On the Performance Improvement of Devanagari Handwritten Character Recognition

Table 10

Error rates for various datasets using proposed feature extraction method.

Dataset	Feature extraction method	Number of features	NN configuration	Time for training and testing	Error rate
CPAR-2012 character	Global zone based; edge	72	72-200-49	1941 sec	14.89
CPAR-2012 character	local zone based; edge	72	72-200-49	1864 sec	16.01
CPAR-2012 character	Equal zone	72	72-200-49	2082 sec	21.35
ISI digit	Equal zone edge	72	72-200-10	1224 sec	2.03
ISI digit	Global zone based; edge	72	72-200-10	1178 sec	1.83
ISI digit	local zone based; Edge	72	72-200-10	909 sec	2.14
CPAR-2012 numeral	Global zone based; edge	72	72-200-10	756 sec	2.38
CPAR-2012 numeral	local zone based; edge	72	72-200-10	785 sec	1.93
CPAR-2012 numeral	Equal zone edge	72	72-200-10	956 sec	2.07