Offline Arabic handwritten text recognition: a survey

MT Parvez, SA Mahmoud - ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR), 2013 - dl.acm.org
Research in offline Arabic handwriting recognition has increased considerably in the past
few years. This is evident from the numerous research results published recently in major …

KHATT: An open Arabic offline handwritten text database

SA Mahmoud, I Ahmad, WG Al-Khatib, M Alshayeb… - Pattern Recognition, 2014 - Elsevier
A comprehensive Arabic handwritten text database is an essential resource for Arabic
handwritten text recognition research. This is especially true due to the lack of such …

An enhanced support vector machine classification framework by using Euclidean distance function for text document categorization

LH Lee, CH Wan, R Rajkumar, D Isa - Applied Intelligence, 2012 - Springer
This paper presents the implementation of a new text document classification framework that
uses the Support Vector Machine (SVM) approach in the training phase and the Euclidean …

Threshold center-symmetric local binary convolutional neural networks for bilingual handwritten digit recognition

E Al-wajih, R Ghazali - Knowledge-Based Systems, 2023 - Elsevier
The writing style of the same writer varies from instance to instance in Arabic and English
handwritten digit recognition, making handwritten digit recognition challenging. Currently …

Handwritten Arabic numerals recognition using convolutional neural network

P Ahamed, S Kundu, T Khan, V Bhateja… - Journal of Ambient …, 2020 - Springer
Numeral recognition is an important preliminary step for optical character recognition,
document understanding and others. Deep learning based numeral recognition models …

A multi-threshold segmentation approach based on artificial bee colony optimization

E Cuevas, F Sención, D Zaldivar, M Pérez-Cisneros… - Applied …, 2012 - Springer
This paper explores the use of the Artificial Bee Colony (ABC) algorithm to compute
threshold selection for image segmentation. ABC is an evolutionary algorithm inspired by …

Transform-based Arabic sign language recognition

H Luqman, SA Mahmoud - Procedia Computer Science, 2017 - Elsevier
Sign language is an independent language that uses gestures and body language to
convey meaning. Sign language recognition facilities the communication between deaf and …

An SVM-AdaBoost facial expression recognition system

E Owusu, Y Zhan, QR Mao - Applied intelligence, 2014 - Springer
This study is focused on improving the recognition rate and processing time of facial
recognition systems. First, the skin is detected by pixel based methods to reduce the …

Handwritten digit recognition by support vector machine optimized by bat algorithm

E Tuba, M Tuba, D Simian - 2016 - otik.uk.zcu.cz
Handwritten digit recognition is an important but very hard practical problem. This is a
classification problem for which support vector machines are very successfully used …

KAFD Arabic font database

H Luqman, SA Mahmoud, S Awaida - Pattern Recognition, 2014 - Elsevier
Font recognition is useful for improving optical text recognition systems' accuracy and time,
and to restore the documents' original formats. This paper addresses a need for Arabic font …