%# KEYWORDS %# %# research areas %# %# theory of computation %K complexity theory %K parallel computation %K network algorithms %K design of algorithms %K data structuring %K implementing algorithms %# computer applications %K CAD %K CAM %K geometric modeling %K physically-based modeling %K robust geometric computation %K VLSI design %K layout %K computer graphics %K animation %K simulation %K robotics %K motion planning %K computer vision %K image processing %K pattern recognition %K cluster analysis %K database theory %K artificial intelligence %K software %# geometry %K elementary geometry %K combinatorial geometry %K discrete geometry %K digital geometry %K fractal geometry %K probabilistic geometry %K differential geometry %K algebraic geometry %K linear algebra %K topology %# non-geometric mathematics %K probability theory %K statistics %K graph theory %K algebra %K calculus %K Boolean operations %K numerical analysis %K exact arithmetic %K operations research %# %# problem characteristics %# %# algorithmic characteristics %K optimization %K construction %K detection %K sorting %K reporting %K counting %K searching %K on-line %K off-line %K probing %K approximation %# geometric characteristics %K decomposition %K packing %K nesting %K placement %K covering %K reachability %K overlap %K stabbing %K separation %K partition %K proximity %K projection %K intersection %K visibility %K domination %K containment %K enclosure %K inclusion %K diameter %K area %K volume %K length %K distance %K geodesic distance %K link distance %K shortest paths %K $L_{1}$ metric %K $L_{2}$ metric %K $L_{p}$ metric %K $L_{\infty}$ metric %K measure %K feature %K shape %K rotation %# particular problems %K convex hull %K range search %K point location %K linear programming %K integer programming %K mixed integer programming %K path planning %K clipping %K hidden line/surface elimination %K ray tracing %K polygon triangulation %K point-set triangulation %# %# algorithmic aspects %# %# algorithmic methods %K binary search %K graph traversal %K continuous Dijkstra %K plane sweep %K space sweep %K divide-and-conquer %K prune-and-search %K dynamic programming %K incrementation %K branch-and-bound %K heuristics %K bucketing %K repeated search %K geometric transformations %K locus approach %K configuration space %K dynamizing data structures %K random sampling %K exact arithmetic %K geometric rounding %K shortest-path rounding %K basis reduction %K quaternion arithmetic %# data structures %K trees %K range trees %K segment trees %K interval trees %K priority search trees %K finger search trees %K quad trees %K oct trees %K k-d trees %K partition trees %K tries %K directed acyclic graphs %K arrays %K monotone matrices %K nonuniform grids %K hashing %K implicit data structures %K plane graph representation %K boundary representation %K incidence graph %K constructive solid geometry %# complexity analysis %K worst-case analysis %K amortized analysis %K average-case analysis %K expected-case analysis %K probabilistic analysis %K Monte Carlo %K Las Vegas %K Sherwood %K empirical analysis %K complexity classes %K NP-completeness %K PSPACE %K output-dependent %K computational model %K numerical stability %K numerical precision %K lower bounds %# %# geometric aspects %# %# geometric structures %K subdivisions %K cell complexes %K arrangements %K Voronoi diagrams %K Delaunay triangulations %K medial axis %K Minkowski sum %K triangulations %K polygons %K polygonal chains %K polytopes %K polyhedra %K polyhedral terrain %K geometric graphs %K upper/lower envelope %K traveling salesman tours %K minimum spanning trees %K Steiner trees %K matchings %K centers %K medians %K Davenport-Schinzel sequences %K $k$-sets %# geometric objects %K points %K lines %K planes %K hyperplanes %K rays %K half planes %K half spaces %K line segments %K intervals %K rectangles %K hyperrectangles %K isorectangles %K circles %K disks %K spheres %K balls %K ellipses %K ellipsoids %K triangles %K tetrahedra %K simplices %K curves %K splines %K translates %K homothets %# geometric attributes %K one-dimensional %K two-dimensional %K three-dimensional %K four-dimensional %K $d$-dimensional %K $c$-oriented %K isothetic %K convex %K concave %K extremal %K star-shaped %K simple %K connected %K simply connected %K congruent %K symmetric %K regular %K weighted %K topological %# %# non-research papers %# %K book %K master thesis %K doctoral thesis %K survey paper %K lecture notes %K bibliography %K problem collection %K tutorial %K column %# %# JOURNALS %# %# The abbreviations used here largely conform with ISO/ISDS 4-1984, List %# of Serial Title Word Abbreviations, except on the following words where %# we match Mathematical Reviews practice in preferring less severe truncation. %# %# not Am. but Amer. %# Algebr. Algebraic %# Autom. Automat. %# Can. Canad. %# Comb. Combin. %# Des. Design %# Dev. Develop. %# Inf. Inform. %# Int. Internat. %# Jpn. Japan %# Model. Modelling %# Mt. Mountain %# Not. Notices %# Stat. Statist. %# Symb. Symbolic %# Theor. Theoret. %# Toler. Tolerant %# Vis. Visual %# %# Annotations note external authorities known to use the same abbreviation: %# ACM Guide 1988, Mathematical Reviews 1989, INSPEC List of Journals 1991/2. %# It appears INSPEC always uses the ISO/ISDS word abbreviations, MR uses %# a modified set as we do, and ACM is inconsistent. None covers all of %# the journals popular in the bibliography. %# %J ACM Comput. Rev. %J ACM Comput. Surv. [ACM] %J ACM Trans. Comput. Syst. [ACM, INSPEC] %J ACM Trans. Database Syst. [ACM, INSPEC] %J ACM Trans. Graph. [ACM, INSPEC] %J ACM Trans. Inform. Syst. %J ACM Trans. Math. Softw. [ACM, INSPEC] %J Acta Cybern. [ACM, INSPEC] %J Acta Inform. [INSPEC] %J Acta Math. Acad. Sci. Hungar. %J Adv. Appl. Math. [ACM] %J Adv. Appl. Probab. [INSPEC] %S Adv. Comput. Res. %J Adv. Eng. Softw. [INSPEC] %J Adv. Math. %J Algorithmica [ACM, INSPEC] %J Algorithms Rev. %J Amer. Cartogr. [??] %J Amer. J. Math. [MR] %J Amer. Math. Monthly [MR] %J Ann. Discrete Math. [INSPEC] %J Ann. Math. Artif. Intell. [INSPEC] %J Ann. Math. Statist. [ZFM] %J Ann. New York Acad. Sci. [INSPEC] %J Ann. Oper. Res. [INSPEC] %J Ann. Probab. %J Annu. Rev. Comput. Sci. [INSPEC] %J Appl. Math. Modelling [MR] %J Ars Combin. [MR] %J Artif. Intell. [ACM, INSPEC] %J AT\&T Bell Lab. Tech. J. [ACM, INSPEC] %J AT\&T Tech. J. [ACM, INSPEC] %J Bell Syst. Tech. J. [ACM, INSPEC] %J Biometrika [MR, INSPEC] %J BIT [ACM, INSPEC] %J Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. [MR] %J Bull. EATCS %J Canad. J. Math. [MR] %J Canad. Math. Bull. [MR] %J Cartographica [??] %J Combinatorica [ACM, INSPEC] %J Commun. ACM [ACM, INSPEC] %J Commun. Pure Appl. Math. %J Comput. Aided Design %J Comput. Aided Geom. Design %J Comput. Geom. Theory Appl. %J Comput. Geosci. [ACM, INSPEC] %J Comput. Graph. [ACM] %J Comput. Graph. (UK) # Computers & Graphics, Pergamon %J Comput. Graph. Forum [INSPEC] %J Comput. Graph. Image Process. [ACM, INSPEC] (V.1,1972-V.20,1982) %J Comput. J. [ACM] %J Comput. Math. Appl. [ACM, INSPEC] %J Comput. Oper. Res. [INSPEC] %J Comput. Struct. [ACM, INSPEC] %J Comput. Vision Graph. Image Process. [ACM] (V.21,1983-V.52,1990) %J CVGIP: Graph. Models Image Process. (V.53,1991-) %J CVGIP: Image Understanding (V.53,1991-) %J Computer [ACM, INSPEC] %J