Fast approximations for sums of distances, clustering and the Fermat-Weber problem

DOI10.1016/S0925-7721(02)00102-5zbMath1016.65040WikidataQ62065763 ScholiaQ62065763MaRDI QIDQ1869747

Pat Morin, Prosenjit Bose, Anil Maheshwari

Publication date: 28 April 2003

Published in: Computational Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

quadtree; algorithm; clustering; randomization; facility location; geometric optimization; data structure; Fermat-Weber center; range tree

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

65K05: Numerical mathematical programming methods

52B55: Computational aspects related to convexity

90C27: Combinatorial optimization

68U05: Computer graphics; computational geometry (digital and algorithmic aspects)

90B80: Discrete location and assignment

68P05: Data structures

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