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    Computer vision & multimodal· 1981

    Random Sample Consensus: A Paradigm for Model Fitting with Applications to Image Analysis and Automated Cartography

    Martin A. Fischler (first author) · 1981

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    DOI 10.1145/358669.358692OpenAlex W2085261163

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    Why it matters

    Introduced robust model fitting under outliers, fundamental to geometry and image matching.

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    The record

    First released
    1981 (from oracle lists)
    Citations
    25,887 citations, as counted by OpenAlex (CC0)
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    the chatgpt list only
    Score
    0.491 · computed rank 239 · consensus 0.38, must-read 0.5, citations percentile 0.934 (1980s · all domains), awards 0, existing lists 0. Method

    Editor's notes

    • Readability check: pass: RANSAC: a simple, robust idea still used everywhere. (AI draft (Claude), not yet reviewed, 2026-10-29)

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