ISSN:
1432-0541
Keywords:
Computational geometry
;
Computer graphics
;
Robotics
;
Visibility
;
Hidden-line Elimination
;
Visibility graph
;
Shortest path
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Computer Science
,
Mathematics
Notes:
Abstract Consider a collection of disjoint polygons in the plane containing a total ofn edges. We show how to build, inO(n 2) time and space, a data structure from which inO(n) time we can compute the visibility polygon of a given point with respect to the polygon collection. As an application of this structure, the visibility graph of the given polygons can be constructed inO(n 2) time and space. This implies that the shortest path that connects two points in the plane and avoids the polygons in our collection can be computed inO(n 2) time, improving earlierO(n 2 logn) results.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01840436
