed which. when used as the bottom layer in the hierarchical network. allows initially incorrect segmentations to be adjusted according to the hypotheses of the higher level context modules
Ensemble learning using multi-objective optimisation for arabic handwritten words
Arabic handwriting recognition is a dynamic and stimulating field of study within
pattern recognition. This system plays quite a significant part in today's global
environment. It is a widespread and computationally costly function due to cursive
writing, a massive number of words, and writing style. Based on the literature, the
existing features lack data supportive techniques and building geometric features.
Most ensemble learning approaches are based on the assumption of linear
combination, which is not valid due to differences in data types. Also, the existing
approaches of classifier generation do not support decision-making for selecting the
most suitable classifier, and it requires enabling multi-objective optimisation to handle
these differences in data types. In this thesis, new type of feature for handwriting using
Segments Interpolation (SI) to find the best fitting line in each of the windows with a
model for finding the best operating point window size for SI features. Multi-Objective
Ensemble Oriented (MOEO) formulated to control the classifier topology and provide
feedback support for changing the classifiers' topology and weights based on the
extension of Non-dominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm (NSGA-II). It is designated
as the Random Subset based Parents Selection (RSPS-NSGA-II) to handle neurons
and accuracy. Evaluation metrics from two perspectives classification and Multiobjective
optimization. The experimental design based on two subsets of the
IFN/ENIT database. The first one consists of 10 classes (C10) and 22 classes (C22).
The features were tested with Support Vector Machine (SVM) and Extreme Learning
Machine (ELM). This work improved due to the SI feature. SI shows a significant
result with SVM with 88.53% for C22. RSPS for C10 at k=2 achieved 91% accuracy
with fewer neurons than NSGA-II, and for C22 at k=10, accuracy has been increased
81% compared to NSGA-II 78%. Future work may consider introducing more features
to the system, applying them to other languages, and integrating it with sequence
learning for more accuracy
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