Isothetic polyhedra and monotone boolean formulae

We consider the problem of converting boundary representations of isothetic polyhedra into constructive solid geometry (CSG) representations. The CSG representation is a boolean formula based on the halfspaces supporting the faces of the polyhedron. This boolean formula exhibits two important featur...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Joan Arinyo, Robert|||0000-0002-1896-2940
Tipo de recurso: informe técnico
Fecha de publicación:1994
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/96992
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/96992
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Boundary representations
Isothetic polyhedra
Constructive solid geometry
CSG
Descripción
Sumario:We consider the problem of converting boundary representations of isothetic polyhedra into constructive solid geometry (CSG) representations. The CSG representation is a boolean formula based on the halfspaces supporting the faces of the polyhedron. This boolean formula exhibits two important features: no term is complemented (it is monotone) and each supporting halfspace appears in the formula once and only once. In this work we prove that such a representation exists for those cyclic isothetic polyhedra such that for each cyclic deficiency set in the polyhedron it is possible to find out at least either a convex or a concave path of extremal edges which splits the cyclic deficiency set into two subsets.