How to Divide a Polygon Fairly
Abstract
Lipton and Tarjan's planar separator theorem (LT77, L177) is notable example of a systematic technique for introducing a computational tool, i.e., divide-and-conquer, into a whole class of relate problems, i.e., planar graph problems. Drawing its inspiration from this philosophy, this paper presents a theoretical result on polygon decomposition which can be applied to derive a number of efficient algorithms for geometric problems, in particular, problems of convex decompositions, triangulation, visibility, and internal distance.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 01, 1982
- Accession Number
- ADA123335
Entities
People
- Bernard Chazelle
Organizations
- Carnegie Mellon University