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Author Fogel, Efi

Title CGAL arrangements and their applications : a step-by-step guide / Efi Fogel, Dan Halperin, Ron Wein
Published Berlin ; New York : Springer, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 293 pages)
Series Geometry and computing, 1866-6795 ; 7
Geometry and computing ; 7.
Contents Introduction -- Basic Arrangements -- Queries and Free Functions -- Arrangements of Unbounded Curves -- Arrangement-Traits Classes -- Extending the Arrangement -- Adapting to Boost Graphs -- Operations on (Curved) Polygons -- Minkowski Sums and Offset Polygons -- Envelopes -- Prospects -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary Arrangements of curves constitute fundamental structures that have been intensively studied in computational geometry. Arrangements have numerous applications in a wide range of areas - examples include geographic information systems, robot motion planning, statistics, computer-assisted surgery and molecular biology. Implementing robust algorithms for arrangements is a notoriously difficult task, and the CGAL arrangements package is the first robust, comprehensive, generic and efficient implementation of data structures and algorithms for arrangements of curves. ¡ This book is about how to use CGAL two-dimensional arrangements to solve problems. The authors first demonstrate the features of the arrangement package and related packages using small example programs. They then describe applications, i.e., complete standalone programs written on top of CGAL arrangements used to solve meaningful problems - for example, finding the minimum-area triangle defined by a set of points, planning the motion of a polygon translating among polygons in the plane, computing the offset polygon, finding the largest common point sets under approximate congruence, constructing the farthest-point Voronoi diagram, coordinating the motion of two discs moving among obstacles in the plane, and performing Boolean operations on curved polygons. ¡ The book contains comprehensive explanations of the solution programs, many illustrations, and detailed notes on further reading, and it is supported by a website that contains downloadable software and exercises. It will be suitable for graduate students and researchers involved in applied research in computational geometry, and for professionals who require worked-out solutions to real-life geometric problems. It is assumed that the reader is familiar with the C++ programming-language and with the basics of the generic-programming paradigm
Analysis Computer science
Computer vision
Geometry
Engineering mathematics
Computer Imaging, Vision, Pattern Recognition and Graphics
Appl. Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engineering
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Subject Computer graphics
Computer algorithms.
Geometry -- Data processing
Algorithms.
Algorithms
Computer Graphics
computer graphics.
algorithms.
Algoritmos computacionales
Geometría -- Datos-Tratamiento
Algoritmos
Gráficos por ordenador
Algorithms
Computer algorithms
Computer graphics
Geometry -- Data processing
Form Electronic book
Author Halperin, Dan
Wein, Ron
ISBN 9783642172830
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