Approximating the minimum triangulation of convex 3-polytopes with bounded degrees

Computational Geometry: Theory and Applications

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-12

  Fung, Stanley P Y ^a   Chin, Francis Y L ^a   Poon, Chung Keung ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Approximation algorithms; Convex 3 polytopes; Minimum triangulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 22544484811     PISSN: 09257721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comgeo.2005.03.001     Document Type: Article

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