Self-Adaptive Hybridized Lion Optimization Algorithm With Transfer Learning for Ancient Tamil Character Recognition in Stone Inscriptions

• Published in: IEEE access Vol. 11; pp. 39621 - 39634
• Main Authors: R, R. Devi, Karthikeyan, S., Jaganathan, Indra, Rameshbabu, Kiruba Shankar, Abraham, Ajith, Gabralla, Lubna A., Sivaraj, R., Nandhagopal, S. M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Piscataway IEEE 2023; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Adaptive algorithms; Artificial neural networks; Character recognition; Classification algorithms; Convolutional neural networks; Feature extraction; Image contrast; Inscriptions; Languages; Lion optimization algorithm; Machine learning; Optical character recognition; Optimization; Optimization algorithms; Pattern recognition; preprocessing; Stone; stone inscription; Tamil character recognition; Transfer learning

Tamil character recognition serves as a vital research problem in pattern recognition since there are many serious technical difficulties due to similarity and complexity of characters when compared with other languages. Stone inscriptions reveal details of luxury, lifestyle, economic status, cultur...