• DocumentCode
    1675064
  • Title

    Ear-Slicing and Quality Triangulation

  • Author

    Kajak, Bartosz ; Gewali, Laxmi ; Selvaraj, Henry

  • Author_Institution
    Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • Firstpage
    194
  • Lastpage
    199
  • Abstract
    Most algorithms for polygon triangulation do not consider the quality of generated triangles. Such algorithms tend to generate low-quality mesh characterized by a large number of thin triangles. We present an approach for modifying the ear-cutting triangulation algorithm so that resulting mesh contains higher proportion of quality triangles. We also propose additional method of polygon decomposition that supports higher quality triangulation.
  • Keywords
    computational geometry; mesh generation; ear-cutting triangulation algorithm; ear-slicing; mesh generation; polygon decomposition; polygon triangulation; thin triangles; triangulation quality; Algorithm design and analysis; Complexity theory; Ear; Educational institutions; Finite element methods; Partitioning algorithms; Shape; mesh generation; triangulation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Systems Engineering (ICSEng), 2011 21st International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Las Vegas, NV
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1078-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICSEng.2011.42
  • Filename
    6041561