{"type":"journal_article","date_updated":"2023-02-23T11:22:30Z","volume":48,"related_material":{"record":[{"relation":"earlier_version","id":"3329","status":"public"}]},"_id":"3115","author":[{"last_name":"Berberich","full_name":"Berberich, Eric","first_name":"Eric"},{"full_name":"Halperin, Dan","first_name":"Dan","last_name":"Halperin"},{"last_name":"Kerber","id":"36E4574A-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","full_name":"Kerber, Michael","first_name":"Michael","orcid":"0000-0002-8030-9299"},{"last_name":"Pogalnikova","full_name":"Pogalnikova, Roza","first_name":"Roza"}],"doi":"10.1007/s00454-012-9441-5","abstract":[{"text":"We consider the offset-deconstruction problem: Given a polygonal shape Q with n vertices, can it be expressed, up to a tolerance ε in Hausdorff distance, as the Minkowski sum of another polygonal shape P with a disk of fixed radius? If it does, we also seek a preferably simple-looking solution P; then, P's offset constitutes an accurate, vertex-reduced, and smoothened approximation of Q. We give an O(nlogn)-time exact decision algorithm that handles any polygonal shape, assuming the real-RAM model of computation. A variant of the algorithm, which we have implemented using the cgal library, is based on rational arithmetic and answers the same deconstruction problem up to an uncertainty parameter δ its running time additionally depends on δ. If the input shape is found to be approximable, this algorithm also computes an approximate solution for the problem. It also allows us to solve parameter-optimization problems induced by the offset-deconstruction problem. For convex shapes, the complexity of the exact decision algorithm drops to O(n), which is also the time required to compute a solution P with at most one more vertex than a vertex-minimal one.","lang":"eng"}],"publication_status":"published","publication":"Discrete & Computational Geometry","acknowledgement":"We thank Eyal Flato (Plataine Ltd.) for raising the offset-deconstruction problem in connection with wood cutting. We also thank Tim Bretl (UIUC) for suggesting the digital-pen offset-deconstruction problem. This work has been supported in part by the Israel Science Foundation (grant no. 1102/11), by the German–Israeli Foundation (grant no. 969/07), by the Hermann Minkowski–Minerva Center for Geometry at Tel Aviv University, and by the EU Project under Contract No. 255827 (CGL—Computational Geometry Learning).\r\n","department":[{"_id":"HeEd"}],"month":"12","date_created":"2018-12-11T12:01:28Z","citation":{"ieee":"E. Berberich, D. Halperin, M. Kerber, and R. Pogalnikova, “Deconstructing approximate offsets,” <i>Discrete &#38; Computational Geometry</i>, vol. 48, no. 4. Springer, pp. 964–989, 2012.","mla":"Berberich, Eric, et al. “Deconstructing Approximate Offsets.” <i>Discrete &#38; Computational Geometry</i>, vol. 48, no. 4, Springer, 2012, pp. 964–89, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00454-012-9441-5\">10.1007/s00454-012-9441-5</a>.","ama":"Berberich E, Halperin D, Kerber M, Pogalnikova R. Deconstructing approximate offsets. <i>Discrete &#38; Computational Geometry</i>. 2012;48(4):964-989. doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00454-012-9441-5\">10.1007/s00454-012-9441-5</a>","short":"E. Berberich, D. Halperin, M. Kerber, R. Pogalnikova, Discrete &#38; Computational Geometry 48 (2012) 964–989.","apa":"Berberich, E., Halperin, D., Kerber, M., &#38; Pogalnikova, R. (2012). Deconstructing approximate offsets. <i>Discrete &#38; Computational Geometry</i>. Springer. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00454-012-9441-5\">https://doi.org/10.1007/s00454-012-9441-5</a>","chicago":"Berberich, Eric, Dan Halperin, Michael Kerber, and Roza Pogalnikova. “Deconstructing Approximate Offsets.” <i>Discrete &#38; Computational Geometry</i>. Springer, 2012. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00454-012-9441-5\">https://doi.org/10.1007/s00454-012-9441-5</a>.","ista":"Berberich E, Halperin D, Kerber M, Pogalnikova R. 2012. Deconstructing approximate offsets. Discrete &#38; Computational Geometry. 48(4), 964–989."},"external_id":{"arxiv":["1109.2158"]},"status":"public","page":"964 - 989","oa":1,"user_id":"2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","publist_id":"3584","language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"intvolume":"        48","quality_controlled":"1","scopus_import":1,"title":"Deconstructing approximate offsets","main_file_link":[{"open_access":"1","url":"http://arxiv.org/abs/1109.2158"}],"oa_version":"Preprint","issue":"4","day":"01","year":"2012","publisher":"Springer","date_published":"2012-12-01T00:00:00Z"}