Offline text-independent writer identification using codebook and efficient code extraction methods

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Highlights:

• Two new codebook based methods for writer identification are proposed.

• The introduced code extraction methods are very efficient.

• Optimal parameter values for English and Farsi handwritings are determined.

• The method is compared with the existing methods comprehensively.

• The proposed method outperforms existing methods for Farsi and English languages.

摘要

•Two new codebook based methods for writer identification are proposed.•The introduced code extraction methods are very efficient.•Optimal parameter values for English and Farsi handwritings are determined.•The method is compared with the existing methods comprehensively.•The proposed method outperforms existing methods for Farsi and English languages.

论文关键词:Handwritten documents,Writer identification,Farsi handwriting,English handwriting,Codebook

论文评审过程:Received 4 May 2012, Revised 27 January 2013, Accepted 24 March 2013, Available online 29 March 2013.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.imavis.2013.03.002