Approximating a Shortest Watchman Route

  • Authors:
  • Bengt J. Nilsson

  • Affiliations:
  • -

  • Venue:
  • Fundamenta Informaticae
  • Year:
  • 2001

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Abstract

We present a fast algorithm for computing a watchman route in a simple polygon that is at most a constant factor longer than the shortest watchman route. The algorithm runs in O(n log n) time as compared to the best known algorithm that computes a shortest watchman route which runs in O(n^6) time.