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The Yao and Theta graphs are defined for a given point set and a fixed integer k > 0. The space around each point is divided into k cones of equal angle, and each point is connected to a nearest neighbor in each cone. The difference between Yao and Theta graphs is in the way the nearest neighbor is defined: Yao graphs minimize the Euclidean distance between a point and its neighbor, and Theta graphs minimize the Euclidean distance between a point and the orthogonal projection of its neighbor on the bisector of the hosting cone. We prove that, corresponding to each edge of the Theta graph Θ6, there is a path in the Yao graph Y 6 whose length is at most 8.82 times the edge length. Combined with the result of Bonichon, Gavoille, Hanusse and Ilcinkas, who prove an upper bound of 2 on the stretch factor of Θ6, we obtain an upper bound of 17.7 on the stretch factor of Y 6.
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Damian, M., Raudonis, K. (2010). Yao Graphs Span Theta Graphs. In: Wu, W., Daescu, O. (eds) Combinatorial Optimization and Applications. COCOA 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6509. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-17461-2_15
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