Support vector machines for the classification of western handwritten capitals

In thispaper, new te hniques are presented using Support Ve tor Ma hines(SVMs) for multi- lass lassi(cid:12) ation problems. The issue of de omposing a N- lass las-si(cid:12) ation problem into a set of 2- lass lassi(cid:12) ation questions is dis ussed. In parti ular, the te hnique for normalizing the outputs of several SVMs is presented. Based on these te hniques, support ve tor lassi(cid:12)ers for the re ognition of West- ern handwritten apitals are realized. Comparisons to several other lassi(cid:12) ation methods are also presented.