A lower bound on the stretch factor of Yao graph Y4

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1 Department of Computer Science, University of Bojnord, Bojnord, Iran

2 Combinatorial and Geometric Algorithms Lab., Department of Mathematical Sciences, Yazd University, P.O. Box 89195-747, Yazd, Iran

Abstract

One of the most popular graphs in computational geometry is Yao graphs, denoted by $Y_k$, For every point set $S$ in the plane and an integer $k\geq 2$, the Yao graph $Y_k$ is constructed as follows. Around each point $p\in S$, the plane is partitioned into $k$ regular cones with the apex at $p$. The set of all these cones is denoted by ${\cal C}_p$. Then, for each cone $C\in {\cal C}_p$, an edge $(p,r)$ is added to $Y_k$, where $r$ is a closest point in $C$ to $p$. In this paper, we provide a lower bound of 3.8285 for the stretch factor of $Y_4$. This partially solves an open problem posed by Barba et al. (L.~Barba et al., New and improved spanning ratios for Yao graphs. Journal of computational geometry}, 6(2):19--53, 2015).

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Scientia Iranica
Volume 29, Issue 6 - Serial Number 6
Transactions on Computer Science & Engineering and Electrical Engineering (D)
November and December 2022
Pages 3244-3248

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