Memetic algorithm used in character recognition

Abstract

Memetic algorithms (MAs) are basically optimization algorithms which fully exploit the problem under consideration. This paper describes the character recognition problem using traditional approach, genetic algorithm approach and memetic algorithm approach. It also describes the basic architecture of MA and elaborates the memetic algorithm based approach to character recognition. The comparison with traditional approach and genetic algorithm approach shows that MA remarkably reduces the error rate. This paper is useful for the beginners who apply nature based computing in character recognition.