ABSTRACT
In this chapter, we will discuss problems associated with a nonparametric ana-
lysis of direct similarity shapes of planar contours. In addition to the metho-
dology for performing inference, which is a particular case of the material
covered in Chapter 11, this chapter will describe some of the computational
challenges associated with the study of such data. After detailing a method
for addressing these challenges, we will conclude by applying these methods
to a problem involving the corpus callosum data presented in Chapter 1. The
primary resources for this chapter are Ellingson (2011) [101], Ellingson et al.
(2013) [106], Ellingson et al. (2013a) [104], and Qiu et al. (2014) [285].
