An Effective Method for Fingerprint Classification

Ching-Tang Hsieh This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.¹, Shys-Rong Shyu¹ and Kuo-Ming Hung^1,2

¹Department of Electrical Engineering, Tamkang University, Tamsui, Taiwan 251, R.O.C.
²Department of Information Management, Kainan University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.

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