Fréchet Distance Problems in Weighted Regions

  • Authors:
  • Yam Ki Cheung;Ovidiu Daescu

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Computer Science, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, USA TX 75080;Department of Computer Science, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, USA TX 75080

  • Venue:
  • ISAAC '09 Proceedings of the 20th International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

We discuss two versions of the Fréchet distance problem in weighted planar subdivisions. In the first one, the distance between two points is the weighted length of the line segment joining the points. In the second one, the distance between two points is the length of the shortest path between the points. In both cases we give algorithms for finding a (1 + 驴)-factor approximation of the Fréchet distance between two polygonal curves. We also consider the Fréchet distance between two polygonal curves among polyhedral obstacles in $\mathcal{R}^3$ (1/ 驴 weighted region problem) and present a (1 + 驴)-factor approximation algorithm.