On a circle-cover minimization problem

C. C. Lee*, D. T. Lee

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Given a set of n circular-arcs A1, A2,...,An, we consider the problem of finding a minimum number of circular-arcs whose union covers the circle. Specifically, if the endpoints of these n arcs are given, we show that O(n log n) is both sufficient and necessary for solving the minimum cover problem. Furthermore, with O(n log n) preprocessing time we find the minimum cover in O(n) time.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)109-115
Number of pages7
JournalInformation Processing Letters
Volume18
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 28 1984

Funding

* Thk research was supported in part by the National Science Foundation under Grants MCS 8202359 and ECS 8121741.

Keywords

  • Analysis of algorithms
  • computational geometry
  • minimum cover

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • Signal Processing
  • Information Systems
  • Computer Science Applications

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