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Attention-enhanced CNN-KAN: a hybrid approach for Arabic handwritten character recognition

Aug 2026 · Signal, Image and Video Processing · Vol 20 · 0 citations · 47 references

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The Attention-Enhanced CNN-KAN (A-CNN-KAN), an innovative hybrid model that combines Convolutional Neural Networks for effective feature extraction, Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks for flexible non-linear pattern modeling, and a spatial attention mechanism to emphasize salient features, is presented.

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