Sampling and meshing a surface with guaranteed topology and geometry

SIAM Journal on Computing

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1199-1227

  Cheng, Siu Wing ^a   Dey, Tamal K ^b   Ramos, Edgar A ^c   Ray, Tathagata ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b Ohio State University   (United States)

^c University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Delaunay refinement; Delaunay triangulation; Geometry; Smooth surface; Topology; Voronoi diagram

Indexed keywords

DELAUNAY REFINEMENT; DELAUNAY TRIANGULATION; GEOMETRY; SMOOTH SURFACE; TOPOLOGY; VORONOI DIAGRAM;

EID: 43449132416     PISSN: 00975397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/060665889     Document Type: Article

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