Approximation algorithm for multiple-tool milling

International Journal of Computational Geometry and Applications

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 339-372

  Arya, Sunil ^a   Cheng, Siu Wing ^a   Mount, David M ^b  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b Institute of Advanced Computer Science   (United States)

Author keywords

Approximation algorithms; Milling; Quadtrees; Set cover

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035591648     PISSN: 02181959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218195901000535     Document Type: Article

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