Randomized incremental construction of delaunay and voronoi diagrams

Leonidas J. Guibas, Donald E. Knuth, Micha Sharir

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Abstract

In this paper we give a new randomized incremental algorithm for the construction of planar Voronoi diagrams and Delaunay triangulations. The new algorithm is more “online” than earlier similar methods, takes expected time O(n log n) and space O(n), and is eminently practical to implement. The analysis of the algorithm is also interesting in its own right and can serve as a model for many similar questions in both two and three dimensions. Finally we demonstrate how this approach for constructing Voronoi diagrams obviates the need for building a separate point-location structure for nearest-neighbor queries.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAutomata, Languages and Programming - l7th International Colloquium, Proceedings
EditorsMichael S. Paterson
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages414-431
Number of pages18
ISBN (Print)9783540528265
DOIs
StatePublished - 1990
Event17th International Colloquium on Automata, Languages and Programming, 1990 - Warwick, United Kingdom
Duration: 16 Jul 199020 Jul 1990

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume443 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference17th International Colloquium on Automata, Languages and Programming, 1990
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityWarwick
Period16/07/9020/07/90

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