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We present a pseudo-polynomial time (1 + epsilon)-approximation algorithm for computing the integral and average Fréchet distance between two given polygonal curves T_1 and T_2. The running time is in O(zeta^{4}n^4/epsilon^2) where n is the complexity of T_1 and T_2 and zeta is the maximal ratio of the lengths of any pair of segments from T_1 and T_2.
Furthermore, we give relations between weighted shortest paths inside a single parameter cell C and the monotone free space axis of C. As a result we present a simple construction of weighted shortest paths inside a parameter cell. Additionally, such a shortest path provides an optimal solution for the partial Fréchet similarity of segments for all leash lengths. These two aspects are related to each other and are of independent interest.
@InProceedings{maheshwari_et_al:LIPIcs.SWAT.2016.26,
author = {Maheshwari, Anil and Sack, J\"{o}rg-R\"{u}diger and Scheffer, Christian},
title = {{Approximating the Integral Fr\'{e}chet Distance}},
booktitle = {15th Scandinavian Symposium and Workshops on Algorithm Theory (SWAT 2016)},
pages = {26:1--26:14},
series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
ISBN = {978-3-95977-011-8},
ISSN = {1868-8969},
year = {2016},
volume = {53},
editor = {Pagh, Rasmus},
publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
address = {Dagstuhl, Germany},
URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.SWAT.2016.26},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-60485},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.SWAT.2016.26},
annote = {Keywords: Fr\'{e}chet distance, partial Fr\'{e}chet similarity, curve matching}
}