Morphological Modeling of Terrains and Volume Data

• Main Authors: Čomić, Lidija (Author), De Floriani, Leila (Author), Magillo, Paola (Author), Iuricich, Federico (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Computer Science,
• Subjects: Computer science.; Data structures (Computer science).; Computer science > Mathematics.; Computer simulation.; Computer Science.; Mathematics of Computing.; Simulation and Modeling.; Data Structures.

This book describes the mathematical background behind discrete approaches to morphological analysis of scalar fields, with a focus on Morse theory and on the discrete theories due to Banchoff and Forman. The algorithms and data structures presented are used for terrain modeling and analysis, molecu...

Table of Contents:

• Background
• Morphology Computation Algorithms: Generalities
• Boundary-Based and Region-Growing Algorithms
• Watershed Algorithms
• A Combinatorial Approach Based on Forman Theory
• Simplification and Multi-Resolution Representations
• Experimental Analysis and Comparisons.