Hazel Everett

On the Size of the 3D Visibility Skeleton: Experimental Results (2009)

Linqiao Zhang, Hazel Everett, Sylvain Lazard, Christophe Weibel, Sue Whitesides

Abstract. The 3D visibility skeleton is a data structure used to encode global visibility information about a set of objects. Previous theoretical results have shown that for k convex polytopes with...

The Voronoi diagram of three arbitrary lines in R 3 (2009)

Hazel Everett, Christian Gillot, Daniel Lazard, Sylvain Lazard, Marc Pouget

In this paper we study the Voronoi diagram of lines in R 3. The Voronoi diagram of three lines in general position was studied in [14]. In this paper we complete this work by presenting a complete...

The Voronoi diagram of three arbitrary lines in R3 (2009)

Everett, Hazel, Gillot, Christian, Lazard, Daniel, Lazard, Sylvain, Pouget, Marc

In this paper we study the Voronoi diagram of lines in R3 . The Voronoi diagram of three lines in general position was studied in [8]. In this paper we complete this work by presenting a complete...

The Voronoi diagram of three arbitrary lines in R3 (2009)

Everett, Hazel, Gillot, Christian, Lazard, Daniel, Lazard, Sylvain, Pouget, Marc

In this paper we study the Voronoi diagram of lines in R3 . The Voronoi diagram of three lines in general position was studied in [8]. In this paper we complete this work by presenting a complete...

On the Degree of Standard Geometric Predicates for Line Transversals in 3D (2009)

Everett, Hazel, Lazard, Sylvain, Lenhart, Bill, Zhang, Linqiao

In this paper we study various geometric predicates for determining the existence of and categorizing the configurations of lines in 3D that are transversal to lines or segments. We compute the...

On the Complexity of Umbra and Penumbra (2009)

Demouth, Julien, Devillers, Olivier, Everett, Hazel, Glisse, Marc, Lazard, Sylvain, Seidel, Raimund

Computing shadow boundaries is a difficult problem in the case of non-point light sources. A point is in the umbra if it does not see any part of any light source; it is in full light if it sees...

On the Degree of Standard Geometric Predicates for Line Transversals in 3D (2009)

Everett, Hazel, Lazard, Sylvain, Lenhart, Bill, Zhang, Linqiao

In this paper we study various geometric predicates for determining the existence of and categorizing the configurations of lines in 3D that are transversal to lines or segments. We compute the...

On the Complexity of Umbra and Penumbra (2009)

Demouth, Julien, Devillers, Olivier, Everett, Hazel, Glisse, Marc, Lazard, Sylvain, Seidel, Raimund

Computing shadow boundaries is a difficult problem in the case of non-point light sources. A point is in the umbra if it does not see any part of any light source; it is in full light if it sees...

The Voronoi diagram of three lines (2009)

Everett, Hazel, Lazard, Daniel, Lazard, Sylvain, Safey El Din, Mohab

We give a complete description of the Voronoi diagram, in $\R^3$, of three lines in general position, that is, that are pairwise skew and not all parallel to a common plane. In particular, we show...

Universal Sets of n Points for One-bend Drawings of Planar Graphs with n Vertices (2009)

Everett, Hazel, Lazard, Sylvain, Liotta, Giuseppe, Wismath, Steve

This paper shows that any planar graph with $n$ vertices can be point-set embedded with at most one bend per edge on a universal set of n points in the plane. An implication of this result is that...

The Voronoi diagram of three lines (2009)

Everett, Hazel, Lazard, Daniel, Lazard, Sylvain, Safey El Din, Mohab

We give a complete description of the Voronoi diagram, in $\R^3$, of three lines in general position, that is, that are pairwise skew and not all parallel to a common plane. In particular, we show...

Universal Sets of n Points for One-bend Drawings of Planar Graphs with n Vertices (2009)

Everett, Hazel, Lazard, Sylvain, Liotta, Giuseppe, Wismath, Steve

This paper shows that any planar graph with $n$ vertices can be point-set embedded with at most one bend per edge on a universal set of n points in the plane. An implication of this result is that...

Abstract Predicates for Line Transversals in 3D (2008)

Hazel Everett, Sylvian Lazard, Bill Lenhart, Jeremy Redburn, Linqiao Zhang

In this paper we study various predicates concerning line transversals to lines and segments in 3D. We compute the degrees of standard methods of evaluating these predicates. The degrees of some of...

Universal Sets of n Points for 1-bend Drawings of Planar Graphs with n Vertices ⋆ (2008)

Hazel Everett, Sylvain Lazard, Stephen Wismath, Inria Lorraine

Abstract. This paper shows that any planar graph with n vertices can be point-set embedded with at most one bend per edge on a universal set of n points in the plane. An implication of this result is...

Abstract Predicates for Line Transversals in 3D (2008)

Hazel Everett, Sylvian Lazard, Bill Lenhart, Jeremy Redburn, Linqiao Zhang

In this paper we study various predicates concerning line transversals to lines and segments in 3D. We compute the degrees of standard methods of evaluating these predicates. The degrees of some of...

Abstract Maintaining Visibility Information of Planar Point Sets with a Moving Viewpoint (2008)

Olivier Devillers, Vida Dujmović, Hazel Everett, Samuel Hornus, Sue Whitesides

Given a set of n points in the plane, we consider the problem of computing the circular ordering of the points about a viewpoint q and efficiently maintaining this ordering information as q moves. 1

Between umbra and penumbra (2008)

Julien Demouth, Olivier Devillers, Hazel Everett, Sylvain Lazard, Raimund Seidel

Computing shadow boundaries is a difficult problem in the case of non-point light sources. A point is in the umbra if it does not see any part of any light source; it is in full light if it sees...

The Union of Moving Polygonal Pseudodiscs { Combinatorial Bounds and Applications (2008)

Mark Berg, Hazel Everett, Leonidas J. Guibas

Let P be a set of polygonal pseudodiscs in the plane with n edges in total translating with xed velocities in xed directions. We prove that the maximum number of combinatorial changes in the union of...

