Title
Convex partial transversals of planar regions.
Abstract
We consider the problem of testing, for a given set of planar regions R and an integer k, whether there exists a convex shape whose boundary intersects at least k regions of R. We provide polynomial-time algorithms for the case where the regions are disjoint axis-aligned rectangles or disjoint line segments with a constant number of orientations. On the other hand, we show that the problem is NP-hard when the regions are intersecting axis-aligned rectangles or 3-oriented line segments. For several natural intermediate classes of shapes (arbitrary disjoint segments, intersecting 2-oriented segments) the problem remains open.
Year
DOI
Venue
2018
10.4230/LIPIcs.ISAAC.2018.52
ISAAC
DocType
Volume
Citations 
Conference
abs/1809.10078
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
9