TY - UNPB

T1 - Computing the Maximum Detour of a Plane Graph in Subquadratic Time

AU - Wulff-Nilsen, Christian

PY - 2008

Y1 - 2008

N2 - Let G be a plane graph where each edge is a line segment. We consider the problem of computing the maximum detour of G, defined as the maximum over all pairs of distinct points p and q of G of the ratio between the distance between p and q in G and the distance |pq|. The fastest known algorithm for this problem has O(n^2) running time. We show how to obtain O(n^{3/2}*(log n)^3) expected running time. We also show that if G has bounded treewidth, its maximum detour can be computed in O(n*(log n)^3) expected time.

AB - Let G be a plane graph where each edge is a line segment. We consider the problem of computing the maximum detour of G, defined as the maximum over all pairs of distinct points p and q of G of the ratio between the distance between p and q in G and the distance |pq|. The fastest known algorithm for this problem has O(n^2) running time. We show how to obtain O(n^{3/2}*(log n)^3) expected running time. We also show that if G has bounded treewidth, its maximum detour can be computed in O(n*(log n)^3) expected time.

M3 - Working paper

BT - Computing the Maximum Detour of a Plane Graph in Subquadratic Time

PB - Department of Computer Science, University of Copenhagen

CY - København

ER -