Novel feature extraction technique for the recognition of handwritten digits

This paper presents an efficient handwritten digit recognition system based on support vector machines (SVM). A novel feature set based on transition information in the vertical and horizontal directions of a digit image combined with the famous Freeman chain code is proposed. The main advantage of...

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Main Authors: Abdelhak Boukharouba, Abdelhak Bennia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Emerald Publishing 2017-01-01
Series:Applied Computing and Informatics
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221083271500006X

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