Abstract: The problem of determining finite subsets of characteristic planar model sets (mathematical quasicrystals) , called cyclotomic model sets, by parallel -rays is considered. Here, an -ray in direction of a finite subset of the plane gives the number of points in the set on each line parallel to . For practical reasons, only -rays in -directions, i.e., directions parallel to non-zero elements of the difference set , are permitted. In particular, by combining methods from algebraic number theory and convexity, it is shown that the convex subsets of a cyclotomic model set , i.e., finite sets whose convex hulls contain no new points of , are determined, among all convex subsets of , by their -rays in four prescribed -directions, whereas any set of three -directions does not suffice for this purpose. We also study the interactive technique of successive determination in the case of cyclotomic model sets, in which the information from previous -rays is used in deciding the direction for the next -ray. In particular, it is shown that the finite subsets of any cyclotomic model set can be successively determined by two -directions. All results are illustrated by means of well-known examples, i.e., the cyclotomic model sets associated with the square tiling, the triangle tiling, the tiling of Ammann-Beenker, the T"ubingen triangle tiling and the shield tiling.
