Measuring similarity among various shapes based on geometric matching

Geographical Analysis

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 410-422

  Zhao, Zuoquan ^a,b   Stough, Roger R ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE SCIENCE OF HUMAN HISTORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; GEOMETRY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SHAPE;

EID: 29144495588     PISSN: 00167363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0016-7363.2005.03704001.x     Document Type: Review

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