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Let T be a tree that is embedded in the plane and let Δ, ε > 0 be real numbers. The aim is to preprocess T into a data structure, such that, for any query polygonal path Q, we can decide if T contains a path P whose Fréchet distance δ F (P,Q) to Q is less than Δ. We present an efficient data structure that solves an approximate version of this problem, for the case when T is c-packed and each of the edges of T and Q has length Ω(Δ) (not required if T is a path): If the data structure returns NO, then there is no such path P. If it returns YES, then \(\delta_F(P,Q) \leq \sqrt{2} (1+\varepsilon )\Delta\) if Q is a line segment, and δ F (P,Q) ≤ 3(1 + ε)Δ otherwise.
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Gudmundsson, J., Smid, M. (2013). Fréchet Queries in Geometric Trees. In: Bodlaender, H.L., Italiano, G.F. (eds) Algorithms – ESA 2013. ESA 2013. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8125. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40450-4_48
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