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Joseph O'Rourke

Joseph O'Rourke

D-Index & Metrics

Mathematics

D-Index
48
Citations
13430
World Ranking
1187
National Ranking
531

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
49
Citations
14795
World Ranking
4216
National Ranking
1205

Overview

Joseph O'Rourke is affiliated with Smith College in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Computer Science, with a focus on subfields including Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design, Geometry and Topology, Mechanical Engineering, General Health Professions, and Computational Mechanics.

The main topics covered in their work include Computational Geometry and Mesh Generation, Advanced Materials and Mechanics, Advanced Numerical Analysis Techniques, Advanced Graph Theory Research, Mathematics and Applications, Geometric and Algebraic Topology, and Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations.

Joseph O'Rourke's recent scholarly contributions include the following papers:

  • Simple Closed Quasigeodesics on Tetrahedra (2022), published in Information
  • Tailoring for Every Body: Reshaping Convex Polyhedra (2020), published on arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Cut locus realizations on convex polyhedra (2023), published in Computational Geometry

Frequent coauthors collaborating with O'Rourke are:

  • Costin Vîlcu
  • Andrew D. Pinto
  • Hugo A. Akitaya
  • Erik D. Demaine
  • Leanne Kosowan

Their publications often appear in venues such as:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • The Annals of Family Medicine
  • BMC Public Health
  • Information
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

O'Rourke has contributed to book publications as well, with a notable work titled Pop-Up Geometry published in 2022 by Cambridge University Press.

Best Publications

  • Art gallery theorems and algorithms

    Joseph O'Rourke

  • Handbook of discrete and computational geometry

    Jacob E. Goodman;Joseph O'Rourke

  • Computational geometry in C

    Joseph O'Rourke

  • Geometric Folding Algorithms: Linkages, Origami, Polyhedra

    Erik D. Demaine;Joseph O'Rourke

  • Model-based image analysis of human motion using constraint propagation

    J. O'Rourke;N. I. Badler

  • Computational geometry in C (2nd ed.)

    Joseph O'Rourke

  • Finding minimal enclosing boxes

    Joseph O'Rourke

  • Geometric Folding Algorithms: Linkages

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  • Some NP-hard polygon decomposition problems

    J. O'Rourke;K. Supowit

  • Powering Earth’s dynamo with magnesium precipitation from the core

    Joseph G. O’Rourke;David J. Stevenson

  • A New Linear Algorithm for Intersecting Convex Polygons

    Joseph O'Rourke;Chi-Bin Chien;Thomas Olson;David Naddor

  • Decomposition of Three-Dimensional Objects into Spheres

    Joseph O'Rourke;Norman Badler

  • Computational Geometry in C.

    Christopher J. Van Wyk;Joseph O'Rourke

  • An optimal algorithm for finding minimal enclosing triangles

    Joseph O'Rourke;Alok Aggarwal;Sanjeev Maddila;Michael Baldwin

  • Worst-case optimal algorithms for constructing visibility polygons with holes

    S Suri;J O'Rourke

  • On Polygonal Chain Approximation

    Avraham Melkman;Joseph O'rourke

  • Towards Space-like Photometric Precision from the Ground with Beam-Shaping Diffusers

    Gudmundur Stefansson;Suvrath Mahadevan;Leslie Hebb;John Wisniewski

  • An on-line algorithm for fitting straight lines between data ranges

    Joseph O'Rourke

  • A spherical representation of a human body for visualizing movement

    N.I. Badler;J. O'Rourke;H. Toltzis

  • Toward Space-like Photometric Precision from the Ground with Beam-shaping Diffusers

    Gudmundur Stefansson;Suvrath Mahadevan;Leslie Hebb;John P. Wisniewski

  • Star Unfolding of a Polytope with Applications

    Pankaj K. Agarwal;Boris Aronov;Joseph O'Rourke;Catherine A. Schevon

  • Constructing arrangements of lines and hyperplanes with applications

    Herbert Edelsbrunner;Joseph O'Rourke;Raimund Seidel

  • Abstract of papers accepted for publication NoteA new linear algorithm for intersecting convex polygons

    Joseph O'Rourke;Chi-Bin Chien;Thomas Olson;David Naddor

Frequent Co-Authors

Anna Lubiw
Anna Lubiw University of Waterloo
Godfried T. Toussaint
Godfried T. Toussaint New York University Abu Dhabi
Prosenjit Bose
Prosenjit Bose Carleton University
Norman I. Badler
Norman I. Badler University of Pennsylvania
Sue Whitesides
Sue Whitesides University of Victoria
Adam P. Showman
Adam P. Showman University of Arizona
Adam Burrows
Adam Burrows Princeton University
Jason T. Wright
Jason T. Wright Pennsylvania State University
Jean-Michel Desert
Jean-Michel Desert University of Amsterdam

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