Generalizing the Convex Hull of a Sample: The R Package alphahull

This paper presents the R package <b>alphahull</b> which implements the α-convex hull and the α-shape of a finite set of points in the plane. These geometric structures provide an informative overview of the shape and properties of the point set. Unlike the convex hull, the α-convex hull...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Beatriz Pateiro-López, Alberto Rodríguez-Casal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Foundation for Open Access Statistics 2010-10-01
Series:Journal of Statistical Software
Subjects:
R
Online Access:http://www.jstatsoft.org/v34/i05/paper