Optimization in arrangements

Stefan Langerman, William Steiger

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Abstract

Many problems can be formulated as the optimization of functions in R2 which are implicitly defined by an arrangement of lines, halfplanes, or points, for example linear programming in the plane. We present an efficient general approach to find the optimum exactly, for a wide range of functions that possess certain useful properties. To illustrate the value of this approach, we give a variety of applications in which we speed up or simplify the best known algorithms. These include algorithms for finding robust geometric medians (such as the Tukey Median), robust regression lines, and ham-sandwich cuts.

Original languageAmerican English
Title of host publicationLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
EditorsHelmut Alt, Michel Habib
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages50-61
Number of pages12
ISBN (Print)3540006230, 9783540006237
DOIs
StatePublished - 2003

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume2607

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • General Computer Science

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