Shape Representation and Recognition of Bangla Characters using Fourier Descriptor {tag} {/tag} International Journal of Computer Applications © 2011 by IJCA Journal Volume 33 - Number 2 Year of Publication: 2011 Authors: M. A. Naser Abdur Raquib Ridwan Md.Murad Hossain 10.5120/3995-5658 {bibtex}pxc3875658.bib{/bibtex} Abstract Fourier descriptors are used for representing the shapes as well as extracting the features of the characters. It has the advantage of being invariant to the affine transforms. It possesses the ability to reconstruct the original shape. Moreover, all the descriptors are not required to describe the character. Hence huge reduction in feature size is possible. K-nearest neighbor 1 / 3