AI RESEARCH
Embedded ConvNet Ensembles: A Lightweight Approach to Recognize Arabic Handwritten Characters
arXiv CS.CV
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ArXi:2605.18060v1 Announce Type: new Arabic Handwritten Character Recognition (AHCR) has recently advanced significantly with deep Convolutional Neural Networks (ConvNets). However, many models in the literature are deep and computationally expensive in terms of parameters and FLOPs, limiting their deployment on resource-constrained devices, which are increasingly common. This study addresses this gap by proposing a combination of lightweight embedded ConvNet models and ensemble learning techniques. Extensive experiments were conducted to identify best practices in AHCR, considering