Reading 2 - Mechanix Algorithms

Paper
Field, Martin, et al. "Sketch recognition algorithms for comparing complex and unpredictable shapes." IJCAI. 2011.
Direct Link: http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Tracy_Hammond/publication/220812144_Sketch_Recognition_Algorithms_for_Comparing_Complex_and_Unpredictable_Shapes/links/0deec529f76e510edf000000.pdf

Notes
This paper delves into more detail about the recognition algorithms than the previous one.  It is a helpful follow-up since it should give you a deeper understanding of how Mechanix works.

Presenter Notes
While this paper provides a good description of both the Hausdorff method and the truss recognizer, you will want to focus on the Hausdorff recognizer in your talk.  Since there are two papers on Mechanix, this has to be slightly more coordinated than most presentations will be (hence the presence of these special notes).  The AI Magazine paper will be used to provide most of the information for the truss recognizer talk, and this paper will be used to give the Hausdorff method presentation.  Contact me if you have any questions.