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doi:10.22028/D291-25679 | Title: | Curve reconstruction and the traveling salesman problem |
| Author(s): | Althaus, Ernst |
| Language: | English |
| Year of Publication: | 2001 |
| SWD key words: | Punktmenge ; Kurve ; Rekonstruktion ; Algorithmus ; Travelling-salesman-Problem |
| DDC notations: | 004 Computer science, internet |
| Publikation type: | Dissertation |
| Abstract: | An instance of the curve reconstruction problem is a finite sample set V of an unknown collection of curves gamma. The task is to connect the points in V in the order in which they lie on gamma. Giesen [Proceedings of the 15th Annual ACM Symposium on Computational Geometry (SCG '99), 1999, pp. 207--216] showed recently that the traveling salesman tour of V solves the reconstruction problem for single closed curves under otherwise weak assumptions on gamma and V; gamma must be a single closed curve. We extend his result along several directions: * we weaken the assumptions on the sample; * we show that traveling salesman-based reconstruction also works for single open curves (with and without specified endpoints) and for collections of closed curves; * we give alternative proofs; and * we show that in the context of curve reconstruction, the traveling salesman tour can be constructed in polynomial time. Furthermore we report on experiments with a number of recent curve reconstruction algorithms. Die Eingabe eines Kurvenkonstruktionsproblems ist eine endliche Menge V von Sammelpunkten auf einer unbekannten Kurve Gamma. Die Aufgabe besteht darin einen Graphen G=(V,E) zu konstruieren, in dem zwei Punkte genau dann durch eine Kante verbunden sind, wenn die Punkte in Gamma benachbart sind. Giesen hat kuerzlich gezeigt, dass die Traveling Salesman Tour durch die Punkte V das Kurvenkonstruktionsproblem fuer einzelne geschlossene Kurven unter ansonsten schwachen Bedingungen loest; Gamma muss allerdings eine einzelne geschlossene Kurve sein. Wir erweitern dieses Ergebnis in mehrere Richtungen. |
| Link to this record: | urn:nbn:de:bsz:291-scidok-1438 hdl:20.500.11880/25735 http://dx.doi.org/10.22028/D291-25679 |
| Advisor: | Kurt Mehlhorn |
| Date of oral examination: | 27-Apr-2001 |
| Date of registration: | 12-Feb-2004 |
| Faculty: | MI - Fakultät für Mathematik und Informatik |
| Department: | MI - Informatik |
| Collections: | SciDok - Der Wissenschaftsserver der Universität des Saarlandes |
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