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Illuminating the x-Axis by α-Floodlights

Authors: Bengt J. Nilsson, David Orden, Leonidas Palios, Carlos Seara, and Paweł Żyliński

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 212, 32nd International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC 2021)


Abstract
Given a set S of regions with piece-wise linear boundary and a positive angle α < 90°, we consider the problem of computing the locations and orientations of the minimum number of α-floodlights positioned at points in S which suffice to illuminate the entire x-axis. We show that the problem can be solved in O(n log n) time and O(n) space, where n is the number of vertices of the set S.

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Bengt J. Nilsson, David Orden, Leonidas Palios, Carlos Seara, and Paweł Żyliński. Illuminating the x-Axis by α-Floodlights. In 32nd International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC 2021). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 212, pp. 11:1-11:12, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2021)


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@InProceedings{nilsson_et_al:LIPIcs.ISAAC.2021.11,
  author =	{Nilsson, Bengt J. and Orden, David and Palios, Leonidas and Seara, Carlos and \.{Z}yli\'{n}ski, Pawe{\l}},
  title =	{{Illuminating the x-Axis by \alpha-Floodlights}},
  booktitle =	{32nd International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC 2021)},
  pages =	{11:1--11:12},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-214-3},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2021},
  volume =	{212},
  editor =	{Ahn, Hee-Kap and Sadakane, Kunihiko},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ISAAC.2021.11},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-154444},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ISAAC.2021.11},
  annote =	{Keywords: Computational Geometry, Visibility, Art Gallery Problems, Floodlights}
}
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The Voronoi Diagram of Rotating Rays With applications to Floodlight Illumination

Authors: Carlos Alegría, Ioannis Mantas, Evanthia Papadopoulou, Marko Savić, Hendrik Schrezenmaier, Carlos Seara, and Martin Suderland

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 204, 29th Annual European Symposium on Algorithms (ESA 2021)


Abstract
We introduce the Voronoi Diagram of Rotating Rays, a Voronoi structure where the input sites are rays, and the distance function is the counterclockwise angular distance between a point and a ray-site. This novel Voronoi diagram is motivated by illumination and coverage problems, where a domain has to be covered by floodlights (wedges) of uniform angle, and the goal is to find the minimum angle necessary to cover the domain. We study the diagram in the plane, and we present structural properties, combinatorial complexity bounds, and a construction algorithm. If the rays are induced by a convex polygon, we show how to construct the ray Voronoi diagram within this polygon in linear time. Using this information, we can find in optimal linear time the Brocard angle, the minimum angle required to illuminate a convex polygon with floodlights of uniform angle. This last algorithm improves upon previous results, settling an interesting open problem.

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Carlos Alegría, Ioannis Mantas, Evanthia Papadopoulou, Marko Savić, Hendrik Schrezenmaier, Carlos Seara, and Martin Suderland. The Voronoi Diagram of Rotating Rays With applications to Floodlight Illumination. In 29th Annual European Symposium on Algorithms (ESA 2021). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 204, pp. 5:1-5:16, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2021)


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@InProceedings{alegria_et_al:LIPIcs.ESA.2021.5,
  author =	{Alegr{\'\i}a, Carlos and Mantas, Ioannis and Papadopoulou, Evanthia and Savi\'{c}, Marko and Schrezenmaier, Hendrik and Seara, Carlos and Suderland, Martin},
  title =	{{The Voronoi Diagram of Rotating Rays With applications to Floodlight Illumination}},
  booktitle =	{29th Annual European Symposium on Algorithms (ESA 2021)},
  pages =	{5:1--5:16},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-204-4},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2021},
  volume =	{204},
  editor =	{Mutzel, Petra and Pagh, Rasmus and Herman, Grzegorz},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ESA.2021.5},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-145865},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ESA.2021.5},
  annote =	{Keywords: rotating rays, Voronoi diagram, oriented angular distance, Brocard angle, floodlight illumination, coverage problems, art gallery problems}
}
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