A New Representation and Algorithm for Constructing Convex Hulls in Higher Dimensional Spaces

(整期优先)网络出版时间:1992-01-11
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ThispaperpresentsanewandsimpleschemetodescribetheconvexhullinR^d,whichonlyusesthreekindsofthefacesoftheconvexhull.i.e.,thed-1-faces,d-2-facesand0-faces.Thus,wedevelopandefficientnewalgorithmforconstructingtheconvexhullofafinitesetofpointsincrementally.Thisalgorithmemploysmuchlessstorageandtimethanthatofthepreviously-existingapproaches.Theanalysisoftherunniingtimeaswellasthestorageforthenewalgorithmisalsotheoreticallymade.Thealgorithmisoptimalintheworstcaseforevend.