An algebra for cyclic ordering of 2D orientations

  • Authors:
  • Amar Isli;Anthony G. Cohn

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-

  • Venue:
  • AAAI '98/IAAI '98 Proceedings of the fifteenth national/tenth conference on Artificial intelligence/Innovative applications of artificial intelligence
  • Year:
  • 1998

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Abstract

We define an algebra of ternary relations for cyclic ordering of 2D orientations. The algebra (1) is a refinement of the CYCORD theory; (2) contains 24 atomic relations, hence 224 general relations, of which the usual CYCORD relation is a particular relation; and (3) is NP-complete, which is not surprising since the CYCORD theory is. We then provide: (1) a constraint propagation algorithm for the algebra, which we show is polynomial, and complete for a subclass including all atomic relations; (2) a proof that another subclass, expressing only information on parallel orientations, is NP-complete; and (3) a solution search algorithm for a general problem expressed in the algebra.