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Table 3 An overview of databases used in different competitions

From: A comprehensive survey of handwritten document benchmarks: structure, usage and evaluation

Database

Competition

Participants

IFN/ENIT

ICDAR2005 Arabic Handwriting Recognition Competition [221]

6 teams, 6 systems

 

ICDAR2007 Arabic Handwriting Recognition Competition [222]

8 teams,14 systems

 

ICDAR 2009 Arabic Handwriting Recognition Competition [217]

7 teams,17 systems

 

ICFHR2010 Arabic Handwriting Recognition Competition [223]

4 teams, 6 systems

 

ICDAR 2011 Arabic Handwriting Recognition Competition [224]

4 teams, 4 systems

ADAB Database

ICDAR 2009 Online Arabic Handwriting Recognition Competition [225]

3 teams,7 systems

 

ICDAR 2011 Online Arabic Handwriting Recognition Competition [226]

3 teams,5 systems

Farsi CENPARMI

ICDAR 2009 Handwritten Farsi/Arabic Character Recognition Competitions [227]

4 systems

RIMES

ICDAR 2009 Handwriting Recognition Competition [68]

8 teams,10 systems

 

ICDAR 2011-French handwriting recognition competition [69]

9 systems

CASIA Database

ICDAR 2011 Chinese Handwriting Recognition Competition [228]

8 teams, 25 systems

 

ICDAR 2013 Chinese Handwriting Recognition Competition [229]

10 teams, 27 systems

QUWI Database

ICFHR 2012 Competition on Writer Identification (Arabic Script) [149]

43 teams

 

ICDAR 2013 Competition on Gender Prediction from Handwriting [150]

194 teams

 

ICDAR 2015 Multiscript Writer Identification & Gender Classification Competition [220]

8 teams, 13 systems

CVL Digit Database

ICDAR 2013 Competition on Handwritten Digit Recognition [115]

7 teams, 9 systems

 

ICFHR 2014 Competition on Handwritten Digit String Recognition [230]

5 teams, 6 systems

KHATT/AHTID-MW

ICFHR 2014 Arabic Writer Identification Contest [231]

3 systems