An Optimal Algorithm for Finding Clique-Cross Partitions (2008)

Hazel Everett, Sulamita Klein, Bruce Reed

We consider the problem of determining whether or not the vertices of a graph can be partitioned into four disjoint cliques A; B; C; D such that vertices of A are not adjacent to vertices of C and...

Universal Sets of n Points for 1-bend Drawings of Planar Graphs with n Vertices (2008)

Everett, Hazel, Lazard, Sylvain, Liotta, Giuseppe, Wismath, Stephen

This paper shows that any planar graph with $n$ vertices can be point-set embedded with at most one bend per edge on a universal set of $n$ points in the plane. An implication of this result is that...

Universal Sets of $n$ Points for 1-bend Drawings of Planar Graphs with $n$ Vertices (2008)

Everett, Hazel, Lazard, Sylvain, Liotta, Giuseppe, Wismath, Steve

This paper shows that any planar graph with $n$ vertices can be point-set embedded with at most one bend per edge on a universal set of $n$ points in the plane. An implication of this result is that...

Universal Sets of $n$ Points for 1-bend Drawings of Planar Graphs with $n$ Vertices (2008)

Everett, Hazel, Lazard, Sylvain, Liotta, Giuseppe, Wismath, Steve

This paper shows that any planar graph with $n$ vertices can be point-set embedded with at most one bend per edge on a universal set of $n$ points in the plane. An implication of this result is that...

Universal Sets of n Points for 1-bend Drawings of Planar Graphs with n Vertices (2008)

Everett, Hazel, Lazard, Sylvain, Liotta, Giuseppe, Wismath, Stephen

This paper shows that any planar graph with $n$ vertices can be point-set embedded with at most one bend per edge on a universal set of $n$ points in the plane. An implication of this result is that...

On the Size of the 3D Visibility Skeleton: Experimental Results (2008)

Zhang, Linqiao, Everett, Hazel, Lazard, Sylvain, Weibel, Christophe, Whitesides, Sue

The 3D visibility skeleton is a data structure used to encode global visibility information about a set of objects. Previous theoretical results have shown that for $k$ convex polytopes with $n$...

On the Size of the 3D Visibility Skeleton: Experimental Results (2008)

Zhang, Linqiao, Everett, Hazel, Lazard, Sylvain, Weibel, Christophe, Whitesides, Sue

The 3D visibility skeleton is a data structure used to encode global visibility information about a set of objects. Previous theoretical results have shown that for $k$ convex polytopes with $n$...

On the degree of standard geometric predicates for line transversals (2008)

Hazel Everett, Sylvain Lazard, William Lenhart, Jeremy Redburn, Linqiao Zhang

In this paper we study various geometric predicates for determining the existence of and categorizing the configurations of lines in 3D that are transversal to lines or segments. We compute the...

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Hazel Everett, Anna Lubiw, Henk Meijer, Kathleen Romanik, Tom Shermer, Sue Whitesides

Visibility representations of graphs map vertices to sets in Euclidean space and express edges as visibility relations between these sets. Application areas such as VLSI wire routing and circuit...

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Mark De Berg, Hazel Everett, Leonidas J. Guibas

Let P be a set of polygonal pseudodiscs in the plane with n edges in total translating with fixed velocities in fixed directions. We prove that the maximum number of combinatorial changes in the...

Hierarchical Decompositions and Circular Ray Shooting in (2007)

Siu-wing Cheng, Otfried Cheong, Hazel Everett

A hierarchical decomposition of a simple polygon is introduced. The hierarchy has depth O(log n), linear size, and its regions have at most three neighbors. Using this hierarchy, circular ray...

The Voronoi Diagram of Three Lines (2007)

Everett, Hazel, Lazard, Daniel, Lazard, Sylvain, Safey El Din, Mohab

We give a complete description of the Voronoi diagram, in $\R^3$, of three lines in general position, that is, that are pairwise skew and not all parallel to a common plane. In particular, we show...

The Voronoi Diagram of Three Lines (2007)

Everett, Hazel, Lazard, Daniel, Lazard, Sylvain, Safey El Din, Mohab

We give a complete description of the Voronoi diagram, in $\R^3$, of three lines in general position, that is, that are pairwise skew and not all parallel to a common plane. In particular, we show...

The Voronoi Diagram of Three Lines (2007)

Everett, Hazel, Lazard, Daniel, Lazard, Sylvain, Safey El Din, Mohab

We give a complete description of the Voronoi diagram, in $\R^3$, of three lines in general position, that is, that are pairwise skew and not all parallel to a common plane. In particular, we show...

The Voronoi Diagram of Three Lines (2007)

Everett, Hazel, Lazard, Daniel, Lazard, Sylvain, Safey El Din, Mohab

We give a complete description of the Voronoi diagram, in $\R^3$, of three lines in general position, that is, that are pairwise skew and not all parallel to a common plane. In particular, we show...

The Voronoi Diagram of Three Lines (2007)

Everett, Hazel, Lazard, Daniel, Lazard, Sylvain, Safey El Din, Mohab

We give a complete description of the Voronoi diagram of three lines in $\R^3$. In particular, we show that the topology of the Voronoi diagram is invariant for three lines in general position, that...

The Voronoi Diagram of Three Lines (2007)

Everett, Hazel, Lazard, Daniel, Lazard, Sylvain, Safey El Din, Mohab

We give a complete description of the Voronoi diagram of three lines in $\R^3$. In particular, we show that the topology of the Voronoi diagram is invariant for three lines in general position, that...

On the Complexity of Umbra and Penumbra (2007)

Demouth, Julien, Devillers, Olivier, Everett, Hazel, Glisse, Marc, Lazard, Sylvain, Seidel, Raimund

Computing shadow boundaries is a difficult problem in the case of non-point light sources. A point is in the umbra if it does not see any part of any light source; it is in full light if it sees...

On the Complexity of Umbra and Penumbra (2007)

Demouth, Julien, Devillers, Olivier, Everett, Hazel, Glisse, Marc, Lazard, Sylvain, Seidel, Raimund

Computing shadow boundaries is a difficult problem in the case of non-point light sources. A point is in the umbra if it does not see any part of any light source; it is in full light if it sees...

