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Applying computer technology, such as computer vision in driver assistance, implies that processes and data are modeled as being discretized rather than being continuous. The area of stereo vision provides various examples how concepts known in discrete mathematics (e.g., pixel adjacency graphs, belief propagation, dynamic programming, max-flow/min-cut, or digital straight lines) are applied when aiming for efficient and accurate pixel correspondence solutions. The paper reviews such developments for a reader in discrete mathematics who is interested in applied research (in particular, in vision-based driver assistance). As a second subject, the paper also discusses lane detection and tracking, which is a particular task in driver assistance; recently the Euclidean distance transform proved to be a very appropriate tool for obtaining a fairly robust solution.

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Klette, R., Jiang, R., Morales, S., Vaudrey, T. (2009). Discrete Driver Assistance. In: Wilkinson, M.H.F., Roerdink, J.B.T.M. (eds) Mathematical Morphology and Its Application to Signal and Image Processing. ISMM 2009. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5720. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03613-2_1

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