Energy functions for stringlike continuous curves, discrete chains, and space-filling one dimensional structures

Using Space-Filling Curves for Multi-dimensional Indexing

DISCRETE SIZE AND DISCRETE-CONTINUOUS CONFIGURATION OPTIMIZATION METHODS FOR TRUSS STRUCTURES USING THE HARMONY SEARCH ALGORITHM

Many methods have been developed for structural size and configuration optimization in which cross-sectional areas are usually assumed to be continuous. In most practical structural engineering design problems, however, the design variables are discrete. This paper proposes two efficient structural optimization methods based on the harmony search (HS) heuristic algorithm that treat both discret...

On the metric properties of discrete space-filling curves

A space-filling curve is a linear traversal of a discrete finite multidimensional space. In order for this traversal to be useful in many applications, the curve should preserve "locality". We quantify "locality" and bound the locality of multidimensional space-filling curves. Classic Hilbert space-filling curves come close to achieving optimal locality.

Unconventional Space-filling Curves

A 2-dimensional space-filling curve, here, is a surjective continuous map from an interval to a 2-dimensional space. To construct a new space-filling curve distinct and much different from Hilbert’s, Peano’s, and the Z-order, we first observe that all three of these curves are based on self-similar fractals–in particular, the recursive definition of the sequences of functions that converge to t...

An inventory of three-dimensional Hilbert space-filling curves

Hilbert’s two-dimensional space-filling curve is appreciated for its good locality properties for many applications. However, it is not clear what is the best way to generalize this curve to filling higher-dimensional spaces. We argue that the properties that make Hilbert’s curve unique in two dimensions, are shared by 10 694 807 structurally different space-filling curves in three dimensions. ...