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Surface Approximation and Visualisation
February 15-18, 1999
University of Canterbury
Christchurch, New Zealand

Organizers
Rick Beatson, Keith Unsworth, Shayne Waldron

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Constructing surfaces using alpha-shapes and homology
by
John Hudson
Massey University, New Zealand

The approximation of surfaces can be tricky when they bound objects with holes through them. This study investigates the use of alpha-shapes, homology and simplicial collapsing to construct a topologically correct surface through a collection of points.

Date received: December 22, 1998

Copyright © 1998 by the author(s). The author(s) of this document and the organizers of the conference have granted their consent to include this abstract in Atlas Conferences Inc. Document # cabp-16.