Hausdorff distance

(definition)

Definition: A measure of the resemblance of two (fixed) sets of geometric points P and Q, defined as H(P,Q)=max{max_{a∈ P} min_{b∈ Q} d(a,b), max_{a∈ Q} min_{b∈ P} d(a,b)} where d(·,·) is the distance metric, usually the Euclidean distance.

Note: Adapted from [AS98, page 437].

Author: PEB

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Paul E. Black, "Hausdorff distance", in Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures [online], Vreda Pieterse and Paul E. Black, eds. 17 December 2004. (accessed TODAY) Available from: http://www.nist.gov/dads/HTML/hausdorffdst.html