Efficient Sketches for Earth-Mover Distance, with Applications

We provide the first sub-linear sketching algorithm for estimating the planar Earth-Mover Distance with a constant approximation. For sets living in the two-dimensional grid [Δ][superscript 2], we achieve space ΔE for approximation O(1/E), for any desired 0 < E < 1. Our sketch has immediate ap...

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Main Authors: Indyk, Piotr (Contributor), Woodruff, David (Author), Do Ba, Khanh (Contributor), Andoni, Alexandr (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2010-10-05T19:58:01Z.
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