Hausdorff metric

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The Hausdorff metric is a distance function that measures how far two subsets of a metric space are from each other, widely used in topology, geometry, and shape analysis.

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Hausdorff distance 4
Hausdorff metric canonical 3
Gromov–Hausdorff convergence 1

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instanceOf distance function ⓘ
mathematical concept ⓘ
metric ⓘ
alternativeName Hausdorff distance ⓘ
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Pompeiu–Hausdorff metric ⓘ
linked to: Hausdorff metric
applicableTo closed and bounded subsets of a complete metric space ⓘ
compact subsets of Euclidean space ⓘ
category metric on sets ⓘ
codomain nonnegative real numbers ⓘ
construction based on supremum of point-to-set distances ⓘ
definedOn set of compact subsets of a metric space ⓘ
set of nonempty closed subsets of a metric space ⓘ
domain subsets of a metric space ⓘ
enables definition of completeness of hyperspaces ⓘ
study of stability of attractors in dynamical systems ⓘ
field computer vision ⓘ
functional analysis ⓘ
image processing ⓘ
metric geometry ⓘ
shape analysis ⓘ
topology ⓘ
mathematicalArea general topology ⓘ
metric space theory ⓘ
measures distance between subsets ⓘ
how far two subsets are from each other ⓘ
namedAfter Felix Hausdorff ⓘ
property equals zero if and only if sets are equal (for closed sets) ⓘ
nonnegative ⓘ
satisfies triangle inequality ⓘ
symmetric ⓘ
relatedConcept Gromov–Hausdorff distance ⓘ
Kuratowski convergence of sets ⓘ
Vietoris topology ⓘ
requires underlying metric space ⓘ
symbol d_H ⓘ
topologicalRole induces topology on hyperspace of closed subsets ⓘ
turns space of nonempty compact subsets into a metric space ⓘ
usedIn approximation of sets by polyhedra ⓘ
continuity of set-valued maps ⓘ
convergence of sets ⓘ
fractal geometry ⓘ
geometric modeling ⓘ
object matching in images ⓘ
pattern recognition ⓘ
shape comparison ⓘ
uses supremum over one set of infimum distances to the other set ⓘ

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Felix Hausdorff → knownFor → Hausdorff metric ⓘ
Felix Hausdorff → notableConcept → Hausdorff metric ⓘ
Felix Hausdorff → notableConcept → Hausdorff distance ⓘ
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Mikhail Gromov → notableFor → Gromov–Hausdorff convergence ⓘ
linked to: Hausdorff metric
Hausdorff metric → alternativeName → Hausdorff distance ⓘ
linked to: Hausdorff metric
Hausdorff metric → alternativeName → Pompeiu–Hausdorff metric ⓘ
linked to: Hausdorff metric
Blaschke selection theorem → concerns → Hausdorff metric ⓘ
Blaschke selection theorem → uses → Hausdorff distance ⓘ
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cuSpatial → supportsFeature → Hausdorff distance ⓘ
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