Abstract:
Recent results in pattern recognition have shown that Support Vector Machine
(SVM) classifiers often have superior recognition rate in comparison to other
classification methods. Despite of this fact, the literature doesn't show intensive
experiments for these classifiers on Arabic charcter recognition. This thesis, reports the
experiments of one variant of SVM -namely One Against All- on a new Arabic
(Indian) numeral data set (SUST ALT digits). SUST ALT digits data set is a new
Arabic (Indian) numeral data set which contains 37,000 Almost digit images
established by Arabic Recognition Group in Sudan University of Science and
Technology. The Recognition error rate in these experiments is 7%. This error is not
uniformaly distributed among the digits. For instance Quarter of this error occurred
with two digits only (0&2). Therefore, more enhancements and post processing to
remedy this localized error is expected to boost the classifier recognition rate.