Line Drawing: Difference between revisions

From Algorithm Wiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
(Created page with "{{DISPLAYTITLE:Line Drawing (Line Drawing)}} == Description == Given a line segment with endpoints $(x_0, y_0), (x_1, y_1)$ and a discrete graphical medium (like pixel-based displays and printers), draw/approximate the line segment on the medium, potentially with antialiasing. == Parameters == <pre>n: number of pixels the line goes through</pre> == Table of Algorithms == {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" width="100%" ! Name !! Year !! Tim...")
 
No edit summary
Line 6: Line 6:
== Parameters ==  
== Parameters ==  


<pre>n: number of pixels the line goes through</pre>
n: number of pixels the line goes through


== Table of Algorithms ==  
== Table of Algorithms ==  

Revision as of 12:02, 15 February 2023

Description

Given a line segment with endpoints $(x_0, y_0), (x_1, y_1)$ and a discrete graphical medium (like pixel-based displays and printers), draw/approximate the line segment on the medium, potentially with antialiasing.

Parameters

n: number of pixels the line goes through

Table of Algorithms

Name Year Time Space Approximation Factor Model Reference
Naive algorithm 1940 $O(n)$ $O({1})$ auxiliary Exact Deterministic
Digital Differential Analyzer 1940 $O(n)$ $O({1})$ auxiliary Exact Deterministic
Bresenham's line algorithm 1965 $O(n)$ $O({1})$ auxiliary Exact Deterministic Time
Xiaolin Wu's line algorithm 1991 $O(n)$ $O({1})$ auxiliary Exact Deterministic Time
Gupta-Sproull algorithm 1981 $O(n)$ $O({1})$ auxiliary Exact Deterministic Time

Time Complexity graph

Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination

Space Complexity graph

Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination

Pareto Decades graph

Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination