Title: | Paired Pointset Traversal |
Authors: | Peter Hui, Marcus Schaefer |
Abstract: |
In the Paired Pointset Traversal problem we ask whether, given two sets A = {a1, ..., an} and B = {b1, ..., bn} in the plane, there is an ordering pi of the points such that both api(1), ..., api(n) and bpi(1), ..., bpi(n) are self-avoiding polygonal arcs? We show that Paired Pointset Traversal is NP-complete in general. This has consequences for the complexity of computing the Fréchet distance of two-dimensional surfaces. We also investiage tractable variants and approximation results. |
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