
This paper addresses the problem of finding shortest paths homotopic to a given disjoint set of paths that wind amongst point obstacles in the plane. We present a faster algorithm than previously known.
12 pages, 11 figures
Computational Geometry (cs.CG), FOS: Computer and information sciences, Control and Optimization, I.3.5, Homotopic shortest paths, algorithms, Computer Science Applications, Shortest path in a polygon, Computational Mathematics, Computational Theory and Mathematics, Numerical aspects of computer graphics, image analysis, and computational geometry, computational geometry, Computer Science - Computational Geometry, Geometry and Topology, F.2.2, I.3.5;F.2.2
Computational Geometry (cs.CG), FOS: Computer and information sciences, Control and Optimization, I.3.5, Homotopic shortest paths, algorithms, Computer Science Applications, Shortest path in a polygon, Computational Mathematics, Computational Theory and Mathematics, Numerical aspects of computer graphics, image analysis, and computational geometry, computational geometry, Computer Science - Computational Geometry, Geometry and Topology, F.2.2, I.3.5;F.2.2
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