Title :
Approximating Implicit Curves on Triangulations with Affine Arithmetic
Author :
Paiva, Afonso ; de Carvalho Nascimento, F. ; De Figueiredo, Luiz Henrique ; Stolfi, Jorge
Author_Institution :
ICMC, USP, Sao Carlos, Brazil
Abstract :
We present an adaptive method for computing a robust polygonal approximation of an implicit curve in the plane that uses affine arithmetic to identify regions where the curve lies inside a thin strip. Unlike other interval methods, even those based on affine arithmetic, our method works on triangulations, not only on rectangular quad trees.
Keywords :
approximation theory; curve fitting; quadtrees; adaptive method; affine arithmetic; implicit curve approximation; interval methods; rectangular quadtrees; region identification; robust polygonal approximation; triangulations; Approximation methods; Convergence; Equations; Noise; Piecewise linear approximation; Robustness; Strips; implicit curves; interval methods; polygonal approximation;
Conference_Titel :
Graphics, Patterns and Images (SIBGRAPI), 2012 25th SIBGRAPI Conference on
Conference_Location :
Ouro Preto
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2802-9
DOI :
10.1109/SIBGRAPI.2012.22