Selected Publications (download all)


  1. K. Franke and M. Köppen, A computer-based system to support forensic studies on handwritten documents, International Journal on Document Analysis and Recognition 3 (2001), no. 4, 218–231.

  2. K. Franke, J. Ruiz del Solar, and M. Köppen, Soft biometrics: Soft computing for biometric applications, International Journal of Fuzzy Systems 4 (2002), no. 2, 665–672.

  3. K. Franke and L.R.B. Schomaker, Robotic writing trace synthesis and its application in the study of signature line quality, Journal of Forensic Document Examination 16 (2004), no. 3, 119–146.

  4. K. Franke, Y.-N. Zhang, and M. Köppen, Static signature verification employing a Kosko-Neuro-Fuzzy approach, Advances in Soft Computing - AFSS 2002, LNAI 2275 (N.R. Pal and M. Sugeno, eds.), Springer Verlag, 2002, pp. 185–190.

  5. K. Franke, M. Köppen, and B. Nickolay, Fuzzy image processing by using Dubois and Prade fuzzy norm, Proc. 15th International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR) (Barcelona, Spain), 2000, pp. 518–521.

  6. K. Franke and S. Rose, Ink-deposition model: The relation of writing and ink deposition processes, Proc. 9th International Workshop on Frontiers in Handwriting Recognition (IWFHR) (Tokyo, Japan), 2004, pp. 173–178.

  7. K. Franke, O. Bünnemeyer, and T. Sy, Writer identification using ink texure analysis, Proc. 8th International Workshop on Frontiers in Handwriting Recognition (IWFHR) (Niagara-on-the-Lake, Canada), 2002, pp. 268–273.

  8. K. Franke, I. Guyon, L.R.B. Schomaker, and L.G. Vuurpijl, WandaML - A markup language for digital document annotation, Proc. 9th International Workshop on Frontiers in Handwriting Recognition (IWFHR) (Tokyo, Japan), 2004.

  9. K. Franke, L.R.B. Schomaker, C. Veenhuis, C. Taubenheim, I. Guyon, L.G. Vuurpijl, M. van Erp, and G. Zwarts, WANDA: A generic framework applied in forensic handwriting analysis and writer identification, Design and Application of Hybrid Intelligent Systems, Proc. 3rd International Conference on Hybrid Intelligent Systems (HIS03) (A. Abraham, M. Köppen, and K. Franke, eds.), IOS Press, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2003, pp. 927–938.

  10. K. Franke, The influence of physical and biomechanical processes on the ink trace - methodological foundations for the forensic analysis of signatures, Ph.D. thesis, Artifical Instelligence Institute, University of Groningen, The Netherlands, 2005. (Thesis summary only)