Bounds on the Optimal Radius When Covering a Set with Minimum Radius Identical Disks

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Birgin, Ernesto G.; Gardenghi, John L.; Laurain, Antoine
• 署名单位: Universidade de Sao Paulo; Universidade de Brasilia; University of Duisburg Essen
• 刊物名称: MATHEMATICS OF OPERATIONS RESEARCH
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0364-765X
• DOI: 10.1287/moor.2022.0104
• 发表日期: 2024
• 关键词: Optimization; number; ball

摘要

The problem of covering a two-dimensional bounded set with a fixed number of minimum-radius identical disks is studied in the present work. Bounds on the optimal radius are obtained for a certain class of nonsmooth domains, and an asymptotic expansion of the bounds as the number of disks goes to infinity is provided. The proof is based on the approximation of the set to be covered by hexagonal honeycombs and on the thinnest covering property of the regular hexagonal lattice arrangement in the whole plane. The dependence of the optimal radius on the number of disks is also investigated numerically using a shape-optimization approach, and theoretical and numerical convergence rates are compared. An initial point construction strategy is introduced, which, in the context of a multistart method, finds good-quality solutions to the problem under consideration. Extensive numerical experiments with a variety of polygonal regions and regular polygons illustrate the introduced approach.