A comparative approach to the examination of Chinese handwriting. Part 4—Identification by statistical classification techniques
Author(s)
Author(s)
Leung, S. C.
Date Issued
1989
Publisher
Elsevier
Journal
Journal of the Forensic Science Society
Volume
29
Issue
2
Start page
77
End page
89
Abstract
In this paper, studies on the identification of Chinese handwriting using statistical analytical techniques are reported. Twenty-five Chinese characters were selected, each of which was characterised by one or more of four measurable parameters: width/height ratio, symmetry factor, tilt and slant. Handwriting specimens were collected from twenty-one subjects. Various methods of discriminant analysis were used to investigate the problem and particular attention was given to the discriminating ability of the four parameters. While the “nearest-neighbour” method reported an unsatisfactory recognition rate, linear discriminant analysis was found to be able to reclassify six unknown samples to their original writers.
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