Parallel construction of quadtrees and quality triangulations

被引:45
作者
Bern, M
Eppstein, D
Teng, SH
机构
[1] Xerox Palo Alto Res Ctr, Palo Alto, CA 94304 USA
[2] Univ Calif Irvine, Dept Informat & Comp Sci, Irvine, CA 92717 USA
[3] MIT, Dept Math, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
关键词
quadtree; mesh generation; nonobtuse triangulation; fair split tree; parallel algorithms; PRAM model;
D O I
10.1142/S0218195999000303
中图分类号
TP301 [理论、方法];
学科分类号
081202 ;
摘要
We describe efficient PRAM algorithms for constructing unbalanced quadtrees, balanced quadtrees, and quadtree-based finite element meshes. Our algorithms take time O(log n) for point set input and O(bg n log Ic) time For planar straight-line graphs, using O(n + k log n) processors, where n measures input size and k output size.
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页码:517 / 532
页数:16
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