Exact computation of the medial axis of a polyhedron

Computer Aided Geometric Design

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 65-98

  Culver, Tim ^a   Keyser, John ^b   Manocha, Dinesh ^c  

^a think3 Inc   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Exact arithmetic; Medial axis; Robustness; Voronoi diagram

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; POLYNOMIALS; SURFACES; TOPOLOGY;

EXACT ARITHMETIC; MEDIAL AXIS; VORONOI DIAGRAMS;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY;

EID: 0346896680     PISSN: 01678396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cagd.2003.07.008     Document Type: Article

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