Title
On the complexity of computing the Hausdorff distance.
Abstract
We study the computational complexity of the Hausdorff distance of two curves on the two-dimensional plane, in the context of the Turing machine-based complexity theory of real functions. It is proved that the Hausdorff distance of any two polynomial-time computable curves is a left-Σ2P real number. Conversely, for any tally set A in Σ2P, there exist two polynomial-time computable curves such that set A is computable in polynomial time relative to the Hausdorff distance of these two curves. More generally, we show that, for any set A in Σ2P, there exist two polynomial-time computable curves such that set A is computable in polynomial time relative to the Hausdorff distances of subcurves of these two curves.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1016/j.jco.2013.03.002
Journal of Complexity
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Hausdorff distance,Computational complexity,Polynomial-time,Two-dimensional plane,Curves,Turing machine
Journal
29
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
3
0885-064X
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
6
1
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Ker-I Ko119628.54