SINGLE-EXPONENTIAL UPPER BOUND FOR FINDING SHORTEST PATHS IN 3 DIMENSIONS

被引:16
作者
REIF, JH [1 ]
STORER, JA [1 ]
机构
[1] BRANDEIS UNIV, CTR COMPLEX SYST, DEPT COMP SCI, WALTHAM, MA 02254 USA
关键词
ALGORITHMS; PERFORMANCE; MINIMAL MOVEMENT PROBLEM; MOTION PLANNING; MOVERS PROBLEM; ROBOTICS; SHORTEST PATH; THEORY OF REAL CLOSED FIELDS; 3-DIMENSIONAL EUCLIDEAN SPACE;
D O I
10.1145/185675.185811
中图分类号
TP3 [计算技术、计算机技术];
学科分类号
0812 ;
摘要
We derive a single-exponential time upper bound for finding the shortest path between two points in 3-dimensional Euclidean space with (nonnecessarily convex) polyhedral obstacles. Prior to this work, the best known algorithm required double-exponential time. Given that the problem is known to be PSPACE-hard, the bound we present is essentially the best (in the worst-case sense) that can reasonably be expected.
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页码:1013 / 1019
页数:7
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