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Universal guard problems

  • Technical University of Braunschweig
  • Stony Brook University

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Abstract

We provide a spectrum of results for the Universal Guard Problem, in which one is to obtain a small set of points ("guards") that are "universal" in their ability to guard any of a set of possible polygonal domains in the plane. We give upper and lower bounds on the number of universal guards that are always sufficient to guard all polygons having a given set of n vertices, or to guard all polygons in a given set of k polygons on an n-point vertex set. Our upper bound proofs include algorithms to construct universal guard sets of the respective cardinalities.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication27th International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation, ISAAC 2016
EditorsSeok-Hee Hong
PublisherSchloss Dagstuhl- Leibniz-Zentrum fur Informatik GmbH, Dagstuhl Publishing
Pages32.1-32.13
ISBN (Electronic)9783959770262
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 1 2016
Event27th International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation, ISAAC 2016 - Sydney, Australia
Duration: Dec 12 2016Dec 14 2016

Publication series

NameLeibniz International Proceedings in Informatics, LIPIcs
Volume64
ISSN (Print)1868-8969

Conference

Conference27th International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation, ISAAC 2016
Country/TerritoryAustralia
CitySydney
Period12/12/1612/14/16

Keywords

  • Art gallery problem
  • Polygonization
  • Robust covering
  • Universal guarding
  • Worst-case bounds

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