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-shape
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-The module contains algorithms that embed a notion of shape distance.
-These algorithms may be used for shape matching and retrieval, or shape
-comparison.
-
-.. toctree::
-    :maxdepth: 2
-
-    shape_distances
-    shape_transformers
-    histogram_cost_matrix
-    emdL1