ABSTRACT
In this chapter we are looking for a data-driven method [122] in which neither do we specify the error nor do we specify the number of line segments. We keep both these parameters free and allow the procedure to determine the length of the segments as well as the maximum allowable error adaptively on the basis of the local topography of the curve. So the procedure does not need operator’s intervention. Though the procedure is sequential and one-pass but unlike the existing sequential algorithms neither does it miss corners nor does it round off sharp turnings.
