Bottleneck detour tree of points on a path

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    Abstract

    Every pair of points lying on a polygonal path P in the plane has a detour associated with it, which is the ratio between their distance along the path and their Euclidean distance. Given a set S of points along the path, this information can be encoded in a weighted complete graph on S. Among all spanning trees on this graph, a bottleneck spanning tree is one whose maximum edge weight is minimum. We refer to such a tree as a bottleneck detour tree of S. In other words, a bottleneck detour tree of S is a spanning tree in which the maximum detour (with respect to the original path) between pairs of adjacent points is minimum. We show how to find a bottleneck detour tree in expected O(nlog 3 ⁡n+m) time, where P consists of m edges and |S|=n.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)30-36
    Number of pages7
    JournalComputational Geometry: Theory and Applications
    Volume79
    DOIs
    StatePublished - 1 Feb 2019

    Keywords

    • Bottleneck spanning tree
    • Detour
    • Polygonal path
    • Randomized algorithm

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Computer Science Applications
    • Geometry and Topology
    • Control and Optimization
    • Computational Theory and Mathematics
    • Computational Mathematics

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