Title
Convex blocking and partial orders on the plane.
Abstract
Let C={c1,…,cn} be a collection of disjoint closed bounded convex sets in the plane. Suppose that one of them, say c1, represents a valuable object we want to uncover, and we are allowed to pick a direction α∈[0,2π) along which we can translate (remove) the elements of C, one at a time, while avoiding collisions. We study the problem of finding a direction α0 such that the number of elements that have to be removed along α0 before we can remove c1 is minimized. We prove that if we have the sorted set D of directions defined by the tangents between pairs of elements of C, we can find α0 in O(n2) time. We also discuss the problem of sorting D in o(n2log⁡n) time.
Year
DOI
Venue
2016
10.1016/j.comgeo.2015.08.003
Computational Geometry
Keywords
Field
DocType
Convex blocking,Partial orders,Dual space,Multigraphs,Algorithms
Discrete mathematics,Combinatorics,Disjoint sets,Dual space,Sorting,Regular polygon,Tangent,Mathematics,Bounded function
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
51
C
0925-7721
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
8
Authors
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
José Miguel Díaz-Báñez119326.65
Marco A. Heredia2173.65
Canek Peláez311.06
Joan Antoni Sellarès4358.22
Jorge Urrutia51064134.74
Inmaculada Ventura610210.56