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The Offset Filtration of Convex Objects

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Kerber,  Michael
Algorithms and Complexity, MPI for Informatics, Max Planck Society;

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Halperin, D., Kerber, M., & Shaharabani, D. (2014). The Offset Filtration of Convex Objects. Retrieved from http://arxiv.org/abs/1407.6132.


Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-0024-4771-2
Abstract
We consider offsets of a union of convex objects. We aim for a filtration, a sequence of nested simplicial complexes, that captures the topological evolution of the offsets for increasing radii. We describe methods to compute a filtration based on the Voronoi partition with respect to the given convex objects. The size of the filtration and the time complexity for computing it are proportional to the size of the Voronoi diagram and its time complexity, respectively. Our approach is inspired by alpha-complexes for point sets, but requires more involved machinery and analysis primarily since Voronoi regions of general convex objects do not form a good cover. We show by experiments that our approach results in a similarly fast and topologically more stable method for computing a filtration compared to approximating the input by a point sample.