computational geometry, a sweep line algorithm or plane sweep algorithm is an algorithmic paradigm that uses a conceptual sweep line or sweep surface to solve...
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Fortune's algorithm is a sweep line algorithm for generating a Voronoi diagram from a set of points in a plane using O(n log n) time and O(n) space. It...
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computational geometry, the Bentley–Ottmann algorithm is a sweep line algorithm for listing all crossings in a set of line segments, i.e. it finds the intersection...
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tool Sweep account, a kind of bank account Sweep line algorithm, a concept in computational geometry Sweeps, a regional English term for windmill sails...
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of segments is to use a sweep line algorithm, where we imagine a line sliding across the line segments and we track which line segments it intersects at...
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Dynamic programming Greedy algorithm Recursion Prune and search Kernelization Iterative compression Sweep line algorithms Rotating calipers Randomized...
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smoothing: an algorithm to smooth a polygonal mesh Line segment intersection: finding whether lines intersect, usually with a sweep line algorithm Bentley–Ottmann...
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Rotating calipers (category Geometric algorithms)
calipers can be interpreted as the projective dual of a sweep line algorithm in which the sweep is across slopes of lines rather than across x- or y-coordinates...
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partitioned into monotone subpolygons in O(n log n) time using a sweep-line approach. The algorithm does not require the polygon to be simple, thus it can be...
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Michael Ian Shamos (category Researchers in geometric algorithms)
in computational geometry, and is known for the Shamos–Hoey sweep line algorithm for line segment intersection detection and for the rotating calipers...
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