Course Details
Subject {L-T-P / C} : CS6427 : Computational Geometry { 3-0-0 / 3}
Subject Nature : Theory
Coordinator : Tapas Kumar Mishra
Syllabus
Module 1 : |
Introduction: typical problems, applications and shortcomings. [1 hr]
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Course Objective
1 . |
To learn the basic concepts of convex hulls. |
2 . |
To learn point location, range queries, Voronoi diagram and Delunay triangulations. |
3 . |
To learn half-plane intersection, application to linear programming. |
4 . |
To learn the different Geometric searching and Sweep techniques. |
Course Outcome
1 . |
After carrying out the course, students will:
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Essential Reading
1 . |
Mark de Berg, Otfried Schwarzkopf, Marc van Kreveld and Mark Overmars, Computational Geometry: Algorithms and Applications, Springer |
2 . |
Joseph O' Rourke, Computational Geometry in C, Cambridge University Press |
Supplementary Reading
1 . |
David Mount, Lecture notes, NA , http://www.cs.umd.edu/~mount/754/Lects/754lects.pdf |
2 . |
F. P. Preparata and Michael I. Shamos, Computational Geometry: An Introduction, Springer |
Journal and Conferences
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Surveys on Discrete and Computational Geometry: Twenty Years Later. Jacob E. Goodman, János Pach and Richard Pollack, Editors. Contemporary Mathematics. 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1090/conm/453 |