Between umbra and penumbra (2007)

Demouth, Julien, Devillers, Olivier, Everett, Hazel, Glisse, Marc, Lazard, Sylvain, Seidel, Raimund

Computing shadow boundaries is a difficult problem in the case of non-point light sources. A point is in the umbra if it does not see any part of any light source; it is in full light if it sees...

Between umbra and penumbra (2007)

Demouth, Julien, Devillers, Olivier, Everett, Hazel, Glisse, Marc, Lazard, Sylvain, Seidel, Raimund

Computing shadow boundaries is a difficult problem in the case of non-point light sources. A point is in the umbra if it does not see any part of any light source; it is in full light if it sees...

Lines and free line segments Tangent to Arbitrary Three-dimensional Convex Polyhedra (2007)

Bronnimann, Hervé, Devillers, Olivier, Dujmovic, Vida, Everett, Hazel, Glisse, Marc, Goaoc, Xavier, ...

Motivated by visibility problems in three dimensions, we investigate the complexity and construction of the set of tangent lines in a scene of three-dimensional polyhedra. We prove that the set of...

Farthest-Polygon Voronoi Diagrams (2007)

Cheong, Otfried, Everett, Hazel, Glisse, Marc, Gudmundsson, Joachim, Hornus, Samuel, Lazard, Sylvain, ...

Given a family of k disjoint connected polygonal sites of total complexity n, we consider the farthest-site Voronoi diagram of these sites, where the distance to a site is the distance to a closest...

On the Expected Size of the 2D Visibility Complex (2007)

Everett, Hazel, Lazard, Sylvain, Petitjean, Sylvain, Zhang, Linqiao

We study the expected size of the 2D visibility complex of randomly distributed objects in the plane. We prove that the asymptotic expected number of free bitangents (which correspond to 0-faces of...

Lines and free line segments Tangent to Arbitrary Three-dimensional Convex Polyhedra (2007)

Bronnimann, Hervé, Devillers, Olivier, Dujmovic, Vida, Everett, Hazel, Glisse, Marc, Goaoc, Xavier, ...

Motivated by visibility problems in three dimensions, we investigate the complexity and construction of the set of tangent lines in a scene of three-dimensional polyhedra. We prove that the set of...

Farthest-Polygon Voronoi Diagrams (2007)

Cheong, Otfried, Everett, Hazel, Glisse, Marc, Gudmundsson, Joachim, Hornus, Samuel, Lazard, Sylvain, ...

Given a family of k disjoint connected polygonal sites of total complexity n, we consider the farthest-site Voronoi diagram of these sites, where the distance to a site is the distance to a closest...

On the Expected Size of the 2D Visibility Complex (2007)

Everett, Hazel, Lazard, Sylvain, Petitjean, Sylvain, Zhang, Linqiao

We study the expected size of the 2D visibility complex of randomly distributed objects in the plane. We prove that the asymptotic expected number of free bitangents (which correspond to 0-faces of...

Maintaining Visibility Information of Planar Point Sets with a Moving Viewpoint (2007)

Devillers, Olivier, Dujmovic, Vida, Everett, Hazel, Hornus, Samuel, Whitesides, Sue, Wismath, Steve

Given a set of n points in the plane, we consider the problem of computing the circular ordering of the points about a viewpoint q and efficiently maintaining this ordering information as q moves. In...

Maintaining Visibility Information of Planar Point Sets with a Moving Viewpoint (2007)

Devillers, Olivier, Dujmovic, Vida, Everett, Hazel, Hornus, Samuel, Whitesides, Sue, Wismath, Steve

Given a set of n points in the plane, we consider the problem of computing the circular ordering of the points about a viewpoint q and efficiently maintaining this ordering information as q moves. In...

Towards an Implementation of the 3D Visibility Skeleton (2007)

Zhang, Linqiao, Everett, Hazel, Lazard, Sylvain, Whitesides, Sue

In this note we describe the contents of a video illustrating an algorithm for computing the 3D visibility skeleton of a set of disjoint convex polytopes.

Towards an Implementation of the 3D Visibility Skeleton (2007)

Zhang, Linqiao, Everett, Hazel, Lazard, Sylvain, Whitesides, Sue

In this note we describe the contents of a video illustrating an algorithm for computing the 3D visibility skeleton of a set of disjoint convex polytopes.

Farthest-Polygon Voronoi Diagrams ∗ (2007)

Otfried Cheong, Hazel Everett, Marc Glisse, Joachim Gudmundsson, Samuel Hornus, Sylvain Lazard, ...

Given a family of k disjoint connected polygonal sites of total complexity n, we consider the farthest-site Voronoi diagram of these sites, where the distance to a site is the distance to a closest...

Parabola Separation Queries and their Application to Stone Throwing (2007)

Cheong, Otfried, Everett, Hazel, Kim, Hyo-Sil, Lazard, Sylvain, Schott, Rene

Given two sets A and B of m non-crossing line segments in the plane, we show how to compute in O(m log m) time a data structure that uses O(m) storage and supports the following query in O(log m)...

Parabola separation queries and their application to stone throwing (2007)

Cheong, Otfried, Everett, Hazel, Kim, Hyo-Sil, Lazard, Sylvain, Schott, René

Given two sets $A$ and $B$ of $m$ non-crossing line segments in the plane, we show how to compute in $O(m \log m)$ time a data structure that uses $O(m)$ storage and supports the following query in...

Parabola separation queries and their application to stone throwing (2007)

Cheong, Otfried, Everett, Hazel, Kim, Hyo-Sil, Lazard, Sylvain, Schott, René

Given two sets $A$ and $B$ of $m$ non-crossing line segments in the plane, we show how to compute in $O(m \log m)$ time a data structure that uses $O(m)$ storage and supports the following query in...

On the Expected Size of the 2D Visibility Complex (2006)

Everett, Hazel, Lazard, Sylvain, Petitjean, Sylvain, Zhang, Linqiao

We study the expected size of the 2D visibility complex of randomly distributed objects in the plane. We prove that the expected asymptotic number of free bitangents (which correspond to the 0-faces...

