Approximating the Frechet Distance for Realistic Curves in Near Linear Time

A. Driemel, S. Har-Peled, C. Wenk

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    Abstract

    We present a simple and practical (1+\eps)-approximation algorithm for the Frechet distance between polygonal curves. To analyze this algorithm we introduce a new realistic family of curves, c-packed curves, that is closed under simplification. We believe the notion of c-packed curves to be of independent interest. We show that our algorithm has near linear running time for c-packed polygonal curves in Rd, and show similar results for other input models, such as low density.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationProceedings of the 26th ACM Symposium on Computational Geometry, Snowbird, Utah, USA, June 13-16, 2010
    EditorsJ. Snoeyink, M. de Berg, J.S.B. Mitchell, G. Rote, M. Teillaud
    PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
    Pages365-374
    Number of pages10
    Publication statusPublished - 13 Jun 2010

    Bibliographical note

    26th ACM Symposium on Computational Geometry

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