Nonparametric Segmentation of Curves into Various Representations

This paper describes and demonstrates the operation and performance of an algorithm for segmenting connected points into a combination of representations such as lines, circular, elliptical and superelliptical arcs, and polynomials. The algorithm has a number of interesting properties including being scale invariant, nonparametric, general purpose, and efficient.

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