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We describe an algorithm that takes as input n points in the plane and a parameter {\epsilon}, and produces as output an embedded planar graph having the given points as a subset of its vertices in which the graph distances are a (1 +…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2016-03-22 Glencora Borradaile , David Eppstein

In a geometric graph, $G$, the \emph{stretch factor} between two vertices, $u$ and $w$, is the ratio between the Euclidean length of the shortest path from $u$ to $w$ in $G$ and the Euclidean distance between $u$ and $w$. The \emph{average…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2013-12-02 Vida Dujmovic , Pat Morin , Michiel Smid

Given a weighted graph $G$, a minimum weight $\alpha$-spanner is a least-weight subgraph $H\subseteq G$ that preserves minimum distances between all node pairs up to a factor of $\alpha$. There are many results on heuristics and…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-06-28 Fritz Bökler , Markus Chimani , Henning Jasper , Mirko H. Wagner

This paper presents an approximation algorithm for finding a shortest path between two points $s$ and $t$ in a weighted planar subdivision $\PS$. Each face $f$ of $\PS$ is associated with a weight $w_f$, and the cost of travel along a line…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2010-12-01 Rajasekhar Inkulu , Sanjiv Kapoor

A classic result in the study of spanners is the existence of light low-stretch spanners for Euclidean spaces. These spanners ahve arbitrary low stretch, and weight only a constant factor greater than that of the minimum spanning tree of…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2014-01-21 Lee-Ad Gottlieb , Shay Solomon

Let ${\cal P}$ be a set of $n$ points embedded in the plane, and let ${\cal C}$ be the complete Euclidean graph whose point-set is ${\cal P}$. Each edge in ${\cal C}$ between two points $p, q$ is realized as the line segment $[pq]$, and is…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2016-03-15 Iyad Kanj , Ljubomir Perković , Duru Türkoǧlu

A vertex set $S$ of a graph $G$ is geodetic if every vertex of $G$ lies on a shortest path between two vertices in $S$. Given a graph $G$ and $k \in \mathbb N$, the NP-hard Geodetic Set problem asks whether there is a geodetic set of size…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-10-01 Leon Kellerhals , Tomohiro Koana

We study graph spanners for point-set in the high-dimensional Euclidean space. On the one hand, we prove that spanners with stretch <\sqrt{2} and subquadratic size are not possible, even if we add Steiner points. On the other hand, if we…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2023-10-10 Alexandr Andoni , Hengjie Zhang

We consider the problem of constructing bounded-degree planar geometric spanners of Euclidean and unit-disk graphs. It is well known that the Delaunay subgraph is a planar geometric spanner with stretch factor $C_{del\approx 2.42$; however,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2008-02-21 Iyad A. Kanj , Ljubomir Perkovic

A simple graph G is said to be representable in a real vector space of dimension m if there is an embedding of the vertex set in the vector space such that the Euclidean distance between any two distinct vertices is one of only two distinct…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2009-05-30 Aidan Roy

In this work we consider triangulations of point sets in the Euclidean plane, i.e., maximal straight-line crossing-free graphs on a finite set of points. Given a triangulation of a point set, an edge flip is the operation of removing one…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2015-05-13 Alexander Pilz

Let $H$ be an edge-weighted graph, and let $G$ be a subgraph of $H$. We say that $G$ is an $f$-fault-tolerant $t$-spanner for $H$, if the following is true for any subset $F$ of at most $f$ edges of $G$: For any two vertices $p$ and $q$,…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2025-08-29 Ahmad Biniaz , Jean-Lou De Carufel , Anil Maheshwari , Michiel Smid

In this paper we devise a novel \emph{unified} construction of Euclidean spanners that trades between the maximum degree, diameter and weight gracefully. For a positive integer k, our construction provides a (1+eps)-spanner with maximum…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2011-08-31 Shay Solomon , Michael Elkin

A graph is called a $k$-planar unit distance graph if it can be drawn in the plane such that every edge is a unit line segment and is involved in at most $k$ crossings. We investigate $u_k(n)$, the maximum number of edges of such graphs on…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-03-23 Panna Gehér , Dömötör Pálvölgyi , Dániel G. Simon , Géza Tóth

Intersection graphs of planar geometric objects such as intervals, disks, rectangles and pseudo-disks are well studied. Motivated by various applications, Butman et al. in SODA 2007 considered algorithmic questions in intersection graphs of…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2019-11-05 Chandra Chekuri , Tanmay Inamdar

Spanners for metric spaces have been extensively studied, both in general metrics and in restricted classes, perhaps most notably in low-dimensional Euclidean spaces -- due to their numerous applications. Euclidean spanners can be viewed as…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-06-03 Omri Kahalon , Hung Le , Lazar Milenkovic , Shay Solomon

The Euclidean Steiner Tree Problem (EST) seeks a minimum-cost tree interconnecting a given set of terminal points in the Euclidean plane, allowing the use of additional intersection points. In this paper, we consider two variants that…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2024-12-11 Simon Bartlmae , Paul J. Jünger , Elmar Langetepe

Given a set P of n points in the plane, the unit-disk graph G_{r}(P) with respect to a parameter r is an undirected graph whose vertex set is P such that an edge connects two points p, q \in P if the Euclidean distance between p and q is at…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2021-12-14 Haitao Wang , Yiming Zhao

Given a set of points in the Euclidean plane, the Euclidean \textit{$\delta$-minimum spanning tree} ($\delta$-MST) problem is the problem of finding a spanning tree with maximum degree no more than $\delta$ for the set of points such the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-09-26 Patrick J. Andersen , Charl J. Ras

The diameter of a graph is one if its most important parameters, being used in many real-word applications. In particular, the diameter dictates how fast information can spread throughout data and communication networks. Thus, it is a…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-02-21 Keerti Choudhary , Omer Gold