Understanding a block of handwritten text means mapping it into a semantic representation, We describe an approach to reading a I>lock of handwritten text when there arc certain loose constraints placed on the spatial layout and syntax 01 the tnt. Early recognition of primitives guides the location of syntactic components. A system to read handwritten postal addresses is described as an instanc...

Dear Sir, Having recently completed the data interpretation of a postal questionnaire of 'all' Otolaryngologists in the British Isles, we read with interest the recent correspondence on the subject of the accuracy of this means of gathering information. (November 1989, 1103), and of the validity of the numbers questioned and responding. Like the correspondents, we also had great difficulty in c...

Network activities are an essential part of the economy. They represent services general economic interest and include electronic communication, electricity, postal railway services. At end 1980s, European Commission brought forward legislative proposals to open monopolistic service markets interest. In that way, states would prepare legislation liberalise services, state-owned enterprises adap...

Intra-urban travel is basic to urban residents. It occasioned by the need of residents carry out their activities in different places either necessity or choice. The magnitude trips generated depends on complex interaction socio-economic characteristics cities and those However, existing knowledge subject matter seems concentrate latter sheer neglect former. This study therefore examines factor...

BACKGROUND Limited access to weight management care can have a negative impact on the health and well-being of obese children and youth. Our objectives were to describe the characteristics of clients referred to a pediatric weight management centre and explore potential differences according to proximity. METHODS All demographic and anthropometric data were abstracted from standardized, one-p...

Research background: The priorities of informatization cover a wide range areas that need to be constantly addressed in the business sphere period globalization. Optimization and automation public administration processes together with priority categorization services according life situations ensures qualitative change provision services. paper deals influence strategic management on developme...

The US Postal Service is running a large deficit due to dropping demand for first-class mail services; Twitter is a popular social networking site with no current way to monetize fully its user-generated content; and the computer industry always needs new demand for its storage, networking, and imaging products. Prior work has ignored the possibility of solving all of these problems with one me...

This paper presents FuMaS (Fuzzy Matching System), a system capable of an efficient retrieval of postal addresses from noisy queries. The fuzzy postal addresses retrieval has many possible applications, ranging from datawarehouse dedumping, to the correction of input forms, or the integration within online street directories, etc. This paper presents the system architecture along with a series ...