Multimedia Analysis and Access of Ancient Maya Epigraphy: Tools to support scholars on Maya hieroglyphics
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عنوان ژورنال: IEEE Signal Processing Magazine
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1053-5888
DOI: 10.1109/msp.2015.2411291