Approximation and exact algorithms for minimum-width annuli and shells

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Journal Article

The approximation and the exact algorithms to compute the minimum-width shell or annulus are discussed. To measure the S or the roundness of a set of n points in Rd, the S can be approximated with a sphere (Γ) so that the maximum distance between a point of S and Γ is minimized. It was found that the problem of measuring the roundness of S is equivalent to computing a shell of the smallest width that contains S.

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Duke Authors

Cited Authors

  • Agarwal, PK; Aronov, B; Har-Peled, S; Sharir, M

Published Date

  • January 1, 1999

Published In

  • Proceedings of the Annual Symposium on Computational Geometry

Start / End Page

  • 380 - 389

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1145/304893.304992

Citation Source

  • Scopus