A vector-based algorithm to generate and update multiplicatively weighted Voronoi diagrams for points, polylines, and polygons

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 42, Issue , 2012, Pages 118-125

  Gong, Yongxi ^a   Li, Guicai ^a   Tian, Yuan ^a   Lin, Yaoyu ^b   Liu, Yu ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Boolean operations on conic polygons; Multiplicatively weighted Voronoi diagrams; Vector based algorithm

Indexed keywords

BOOLEAN OPERATIONS; GEOMETRIC FEATURE; POLYLINES; RESEARCH STUDIES; SPATIAL EXTENT; VORONOI DIAGRAMS; VORONOI REGIONS; WEIGHTED VORONOI DIAGRAM;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; DATA STRUCTURES; GRAPHIC METHODS; VECTORS;

ALGORITHMS;

ALGORITHM; DATA PROCESSING; DATA SET; GEOMETRY; POLYGON; VECTOR;

EID: 84859444025     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2011.09.003     Document Type: Article

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