Computing the Fréchet distance with shortcuts is NP-hard

M. Buchin; A. Driemel; B. Speckmann

Computing the Fréchet distance with shortcuts is NP-hard

M. Buchin
, A. Driemel
, B. Speckmann

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Abstract

We study the shortcut Fréchet distance, a natural variant of the Fréchet distance that allows us to take shortcuts from and to any point along one of the curves. We show that, surprisingly, the problem of computing the shortcut Fréchet distance exactly is NP-hard. Furthermore, we give a 3-approximation algorithm for the decision version of the problem.

Original language	English
Pages	43-46
Number of pages	4
Publication status	Published - 2013
Event	29th European Workshop on Computational Geometry (EuroCG 2013) - Braunschweig, Germany Duration: 17 Mar 2013 → 20 Mar 2013 Conference number: 29

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Workshop	29th European Workshop on Computational Geometry (EuroCG 2013)
Abbreviated title	EuroCG 2013
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Braunschweig
Period	17/03/13 → 20/03/13

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