We define a notion of structural entropy of point sets under which a set has low entropy when it can be covered by few disjoint triangles that are either entirely under the hull of the input or presorted, and show that we can find the hull in time sensitive to this entropy. Generalizations of the same technique apply to geometric maxima, lower envelopes, and visibility polygons.
Conferences – Publications – David Eppstein – Theory Group – Inf. & Comp. Sci. – UC Irvine
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