Binary Space Partitions for Line Segments with a Limited Number of Directions

  • Authors:
  • Csaba D. Tóth

  • Affiliations:
  • -

  • Venue:
  • SIAM Journal on Computing
  • Year:
  • 2003

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Abstract

We show that there is always a binary space partition (BSP) of size O(n log k) and an autopartition of size O(nk) for n disjoint line segments in the plane, assuming that the segments have k distinct orientations. In particular, if k is a constant, these bounds imply that there is a linear-size BSP and autopartition. Our proof is constructive and can be turned into algorithms computing such a BSP or autopartition in O(n2) and O(n2k) times.