Reeb graphs for shape analysis and applications

Theoretical Computer Science

Volumn 392, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 5-22

  Biasotti, S ^a   Giorgi, D ^a   Spagnuolo, M ^a   Falcidieno, B ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computational topology; Reeb graph; Shape description

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OBJECT RECOGNITION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

COMPACT SHAPE DESCRIPTORS; COMPUTATIONAL TOPOLOGIES; MORSE THEORY; REEB GRAPHS; SHAPE ANALYSIS;

GRAPH THEORY;

EID: 38849204207     PISSN: 03043975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tcs.2007.10.018     Document Type: Article

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