Minkowski set operations and their applications. (Czech) Zbl 1265.51003

Tomiczková, Světlana

Pokroky Mat. Fyz. Astron. 52, No. 4, 311-322 (2007).

The author presents the definitions and properties of the Minkowski operations (sum, difference and product) and gives several problems that may be solved by use of these operations, e.g., containment problem, packing problem, robot motion planning, etc.

Reviewer: Marie Kopáčková (Praha)

MSC:

51B20

Minkowski geometries in nonlinear incidence geometry

Keywords:

Minkowski sum; Minkowski difference; offset