# Similarity of polygonal curves in the presence of outliers

@article{Carufel2014SimilarityOP,
title={Similarity of polygonal curves in the presence of outliers},
author={Jean-Lou De Carufel and Amin Gheibi and Anil Maheshwari and J{\"o}rg-R{\"u}diger Sack and Christian Scheffer},
journal={ArXiv},
year={2014},
volume={abs/1212.1617}
}
• Published 7 December 2012
• Computer Science, Mathematics
• ArXiv

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