A linear-time approximation scheme for maximum weight triangulation of convex polygons

Algorithmica (New York)

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 161-172

  Qian, Jianbo ^a   Wang, Cao An ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS   (China)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Algorithm; Approximation scheme; Convex polygon; Maximum weight triangulation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; PROBABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; THEOREM PROVING;

CONVEX POLYGONS; FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEMS; PERFORMANCE RATIO; VERTICES;

APPROXIMATION THEORY;

EID: 21044456762     PISSN: 01784617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00453-004-1101-6     Document Type: Article

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