Thinning is imperative step of preprocessing stage for handwritten and printed character, fingerprint recognition, circuit diagrams, etc. Due to the propagation of thinning algorithms, the choice of algorithm for an application has become very difficult, and a researcher in this area is often faced with the question of which algorithm to use. The goal of this paper is to perform comparative analysis amongst two or more algorithms and examine its effects.

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