The problem of finding all intersections between two surfaces has many applications in computational geometry and computer-aided geometric design. We propose an algorithm based on Newton’s method and subdivision for this problem. Our algorithm uses a test based on the Kantorovich theorem to prevent the divergence or slow convergence problems normally associated with using unsuitable starting po...

We investigate edge-intersection graphs of paths in the plane grid regarding a parameter called the bend-number. The bend-number is related to the interval-number and the track-number of a graph. We provide new upper and lower bounds of the bend-number of any given simple graph in terms of the coloring number, edge clique covers and the maximum degree. We show that the bend-number of an outerpl...

For a set of non-negative integers L, the L-intersection number of a graph is the smallest number l for which there is an assignment of subsets Av ⊆ {1, . . . , l} to vertices v, such that every two vertices u, v are adjacent if and only if |Au ∩ Av| ∈ L. The bipartite L-intersection number is defined similarly when the conditions are considered only for the vertices in different parts. In this...

The intersection number of a graph G is the minimum size of a ground set S such that G is an intersection graph of some family of subsets F ⊆ 2 . The overlap number of G is defined similarly, except that G is required to be an overlap graph of F . In this paper we show two algorithmic aspects concerning both these graph invariants. On the one hand, we show that the corresponding optimization pr...

The intersection problem for additive (extended and non-extended) perfect codes, i.e. which are the possibilities for the number of codewords in the intersection of two additive codes C1 and C2 of the same length, is investigated. Lower and upper bounds for the intersection number are computed and, for any value between these bounds, codes which have this given intersection value are constructe...

Detecting whether two geometric objects intersect and computing the region of intersection are fundamental problems in computational geometry. Geometric intersection problems arise naturally in a number of applications. Examples include geometric packing and covering, wire and component layout in VLSI, map overlay in geographic information systems, motion planning, and collision detection. In s...

An intersection is a shared space that is used by more than one approach at a time. A signalized intersection is one where the shared space is used alternatively by a fixed number of approaches for a pre defined time interval as per the phasing scheme used for the intersection. Delay and queuing process are the main characteristics of such an intersection which help in analyzing and designing t...