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On constructing Delaunay triangulations for sets constrained by line segments

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Author(s)

Javier Bernal

Abstract

In this paper, we propose a simple algorithm for constructing a Delaunay triangulation for a finite set of points in the plane constrained by a finite collection of line segments. This algorithm constructs first a Delaunay triangulation for the set, and then generates from it a sequence of triangulations as each line segment is incorporated into the previously obtained triangulation. An expected time analysis shows the algorithm to be linear if the number of line segments is kept constant.
Citation
Technical Note (NIST TN) - 1252
Report Number
1252

Keywords

algorithm, computational complexity, computational geometry, constrained Delaunay triangulation, expected time analysis, multiply-connected polygonal regions, Voronoi diagram

Citation

Bernal, J. (1988), On constructing Delaunay triangulations for sets constrained by line segments, Technical Note (NIST TN), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.TN.1252 (Accessed December 3, 2024)

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Created September 1, 1988, Updated November 10, 2018