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madvoro: parallel construction of Voronoi diagrams in distributed memory systems

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Abstract

Voronoi diagrams are essential geometrical structures with numerous applications, particularly astrophysics-driven finite volume methods. While serial algorithms for constructing these entities are well-established, parallel construction remains challenging. This is especially true in distributed memory systems, where each host manages only a subset of the input points. This process requires redistributing points across hosts and accurately computing the corresponding Voronoi cells. In this paper, we introduce a new distributed construction algorithm, which is implemented in our open-source C++ 3D Voronoi construction framework. Our approach leverages Delaunay triangulation as an intermediate step, which is then transformed into a Voronoi diagram. We introduce the algorithms we implemented for the precise construction and our load-balancing approach and compare the running time with other state-of-the-art frameworks. Madvoro is a versatile tool that can be applied in various scientific domains, such as mesh decomposition, computational physics, chemistry, and machine learning.

Original languageEnglish
Article numberrzaf039
JournalRAS Techniques and Instruments
Volume4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2025

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2025. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Royal Astronomical Society.

Keywords

  • Algorithms
  • Computational Geometry
  • Delaunay Triangulations
  • Distributed Computing
  • Parallel Computing
  • Voronoi Diagrams

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