Drawing K_n in Three Dimensions with One Bend per Edge (2006)

Devillers, Olivier, Everett, Hazel, Lazard, Sylvain, Pentcheva, Maria, Wismath, Stephen

We give a drawing of K_n in three dimensions in which vertices are placed at integer grid points and edges are drawn crossing-free with at most one bend per edge in a volume bounded by O(n^{2.5})....

Drawing K_n in Three Dimensions with One Bend per Edge (2006)

Devillers, Olivier, Everett, Hazel, Lazard, Sylvain, Pentcheva, Maria, Wismath, Stephen

We give a drawing of K_n in three dimensions in which vertices are placed at integer grid points and edges are drawn crossing-free with at most one bend per edge in a volume bounded by O(n^{2.5})....

On the Expected Size of the 2D Visibility Complex (2006)

Everett, Hazel, Lazard, Sylvain, Petitjean, Sylvain, Zhang, Linqiao

We study the expected size of the 2D visibility complex of randomly distributed objects in the plane. We prove that the expected asymptotic number of free bitangents (which correspond to the 0-faces...

Predicates for Line Transversals in 3D (2006)

Everett, Hazel, Lazard, Sylvain, Lenhart, Bill, Redburn, Jeremy, Zhang, Linqiao

In this paper we study various predicates concerning line transversals to lines and segments in 3D. We compute the degrees of standard methods of evaluating these predicates. The degrees of some of...

Predicates for Line Transversals in 3D (2006)

Everett, Hazel, Lazard, Sylvain, Lenhart, Bill, Redburn, Jeremy, Zhang, Linqiao

In this paper we study various predicates concerning line transversals to lines and segments in 3D. We compute the degrees of standard methods of evaluating these predicates. The degrees of some of...

Predicates for Line Transversals in 3D (2006)

Everett, Hazel, Lazard, Sylvain, Lenhart, Bill, Redburn, Jeremy, Zhang, Linqiao

In this paper we study various predicates concerning line transversals to lines and segments in 3D. We compute the degrees of standard methods of evaluating these predicates. The degrees of some of...

On the Expected Size of the 2D Visibility Complex (2006)

Everett, Hazel, Lazard, Sylvain, Petitjean, Sylvain, Zhang, Linqiao

We study the expected size of the 2D visibility complex of randomly distributed objects in the plane. We prove that the expected asymptotic number of free bitangents (which correspond to the 0-faces...

Drawing $K_n$ in Three Dimensions with One Bend per Edge (2006)

Devillers, Olivier, Everett, Hazel, Lazard, Sylvain, Pentcheva, Maria, Wismath, Steve

We give a drawing of $K_n$ in three dimensions in which vertices are placed at integer grid points and edges are drawn crossing-free with at most one bend per edge in a volume bounded by~$O(n^{2.5})$.

Drawing $K_n$ in Three Dimensions with One Bend per Edge (2006)

Devillers, Olivier, Everett, Hazel, Lazard, Sylvain, Pentcheva, Maria, Wismath, Steve

We give a drawing of $K_n$ in three dimensions in which vertices are placed at integer grid points and edges are drawn crossing-free with at most one bend per edge in a volume bounded by~$O(n^{2.5})$.

Drawing K_n in Three Dimensions with One Bend per Edge (2006)

Devillers, Olivier, Everett, Hazel, Lazard, Sylvain, Pentcheva, Maria, Wismath, Stephen

We give a drawing of K_n in three dimensions in which vertices are placed at integer grid points and edges are drawn crossing-free with at most one bend per edge in a volume bounded by O(n^{2.5})....

Parabola Separation Queries and their Application to Stone Throwing, in "International Journal of Computational Geometry and Applications", to appear (2006)

Otfried Cheong, Hazel Everett, Hyo-sil Kim, Sylvain Lazard, René Schott

Abstract. Given two sets A and B of m non-intersecting line segments in the plane, we show how to compute in O(m log m) time a data structure that uses O(m) space and allows to answer the following...

Lines and free line segments tangent to arbitrary three-dimensional convex polyhedra (2006)

Olivier Devillers, Vida Dujmović, Hazel Everett, Marc Glisse, Xavier Goaoc, Sylvain Lazard, ...

SUE WHITESIDES∗ ∗ Abstract. Motivated by visibility problems in three dimensions, we investigate the complexity and construction of the set of tangent lines in a scene of three-dimensional...

Lines and free line segments tangent to arbitrary three-dimensional convex polyhedra (2006)

Hervé Brönnimann, Olivier Devillers, Vida Dujmović, Hazel Everett, Xavier Goaoc, Sylvain Lazard, ...

Abstract. Motivated by visibility problems in three dimensions, we investigate the complexity and construction of the set of tangent lines in a scene of three-dimensional polyhedra. We prove that the...

On the Number of Maximal Free Line Segments Tangent to Arbitrary Three-dimensional Convex Polyhedra (2005)

Brönnimann, Hervé, Devillers, Olivier, Dujmovic, Vida, Everett, Hazel, Glisse, Marc, Goaoc, Xavier, ...

We prove that the lines tangent to four possibly intersecting convex polyhedra in $^3$ with $n$ edges in total form $\Theta(n^2)$ connected components in the worst case. In the generic case, each...

Drawing Kn in Three Dimensions with One Bend per Edge (2005)

Devillers, Olivier, Everett, Hazel, Lazard, Sylvain, Pentcheva, Maria, Wismath, Stephen

We give a drawing of $K_n$ in three dimensions in which vertices are placed at integer grid points and edges are drawn crossing-free with at most one bend per edge in a volume bounded by $O(n^2.5)$.

On the Number of Maximal Free Line Segments Tangent to Arbitrary Three-dimensional Convex Polyhedra (2005)

Brönnimann, Hervé, Devillers, Olivier, Dujmovic, Vida, Everett, Hazel, Glisse, Marc, Goaoc, Xavier, ...

