Conference PaperOpen knotsDorier, Julien; Goundaroulis, Dimos; Rawdon, Eric J; Stasiak, AndrzejAdams, Colin; Flapan, Erica; Henrich, Allison; Kauffman, Louis H; Ludwing, Lewis D; Nelson, SamThe goal of this chapter is to describe different techniques used to measure knotting in open curves. Note that there is no "agreed upon" definition for describing knotting in open curves. As a result, we describe the context motivating each definition and then describe some advantages and disadvantages of the different approaches.2021-01-0810220789Encyclopedia of knot theory859-874https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1201/97811382982171720342; 1418869National Science Foundation