An evolutionary harmony search algorithm with dominant point detection for recognition-based segmentation of online Arabic text recognition

• Main Authors: Moayad, Yousif Potrus, Ngah, Umi Kalthum, Bestoun S. , Ahmed
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2014
• Subjects: TK1-9971 Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering
• Online Access: http://eprints.usm.my/38286/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.asej.2014.05.003

This paper highlights a novel strategy for online Arabic text recognition using a hybrid Genetic Algorithm (GA) and Harmony Search algorithm (HS). The strategy is divided into two phases: text segmentation using dominant point detection, and recognition-based segmentation using GA and HS. At firs...