TY - GEN
T1 - On some geometric selection and optimization problems via sorted matrices
AU - Glozman, Alex
AU - Kedem, Klara
AU - Shpitalnik, Gregory
N1 - Funding Information:
matrices. An m x n matrix M is a sorted matrix if each row and each column of M is in a nondecreasing order. Frederickson and Johnson have demonstrated that selection in a set of sorted matrices, that together represent the set 8, can be done in time sublinear in the size of 8. They have also observed that given certain constraints on the set 8, one can construct a set of sorted matrices representing 8. For instance, given two sorted arrays, X = {Xl ..... Xm} and Y = {Yl ..... Yn}, the Cartesian sum X + Y, defined as {xi + yj I 1 ~< i ~< m, 1 ~< j ~< n }, can be represented succinctly as a sorted matrix M by means of X A version of this paper appeared in Fourth Workshop on Algorithms and Data Structures, S.G. Akl, E Dehne, J. Sack and N. Santoro (Eds.), Lecture Notes in Computer Science 955, Springer-Verlag, pp. 26-35. * Corresponding author. E-mail: kedem@cs.comell.edu. ! Work by K. Kedem has been supported by a grant from the U.S.-Israeli Binational Science Foundation, and by a grant from the Israel Science Foundation founded by The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities.
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PY - 1995/1/1
Y1 - 1995/1/1
N2 - In this paper we apply the selection and optimization technique of Fredrickson and Johnson to a number of geometric selection and optimization problems, some of which have previously been solved by parametric search, and provide efficient and simple algorithms. Our technique improves the solutions obtained by parametric search by a log n factor. For example, we apply the technique to the two-line-center problem, where we want to find two strips that cover a given set S of n points in the plane, so as to minimize the width of the largest of the two strips.
AB - In this paper we apply the selection and optimization technique of Fredrickson and Johnson to a number of geometric selection and optimization problems, some of which have previously been solved by parametric search, and provide efficient and simple algorithms. Our technique improves the solutions obtained by parametric search by a log n factor. For example, we apply the technique to the two-line-center problem, where we want to find two strips that cover a given set S of n points in the plane, so as to minimize the width of the largest of the two strips.
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U2 - 10.1007/3-540-60220-8_48
DO - 10.1007/3-540-60220-8_48
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84958042324
SN - 3540602208
SN - 9783540602200
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 26
EP - 37
BT - Algorithms and Data Structures - 4th International Workshop, WADS 1995, Proceedings
A2 - Akl, Selim G.
A2 - Dehne, Frank
A2 - Sack, Jörg-Rüdiger
A2 - Santoro, Nicola
PB - Springer Verlag
T2 - 4th Workshop on Algorithms and Data Structures, WADS 1995
Y2 - 16 August 1995 through 18 August 1995
ER -