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Optimal covering with $n$ non-necessarily equal discs



The Next CEO of Stack OverflowCovering the plane with disksFormula for the area of a segment of a circle… What am I doing wrong!?Check whether $n$ disks intersectCovering the plane with Stars of Daviddefining area of intersecting circlesThe most effective windshield-wiper setup. (Packing a square with sectors)Existence of a global minimum for a specific potentialOptimal Area within two equal intersecting circles and its expectationCovering a circle with rectangular labelsDivide a plane with $2n$ points into two equal halves










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What kind of algorithm can I use to search for an optimal (minimum area) covering of a limited region of the 2d plane with $n$ discs $(x_i, y_i, r_i)$?



I've found many investigations on fixed radius discs, but nothing about variable radius.










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      I've found many investigations on fixed radius discs, but nothing about variable radius.










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      I've found many investigations on fixed radius discs, but nothing about variable radius.







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