November 2001
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Presented by Andrew Willis
Division of Engineering, Brown University
Assembling Virtual Pots from 3D Measurements of their Fragments (Geometric Learning)
Problem
Three Sherd Configuration for a contemporary (experimental ground-truth) pot
Typical Pot Sherds from Petra
How Mother Nature Generates Sherd Geometry
Literature Review
Parameter Estimation
Sherd Break Curve Data Extraction
Break Curve Matching
Good Curve Matches for a Pot
Incorrect Curve Matches for a Pot
Axis and Profile Curve Estimation
Petra Sherd Data
Reconstructed Surfaces and Data Profiles
Probabilistic Framework
Pot Assembly Search Algorithm
Additional Considerations
Author: Andrew Willis
E-mail: Andrew_Willis@brown.edu