We prove that the lines tangent to four possibly intersecting convex polyhedra in $^3$ with $n$ edges in total form $\Theta(n^2)$ connected components in the worst case. In the generic case, each...

Drawing Kn in Three Dimensions with One Bend per Edge (2005)

Devillers, Olivier, Everett, Hazel, Lazard, Sylvain, Pentcheva, Maria, Wismath, Stephen

We give a drawing of $K_n$ in three dimensions in which vertices are placed at integer grid points and edges are drawn crossing-free with at most one bend per edge in a volume bounded by $O(n^2.5)$.

Maintaining Visibility Information of Planar Point Sets with a Moving Viewpoint (2005)

Devillers, Olivier, Dujmovic, Vida, Everett, Hazel, Hornus, Samuel, Whitesides, Sue, Wismath, Steve

Given a set of $n$ points in the plane, we consider the problem of computing the circular ordering of the points about a viewpoint $q$ and efficiently maintaining this ordering information as $q$...

Transversals to line segments in three-dimensional space (2005)

Brönnimann, Hervé, Everett, Hazel, Lazard, Sylvain, Sottile, Frank, Whitesides, Sue

We completely describe the structure of the connected components of transversals to a collection of $n$ line segments in $\mathbb{R}^3$. Generically, the set of transversal to four segments consist...

On the Number of Maximal Free Line Segments Tangent to Arbitrary Three-dimensional Convex Polyhedra (2005)

Brönnimann, Hervé, Devillers, Olivier, Everett, Hazel, Glisse, Marc, Goaoc, Xavier, ...

We prove that the lines tangent to four possibly intersecting convex polyhedra in $ ^3$ with $n$ edges in total form $\Theta(n^2)$ connected components in the worst case. In the generic case, each...

Drawing $K_n$ in Three Dimensions with One Bend per Edge (2005)

Devillers, Olivier, Everett, Hazel, Lazard, Sylvain, Pentcheva, Maria, Wismath, Stephen

We give a drawing of $K_n$ in three dimensions in which vertices are placed at integer grid points and edges are drawn crossing-free with at most one bend per edge in a volume bounded by $O(n^2.5)$.

An Experimental Assessment of the 2D Visibility Complex (2005)

Everett, Hazel, Lazard, Sylvain, Petitjean, Sylvain, Zhang, Linqiao

We make an experimental assessment of the size of the 2D visibility complex of disjoint unit discs randomly distributed in the plane with density $\mu$. We observe that the number of free bitangents...

Optimal Spanners for Axis-Aligned Rectangles (2005)

Asano, Tetsuo, De Berg, Mark, Cheong, Otfried, Everett, Hazel, Haverkort, Herman, Katoh, Naoki, ...

The dilation of a geometric graph is the maximum, over all pairs of points in the graph, of the ratio of the Euclidean length of the shortest path between them in the graph and their Euclidean...

Maintaining Visibility Information of Planar Point Sets with a Moving Viewpoint (2005)

Devillers, Olivier, Dujmovic, Vida, Everett, Hazel, Hornus, Samuel, Wismath, Steve, Whitesides, Sue

Given a set of n points in the plane, we consider the problem of computing the circular ordering of the points about a viewpoint q and efficiently maintaining this ordering information as q moves.

Drawing $K_n$ in Three Dimensions with One Bend per Edge (2005)

Devillers, Olivier, Everett, Hazel, Lazard, Sylvain, Pentcheva, Maria, Wismath, Stephen

We give a drawing of $K_n$ in 3D in which vertices are placed at integer grid points and edges are drawn crossing-free with at most one bend per edge in a volume bounded by $O(n^{2.5})$.

Maintaining Visibility Information of Planar Point Sets with a Moving Viewpoint (2005)

Devillers, Olivier, Dujmovic, Vida, Everett, Hazel, Hornus, Samuel, Wismath, Steve, Whitesides, Sue

Given a set of n points in the plane, we consider the problem of computing the circular ordering of the points about a viewpoint q and efficiently maintaining this ordering information as q moves.

An Experimental Assessment of the 2D Visibility Complex (2005)

Everett, Hazel, Lazard, Sylvain, Petitjean, Sylvain, Zhang, Linqiao

We make an experimental assessment of the size of the 2D visibility complex of disjoint unit discs randomly distributed in the plane with density $\mu$. We observe that the number of free bitangents...

Transversals to line segments in three-dimensional space (2005)

Brönnimann, Hervé, Everett, Hazel, Lazard, Sylvain, Sottile, Frank, Whitesides, Sue

We completely describe the structure of the connected components of transversals to a collection of $n$ line segments in $\mathbb{R}^3$. Generically, the set of transversal to four segments consist...

Drawing $K_n$ in Three Dimensions with One Bend per Edge (2005)

Devillers, Olivier, Everett, Hazel, Lazard, Sylvain, Pentcheva, Maria, Wismath, Stephen

We give a drawing of $K_n$ in 3D in which vertices are placed at integer grid points and edges are drawn crossing-free with at most one bend per edge in a volume bounded by $O(n^{2.5})$.

Maintaining Visibility Information of Planar Point Sets with a Moving Viewpoint (2005)

Devillers, Olivier, Dujmovic, Vida, Everett, Hazel, Hornus, Samuel, Whitesides, Sue, Wismath, Steve

Given a set of $n$ points in the plane, we consider the problem of computing the circular ordering of the points about a viewpoint $q$ and efficiently maintaining this ordering information as $q$...

On the Number of Maximal Free Line Segments Tangent to Arbitrary Three-dimensional Convex Polyhedra (2005)

Brönnimann, Hervé, Devillers, Olivier, Dujmovic, Vida, Everett, Hazel, Glisse, Marc, Goaoc, Xavier, ...

We prove that the lines tangent to four possibly intersecting convex polyhedra in $ ^3$ with $n$ edges in total form $\Theta(n^2)$ connected components in the worst case. In the generic case, each...

