The Voronoi diagram of circles made easy



AbstractProximity queries among circles could be effec-
tively answered if the Delaunay graph for sets of
circles could be computed in an efficient and exact
way. In this paper, we first show a necessary and
sufficient condition of connectivity of the Voronoi
diagram of circles. Then, we show how the Delau-
nay graph of circles (the dual graph of the Voronoi
diagram of circles) can be computed exactly, and
in a much simpler way, by computing the eigenval-
ues of a two by two matrix.
KeywordsVoronoi diagram, Delaunay graph, Vornoi diagram of circles, exact computation
TypeConference paper [With referee]
ConferenceInternational Symposium on Voronoi Diagrams in Science and Engineering
Year2007    Month July
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
AddressSchool of Computing, University of Glamorgan, Pontypridd, Wales, UK
NoteFurther details to come
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IMM Group(s)Scientific Computing, Image Analysis & Computer Graphics, Other