@techreport{R-85-12, TITLE = {A Linear-Time Heuristic for Minimum Weight Triangulation of Convex Polygons}, AUTHOR = {Andrzej Lingas}, YEAR = {1985}, NUMBER = {R-85-12}, INSTITUTION = ida, ADDRESS = idaaddr, ABSTRACTURL = {/publications/cgi-bin/tr-fetch.pl?r-85-12+abstr}, ABSTRACT = {A simple heuristic for minimum weight triangulation of convex polygons is presented. For a convex polygon with n vertices, the heuristic runs in time O(n), and produces a solution within an O(logn) factor from the minimum. Generalizations of the heuristic to include non-convex polygons are also derived.}, IDANR = {LiTH-IDA-R-85-12}, NOTE = {Also in Proc. of the Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, Urbana, Illinois, October, 1985}