A New Algorithm for Computing Shortest Paths in Weighted Planar Subdivisions (Extended Abstract) (1997)(Make Corrections)(15 citations) Cristian S. Mata, J.S.B. Mitchell
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Cristian S. Mata
Joseph S. B. Mitchell
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Abstract
We present a practical new algorithm for the problem of
computing low-cost paths in a weighted planar subdivision
or on a weighted polyhedral surface. The algorithm is based
on constructing a relatively sparse graph, a "pathnet", that
links selected pairs of subdivision vertices with locally optimal
paths. The pathnet can be searched for paths that
are provably close to optimal and approach optimal, as one
varies the parameter that... (Update)
...many techniques developed in previous motion planning works are no longer valid. In the weighted region optimal path problem ([5, 4, 3, 1, 6, 2]) the entire free space is divided into polygonal regions each of which is associated with a unit weight. The cost of a path p is...
.... Much of the e#ort has been focused on # approximation algorithms that can guarantee to find # good approximate optimal paths (see [6, 4, 1, 7, 2]) For any two points s and t in the space, we say that a path p connecting s and t is an # good approximate optimal path if...
C. Mata and J. S. B. Mitchell. A new algorithm for computing shortest paths in weighted planar subdivisions. In Proc. 13th Annu. ACM Sympos. Comput. Geom., pages 264--273, 1997. http://citeseer.nj.nec.com/mata97new.html More
@inproceedings{ mata97new,
author = "Christian S. Mata and Joseph S. B. Mitchell",
title = "A New Algorithm for Computing Shortest Paths in Weighted Planar Subdivisions (Extended Abstract)",
booktitle = "Symposium on Computational Geometry",
pages = "264-273",
year = "1997",
url = "citeseer.nj.nec.com/mata97new.html" }