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This book has presented several approaches to recognizing handwritten numerals and words based on Markov models, conditional rules, and fuzzy logic.

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Liu, ZQ., Cai, J., Buse, R. (2003). Conclusion. In: Handwriting Recognition. Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing, vol 133. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-44850-1_9

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