Drawing $K_n$ in Three Dimensions with One Bend per Edge (2005)

Devillers, Olivier, Everett, Hazel, Lazard, Sylvain, Pentcheva, Maria, Wismath, Stephen

We give a drawing of $K_n$ in three dimensions in which vertices are placed at integer grid points and edges are drawn crossing-free with at most one bend per edge in a volume bounded by $O(n^2.5)$.

Maintaining Visibility Information of Planar Point Sets with a Moving Viewpoint (2005)

Devillers, Olivier, Dujmovic, Vida, Everett, Hazel, Hornus, Samuel, Whitesides, Sue, Wismath, Steve

Given a set of $n$ points in the plane, we consider the problem of computing the circular ordering of the points about a viewpoint $q$ and efficiently maintaining this ordering information as $q$...

On the Number of Maximal Free Line Segments Tangent to Arbitrary Three-dimensional Convex Polyhedra (2005)

Brönnimann, Hervé, Devillers, Olivier, Dujmovic, Vida, Everett, Hazel, Glisse, Marc, Goaoc, Xavier, ...

We prove that the lines tangent to four possibly intersecting convex polyhedra in $ ^3$ with $n$ edges in total form $\Theta(n^2)$ connected components in the worst case. In the generic case, each...

Drawing $K_n$ in Three Dimensions with One Bend per Edge (2005)

Devillers, Olivier, Everett, Hazel, Lazard, Sylvain, Pentcheva, Maria, Wismath, Stephen

We give a drawing of $K_n$ in three dimensions in which vertices are placed at integer grid points and edges are drawn crossing-free with at most one bend per edge in a volume bounded by $O(n^2.5)$.

Maintaining Visibility Information of Planar Point Sets with a Moving Viewpoint (2005)

Devillers, Olivier, Dujmovic, Vida, Everett, Hazel, Hornus, Samuel, Wismath, Steve, Whitesides, Sue

Given a set of n points in the plane, we consider the problem of computing the circular ordering of the points about a viewpoint q and efficiently maintaining this ordering information as q moves.

An Experimental Assessment of the 2D Visibility Complex (2005)

Everett, Hazel, Lazard, Sylvain, Petitjean, Sylvain, Zhang, Linqiao

We make an experimental assessment of the size of the 2D visibility complex of disjoint unit discs randomly distributed in the plane with density $\mu$. We observe that the number of free bitangents...

Transversals to line segments in three-dimensional space (2005)

Brönnimann, Hervé, Everett, Hazel, Lazard, Sylvain, Sottile, Frank, Whitesides, Sue

We completely describe the structure of the connected components of transversals to a collection of $n$ line segments in $\mathbb{R}^3$. Generically, the set of transversal to four segments consist...

Drawing $K_n$ in Three Dimensions with One Bend per Edge (2005)

Devillers, Olivier, Everett, Hazel, Lazard, Sylvain, Pentcheva, Maria, Wismath, Stephen

We give a drawing of $K_n$ in 3D in which vertices are placed at integer grid points and edges are drawn crossing-free with at most one bend per edge in a volume bounded by $O(n^{2.5})$.

On the expected size of the 2d visibility complex (2005)

Hazel Everett, Sylvain Lazard, Sylvain Petitjean, Linqiao Zhang

We study the expected size of the 2D visibility complex of randomly distributed objects in the plane. We prove that the asymptotic expected number of free bitangents (which correspond to 0-faces of...

An experimental assessment of the 2d visibility complex (2005)

Hazel Everett, Sylvain Lazard, Sylvain Petitjean, Linqiao Zhang

We make an experimental assessment of the size of the 2D visibility complex of disjoint unit discs randomly distributed in the plane with density µ. We observe that the number of free bitangents is...

Article Type Communicated by Submitted Revised (2005)

Olivier Devillers, Hazel Everett, Sylvain Lazard, Maria Pentcheva, Inria Lorraine, ...

We give a drawing of Kn in three dimensions in which vertices are placed at integer grid points and edges are drawn crossing-free with at most one bend per edge in a volume bounded by O(n 2.5).

Maintaining visibility information of planar point sets with a moving viewpoint (2005)

Olivier Devillers, Hazel Everett, Samuel Hornus, Sue Whitesides, Steve Wismathk

Abstract Given a set of n points in the plane, we consider theproblem of computing the circular ordering of the points about a viewpoint q and efficiently maintaining this or-dering information as q...

Optimal spanners for axis-aligned rectangles (2005)

Alexander Wol, Tetsuo Asano, Tetsuo Asano, Mark De Berg, Mark De Berg, Otfried Cheong, ...

The dilation of a geometric graph is the maximum, over all pairs of points in the graph, of the ratio of the Euclidean length of the shortest path between them in the graph and their Euclidean...

Optimal spanners for axis-aligned rectangles (2005)

Tetsuo Asano, Mark Berg, Otfried Cheong, Hazel Everett, Herman Haverkort, Naoki Katoh, ...

The dilation of a geometric graph is the maximum, over all pairs of points in the graph, of the ratio of the Euclidean length of the shortest path between them in the graph and their Euclidean...

Article Type Communicated by Submitted Revised (2005)

Olivier Devillers, Hazel Everett, Sylvain Lazard, Maria Pentcheva, Inria Lorraine, ...

We give a drawing of Kn in three dimensions in which vertices are placed at integer grid points and edges are drawn crossing-free with at most one bend per edge in a volume bounded by O(n 2.5).

Hierarchical Decompositions and Circular Ray Shooting in Simple Polygons (2004)

Cheng, Siu-Wing, Cheong, Otfried, Everett, Hazel, Van Oostrum, René

A hierarchical decomposition of a simple polygon is introduced. The hierarchy has logarithmic depth, linear size, and its regions have at most three neighbors. Using this hierarchy, circular ray...

The Number of Lines Tangent to Arbitrary Convex Polyhedra in 3D (2004)

Brönnimann, Hervé, Devillers, Olivier, Dujmovic, Vida, Everett, Hazel, Glisse, Marc, Goaoc, Xavier, ...

We prove that the lines tangent to four possibly intersecting polytopes in $R3$ with $n$ edges in total form $\Theta(n^2)$ connected components. In the generic case, each connected component is a...

