Polygon offsetting using a Voronoi diagram and two stacks

CAD Computer Aided Design

Volumn 30, Issue 14, 1998, Pages 1069-1076

  Kim, Deok Soo ^a,b,c,d,e,f  

^a Department of Industrial Engineering   (South Korea)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^c Applicon   (United States)

^d Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT)   (South Korea)

^e NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

State transition diagram; Trimmed offset; Voronoi diagram

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY;

STATE TRANSITION DIAGRAMS; TRIMMED OFFSET; VORONOI DIAGRAMS;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY;

EID: 0032285473     PISSN: 00104485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-4485(98)00063-3     Document Type: Article

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