Inscribing an axially symmetric polygon and other approximation algorithms for planar convex sets

Computational Geometry: Theory and Applications

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 152-164

  Ahn, Hee Kap ^a   Brass, Peter ^b   Cheong, Otfried ^a   Na, Hyeon Suk ^c   Shin, Chan Su ^d   Vigneron, Antoine ^e  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b City College of New York   (United States)

^c Soongsil University   (South Korea)

^d Hankuk University of Foreign Studies   (South Korea)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Approximation; Axial symmetry; Shape matching

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867925351     PISSN: 09257721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comgeo.2005.06.001     Document Type: Article

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