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Writer Identification in Modern and Historical Documents via Binary Pixel Patterns, Kolmogorov–Smirnov Test and Fisher’s Method
  DOI :  10.2352/J.ImagingSci.Technol.2017.61.1.010404  Published OnlineJanuary 2017
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The authors present a new method of writer identification, employing the full power of multiple experiments, which yields a statistically significant result. Each individual binarized and segmented character is represented as a histogram of 512 binary pixel patterns—3 × 3 black and white patches. In the process of comparing two given inscriptions under a “single author” assumption, the algorithm performs a Kolmogorov–Smirnov test for each letter and each patch. The resulting p-values are combined using Fisher’s method, producing a single p-value. Experiments on both Modern and Ancient Hebrew data sets demonstrate the excellent performance and robustness of this approach.

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Arie Shaus, Eli Turkel, "Writer Identification in Modern and Historical Documents via Binary Pixel Patterns, Kolmogorov–Smirnov Test and Fisher’s Methodin Journal of Imaging Science and Technology,  2017,  pp 010404-1 - 010404-9,  https://doi.org/10.2352/J.ImagingSci.Technol.2017.61.1.010404

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  • received July 2016
  • accepted November 2016
  • PublishedJanuary 2017

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