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An optimal data partitioning in parallel & distributed implementation of clustering algorithms is a necessary computation as it ensures independent task completion, fair distribution, less number of affected points and better & faster…

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We study the problem of partitioning a given simple polygon $P$ into a minimum number of connected polygonal pieces, each of bounded size. We describe a general technique for constructing such partitions that works for several notions of…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2024-10-23 Mikkel Abrahamsen , Nichlas Langhoff Rasmussen

New algorithms are devised for finding the maxima of multidimensional point samples, one of the very first problems studied in computational geometry. The algorithms are very simple and easily coded and modified for practical needs. The…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2009-10-09 Wei-Mei Chen , Hsien-Kuei Hwang , Tsung-Hsi Tsai

Acceleration of algorithms is becoming a crucial problem, if larger data sets are to be processed. Evaluation of algorithms is mostly done by using computational geometry approach and evaluation of computational complexity. However in…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2022-08-29 Vaclav Skala

We explore an optimal partition problem on surfaces using a computational approach. The problem is to minimise the sum of the first Dirichlet Laplace--Beltrami operator eigenvalues over a given number of partitions of a surface. We consider…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-03-25 Charles M. Elliott , Thomas Ranner

For any given metric space, obtaining an offline optimal solution to the classical $k$-server problem can be reduced to solving a minimum-cost partial bipartite matching between two point sets $A$ and $B$ within that metric space. For…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2025-04-09 Sharath Raghvendra , Pouyan Shirzadian , Rachita Sowle

This paper presents a practical global optimization algorithm for the K-center clustering problem, which aims to select K samples as the cluster centers to minimize the maximum within-cluster distance. This algorithm is based on a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-03-04 Jiayang Ren , Ningning You , Kaixun Hua , Chaojie Ji , Yankai Cao

Solving geometric optimization problems over uncertain data have become increasingly important in many applications and have attracted a lot of attentions in recent years. In this paper, we study two important geometric optimization…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2016-09-13 Lingxiao Huang , Jian Li

There are many space subdivision and space partitioning techniques used in many algorithms to speed up computations. They mostly rely on orthogonal space subdivision, resp. using hierarchical data structures, e.g. BSP trees, quadtrees,…

Graphics · Computer Science 2022-08-09 Vaclav Skala

We propose faster algorithms for the following three optimization problems on $n$ collinear points, i.e., points in dimension one. The first two problems are known to be NP-hard in higher dimensions. 1- Maximizing total area of disjoint…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2018-07-27 Ahmad Biniaz , Prosenjit Bose , Paz Carmi , Anil Maheshwari , J. Ian Munro , Michiel Smid

We consider a spectrum of geometric optimization problems motivated by contexts such as satellite communication and astrophysics. In the problem Minimum Scan Cover with Angular Costs, we are given a graph $G$ that is embedded in Euclidean…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2021-03-29 Kevin Buchin , Sándor P. Fekete , Alexander Hill , Linda Kleist , Irina Kostitsyna , Dominik Krupke , Roel Lambers , Martijn Struijs

With the soaring demand for high-performing integrated circuits, 3D integrated circuits (ICs) have emerged as a promising alternative to traditional planar structures. Unlike existing 3D ICs that stack 2D layers, a full 3D IC features cubic…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-04-03 Rongbiao Wang , Lek-Heng Lim

A model of a geometric algorithm is introduced and methodology of its operation is presented for the dynamic partitioning of data spaces.

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2014-12-30 Christopher A. Tucker

Simplicial partitions are a fundamental structure in computational geometry, as they form the basis of optimal data structures for range searching and several related problems. Current algorithms are built on very specific spatial…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2025-01-15 Mónika Csikós , Alexandre Louvet , Nabil Mustafa

We study partitions on three dimensional manifolds which minimize the total geodesic perimeter. We propose a relaxed framework based on a $\Gamma$-convergence result and we show some numerical results. We compare our results to those…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-06-10 Beniamin Bogosel , Edouard Oudet

In this paper, the problem of the minimal description of the structure of a vector function f(x) over an $N$-dimensional interval is studied. Methods adaptively subdividing the original interval in smaller subintervals and evaluating f(x)…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2011-03-15 Yaroslav D. Sergeyev

Geometric optimization problems are at the core of many applications in geometry processing. The choice of a representation fitting an optimization problem can considerably simplify solving the problem. We consider the Nonlinear…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-04-29 Josua Sassen , Behrend Heeren , Klaus Hildebrandt , Martin Rumpf

Many problems in computational geometry are not stated in graph-theoretic terms, but can be solved efficiently by constructing an auxiliary graph and performing a graph-theoretic algorithm on it. Often, the efficiency of the algorithm…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2009-08-28 David Eppstein

The k-means algorithm is a well-known method for partitioning n points that lie in the d-dimensional space into k clusters. Its main features are simplicity and speed in practice. Theoretically, however, the best known upper bound on its…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2008-12-03 Andrea Vattani

This paper examines a common extension of k-medoids and k-median clustering in the case of a two-dimensional Pareto front, as generated by bi-objective optimization approaches. A characterization of optimal clusters is provided, which…

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