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Computing Volumes and Convex Hulls : Variations and Extensions

Author:
Yildiz, Hakan
Degree Grantor:
University of California, Santa Barbara. Computer Science
Degree Supervisor:
Subhash Suri
Place of Publication:
[Santa Barbara, Calif.]
Publisher:
University of California, Santa Barbara
Creation Date:
2014
Issued Date:
2014
Topics:
Computer Science
Keywords:
Uncertainty
Convex Hull
Klee's Measure
Genres:
Online resources and Dissertations, Academic
Dissertation:
Ph.D.--University of California, Santa Barbara, 2014
Description:

Geometric techniques are frequently utilized to analyze and reason about multi-dimensional data. When confronted with large quantities of such data, simplifying geometric statistics or summaries are often a necessary first step. In this thesis, we make contributions to two such fundamental concepts of computational geometry: Klee's Measure and Convex Hulls. The former is concerned with computing the total volume occupied by a set of overlapping rectangular boxes in d-dimensional space, while the latter is concerned with identifying extreme vertices in a multi-dimensional set of points. Both problems are frequently used to analyze optimal solutions to multi-objective optimization problems: a variant of Klee's problem called the Hypervolume Indicator gives a quantitative measure for the quality of a discrete Pareto Optimal set, while the Convex Hull represents the subset of solutions that are optimal with respect to at least one linear optimization function.

In the first part of the thesis, we investigate several practical and natural variations of Klee's Measure Problem. We develop a specialized algorithm for a specific case of Klee's problem called the "grounded" case, which also solves the Hypervolume Indicator problem faster than any earlier solution for certain dimensions. Next, we extend Klee's problem to an uncertainty setting where the existence of the input boxes are defined probabilistically, and study computing the expectation of the volume. Additionally, we develop efficient algorithms for a discrete version of the problem, where the volume of a box is redefined to be the cardinality of its overlap with a given point set.

The second part of the thesis investigates the convex hull problem on uncertain input. To this extent, we examine two probabilistic uncertainty models for point sets. The first model incorporates uncertainty in the existence of the input points. The second model extends the first one by incorporating locational uncertainty. For both models, we study the problem of computing the probability that a given point is contained in the convex hull of the uncertain points. We also consider the problem of finding the most likely convex hull, i.e., the mode of the convex hull random variable.

Physical Description:
1 online resource (214 pages)
Format:
Text
Collection(s):
UCSB electronic theses and dissertations
ARK:
ark:/48907/f3sq8xjj
ISBN:
9781321203431
Catalog System Number:
990045116550203776
Rights:
Inc.icon only.dark In Copyright
Copyright Holder:
Hakan Yildiz
File Description
Access: Public access
Yildiz_ucsb_0035D_12181.pdf pdf (Portable Document Format)