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Spatial Tessellations: Concepts and Applications of Voronoi Diagrams (Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics)

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The focus of this book is the theory and application of the Voronoi diagram in all its various forms. It is a complete and exhaustive reference work and is the de facto authoritative compendium on all things Voronoi. The book is well-organized, clearly written, and a must-have reference for spatial decomposition and computational problem-solving. Although many concepts are advanced, Dr. Okabe provides excellent examples and complete explanations throughout. The book begins with a history of the the Voronoi diagram and progresses from the simplest two-dimensional applications to more advanced models. There are numerous algorithms, pseudocode examples, and diagrams which illustrate the concepts and make them easy to understand. There are 70 pages of references which are reason enough to purchase the book.

This is a comprehensive and mathematical discussion of the topic. For a more applications-oriented work, I would suggest "Computational Geometry in C" by Joseph O'Rourke. Incidentally, I paid about $40 for Spatial Tessellations used, which is about what I think it is worth.

This is a complete reference on Voronoi diagrams, especially in 2D. Almost everything that you need to know on Voronoi diagrams is here. You will be surprised at how much you can do with these diagrams. Those in robotics, computer graphics, computer animation and computational geometry and who wants to know how to apply Voronoi diagrams should take a look at this book.