Reference algorithm implementations in OTB: Textbook cases

This paper is built upon the feedback of the Orfeo ToolBox development team in the task of selecting, implementing and qualifying state-of-the-art image processing algorithms from the literature. It enforces the need to release reference implementations along with published materials, and insists on the benefits expected for both the authors and the scientific community. Finally, it exposes the numerous advantages of integrating such reference implementations into a rich software framework like the Orfeo ToolBox. Short algorithm implementation stories are given to support the different points.