art gallery problem

noun

A visibility problem in computational geometry, dealing with whether a number of points in a polygon can collectively "see" (by line segments akin to a person's line of sight) the whole interior of the polygon.

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museum problem
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Meanings

nounart gallery problem (plural art gallery problems)

plural art gallery problems

  1. A visibility problem in computational geometry, dealing with whether a number of points in a polygon can collectively "see" (by line segments akin to a person's line of sight) the whole interior of the polygon.

    Synonyms: museum problem

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA visibility problem in computational geometry, dealing with whether a number of points in a polygon can collectively "see" (by line segments akin to a person's line of sight) the whole interior of the polygon.

Similar
museum problem
Also see
museum problem

Origin

Originating from a real-world problem of guarding an art gallery with the minimum number of guards who can observe together the whole gallery.

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Translations

Finnish taidemuseo-ongelma
  • taidemuseo-ongelmavisibility problem in computational geometry
Hungarian képtárprobléma
  • képtárproblémavisibility problem in computational geometry
Polish problem galerii sztuki
  • problem galerii sztukivisibility problem in computational geometry
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