Prof. Ghidewon Abay-Asmerom
Graph Distances on the Ge’ez Writing System Characters

Abstract: In this talk we will explore ways of comparing structural similarities and differences within the Ge’ez writing system using graph distances. The characters (“fidelat”, singular “fidel”) of this writing system are modeled as graphs and distances between them are analyzed using different graph distances.

Some of the graph distances that will look at include: edge rotation and edge slide distances, maximum common subgraph and minimum common supergraph distances, and graph edit distances.