The Number of Lines Tangent to Arbitrary Convex Polyhedra in 3D (2004)

Brönnimann, Hervé, Devillers, Olivier, Dujmovic, Vida, Everett, Hazel, Glisse, Marc, Goaoc, Xavier, ...

We prove that the lines tangent to four possibly intersecting polytopes in $R3$ with $n$ edges in total form $\Theta(n^2)$ connected components. In the generic case, each connected component is a...

Hierarchical decompositions and circular ray shooting in simple polygons, in "Discrete and Computational Geometry", vol. 32, n o 3 (2004)

Siu-wing Cheng, Otfried Cheong, Hazel Everett

Ren'e van Oostrum 2 A hierarchical decomposition of a simple polygon is introduced. The hierarchy has depth O(log n), linear size, and its regions have at most three neighbors. Using this...

Hierarchical decompositions and circular ray shooting in simple polygons, in "Discrete and Computational Geometry", vol. 32, n o 3 (2004)

Siu-wing Cheng, Otfried Cheong, Hazel Everett, Ren Oostrum

A hierarchical decomposition of a simple polygon is introduced. The hierarchy has depth O(logn), linear size, and its regions have at most three neighbors. Using this hierarchy, circular ray shooting...

Optimal Spanners for Axis-Aligned Rectangles (2004)

Tetsuo Asano, Markk De Berg, Otfried Cheong, Hazel Everett, Herman Haverkort, Naoki Katoh, ...

this paper: we assume the topology of the network (the bridge graph) is given, and our only task is to place the bridges so as to minimize the dilation

Transversals to Line Segments in R^3 (2003)

Brönnimann, Hervé, Everett, Hazel, Lazard, Sylvain, Sottile, Frank, Whitesides, Sue

We completely describe the structure of the connected components of transversals to a collection of n line segments in R^3. We show that n3 arbitrary line segments in R^3 admit 0, 1, , n or...

The number of transversals to line segments in R^3 (2003)

Brönnimann, Hervé, Everett, Hazel, Lazard, Sylvain, Sottile, Frank, Whitesides, Sue

We completely describe the structure of the connected components of transversals to a collection of n line segments in R^3. We show that n>2 arbitrary line segments in R^3 admit 0, 1, ..., n or...

Transversals to Line Segments in R^3 (2003)

Brönnimann, Hervé, Everett, Hazel, Lazard, Sylvain, Sottile, Frank, Whitesides, Sue

We completely describe the structure of the connected components of transversals to a collection of n line segments in R^3. We show that n3 arbitrary line segments in R^3 admit 0, 1, , n or...

Transversals to Line Segments in R^3 (2003)

Brönnimann, Hervé, Everett, Hazel, Lazard, Sylvain, Sottile, Frank, Whitesides, Sue

We completely describe the structure of the connected components of transversals to a collection of n line segments in R^3. We show that n3 arbitrary line segments in R^3 admit 0, 1, , n or...

The expected number of 3D visibility events is linear (2002)

Devillers, Olivier, Dujmovic, Vida, Everett, Hazel, Goaoc, Xavier, Lazard, Sylvain, Na, Hyeon-Suk, ...

In this paper, we show that, amongst n uniformly distributed unit balls in R^3, the expected number of maximal non-occluded line segments tangent to four balls is linear, considerably improving the...

Hierarchical decompositions and circular ray shooting in simple polygons (2002)

Cheng, Siu-Wing, Cheong, Otfried, Everett, Hazel, Van Oostrum, Rene

A hierarchical decomposition of a simple polygon is introduced. The hierarchy has depth O(log n), linear size, and its regions have at most three neighbors. Using this hierarchy, circular ray...

The expected number of 3D visibility events is linear (2002)

Devillers, Olivier, Dujmovic, Vida, Everett, Hazel, Goaoc, Xavier, Lazard, Sylvain, Na, Hyeon-Suk, ...

In this paper, we show that, amongst n uniformly distributed unit balls in R^3, the expected number of maximal non-occluded line segments tangent to four balls is linear, considerably improving the...

The expected number of 3D visibility events is linear (2002)

Devillers, Olivier, Dujmovic, Vida, Everett, Hazel, Goaoc, Xavier, Lazard, Sylvain, Na, Hyeon-Suk, ...

In this paper, we show that, amongst n uniformly distributed unit balls in R^3, the expected number of maximal non-occluded line segments tangent to four balls is linear, considerably improving the...

Interpolation with Curvature Constraints (2002)

Deddi, Hafsa, Everett, Hazel, Lazard, Sylvain

We address the problem of controlling the curvature of a Bezier curve interpolating a given set of data. More precisely, given two points M and N, two directions u(right arrow) and upsilon(right...

Even Pairs (2002)

Hazel Everett, Claudia Linhares Sales, Frederic Maffray, Oscar Porto, Cl'audia Linhares Sales, ...

Two non-adjacent vertices in a graph form an even pair if every chordless path between them has an even number of edges. The salient fact about even pairs is that contracting an even pair in a graph...

Interpolation with Curvature Constraints (2000)

Deddi, Hafsa, Everett, Hazel, Lazard, Sylvain

We address the problem of controlling the curvature of a B{ézier curve interpolating a given set of data. More precisely, given two points $M$ and $N$, two directions $\vecu$ and $\vecv$, and a...

Interpolation with Curvature Constraints (2000)

Deddi, Hafsa, Everett, Hazel, Lazard, Sylvain

We address the problem of controlling the curvature of a B{ézier curve interpolating a given set of data. More precisely, given two points $M$ and $N$, two directions $\vecu$ and $\vecv$, and a...

Interpolation with Curvature Constraints (2000)

Deddi, Hafsa, Everett, Hazel, Lazard, Sylvain

We address the problem of controlling the curvature of a B{ézier curve interpolating a given set of data. More precisely, given two points $M$ and $N$, two directions $\vecu$ and $\vecv$, and a...

On a visibility representation for graphs in three dimensions (1998)

Prosenjit Bose, Hazel Everett, Anna Lubiw, Henk Meijer, Kathleen Romanik, Thomas C. Shermer, ...

