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A QPTAS for the Base of the Number of Crossing-Free Structures on a Planar Point Set

Karpinski, Marek ; Lingas, Andrzej LU and Sledneu, Dzmitry LU (2015) 42nd International Colloquium, ICALP 2015 9134. p.785-796
Abstract
The number of triangulations of a planar n point set S is known to be c^n, where the base c lies between 2.43 and 30. Similarly, the number of spanning trees on S is known to be d^n, where the base d lies between 6.75 and 141.07. The fastest known algorithm for counting triangulations of S runs in O^∗(2^n) time while that for counting spanning trees runs in O^∗(7.125^n) time. The fastest known arbitrarily close approximation algorithms for the base of the number of triangulations of S and the base of the number of spanning trees of S, respectively, run in time subexponential in n. We present the first quasi-polynomial approximation schemes for the base of the number of triangulations of S and the base of the number of spanning trees on S,... (More)
The number of triangulations of a planar n point set S is known to be c^n, where the base c lies between 2.43 and 30. Similarly, the number of spanning trees on S is known to be d^n, where the base d lies between 6.75 and 141.07. The fastest known algorithm for counting triangulations of S runs in O^∗(2^n) time while that for counting spanning trees runs in O^∗(7.125^n) time. The fastest known arbitrarily close approximation algorithms for the base of the number of triangulations of S and the base of the number of spanning trees of S, respectively, run in time subexponential in n. We present the first quasi-polynomial approximation schemes for the base of the number of triangulations of S and the base of the number of spanning trees on S, respectively. (Less)
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Counting spanning trees of a planar point set, Counting triangulations of a planar point set, Approximation algorithms, Computational geometry
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Automata, Languages, and Programming/Lecture notes in computer science
volume
9134
pages
785 - 796
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Springer
conference name
42nd International Colloquium, ICALP 2015
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Kyoto, Japan
conference dates
2015-07-06 - 2015-07-10
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  • wos:000364317700064
  • scopus:84950153799
ISSN
0302-9743
1611-3349
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978-3-662-47671-0
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10.1007/978-3-662-47672-7_64
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English
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  abstract     = {{The number of triangulations of a planar n point set S is known to be c^n, where the base c lies between 2.43 and 30. Similarly, the number of spanning trees on S is known to be d^n, where the base d lies between 6.75 and 141.07. The fastest known algorithm for counting triangulations of S runs in O^∗(2^n) time while that for counting spanning trees runs in O^∗(7.125^n) time. The fastest known arbitrarily close approximation algorithms for the base of the number of triangulations of S and the base of the number of spanning trees of S, respectively, run in time subexponential in n. We present the first quasi-polynomial approximation schemes for the base of the number of triangulations of S and the base of the number of spanning trees on S, respectively.}},
  author       = {{Karpinski, Marek and Lingas, Andrzej and Sledneu, Dzmitry}},
  booktitle    = {{Automata, Languages, and Programming/Lecture notes in computer science}},
  isbn         = {{978-3-662-47671-0}},
  issn         = {{0302-9743}},
  keywords     = {{Counting spanning trees of a planar point set; Counting triangulations of a planar point set; Approximation algorithms; Computational geometry}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{785--796}},
  publisher    = {{Springer}},
  title        = {{A QPTAS for the Base of the Number of Crossing-Free Structures on a Planar Point Set}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-47672-7_64}},
  doi          = {{10.1007/978-3-662-47672-7_64}},
  volume       = {{9134}},
  year         = {{2015}},
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