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- From: orourke@sophia.smith.edu (Joseph O'Rourke)
- Subject: Re: Problem: find smallest box around points in 3D
- Message-ID: <1992Jul24.165241.24626@sophia.smith.edu>
- Organization: Smith College, Northampton, MA, US
- References: <BrvsH1.Myp@iai.kfk.de>
- Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 16:52:41 GMT
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- In article <BrvsH1.Myp@iai.kfk.de> harry@issun1.kfk.de writes:
- >I have some points in 3D space and I want to find the smallest rectangular box
- >which encloses these points. The orientation of the box in 3D is arbitrary
- >(otherwise the problem would be trivial).
-
- How do you define smallest? If you are interested in minimal volume,
- the following paper provides an algorithm (but nowhere near code):
-
- @article{minbox
- , author = "J. O'Rourke"
- , title = "Finding minimal enclosing boxes"
- , journal = "Internat. J. Comput. Inform. Sci."
- , volume = "14"
- , month = "June"
- , year = "1985"
- , pages = "183--199"
- }
-