Title
Exact and Approximation Algorithms for Minimum-Width Cylindrical Shells
Abstract
Let S be a set of n points in \reals 3 . Let \opt be the width (i.e., thickness) of a minimum-width infinite cylindrical shell (the region between two co-axial cylinders) containing S . We first present an O(n 5 ) -time algorithm for computing \opt , which as far as we know is the first nontrivial algorithm for this problem. We then present an O(n 2+ ) -time algorithm, for any >0 , that computes a cylindrical shell of width at most 56\opt containing S .
Year
DOI
Venue
2001
10.1007/s00454-001-0039-6
Discrete & Computational Geometry
Keywords
Field
DocType
minimum-width cylindrical shell,approximation algorithm,connectivity,hamilton path,hamilton cycle,planar graph
Approximation algorithm,Discrete mathematics,Combinatorics,Cylinder (engine),Hamiltonian path,Cylinder,Mathematics,Planar graph
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
26
3
0179-5376
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
0-89871-453-2
14
1.08
References 
Authors
12
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Pankaj K. Agarwal15257593.81
Boris Aronov21430149.20
Micha Sharir384051183.84