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Computational and Structural Advantages of Circular Boundary Representation

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Algorithms and Data Structures (WADS 2007)

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Boundary approximation of planar shapes by circular arcs has quantitive and qualitative advantages compared to using straight-line segments. We demonstrate this by way of three basic and frequent computations on shapes – convex hull, decomposition, and medial axis. In particular, we propose a novel medial axis algorithm that beats existing methods in simplicity and practicality, and at the same time guarantees convergence to the medial axis of the original shape.

Supported by the Austrian FWF JRP ’Industrial Geometry’, S9200.

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  1. University of Technology Graz, Austria

    Oswin Aichholzer, Franz Aurenhammer & Thomas Hackl

  2. Johannes Kepler University of Linz, Austria

    Bert Jüttler, Margot Oberneder & Zbyněk Šír

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Aichholzer, O., Aurenhammer, F., Hackl, T., Jüttler, B., Oberneder, M., Šír, Z. (2007). Computational and Structural Advantages of Circular Boundary Representation. In: Dehne, F., Sack, JR., Zeh, N. (eds) Algorithms and Data Structures. WADS 2007. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4619. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-73951-7_33

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