@inproceedings{f9904756dce74f9a975690a7c6009275,
title = "Computer-assisted reconstruction of virtual fragmented cuneiform tablets",
abstract = "Cuneiform is one of the earliest known systems of writing consisting of wedge-shaped strokes forming signs impressed on clay tablets. Excavated cuneiform tablets are typically fragmented and their reconstruction is, at best, tedious but more often intractable given that fragments can be distributed within and between different collections. Digital archives relevant to cultural heritage, such as the Cuneiform Digital Palaeography Project [1]-[4] and the Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative [5], [6], now make richly annotated artefact media available to wide populations. Similarly, developments in computer-aided three-dimensional reconstruction methods offer the potential to assist in the restoration of broken artefacts. In this paper, a system for providing computer assistance for identifying and orientating matching fragment pairs is described. Metrics to grade the quality and likely significance of potential matches are also described. Finally, the results from experiments with scans of laboratory fabricated tablet fragments and genuine fragmented cuneiform tablets are reported.",
keywords = "Computational geometry, Computer graphics, Cost function, Iterative methods, Search problems",
author = "Tim Collins and Woolley, {Sandra I.} and Munoz, {Luis Hernandez} and Andrew Lewis and Eugene Ch'Ng and Erlend Gehlken",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2014 IEEE.; 20th International Conference on Virtual Systems and Multimedia, VSMM 2014 ; Conference date: 09-12-2014 Through 12-12-2014",
year = "2014",
doi = "10.1109/VSMM.2014.7136691",
language = "English",
series = "Proceedings of the 2014 International Conference on Virtual Systems and Multimedia, VSMM 2014",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
pages = "70--77",
editor = "Sarah Kenderdine and Harold Thwaites and Jeffrey Shaw",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the 2014 International Conference on Virtual Systems and Multimedia, VSMM 2014",
address = "United States",
}