Issue No.06 - June (1994 vol.43)
DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/12.286304
<p>We consider problems of finding assorted rectilinear paths among rectilinear obstacles in a two-layer interconnection model according to the number of bends and the 1-layer distance (y-distance). Using a horizontal wave-front approach, optimal /spl theta/(e log e) time algorithms are presented to find the shortest path and the minimum-bend path using linear space, and to find the shortest minimum-bend path and the minimum-bend shortest path using O(e log e) space, where e is the number of obstacle edges. By the same approach, we also derive an algorithm for finding a shortest two-layer distance (xy-distance) minimum-bend path in optimal /spl theta/(e log e) time using O(e log e) space.</p>
multiprocessor interconnection networks; computational geometry; computational complexity; network synthesis; minimisation of switching nets; bends; distances; paths; obstacles; two-layer interconnection model; rectilinear paths; horizontal wave-front approach; optimal time algorithms; shortest path; minimum-bend path; linear space; VLSI; 2-terminal wire routing; computational geometry.
D.T. Lee, C.D. Yang, C.K. Wong, "On Bends and Distances of Paths Among Obstacles in Two-Layer Interconnection Model", IEEE Transactions on Computers, vol.43, no. 6, pp. 711-724, June 1994, doi:10.1109/12.286304