convex hull
collocation in Englishmeaningsofconvexandhull
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convex
adjective
uk/ˈkɒn.veks/us/ˈkɑːn.veks/
curved or ...
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hull
noun[C]
uk/hʌl/us/hʌl/
the body or frame of a ship, most of which goes under ...
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(Definition ofconvexandhullfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Usually, it is very hard to characterize theconvexhulland, moreover, an exponential number of inequalities might be required to characterize theconvexhull.
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We will be concerned with incremental methods that expand theconvexhullof a set of points to include a new point.
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Theconvexhullcannot capture any information about the cavities of an object.
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When we add a point to the triangulation, it can either lie inside or outside theconvexhullof the preceding points.
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The use of a difference list avoids an unnecessary call to append in the body ofconvexhull.
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As theconvexhullis a simple closed polygon, the set of adjacent nodes to any given node is a simple cycle.
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Its boundary consists of the upper portion of theconvexhullboundary plus the silhouette extended to infinity in the -x4 direction.
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If theconvexhulldetects two false point-pairs correspondences, then they are mutually exchanged.
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In practice, however, using theconvexhullformulation is hardly ever possible.
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In fact the problem of calculating the closure of theconvexhullof two polyhedra is also exponential even for bounded polyhedra (polytopes).
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Our implementations of the three-dimensionalconvexhulland of the terrain modeling algorithm are based on an abstract type of simplicial complexes.
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The algorithm represents the surface of theconvexhullas a two-dimensional simplicial complex.
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The polytope can be completely characterized by enclosing all the vertices in aconvexhull.
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Theconvexhullcan be used to correct the problems with the points correspondences.
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Theconvexhullfills the cavities of the object with unwanted triangles.
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A global production function could be formed from theconvexhullof the optimal local production functions, each of which applied to a single technique.
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