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computational geometry

(mathematics)
The study of algorithms for combinatorial, topological, and metric problems concerning sets of points, typically in Euclidean space. Representative areas of research include geometric search, convexity, proximity, intersection, and linear programming.
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In this case, there are two ways to compute the area, analytically [25] and by using the computational geometry concepts [27].
16th Canadian Conference on Computational Geometry, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 2004, pp.
Discrete & Computational Geometry, 34(4):679-695, 2005.
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Toussaint, "New results in computational geometry relevant to pattern recognition in practice," In Pattern Recognition in Practice II, E.
Shewchuk, "Triangle: engineering a 2D quality mesh generator and delaunay triangulator," in Proceedings of the Workshop on Applied Computational Geometry, Towards Geometric Engineering (FCRC/WACG96), pp.
This was a broad studied problem so now we know many computational geometry algorithms that can calculate it with O(N [??] log(N)) complexity.
A simple algorithm for homeomorphic surface reconstruction, in Proceedings of the Sixteenth Annual Symposium on Computational Geometry (Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, June 12-14, 2000).
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van de Panne, "Flexible isosurfaces: Simplifying and displaying scalar topology using the contour tree", Computational Geometry: Theory and Applications, 43(1), pages 42-58, 2010
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