Union of random Minkowski sums and network vulnerability analysis

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Abstract: Let mathcalC=C1,ldots,Cn be a set of n pairwise-disjoint convex sets of constant description complexity, and let pi be a probability density function (pdf for short) over the non-negative reals. For each i, let Ki be the Minkowski sum of Ci with a disk of radius ri, where each ri is a random non-negative number drawn independently from the distribution determined by pi. We show that the expected complexity of the union of K1,ldots,Kn is O(n1+varepsilon) for any varepsilon>0; here the constant of proportionality depends on varepsilon and on the description complexity of the sets in mathcalC, but not on pi. If each Ci is a convex polygon with at most s vertices, then we show that the expected complexity of the union is O(s2nlogn). Our bounds hold in the stronger model in which we are given an arbitrary multi-set R=r1,ldots,rn of expansion radii, each a non-negative real number. We assign them to the members of mathcalC by a random permutation, where all permutations are equally likely to be chosen; the expectations are now with respect to these permutations. We also present an application of our results to a problem that arises in analyzing the vulnerability of a network to a physical attack. %









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