An efficient algorithm for the piecewise linear approximation of planar curves

Elementary Numerical Analysis

W. G., Charles B. Tompkins, Walter L. Wilson · Mathematics of Computation · 1971 · 418 citations

A note on minimal length polygonal approximation to a digitized contour

Ugo Montanari · Communications of the ACM · 1970 · 136 citations · Full text

Computing, Computer Science, Mathematics +11

Approximation of curves by line segments

Henry Stone · Mathematics of Computation · 1961 · 102 citations

Natural Sciences, Mathematics, Geometry +5

Optimal Curve Fitting With Piecewise Linear Functions

A. Cantoni · IEEE Transactions on Computers · 1971 · 80 citations

Architecture, Mechanical Engineering, Computational Geometry +12

On the Quantization of Line-Drawing Data

Herbert Freeman, Jeremy M. Glass · IEEE Transactions on Systems Science and Cybernetics · 1969 · 61 citations

Computing, Visualization, Data Visualization +13