Robust approximation of offsets, bisectors, and medial axes of plane curves

Reliable Computing

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 161-175

  Oliveira, João Batista ^a   De Figueiredo, Luiz Henrique ^b  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b IMPA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; CURVE FITTING; DIGITAL ARITHMETIC; PROBLEM SOLVING;

PARAMETRIC CURVES;

GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 0037380568     PISSN: 13853139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023046502854     Document Type: Conference Paper

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