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Volume 38, Issue 2
A New Approximation Algorithm for the Matching Distance in Multidimensional Persistence

Andrea Cerri & Patrizio Frosini

J. Comp. Math., 38 (2020), pp. 291-309.

Published online: 2020-02

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  • Abstract

Topological Persistence has proven to be a promising framework for dealing with problems concerning shape analysis and comparison. In this context, it was originally introduced by taking into account 1-dimensional properties of shapes, modeled by real-valued functions. More recently, Topological Persistence has been generalized to consider multidimensional properties of shapes, coded by vector-valued functions. This extension has led to introduce suitable shape descriptors, named the multidimensional persistence Betti numbers functions, and a distance to compare them, the so-called multidimensional matching distance.
In this paper we propose a new computational framework to deal with the multidimensional matching distance. We start by proving some new theoretical results, and then we use them to formulate an algorithm for computing such a distance up to an arbitrary threshold error.

  • AMS Subject Headings

65D18, 68U05, 55N99

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COPYRIGHT: © Global Science Press

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acerri@fomsoftware.com (Andrea Cerri)

patrizio.frosini@unibo.it (Patrizio Frosini)

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Topological Persistence has proven to be a promising framework for dealing with problems concerning shape analysis and comparison. In this context, it was originally introduced by taking into account 1-dimensional properties of shapes, modeled by real-valued functions. More recently, Topological Persistence has been generalized to consider multidimensional properties of shapes, coded by vector-valued functions. This extension has led to introduce suitable shape descriptors, named the multidimensional persistence Betti numbers functions, and a distance to compare them, the so-called multidimensional matching distance.
In this paper we propose a new computational framework to deal with the multidimensional matching distance. We start by proving some new theoretical results, and then we use them to formulate an algorithm for computing such a distance up to an arbitrary threshold error.

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TY - JOUR T1 - A New Approximation Algorithm for the Matching Distance in Multidimensional Persistence AU - Cerri , Andrea AU - Frosini , Patrizio JO - Journal of Computational Mathematics VL - 2 SP - 291 EP - 309 PY - 2020 DA - 2020/02 SN - 38 DO - http://doi.org/10.4208/jcm.1809-m2018-0043 UR - https://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/jcm/14518.html KW - Multidimensional persistent topology, Matching distance, Shape comparison. AB -

Topological Persistence has proven to be a promising framework for dealing with problems concerning shape analysis and comparison. In this context, it was originally introduced by taking into account 1-dimensional properties of shapes, modeled by real-valued functions. More recently, Topological Persistence has been generalized to consider multidimensional properties of shapes, coded by vector-valued functions. This extension has led to introduce suitable shape descriptors, named the multidimensional persistence Betti numbers functions, and a distance to compare them, the so-called multidimensional matching distance.
In this paper we propose a new computational framework to deal with the multidimensional matching distance. We start by proving some new theoretical results, and then we use them to formulate an algorithm for computing such a distance up to an arbitrary threshold error.

Andrea Cerri & Patrizio Frosini. (2020). A New Approximation Algorithm for the Matching Distance in Multidimensional Persistence. Journal of Computational Mathematics. 38 (2). 291-309. doi:10.4208/jcm.1809-m2018-0043
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