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Stereo Correspondence Evaluation Methods: A Systematic Review

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The stereo correspondence problem has received significant attention in literature during approximately three decades. During that period of time, the development on stereo matching algorithms has been quite considerable. In contrast, the proposals on evaluation methods for stereo matching algorithms are not so many. This is not trivial issue, since an objective assessment of algorithms is required not only to measure improvements on the area, but also to properly identify where the gaps really are, and consequently, guiding the research. In this paper, a systematic review on evaluation methods for stereo matching algorithms is presented. The contributions are not only on the found results, but also on how it is explained and presented: aiming to be useful for the researching community on visual computing, in which such systematic review process is not yet broadly adopted.

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Vargas, C., Cabezas, I., Branch, J.W. (2015). Stereo Correspondence Evaluation Methods: A Systematic Review. In: Bebis, G., et al. Advances in Visual Computing. ISVC 2015. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 9475. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27863-6_10

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