Handbook of computational geometry /

Computational Geometry is an area that provides solutions to geometric problems which arise in applications including Geographic Information Systems, Robotics and Computer Graphics. This Handbook provides an overview of key concepts and results in Computational Geometry. It may serve as a reference...

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Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology
Group Author: Sack, J.-R. Jo rg-Ru diger, 1954; Urrutia, J. Jorge
Published: Elsevier,
Publisher Address: Amsterdam :
Publication Dates: 2000.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Edition: First edition.
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Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780444825377
Summary: Computational Geometry is an area that provides solutions to geometric problems which arise in applications including Geographic Information Systems, Robotics and Computer Graphics. This Handbook provides an overview of key concepts and results in Computational Geometry. It may serve as a reference and study guide to the field. Not only the most advanced methods or solutions are described, but also many alternate ways of looking at problems and how to solve them.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (x, 1027, 48 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN: 9780444825377
0444825371
9780080529684
0080529682
1281058424
9781281058423
Index Number: QA448
CLC: O18
Contents: reface. List of contrinbutors. 1. Davenport-Schinzel sequences and their geometric applications (P.K. Agarwal and M. Sharir). 2. Arrangements and their applications (P.K. Agarwal and M. Sharir). 3. Discrete geometric shapes: Matching, interpolation, and approximation (H. Alt and L.J. Guibas). 4. Deterministic parallel computational geometry (M.J. Attalah and D.Z. Chen). 5. Voronoi diagrams (F. Aurenhammer and R. Klein). 6. Mesh generation (M. Bern and P. Plassmann). 7. Applications of computational geometry to geographic information systems (L. de Floriani, P. Magillo and E. Puppo). 8. Makin