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Results in computational geometry: Geometric embeddings and query-retrieval problems. Technical report

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:5673429
Many fundamental questions in computational geometry arise from the consideration of distributions of points in euclidean space. This thesis explores two important areas of computational geometry in this setting: geometric embeddings and query-retrieval problems. Each area is addressed in a separate part of the thesis. Part I examines the geometric embedding problem for many of the graphs which are important in the study of parallel computation. Part II of this thesis examines query-retrieval problems concerning distributions of points in euclidean space. In this part, we describe a new technique for solving a variety of query-retrieval problems in optimal time with optimal or near optimal space. Our compaction technique incorporates planar separators, filtering search, and the probabilistic method for discrepancy problems.
Research Organization:
Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Cambridge, MA (USA). Lab. for Computer Science
OSTI ID:
5673429
Report Number(s):
AD-A-230380/8/XAB; MIT/LCS/TR--492; CNN: N00014-89-J-1988
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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