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Distribution of Distances based Object Matching: Asymptotic Inference

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  • Christoph Alexander Weitkamp
  • Katharina Proksch
  • Carla Tameling
  • Axel Munk

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In this article, we aim to provide a statistical theory for object matching based on a lower bound of the Gromov-Wasserstein distance related to the distribution of (pairwise) distances of the considered objects. To this end, we model general objects as metric measure spaces. Based on this, we propose a simple and efficiently computable asymptotic statistical test for pose invariant object discrimination. This is based on a (β-trimmed) empirical version of the afore-mentioned lower bound. We derive the distributional limits of this test statistic for the trimmed and untrimmed case. For this purpose, we introduce a novel U-type process indexed in β and show its weak convergence. The theory developed is investigated in Monte Carlo simulations and applied to structural protein comparisons. Supplementary materials for this article are available online.

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  • Christoph Alexander Weitkamp & Katharina Proksch & Carla Tameling & Axel Munk, 2024. "Distribution of Distances based Object Matching: Asymptotic Inference," Journal of the American Statistical Association, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 119(545), pages 538-551, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jnlasa:v:119:y:2024:i:545:p:538-551
    DOI: 10.1080/01621459.2022.2127360
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