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Approximation algorithms for the two-center problem of convex polygon

Computational Geometry 2015-12-09 v1

Abstract

Given a convex polygon PP with nn vertices, the two-center problem is to find two congruent closed disks of minimum radius such that they completely cover PP. We propose an algorithm for this problem in the streaming setup, where the input stream is the vertices of the polygon in clockwise order. It produces a radius rr satisfying r2roptr\leq2r_{opt} using O(1)O(1) space, where roptr_{opt} is the optimum solution. Next, we show that in non-streaming setup, we can improve the approximation factor by r1.84roptr\leq 1.84 r_{opt}, maintaining the time complexity of the algorithm to O(n)O(n), and using O(1)O(1) extra space in addition to the space required for storing the input.

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@article{arxiv.1512.02356,
  title  = {Approximation algorithms for the two-center problem of convex polygon},
  author = {Sanjib Sadhu and Sasanka Roy and Soumen Nandi and Anil Maheswari and Subhas C. Nandy},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1512.02356},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

27 pages, 18 figures

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