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On some optimal containers of a set of points on the 2D plane
Given a set of N points in general position on the plane, the problem is to give efficient algorithms to find
the smallest semicircular region (semidisk) that contains the points
the smallest ...
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Finding a minimum covering of a polygon with interesting shapes
After reading many papers about problems of minimum polygon covering, I found out that there are four different types of units that are considered for covering polygons, in increasing order of ...
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Covering a polygon with rectangles
I am trying to cover a simple concave polygon with a minimum rectangles. My rectangles can be any length, but they have maximum widths, and the polygon will never have an acute angle.
I thought about ...
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Covering an arbitrary polygon with minimum number of squares
I have a problem whereby, given an arbitrary polygon with any number of points, I need to cover the whole area by a number of fixed size squares. I can easily find a set of squares which covers the ...