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Re:Repulsive Curves by rland on Saturday April 23, 2022 @01:37PM (#31136367)
I can think immediately of applications:

- bio engineering -- predicting (?) or designing (?) molecules that are large chains to perform some particular function

- coverage path planning -- sort of a "roomba" problem -- find a continuous path, through a space, that covers the space

- 3-D printing -- find the extrusion path that maximally covers some area or areas with high strength with a minimum amount of material

Re:Repulsive Curves by cryptonector on Saturday April 23, 2022 @04:17PM (#31138084)
I'm also wondering if this might inspire ideas for how blood vessels end up getting placed by growing bodies, etc.