Fourth International Conference Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR'97) Finding structure in diversity: a hierarchical clustering method for the categorization of allographs in handwriting Ulm, GERMANY August 18-August 20 ISBN: 0-8186-7898-4
The paper introduces a variant of agglomerative hierarchical clustering techniques. The new technique is used for categorizing character shapes (allographs) in large data sets of handwriting into a hierarchical structure. Such a technique may be used as the basis for a systematic naming scheme of character shapes. Problems with existing methods are described and the proposed method is explained. After application of the method to a very large set of characters, separately for all the letters of the alphabet, relevant clusters are identified and given a unique name. Each cluster represents an allograph prototype.
Index Terms:
character sets; allograph categorization; handwriting; agglomerative hierarchical clustering techniques; character shape categorization; large data sets; systematic naming scheme; character shapes; character set
Citation:
L. Vuurpijl, L. Schomaker, "Finding structure in diversity: a hierarchical clustering method for the categorization of allographs in handwriting," icdar, pp.387, Fourth International Conference Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR'97), 1997 Usage of this product signifies your acceptance of the Terms of Use. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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