This paper proposes a 3-dimensional visibility representation of graphs G = (V; E) in which vertices are mapped to rectangles oating in R

On a visibility representation for graphs in three dimensions (1998)

Prosenjit Bose, Hazel Everett, Anna Lubiw, Henk Meijer, Kathleen Romanik, Thomas C. Shermer, ...

This paper proposes a 3-dimensional visibility representation of graphs G = (V; E) in which vertices are mapped to rectangles oating in R

On a visibility representation for graphs in three dimensions (1998)

Prosenjit Bose, Hazel Everett, Anna Lubiw, Henk Meijer, Kathleen Romanik, Thomas C. Shermer, ...

This paper proposes a 3-dimensional visibility representation of graphs G = (V; E) in which vertices are mapped to rectangles oating in R

On a visibility representation for graphs in three dimensions (1998)

Prosenjit Bose, Hazel Everett, Anna Lubiw, Henk Meijer, Kathleen Romanik, Thomas C. Shermer, ...

This paper proposes a 3-dimensional visibility representation of graphs G = (V; E) in which vertices are mapped to rectangles oating in R

The Homogeneous Set Sandwich Problem (1998)

Marcia R. Cerioli, Hazel Everett, Sulamita Klein

The graph sandwich problem for property \Phi is defined as follows: Given two graphs G 1 = (V; E 1 ) and G 2 = (V; E 2 ) such that E 1 ` E 2 , is there a graph G = (V; E) such that E 1 ` E ` E 2...

On a visibility representation for graphs in three dimensions (1998)

Prosenjit Bose, Hazel Everett, Sándor P. Fekete, Michael E. Houle, Anna Lubiw, Henk Meijer, ...

This paper proposes a 3-dimensional visibility representation of graphs G = (V,E) in which vertices are mapped to rectangles floating in R 3 parallel to the x, y-plane, with edges represented by...

On a visibility representation for graphs in three dimensions (1998)

Prosenjit Bose, Hazel Everett, Sándor P. Fekete, Michael E. Houle, Anna Lubiw, Henk Meijer, ...

This paper proposes a 3-dimensional visibility representation of graphs G = (V,E) in which vertices are mapped to rectangles floating in R 3 parallel to the x, y-plane, with edges represented by...

Angewandte Mathematik und Informatik Universit at zu K oln (1997)

Report No On, Hazel Everett, Hazel Everett, S'andor P. Fekete, S'andor P. Fekete, Michael E. Houle, ...

This paper proposes a 3-dimensional visibility representation of graphs G = (V; E) in which vertices are mapped to rectangles floating in R 3 parallel to the x; y-plane, with edges represented by...

On a Visibility Representation of Graphs in 3D (1997)

Prosenjit Bose, Hazel Everett, Hazel Everett, Sandor P. Fekete, S'andor P. Fekete, Michael E. Houle, ...

This paper proposes a 3-dimensional visibility representation of graphs G = (V; E) in which vertices are mapped to rectangles floating in R 3 parallel to the x; y-plane, with edges represented by...

Path Parity and Perfection (1996)

Hazel Everett, Claudia Linhares-Sales, Frederic Maffray, Oscar Porto, Bruce A. Reed

Two non-adjacent vertices x and y in a graph G form an even pair if every induced path between them has an even number of edges. For a given pair fx; yg in a graph G, we denote by G xy the graph...

Angewandte Mathematik und Informatik Universit at zu K oln (1995)

Report No On, Qu'ebec Ga H, Hazel Everett, Hazel Everett, S'andor P. Fekete, S'andor P. Fekete, ...

Visibility representations of graphs map vertices to sets in Euclidean space and express edges as visibility relations between these sets. Application areas such as VLSI wire routing and circuit...

On a Visibility Representation for Graphs in Three Dimensions (1995)

Prosenjit Bose, Qu'ebec Ga H, Hazel Everett, Hazel Everett, Sandor P. Fekete, S'andor P. Fekete, ...

Visibility representations of graphs map vertices to sets in Euclidean space and express edges as visibility relations between these sets. Application areas such as VLSI wire routing and circuit...

Illuminating The Free Space Between Quadrilaterals With Point Light Sources (1994)

Gregoria Blanco, Hazel Everett, Jesus Garcia Lopez, Godfried Toussaint

Let S be a set of n pairwise-disjoint, possibly non-convex, quadrilaterals in the plane. We consider the problem of illuminating the "free" space, i.e., the region of the plane excluding...

On a Visibility Representation for Graphs in Three Dimensions (1993)

Prosenjit Bose, Hazel Everett, Sandor P. Fekete, Anna Lubiw, Henk Meijer, Kathleen Romanik, ...

Visibility representations of graphs map vertices to sets in Euclidean space and express edges as visibility relations between these sets. Application areas such as VLSI wire routing and circuit...

A Counter-example to a Dynamic Algorithm for Convex Hulls of Line Arrangements (1991)

Binay Bhattacharya, Hazel Everett, Godfried Toussaint

An algorithm was recently published to maintain dynamically the convex hull of the set I of intersection points of a set L of n lines in the plane [Bo90]. In other words, given the convex hull of I...

A Counter-example to a Dynamic Algorithm for Convex Hulls of Line Arrangements (1991)

Binay Bhattacharya, Hazel Everett, Godfried Toussaint

An algorithm was recently published to maintain dynamically the convex hull of the set I of intersection points of a set L of n lines in the plane [Bo90]. In other words, given the convex hull of I...

The Graham Scan Triangulates Simple Polygons (1991)

Xianshu Kong, Hazel Everett, Godfried Toussaint

The Graham scan is a fundamental backtracking technique in computational geometry which was originally designed to compute the convex hull of a set of points in the plane and has since found...

Slicing an Ear in Linear Time (1989)

Hossam ElGindy, Hazel Everett, Godfried Toussaint

It remains as one of the major open problems in computational geometry, whether there exists a linear-time algorithm for triangulating a simple polygon P. Yet it is well known that a diagonal of P...