A topological order for a rectangular covering problem

  • Authors:
  • Daniela Marinescu;Paul Iacob;Kinga Kiss-Iakab

  • Affiliations:
  • Transilvania University of Brasov, Department of Computer Science, Brasov, Romania;Transilvania University of Brasov, Department of Computer Science, Brasov, Romania;Transilvania University of Brasov, Department of Computer Science, Brasov, Romania

  • Venue:
  • ICCOMP'07 Proceedings of the 11th WSEAS International Conference on Computers
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

We consider a rectangular covering problem, where a rectangular support P is covered by k rectangular pieces Ci, for i=1, 2,..., k, without gaps or overlapping. We intend to cover the support P with the k pieces in a certain order so that, at the moment of the placement of the piece Ci, the northern and western borders of this piece are completely covered. Starting from a graph representation of a covering model we prove that this order is a topological order. We present a kind of topological sorting for this problem, of linear complexity. At the end we present some practical applications of this topological order.