The Voronoi diagram of half-balls and its application to the prediction of the 3D structure of proteins

François Anton (Invited author), Thomas Hamelryck (Invited author)

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    The calculation of the overlap volume of half-spheres or ellipsoids is of direct interest in structural bioinformatics, which is concerned with the computational study of biological macromolecules on a genomic scale. We present an algorithm for computing the Delaunay graph and the overlap volume of a set of half-balls using exact predicates that detect the disjointness or non-disjointness of two half-balls and the validity of the generalized Voronoi vertex of four half-balls using geometric invariants and action (multiplication map) matrices. We prove the correctness of the algorithm and the optimality of the degree of the predicates by using geometric invariants and Gro¿bner bases. The main application of these certified computations is to predict the 3D structure of proteins.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationProceedings of the Sixth International Symposium on Voronoi Diagrams in Science and Engineering
    Number of pages278
    Place of PublicationDTU-Informatics
    PublisherIEEE Computer Society Press
    Publication date2009
    Pages263-264
    ISBN (Print)978-97-643-0497-8
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    Publication statusPublished - 2009
    Event6th International Symposium on Voronoi Diagrams in Science and Engineering - Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
    Duration: 23 Jun 200926 Jun 2009
    Conference number: 6
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    Conference6th International Symposium on Voronoi Diagrams in Science and Engineering
    Number6
    LocationTechnical University of Denmark
    Country/TerritoryDenmark
    CityKgs. Lyngby
    Period23/06/200926/06/2009
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