Approximating smallest enclosing balls

Nielsen, Frank; Nock, Richard

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Approximating smallest enclosing balls

Date

2004

Authors

Nielsen, Frank

Nock, Richard

Abstract

We present two novel tailored algorithms for computing arbitrary fine approximations of the smallest enclosing ball of balls. The deterministic heuristics are based on solving relaxed decision problems using a primal-dual method.