Exemplary set of clusters created using the euclidean distance dist euclid. a) and b) show perfect clusters with trajectories of uniform direction in each cluster. c), d) and e) show clusters where two different paths were clustered by mistake. f) shows a cluster of trajectories, where the separation of trajectories according to direction fails, due to the relatively short distance between start and end point of the trajectories. The white circles indicate the starting point of each trajectory.

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... the metric is suitable for the creation of clusters with uniform direction, it fails if the paths are of varying length. Figure 2 shows an exemplary set of clusters. The paths shown in Figure 2 a) and f) differ significantly in their spatial distances of starting and end points. ...

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... 2 shows an exemplary set of clusters. The paths shown in Figure 2 a) and f) differ significantly in their spatial distances of starting and end points. Figure 2 c), d) and e) display the major drawback of this distance metric. ...

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... paths shown in Figure 2 a) and f) differ significantly in their spatial distances of starting and end points. Figure 2 c), d) and e) display the major drawback of this distance metric. Two paths were identified as belonging to one cluster. ...