Lempel, Even, and Cederbaum Planarity Method

  • Alexandre Noma USP
  • Cristina G. Fernandes USP

Resumo


We present a simple pedagogical graph theoretical description of Lempel, Even, and Cederbaum (LEC) planarity method based on concepts due to Thomas. A linear-time implementation of LEC method using the PC-tree data structure of Shih and Hsu is provided and described in details. We report on an experimental study involving this implementation and other available linear-time implementations of planarity algorithms.

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Publicado
31/07/2004
NOMA, Alexandre; FERNANDES, Cristina G.. Lempel, Even, and Cederbaum Planarity Method. In: CONCURSO DE TESES E DISSERTAÇÕES (CTD), 17. , 2004, Salvador/BA. Anais [...]. Porto Alegre: Sociedade Brasileira de Computação, 2004 . p. 99-103. ISSN 2763-8820.