Sabri A. Mahmoud and Sameh M. Awaida October 2009 The Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, Volume 34, Number 2B 429 RECOGNITION OF OFF-LINE HANDWRITTEN ARABIC (INDIAN) NUMERALS USING MULTI-SCALE FEATURES AND SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINES VS. HIDDEN MARKOV MODELS Sabri A. Mahmoud and Sameh M. Awaida* Information and Computer Science, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals Dhahran, Saudi Arabia اﻟﺨﻼﺻـﺔ: ϴΑόϟ اﺎمϗ اﻷرϠϋ ϲﺎﺋϘϠΘϟ اﺮفόΘϠϟ Ϙϳσ ϗﻮرϟ اϩ هﺬϒμΗ ) ϳϨϟ ا( ΐγΤϟΑ ﺎلμΗ ا دونϴϟ اςΨΑ ΑΘϤϟ اﺪامΨΘγΑ ﻬﺎتΠΘϤϟ اϢϋ دﺎتϨϴﺎآϣ ϴϔΨϤϟ اﺎرآﻮفϣ ﺎذجϤϧ و. όγϣ وﺔ،τγΘϣ وﺔ،ϴϠΤϣ βϴϳϘϤϠϟ ﺰاتϴϤϣ ﺪامΨΘγ اϢΗ و. ϟ إﻮلλϟ اϢΗ ϴϠϤόϟ اﺎربΠΘϟ الϼΧ Ϧϣ وﺮاتϴΘϤϟ اϢϴϗ ϲΘϟ اﻬﺎتΠΘϤϟ اϢϋ دﺎتϨϴﺎآϤϟ ϲτόΗ ،Ϟϣﺸﺎϟ اΚΤΒϠϟ ﻮارزمΧ ﺪامΨΘγ الϼΧ Ϧϣ ﺮفόΘϟ اتϻόϣ Ϡϋ أϓο إϤΗ ϟ ذϟ إΖ ϒϴϨμΘϟ اΞﺎﺋΘϧ ϧﺎرϘϣ ﻬﺎتΠΘϤϟ اϢϋ دﺎتϨϴﺎآϤϟ ϴϔΨϤϟ اﺎرآﻮفϣ ﺎذجϤϨϟ ϠΑϘϤϟ اϒϴϨμΘϟ اΞﺎﺋΘϨΑ . ΚΤΒϟ ا هﺬاﺪمΨΘδϳ Ϧϣ ﺎتϧϴΑ ﺪةϋϗ 44 ΒΗ آﺎϣ ϊ 48 ϲϟϤΟΑ Ϣϗ رϞϟ Ϩϴϋ 21120 Ϩϴϋ . ϢѧΗ ϗ وﺎتѧΠΘϤϟ اϢѧϋ دﺎتѧϨϴﺎآϣ ﺎتϔϨμѧϣ ΐϳﺪرѧΗ ﺎذجѧϤϧ و ﺪارϘϤΑ ϴϔΨϤϟ اﺎرآﻮفϣ 75 ϴϘΒΘϤϟ اﺎتϧϴΒϟ اϊϣ ﺎرهﺎΒΘΧ واﺎتϧϴΒϟ اϦϣ ٪ . Ϧѧϋ ﺮتϔѧγ وأπѧϳ أﻬﺎϣﺪاΨΘѧγ اϢѧΗ ѧϘϓ ﺎرΒΘΧϻ واΐϳﺪرΘϟ اﺎتϧϴΑ ﺎمδϗ أϴϘΑ ϣ أ ϪΑﺸﺎϣ أداء. ΖϘϘΣ ϗ وϻόϣ ςγΘϣ ﺮفόΘϟ ا ت99.83 و٪ 99.00 ΖѧΒΛ و،ϲϟﻮاѧΘϟ اѧϠϋ ѧϴϔΨϤϟ اﺎرآﻮفϣ ﺎذجϤϧ وﻬﺎتΠΘϤϟ اϢϋ دﺎتϨϴﺎآϣ ﺎتϔϨμϣ ﺪامΨΘγΑ ٪ ﺎمϗ اﻷرϊϴϤΠϟ Ϟπϓ أﻬﺎتΠΘϤϟ اϢϋ دﺎتϨϴﺎآϣ ϒϨμϣ أن. ΐΗﻜﺎϟ اﻮىΘδϣ Ϡϋ ϧﺎرϘϤϟ اϣ أ) ΐΗﻜﺎϟ ا34 ѧϟ إ44 ( ﺄﻇﻬﺮتѧϓ Ϣѧϋ دﺎتѧϨϴﺎآϣ ϒϨμѧϣ ΞﺎﺋѧΘϧ أن ϧ Ζϗϓ ﻬﺎتΠΘϤϟ اϢﺎرهΒΘΧ اϢΗ Ϧϳϟ اﺎبΘϟ اϊϴϤΠϟ ϴϔΨϤϟ اﺎرآﻮفϣ ﺎذجϤϧ ϒϨμϣ ΞﺎﺋΘ . ﻬﺎتΠΘϤϟ اϢϋ دﺎتϨϴﺎآϣ ϒϨμϤϟ ϒϴϨμΘϟ اﺎءτΧ أϞϴϠΤΗ ϢΗ Ϥ آ. ѧϴΑόϟ اﺎمѧϗ اﻷرѧϠϋ ﺮفѧόΘϟ اϲѧϓ ѧΘϴϟόϓ ﺎتѧΠΘϤϟ اϢѧϋ دﺎتѧϨϴﺎآϣ ϒϨμѧϣ وβϴϳѧϘϤϟ اﺪدةѧόΘϣ ﺰاتѧϴϤϣ ﺪامΨΘγΑ ΚΤΒϟ اﻬﺬاΑ ﻮاردةϟ اϘϳτϟ اΖΘΒΛ وأ ) Ϩϟ اϳ ( ϴϔΨϤϟ اﺎرآﻮفϣ ﺎذجϤϧ ϒϨμϣ Ϡϋ ﻬﺎϗϔΗ و،ΐγΤϟΑ ﺎلμΗ ا دونϴϟ اςΨΑ ΑΘϤϟ ا. ΚѧΤΒϟ ا΢ϴΗѧϔϣ : ѧϴΑόϟ ا ﺎمѧϗ اﻷرѧϠϋ ϲѧϟϵ ا ﺮفѧόΘϟ ا) ѧϳϨϟ ا( ﺮوف،ѧΤϟ اѧϠϋ ϲ ﺬآѧϟ ا ﺮفѧόΘϟ ا، ﺎتѧΠΘϤϟ اϢѧϋ د ﺎتѧϨϴﺎآϣ ϒϨμѧϣ ، ﺎذجѧϤϧ ϒϨμѧϣ ϴϔΨϤϟ اﺎرآﻮفϣ ﺪ،ϴϟ اςΨΑ ΑΘϤϟ اﺎمϗ اﻷرϠϋ ﺮفόΘϟ ا، ﺰاتϴϤϤϟ اﺮاجΨΘγ اﺔ،ϳﺎرϴόϤϟ ا. * Corresponding author: E-mail: smasaad@kfupm.edu.sa Paper Received December 2, 2008; Paper Revised April 15, 2009; Paper Accepted May 27, 2009