Computing [ACM, INSPEC] %J Congr. Numer. [MR] %J Discrete Appl. Math. [ACM, INSPEC] %J Discrete Comput. Geom. [ACM, INSPEC] %J Discrete Math. [ACM, INSPEC] %J Eng. Comput. (UK) [INSPEC] # Engineering Computers, Innopress %J Eng. Comput. (USA) [INSPEC] # Engineering with Computers, Springer-Verlag %J Eng. Cybern. [INSPEC] %J European J. Combin. %J European J. Oper. Res. %J Fundam. Inform. [INSPEC] %J Geogr. Anal. [??] %J Geogr. Syst. %J Geom. Dedicata [MR] %J Graphs Combin. [MR] %J IBM J. Res. Develop. [MR] %J IBM Syst. J. [ACM, INSPEC] %J IEEE Comput. Graph. Appl. [ACM, INSPEC] %J IEEE J. Robot. Autom. [INSPEC] (-V.4,1988) %J IEEE Softw. [INSPEC] %J IEEE Trans. Aerosp. Electron. Syst. [INSPEC] %J IEEE Trans. Autom. Control [INSPEC] %J IEEE Trans. Circuits Syst. [INSPEC] %J IEEE Trans. Comput. [ACM, INSPEC] %J IEEE Trans. Comput.-Aided. Design Integr. Circuits Syst. %J IEEE Trans. Electron. Comput. [MR] %J IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory %J IEEE Trans. Magn. [INSPEC] %J IEEE Trans. Man-Mach. Syst. [INSPEC] (-1970) %J IEEE Trans. Parallel Distrib. Syst. [INSPEC] %J IEEE Trans. Pattern Anal. Mach. Intell. [ACM, INSPEC] %J IEEE Trans. Robot. Autom. [INSPEC] (V.5,1989-) %J IEEE Trans. Softw. Eng. [INSPEC] %J IEEE Trans. Syst. Man Cybern. [ACM, INSPEC] (1971-) %J IEEE Trans. Syst. Sci. Cybern. [INSPEC] (-1970) %J IEICE Trans. [INSPEC] %J Image Vision Comput. %J Inform. Comput. %J Inform. Control %J Inform. Process. Lett. [MR] %J Inform. Sci. [MR] %J Inform. Syst. %J Inform. Theor. Appl. [INSPEC] (V.20,1986-) %J Internat. J. Comput. Geom. Appl. %J Internat. J. Comput. Inform. Sci. (V.1,1972-V.14,1985) %J Internat. J. Comput. Math. %J Internat. J. Found. Comput. Sci. %J Internat. J. Geogr. Inform. Syst. %J Internat. J. Intell. Syst. %J Internat. J. Numer. Methods Eng. %J Internat. J. Parallel Program. [INSPEC] (V.15,1986-) %J Internat. J. Robot. Autom. [INSPEC] %J Internat. J. Robot. Res. [INSPEC] %J Internat. J. Supercomputer Appl. %J Israel J. Math. [MR] %J J. ACM [ACM] %J J. Algorithms [ACM, INSPEC] %J J. Amer. Math. Soc. [MR] %J J. Amer. Statist. Assoc. [MR] %J J. Appl. Probab. [MR, INSPEC] %J J. Classif. [MR] %J J. Combin. Theory [MR] %J J. Combin. Theory Ser. A [MR] %J J. Combin. Theory Ser. B [MR] %J J. Complexity [INSPEC] %J J. Comput. Phys. [ACM, INSPEC] %J J. Comput. Syst. Sci. [ACM, INSPEC] %J J. Cybern. %J J. Design Autom. Fault-Tolerant Comput. %J J. Graph Algorithms Appl. %J J. Graph Theory [INSPEC] %J J. Geom. [MR] %J J. Inform. Process. %J J. Math. Anal. Appl. [INSPEC] %J J. Oper. Res. Soc. Japan [MR] %J J. Optim. Theory Appl. [MR, INSPEC] %J J. Parallel Distrib. Comput. [ACM, INSPEC] %J J. Reine Angew. Math. [MR] %J J. Symbolic Comput. [ACM] %J J. Visual Lang. Comput. %S Lecture Notes Comput. Sci. %S Lecture Notes Math. %J Manage. Sci. [ACM, INSPEC] %J Math. Comput. [ACM, INSPEC] %J Math. Mag. [MR] %J Math. Oper. Res. [ACM, INSPEC] %J Math. Program. [ACM, INSPEC] %J Math. Program. Ser. A %J Math. Res. [INSPEC] %J Math. Scand. [MR] %J Math. Syst. Theory [ACM, INSPEC] %S Monograph. Enseign. Math. [MR] %J Networks [ACM, INSPEC] %J Nordic J. Comput. %J Notices Amer. Math. Soc. [MR] %J Numer. Math. [ACM, INSPEC] %J Oper. Res. [ACM, INSPEC] %J Oper. Res. Lett. [ACM, INSPEC] %J ORSA J. Comput. [INSPEC] %J Parallel Comput. [ACM, INSPEC] %J Pattern Recogn. [ACM, INSPEC] %J Pattern Recogn. Lett. [ACM, INSPEC] %J Perception [??] %J Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. [MR] %J Proc. IEEE [INSPEC] %J RAIRO Inform. Theor. [INSPEC] (V.13,1979-V.19,1985) %J Robotica [ACM, INSPEC] %J Rocky Mountain J. Math. [MR] %J Scand. J. Statist. [MR] %J SIAM J. Algebraic Discrete