Generalized Higher-Order Voronoi Diagrams on Polyhedral Surfaces

We present an algorithm for computing exact shortest paths, and consequently distances, from a generalized source (point, segment, polygonal chain or polygonal region) on a possibly non-convex polyhedral surface in which polygonal chain or polygon obstacles are allowed. We also present algorithms fo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Fort, Marta, Sellarès i Chiva, Joan Antoni
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2007
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:10256/3061
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10256/3061
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Algorismes computacionals
Grafs, Teoria de
Geometria computacional
Poliedres
Voronoi, Polígons de
Computer algorithms
Computational geometry
Graph theory
Polyhedra
Voronoi diagrams
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Sumario:We present an algorithm for computing exact shortest paths, and consequently distances, from a generalized source (point, segment, polygonal chain or polygonal region) on a possibly non-convex polyhedral surface in which polygonal chain or polygon obstacles are allowed. We also present algorithms for computing discrete Voronoi diagrams of a set of generalized sites (points, segments, polygonal chains or polygons) on a polyhedral surface with obstacles. To obtain the discrete Voronoi diagrams our algorithms, exploiting hardware graphics capabilities, compute shortest path distances defined by the sites