AN ACCURATE AND EFFICIENT SKEW ESTIMATION TECHNIQUE FOR SOUTH INDIAN DOCUMENTS: A NEW BOUNDARY GROWING AND NEAREST NEIGHBOR CLUSTERING BASED APPROACH

V.N.M. Aradhya, G.H. Kumar, and P. Shivakumara

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