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convex.hull: Convex hull of a set of vertices

Description

Calculate the convex hull of a set of points, i.e. the covering polygon that has the smallest area.

Usage

convex.hull(data)

Arguments

data
The data points, a numeric matrix with two columns.

Value

  • A named list with components:
  • resvertsThe indices of the input vertices that constritute the convex hull.
  • rescoordsThe coordinates of the corners of the convex hull.

concept

Convex hull

References

Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E. Leiserson, Ronald L. Rivest, and Clifford Stein. Introduction to Algorithms, Second Edition. MIT Press and McGraw-Hill, 2001. ISBN 0262032937. Pages 949-955 of section 33.3: Finding the convex hull.

Examples

Run this code
M <- cbind( runif(100), runif(100) )
convex.hull(M)

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