Research Article

Direct Least Absolute Deviation Fitting of Ellipses

Table 3

Mean and standard deviation of the relative error and estimated ellipse parameters on simulated Laplace outlier data with tested methods.

MethodsNoise level Relative error

DLS0.50.16%/0.1272.00/0.0264.00/0.0270.00/0.0350.00/0.0330.01/0.06
51.18%/0.4771.99/0.2963.98/0.2469.99/0.3450.23/0.2929.85/0.79
102.54%/0.9971.91/0.5463.96/0.4769.99/0.6750.67/0.5729.92/2.14
155.43%/2.3572.06/1.0264.01/1.1970.00/1.3551.80/1.3830.07/4.90
207.78%/3.1672.00/1.5064.04/1.6470.35/2.1452.80/1.9730.94/6.14
2511.96%/4.2171.71/2.3164.25/2.5170.87/2.5854.54/2.1532.08/10.98

HyperLS0.50.15%/0.1272.00/0.0264.00/0.0270.00/0.0350.00/0.0330.01/0.06
51.10%/0.4971.99/0.2963.98/0.2470.03/0.3550.02/0.2829.85/0.80
102.40%/0.9971.91/0.5463.96/0.4870.12/0.7449.87/0.5529.92/2.27
155.28%/3.0372.05/1.0663.99/1.3070.25/1.9749.86/1.3630.10/5.65
207.96%/4.4871.99/1.6964.02/1.8370.98/4.0849.42/2.3231.33/7.77
2513.32%/9.1671.80/2.7464.54/4.5172.98/8.7448.96/3.0432.77/14.60

SampsonLS0.50.17%/0.1272.00/0.0264.00/0.0270.00/0.0350.00/0.0330.01/0.06
51.05%/0.4872.01/0.2964.00/0.2369.97/0.3349.85/0.2829.90/0.65
103.08%/2.3672.00/0.8063.93/0.9169.78/0.7749.12/1.1130.21/1.88
156.69%/4.1172.14/1.7564.36/2.0569.54/1.3147.93/1.8130.01/3.66
2010.34%/5.6071.91/2.3864.12/2.7769.88/1.7546.28/2.7630.47/5.11
2515.09%/7.7771.38/2.5164.10/3.5070.56/2.5843.80/4.3929.15/6.23

ElliFit0.50.13%/0.1172.00/0.0264.00/0.0270.00/0.0349.99/0.0330.00/0.06
51.37%/0.5571.99/0.2963.98/0.2470.37/0.3749.96/0.2828.98/0.80
103.72%/1.4471.91/0.5563.96/0.4771.48/0.8049.67/0.5726.89/1.99
158.35%/2.7772.08/1.1064.01/1.1773.84/1.9349.29/1.1623.15/3.38
2013.41%/5.0372.05/1.7364.05/1.7077.93/5.0748.62/1.7320.59/4.49
2520.12%/7.3171.64/3.0264.27/2.4584.23/8.0148.32/2.0618.25/8.54

RANSAC0.50.66%/0.5171.99/0.2264.01/0.2069.98/0.2649.98/0.2330.00/0.52
51.39%/0.6372.04/0.4464.04/0.3670.02/0.5150.02/0.4429.95/0.97
101.59%/0.7072.03/0.4764.05/0.4269.99/0.5049.97/0.4830.05/1.16
151.57%/0.6672.07/0.4763.98/0.4169.99/0.4749.99/0.5129.88/1.09
201.61%/0.7872.00/0.4864.05/0.4570.05/0.5249.97/0.5329.95/1.00
251.56%/0.7872.00/0.4564.05/0.4170.02/0.5149.96/0.5130.08/1.08

Proposed ()0.50.14%/0.1272.00/0.0064.00/0.0070.00/0.0150.00/0.0030.00/0.01
50.12%/0.1072.00/0.0064.00/0.0070.00/0.0150.00/0.0030.00/0.01
100.18%/0.1272.00/0.0164.00/0.0070.00/0.0150.00/0.0030.00/0.01
150.17%/0.2272.00/0.0163.99/0.0970.00/0.0150.01/0.0930.00/0.09
200.20%/0.3972.00/0.0264.02/0.1369.99/0.0650.03/0.1829.98/0.13
251.62%/4.4472.07/0.8164.29/1.5070.04/0.9550.57/1.6329.50/3.73

Proposed ()0.50.42%/0.2472.00/0.1064.01/0.0969.99/0.1150.01/0.1130.03/0.26
50.30%/0.2072.00/0.0864.00/0.0670.00/0.0950.00/0.0829.98/0.19
100.29%/0.1772.00/0.0864.01/0.0769.98/0.1149.99/0.0829.96/0.20
150.38%/0.3372.02/0.1064.02/0.0969.94/0.1649.99/0.0929.87/0.37
200.70%/0.9872.05/0.1864.10/0.2869.85/0.4550.01/0.3029.71/0.90
251.44%/3.1772.08/0.8764.18/0.8469.74/1.1450.07/1.0729.22/3.44