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This paper presents a set of novel methodologies and the corresponding information system, which has been developed for processing 2D and 3D representations of fragmented archaeological finds, by means of which automated virtual and, eventually, actual reconstruction of the finds may be accomplished. The aforementioned system has been designed in order to provide ensembles of potentially matching fragments, together with a corresponding matching probability. One of the main novelties of the presented methodologies and the associated information systems is the use of many mathematical criteria, properly ordered, leading to fragmented pieces’ matching. These criteria employ notions and theorems of Differential Geometry, Calculus of Variations, and Algebra. The systems have been tested to the reassembly of parts of important archaeological finds, such as segments of wall paintings of the Minoan and the Mycenaean era. On the basis of these methodologies, parts of prehistoric wall paintings have been spotted for the first time, while the information systems’ matching proposals have been confirmed by scholars. |
