BLSTM-CTC Combination Strategies for Off-line Handwriting Recognition

Luc Mioulet, G. Bideault, C. Chatelain, T. Paquet, S. Brunessaux

2015

Abstract

In this paper we present several combination strategies using multiple BLSTM-CTC systems. Given several feature sets our aim is to determine which strategies are the most relevant to improve on an isolated word recognition task (the WR2 task of the ICDAR 2009 competition), using a BLSTM-CTC architecture. We explore different combination levels: early integration (feature combination), mid level combination and late fusion (output combinations). Our results show that several combinations outperform single feature BLSTM-CTCs.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Mioulet L., Bideault G., Chatelain C., Paquet T. and Brunessaux S. (2015). BLSTM-CTC Combination Strategies for Off-line Handwriting Recognition . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Pattern Recognition Applications and Methods - Volume 1: ICPRAM, ISBN 978-989-758-076-5, pages 173-180. DOI: 10.5220/0005178601730180

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icpram15,
author={Luc Mioulet and G. Bideault and C. Chatelain and T. Paquet and S. Brunessaux},
title={BLSTM-CTC Combination Strategies for Off-line Handwriting Recognition},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Pattern Recognition Applications and Methods - Volume 1: ICPRAM,},
year={2015},
pages={173-180},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005178601730180},
isbn={978-989-758-076-5},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Pattern Recognition Applications and Methods - Volume 1: ICPRAM,
TI - BLSTM-CTC Combination Strategies for Off-line Handwriting Recognition
SN - 978-989-758-076-5
AU - Mioulet L.
AU - Bideault G.
AU - Chatelain C.
AU - Paquet T.
AU - Brunessaux S.
PY - 2015
SP - 173
EP - 180
DO - 10.5220/0005178601730180