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Spanning Properties of Theta-Theta Graphs
We study the spanning properties of Theta-Theta graphs. Similar in spirit
with the Yao-Yao graphs, Theta-Theta graphs partition the space around each
vertex into a set of k cones, for some fixed integer k > 1, and select at most
one edge per cone. The difference is in the way edges are selected. Yao-Yao
graphs select an edge of minimum length, whereas Theta-Theta graphs select an
edge of minimum orthogonal projection onto the cone bisector. It has been
established that the Yao-Yao graphs with parameter k = 6k' have spanning ratio
11.67, for k' >= 6. In this paper we establish a first spanning ratio of
for Theta-Theta graphs, for the same values of . We also extend the class of
Theta-Theta spanners with parameter 6k', and establish a spanning ratio of
for k' >= 5. We surmise that these stronger results are mainly due to a
tighter analysis in this paper, rather than Theta-Theta being superior to
Yao-Yao as a spanner. We also show that the spanning ratio of Theta-Theta
graphs decreases to 4.64 as k' increases to 8. These are the first results on
the spanning properties of Theta-Theta graphs.Comment: 20 pages, 6 figures, 3 table
The Price of Order
We present tight bounds on the spanning ratio of a large family of ordered
-graphs. A -graph partitions the plane around each vertex into
disjoint cones, each having aperture . An ordered
-graph is constructed by inserting the vertices one by one and
connecting each vertex to the closest previously-inserted vertex in each cone.
We show that for any integer , ordered -graphs with
cones have a tight spanning ratio of . We also show that for any integer , ordered
-graphs with cones have a tight spanning ratio of . We provide lower bounds for ordered -graphs with and cones. For ordered -graphs with and
cones these lower bounds are strictly greater than the worst case spanning
ratios of their unordered counterparts. These are the first results showing
that ordered -graphs have worse spanning ratios than unordered
-graphs. Finally, we show that, unlike their unordered counterparts,
the ordered -graphs with 4, 5, and 6 cones are not spanners
An Infinite Class of Sparse-Yao Spanners
We show that, for any integer k > 5, the Sparse-Yao graph YY_{6k} (also known
as Yao-Yao) is a spanner with stretch factor 11.67. The stretch factor drops
down to 4.75 for k > 7.Comment: 17 pages, 12 figure
On the stretch factor of the Theta-4 graph
In this paper we show that the \theta-graph with 4 cones has constant stretch
factor, i.e., there is a path between any pair of vertices in this graph whose
length is at most a constant times the Euclidean distance between that pair of
vertices. This is the last \theta-graph for which it was not known whether its
stretch factor was bounded
Theta-3 is connected
In this paper, we show that the -graph with three cones is connected.
We also provide an alternative proof of the connectivity of the Yao graph with
three cones.Comment: 11 pages, to appear in CGT
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