摘要：Given a convex polygon with k vertices and a polygonal domain consisting of polygonal obstacles with n vertices in total in the plane, we study the optimization problem of finding a largest similar copy of the polygon that can be placed in the polygonal domain without intersecting the obstacles. We present an upper bound O(k²n²λ₄(k)) on the number of combinatorial changes occurred to the underlying structure during the rotation of the polygon, together with an O(k²n²λ₄(k)log n)-time deterministic algorithm for the problem. This improves upon the previously best known results by Chew and Kedem [SoCG89, CGTA93] and Sharir and Toledo [SoCG91, CGTA94] on the problem in more than 27 years. Our result also improves the time complexity of the high-clearance motion planning algorithm by Chew and Kedem.
关键词：Polygon placement;Largest similar copy;Polygonal domain
