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The convex hull of a data set $P$ is the smallest convex set that contains $P$. In this work, we present a new data structure for convex hull, that allows for efficient dynamic updates. In a dynamic convex hull implementation, the following…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2023-11-01 Emil Toftegaard Gæde , Inge Li Gørtz , Ivor van der Hoog , Christoffer Krogh , Eva Rotenberg

The present paper is concerned with a recursive algorithm as a preprocessing step to find the convex hull of $n$ random points uniformly distributed in the plane. For such a set of points, it is shown that eliminating all but $O(\log n)$ of…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-03-19 Mohammad Heydari , Ashkan Khalifeh

We investigate algorithms with predictions in computational geometry, specifically focusing on the basic problem of computing 2D Delaunay triangulations. Given a set $P$ of $n$ points in the plane and a triangulation $G$ that serves as a…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2026-01-14 Sergio Cabello , Timothy M. Chan , Panos Giannopoulos

We present the plane-sweep incremental algorithm, a hybrid approach for computing Delaunay tessellations of large point sets whose size exceeds the computer's main memory. This approach unites the simplicity of the incremental algorithms…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2012-10-15 Márton Trencséni , István Csabai

Much prior work has been done on designing computational geometry algorithms that handle input degeneracies, data imprecision, and arithmetic round-off errors. We take a new approach, inspired by the noisy sorting literature, and study…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2025-09-01 David Eppstein , Michael T. Goodrich , Vinesh Sridhar

This paper presents a new scalable parallelization scheme to generate the 3D Delaunay triangulation of a given set of points. Our first contribution is an efficient serial implementation of the incremental Delaunay insertion algorithm. A…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2018-11-07 Célestin Marot , Jeanne Pellerin , Jean-François Remacle

We introduce a new approach for identifying and characterizing voids within two-dimensional (2D) point distributions through the integration of Delaunay triangulation and Voronoi diagrams, combined with a Minimal Distance Scoring algorithm.…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2024-01-01 Netzer Moriya

Convex hulls are fundamental objects in computational geometry. In moderate dimensions or for large numbers of vertices, computing the convex hull can be impractical due to the computational complexity of convex hull algorithms. In this…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2017-06-16 Robert Graham , Adam M. Oberman

We study the following range searching problem: Preprocess a set $P$ of $n$ points in the plane with respect to a set $\mathcal{O}$ of $k$ orientations % , for a constant, in the plane so that given an $\mathcal{O}$-oriented convex polygon…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2019-10-22 Eunjin Oh , Hee-Kap Ahn

We present a new fully dynamic algorithm for maintaining convex hulls under insertions and deletions while supporting geometric queries. Our approach combines the logarithmic method with a deletion-only convex hull data structure, achieving…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2026-04-02 Ivor van der Hoog , Henrik Reinstädtler , Eva Rotenberg

Computing the convex hull of a planar $n$-point set $P$ is one of the most fundamental problems in computational geometry. It has an $\Omega(n \log n)$ lower bound in the algebraic computation tree model, and many convex hull algorithms…

Motivated by the desire to cope with data imprecision, we study methods for taking advantage of preliminary information about point sets in order to speed up the computation of certain structures associated with them. In particular, we…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2012-12-27 Esther Ezra , Wolfgang Mulzer

Convex hulls are a fundamental geometric tool used in a number of algorithms. A famous paper by Akl and Toussaint in 1978 described a way to reduce the number of points involved in the computation, which is since known as the Akl-Toussaint…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2013-04-10 Jean Souviron

We present a novel 2D convex hull peeling algorithm for outlier detection, which repeatedly removes the point on the hull that decreases the hull's area the most. To find k outliers among n points, one simply peels k points. The algorithm…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2025-09-29 Vinesh Sridhar , Rolf Svenning

As incremental Structure from Motion algorithms become effective, a good sparse point cloud representing the map of the scene becomes available frame-by-frame. From the 3D Delaunay triangulation of these points, state-of-the-art algorithms…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2015-07-21 Andrea Romanoni , Matteo Matteucci

A new algorithm for the determination of the relative convex hull in the plane of a simple polygon A with respect to another simple polygon B which contains A, is proposed. The relative convex hull is also known as geodesic convex hull, and…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2016-05-02 P. Wiederhold , H. Reyes

For a given point set $S$ in a plane, we develop a distributed algorithm to compute the $\alpha-$shape of $S$. $\alpha-$shapes are well known geometric objects which generalize the idea of a convex hull, and provide a good definition for…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2013-02-19 Harish Chintakunta , Hamid Krim

Region extraction is necessary in a wide range of applications, from object detection in autonomous driving to analysis of subcellular morphology in cell biology. There exist two main approaches: convex hull extraction, for which exact and…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2022-06-24 Kevin Christopher VanHorn , Murat Can Çobanoğlu

This paper presents how the space of spheres and shelling may be used to delete a point from a $d$-dimensional triangulation efficiently. In dimension two, if k is the degree of the deleted vertex, the complexity is O(k log k), but we…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Olivier Devillers

We consider the problem of reporting convex hull points in an orthogonal range query in two dimensions. Formally, let $P$ be a set of $n$ points in $\mathbb{R}^{2}$. A point lies on the convex hull of a point set $S$ if it lies on the…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2013-07-24 Jatin Agarwal , Nadeem Moidu , Kishore Kothapalli , Kannan Srinathan