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Quadtrees as an Abstract Domain

Howe, J. M., King, A. & Lawrence-Jones, C. (2010). Quadtrees as an Abstract Domain (TR_2010_DOC_01). .

Abstract

Quadtrees have proved popular in computer graphics and spatial databases as a way of representing regions in two dimensional space. This hierarchical data-structure is flexible enough to support nonconvex and even disconnected regions, therefore it is natural to ask whether this data-structure can the form the basis of an abstract domain. This paper explores this question and suggests that quadtrees offer a new approach to weakly relation domains whilst their hierarchical structure naturally lends itself to representation with boolean functions.

Publication Type: Report
Subjects: Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
Departments: School of Science & Technology > Computer Science
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