Methods [ACM] %J SIAM J. Appl. Math. [ACM, INSPEC] %J SIAM J. Comput. [ACM, INSPEC] %J SIAM J. Discrete Math. [ACM] %J SIAM J. Numer. Anal. [INSPEC] %J SIAM J. Sci. Statist. Comput. %J SIAM Rev. [ACM, INSPEC] %J SIGACT News [ACM, INSPEC] %J Signal Process. [ACM, INSPEC] %J SIGPLAN Notices [ACM] %J Softw. -- Pract. Exp. [INSPEC] %J Theoret. Comput. Sci. %J Theoret. Comput. Sci. A %J Theoret. Comput. Sci. B %J Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. %J Trans. ASME, J. Eng. Ind. [INSPEC] %J Trans. ASME, J. Mech. Design. %J Trans. IECE Japan [??] %J Transp. Sci. %J Utilitas Math. [MR] %J Visual Comput. %J Z. Wahrsch. Verw. Gebiete [ZFM] %# %# popular CONFERENCES %# %B Proc. Nth ACM Conf. Comput. Learning Theory [COLT] %B Proc. Nth ACM Sympos. Parallel Algorithms Architect. [SPAA] %B Proc. Nth ACM Workshop Adv. Geogr. Inform. Syst. %B Proc. Nth ACM-SIAM Sympos. Discrete Algorithms [SODA] %B Proc. Nth Allerton Conf. Commun. Control Comput. %B Proc. Nth Annu. ACM Conf. Object-Oriented Program. Syst. Lang. Appl. [OOPSLA] %B Proc. Nth Annu. ACM Sympos. Comput. Geom. [SCG] %B Proc. Nth Annu. ACM Sympos. Principles Database Syst. [PODS] %B Proc. Nth Annu. ACM Sympos. Theory Comput. [STOC] %B Proc. Nth Annu. European Sympos. Algorithms [ESA; LNCS] %B Proc. Nth Annu. IEEE Sympos. Found. Comput. Sci. [FOCS, V.16,1975-] %B Proc. Nth Annu. IEEE Sympos. Switching Automata Theory [FOCS, -V.15,1974] %B Proc. Nth Annu. Internat. Sympos. Algorithms Comput. [ISAAC, V.3,1992-] %B Proc. Nth Annu. SIGAL Internat. Sympos. Algorithms [ISAAC, -V.2,1991] %B Proc. Nth Canad. Conf. Comput. Geom. [CCCG] %B Proc. Nth Conf. Found. Softw. Tech. Theoret. Comput. Sci. [FSTTCS; LNCS] %B Proc. Nth Design Autom. Conf. %B Proc. Nth European Workshop Comput. Geom. [CG'yy; LNCS] %B Proc. Nth IEEE Internat. Conf. Data Eng. %B Proc. Nth IEEE Internat. Conf. Pattern Recogn. [ICPR, early?] %B Proc. Nth IEEE Internat. Conf. Pattern Recogn. Image Process. [ICPR, -1982] %B Proc. Nth IEEE Internat. Conf. Comput. Vision Pattern. Recogn. [ICPR, 1983-] %B Proc. Nth IEEE Internat. Conf. Robot. Autom. %B Proc. Nth IEEE Internat. Parallel Process. Sympos. %B Proc. Nth Internat. Colloq. Automata Lang. Program. [ICALP; LNCS] %B Proc. Nth Internat. Conf. Found. Data Organ. %B Proc. Nth Internat. Conf. Fund. Comput. Theory [FCT; LNCS] %B Proc. Nth Internat. Conf. Parallel Process. %B Proc. Nth Internat. Joint Conf. Artif. Intell. [IJCAI] %B Proc. Nth Internat. Sympos. Math. Found. Comput. Sci. [MFCS; LNCS] %B Proc. Nth Internat. Sympos. Spatial Data Handling %B Proc. Nth Internat. Workshop Graph-Theoret. Concepts Comput. Sci. [WG 'yy] %B Proc. Nth Scand. Workshop Algorithm Theory [SWAT; LNCS] %B Proc. Nth Sympos. Theoret. Aspects Comput. Sci. [STACS; LNCS] %B Proc. Nth Workshop Algorithms Data Struct. [WADS; LNCS] %B Proc. Nth Workshop Algorithmic Found. Robot. %# %# some PUBLISHERS %# %I ACM Press %I Ablex Publishing %I Academic Press %I Addison-Wesley %I Akademie-Verlag %I American Mathematical Society %I B. G. Teubner %I Birkh{\"a}user %I CRC Press %I Cambridge University Press %I Carl Hanser Verlag %I Computer Science Press %I Dover Publications %I Elsevier %I Holt, Rinehart \& Winston %I IEEE Computer Society %I IEEE Press %I JAI Press %I John Wiley \& Sons %I Kluwer %I Lawrence Erlbaum Associates %I MIT Press %I Macmillan %I Marcel Dekker %I Mathematical Association of America %I McGraw-Hill %I Morgan-Kaufmann %I North-Holland %I Oxford University Press %I Pergamon Press %I Prentice Hall %I Princeton University Press %I Simon \& Schuster %I Springer-Verlag %I Verlag Vieweg %I W. H. Freeman %I Wiley-Interscience %I World Scientific Publishing