Maximizing visibility in nonconvex polygons: Nonsmooth analysis and gradient algorithm design

SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1657-1679

  Ganguli, Anurag ^a   Cortés, Jorge ^b   Bullo, Francesco ^c  

^a United States of America

^b University of California Santa Cruz

^c University of California

Author keywords

Dynamical systems; Geometric optimization; Nonsmooth analysis; Robotics; Stability theory

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FUNCTION EVALUATION; ROBOTICS;

GEOMETRIC OPTIMIZATION; NONSMOOTH ANALYSIS; NONSMOOTH GRADIENT ALGORITHMS; STABILITY THEORY;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY;

EID: 34648827209     PISSN: 03630129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/050621918     Document Type: Article

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