A Hierarchical Data Structure for Representing the Spatial Decomposition of 3-D Objects
- 1 April 1985
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications
- Vol. 5 (4), 24-31
- https://doi.org/10.1109/mcg.1985.276454
Abstract
The polytree, a generalization of the octree data structure, retains most of the desirable features of the octree structure while offering several advantages.Keywords
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