Arabic word descriptor for handwritten word indexing and lexicon reduction

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Highlights：

• The Arabic word descriptor (AWD) is introduced for lexicon reduction and shape indexing.

• The AWD seamlessly integrates shape, subwords and diacritics information.

• The lexicon reduction system has been combined with two word classifiers.

• Experiments were performed on the IFN/ENIT and Ibn Sina databases.

摘要

Highlights•The Arabic word descriptor (AWD) is introduced for lexicon reduction and shape indexing.•The AWD seamlessly integrates shape, subwords and diacritics information.•The lexicon reduction system has been combined with two word classifiers.•Experiments were performed on the IFN/ENIT and Ibn Sina databases.

论文关键词：Arabic word descriptor,Shape indexing,Holistic representation,Lexicon reduction,Arabic handwritten documents,IFN/ENIT,Ibn Sina database

论文评审过程：Received 30 May 2013, Revised 10 March 2014, Accepted 27 April 2014, Available online 14 May 2014.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patcog.2014.04.025