@inproceedings{4008,
  abstract     = {We formalize a notion of topological simplification within the framework of a filtration, which is the history of a growing complex. We classify a topological change that happens during growth as either a feature or noise depending on its life-time or persistence within the filtration. We give fast algorithms for computing persistence and experimental evidence for their speed and utility.},
  author       = {Edelsbrunner, Herbert and Letscher, David and Zomorodian, Afra},
  booktitle    = {Proceedings 41st Annual Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science},
  isbn         = {0769508502},
  location     = {Washington, DC, United States},
  pages        = {454 -- 463},
  publisher    = {IEEE},
  title        = {{Topological persistance and simplification}},
  doi          = {10.1109/SFCS.2000.892133},
  year         = {2000},
}