A new method, based on k-cosine, is proposed for the determination of region of support and detection of significant points of digitized curves. A new measure of significance, based on k-cosine, is introduced. The procedure is parallel and requires no input parameter. A polygonal approximation is suggested by joining the successive significant points. © 1992.

Bimal Kumar Ray

Department of Information Technology

School of Information Technology and Engineering

Vellore Campus

K.S. Ray

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Journal	Pattern Recognition Letters
ISSN	01678655