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Fast geometric algorithms

Thesis/Dissertation ·
OSTI ID:5343099
This thesis addresses a number of important problems that fall within the framework of the new discipline of Computational Geometry. The list of topics covered includes sorting and selection, convex hull algorithms, the L/sub 1/ hull, determination of the minimum encasing rectangle of a set of points, the Euclidean and L/sub 1/ diameter of a set of points, the metric traveling salesman problem, and finding the superrange of star-shaped and monotype polygons. The main theme of all the work was to develop a set of very fast state-of-the-art algorithms that supersede any rivals in terms of speed and ease of implementation. In some cases existing algorithms were refined; for others new techniques were developed that add to the present database of fast adaptive geometric algorithms. What emerges is a collection of techniques that is successful at merging modern tools developed in analysis of algorithms with those of classical geometry.
Research Organization:
Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State Univ., Blacksburg (USA)
OSTI ID:
5343099
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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