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Persian Handwritten Digit Recognition using Support Vector Machines

by Omid Rashnodi, Hedieh Sajedi, Mohammad Saniee Abadeh
International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 29 - Number 12
Year of Publication: 2011
Authors: Omid Rashnodi, Hedieh Sajedi, Mohammad Saniee Abadeh
10.5120/3702-5193

Omid Rashnodi, Hedieh Sajedi, Mohammad Saniee Abadeh . Persian Handwritten Digit Recognition using Support Vector Machines. International Journal of Computer Applications. 29, 12 ( September 2011), 1-6. DOI=10.5120/3702-5193

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author = { Omid Rashnodi, Hedieh Sajedi, Mohammad Saniee Abadeh },
title = { Persian Handwritten Digit Recognition using Support Vector Machines },
journal = { International Journal of Computer Applications },
issue_date = { September 2011 },
volume = { 29 },
number = { 12 },
month = { September },
year = { 2011 },
issn = { 0975-8887 },
pages = { 1-6 },
numpages = {9},
url = { https://ijcaonline.org/archives/volume29/number12/3702-5193/ },
doi = { 10.5120/3702-5193 },
publisher = {Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA},
address = {New York, USA}
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%A Hedieh Sajedi
%A Mohammad Saniee Abadeh
%T Persian Handwritten Digit Recognition using Support Vector Machines
%J International Journal of Computer Applications
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%N 12
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%I Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Abstract

In this paper, appropriate features set based on Discrete Fourier Transform coefficients and the box approach have been proposed to achieve higher recognition accuracy, decreasing the features set dimensions and recognition time of Persian numerals. In classification phase, support vector machine (SVM) has been employed as the classifier. Feature sets consists of 154 dimensions, which are the Fourier coefficients in the contour pixels of input image, average angle and distance pixels which are equal to one in each box the box approach. The scheme has been evaluated on 80,000 handwritten samples of Persian numerals. Using 60,000 samples for training, scheme was tested on other 20,000 samples and 98.84% correct recognition rate was obtained.

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Index Terms

Computer Science
Information Sciences

Keywords

Box approach Discrete Fourier Transform coefficients Support vector machines Gaussian kernel