{"id":"https://openalex.org/W7131247168","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tvcg.2026.3667544","title":"Structure-Informed Hex-Dominant Mesh Simplification","display_name":"Structure-Informed Hex-Dominant Mesh Simplification","publication_year":2026,"publication_date":"2026-02-24","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W7131247168","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tvcg.2026.3667544","pmid":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41734113"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/tvcg.2026.3667544","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tvcg.2026.3667544","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S84775595","display_name":"IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics","issn_l":"1077-2626","issn":["1077-2626","1941-0506","2160-9306"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref","pubmed"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5126716466","display_name":"Lei Si","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I173388201","display_name":"Texas A&M University-Victoria","ror":"https://ror.org/01khwek78","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I173388201"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Lei Si","raw_affiliation_strings":["Texas A&M University–Victoria, Houston, TX, USA"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1886-0362","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Texas A&M University–Victoria, Houston, TX, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I173388201"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5034151029","display_name":"Qixin Deng","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I24511612","display_name":"Wabash College","ror":"https://ror.org/00p11pk44","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I24511612"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Qixin Deng","raw_affiliation_strings":["Wabash College, Crawfordsville, IN, USA"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1493-3939","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Wabash College, Crawfordsville, IN, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I24511612"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5045393459","display_name":"Aobo Jin","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8931-6682"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I173388201","display_name":"Texas A&M University-Victoria","ror":"https://ror.org/01khwek78","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I173388201"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Aobo Jin","raw_affiliation_strings":["Texas A&M University–Victoria, Houston, TX, USA"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8931-6682","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Texas A&M University–Victoria, Houston, TX, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I173388201"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5055426585","display_name":"Guoning Chen","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0581-6415"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I173388201","display_name":"Texas A&M University-Victoria","ror":"https://ror.org/01khwek78","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I173388201"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Guoning Chen","raw_affiliation_strings":["Texas A&M University–Victoria, Houston, TX, USA"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0581-6415","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Texas A&M University–Victoria, Houston, TX, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I173388201"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":2,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.24299018,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":"32","issue":"7","first_page":"5333","last_page":"5345"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12536","display_name":"Topological and Geometric Data Analysis","score":0.09839999675750732,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1703","display_name":"Computational Theory and Mathematics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12536","display_name":"Topological and Geometric Data Analysis","score":0.09839999675750732,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1703","display_name":"Computational Theory and Mathematics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10996","display_name":"Computational Geometry and Mesh Generation","score":0.07180000096559525,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1704","display_name":"Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11737","display_name":"Advanced Materials and Mechanics","score":0.0340999998152256,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2210","display_name":"Mechanical Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/polygon-mesh","display_name":"Polygon mesh","score":0.8475000262260437},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/smoothing","display_name":"Smoothing","score":0.7121000289916992},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/robustness","display_name":"Robustness (evolution)","score":0.6376000046730042},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mesh-generation","display_name":"Mesh generation","score":0.4902999997138977},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/relation","display_name":"Relation (database)","score":0.43290001153945923},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/graph","display_name":"Graph","score":0.40880000591278076},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computational-complexity-theory","display_name":"Computational complexity theory","score":0.4058000147342682},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/reduction","display_name":"Reduction (mathematics)","score":0.37860000133514404}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C31487907","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1154597","display_name":"Polygon mesh","level":2,"score":0.8475000262260437},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.7742999792098999},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C3770464","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q775963","display_name":"Smoothing","level":2,"score":0.7121000289916992},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C63479239","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7353546","display_name":"Robustness (evolution)","level":3,"score":0.6376000046730042},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C181145010","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4418033","display_name":"Mesh generation","level":3,"score":0.4902999997138977},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C80444323","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2878974","display_name":"Theoretical computer science","level":1,"score":0.46209999918937683},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C11413529","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8366","display_name":"Algorithm","level":1,"score":0.4496999979019165},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C25343380","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q277521","display_name":"Relation (database)","level":2,"score":0.43290001153945923},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C132525143","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141488","display_name":"Graph","level":2,"score":0.40880000591278076},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C179799912","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q205084","display_name":"Computational complexity theory","level":2,"score":0.4058000147342682},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111335779","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3454686","display_name":"Reduction (mathematics)","level":2,"score":0.37860000133514404},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C189430467","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7293293","display_name":"Ranking (information retrieval)","level":2,"score":0.32989999651908875},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C205711294","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q176953","display_name":"Rendering (computer graphics)","level":2,"score":0.32280001044273376},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C160403270","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7667943","display_name":"T-vertices","level":4,"score":0.3124000132083893},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2983064736","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20779668","display_name":"Algorithmic complexity","level":2,"score":0.2732999920845032},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C29123130","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q874709","display_name":"Computational geometry","level":2,"score":0.2696000039577484},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162319229","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q175263","display_name":"Data structure","level":2,"score":0.2678999900817871},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C311688","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2393193","display_name":"Time complexity","level":2,"score":0.2662000060081482},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C88230418","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131476","display_name":"Graph theory","level":2,"score":0.26460000872612},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C108882727","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2991685","display_name":"Solid modeling","level":2,"score":0.2567000091075897}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/tvcg.2026.3667544","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tvcg.2026.3667544","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S84775595","display_name":"IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics","issn_l":"1077-2626","issn":["1077-2626","1941-0506","2160-9306"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmid:41734113","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41734113","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306525036","display_name":"PubMed","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I1299303238","host_organization_name":"National Institutes of Health","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1299303238"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE transactions on visualization and computer graphics","raw_type":null}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/G7083583970","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"NSF OAC-2102761","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320306076","funder_display_name":"National Science Foundation"}],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320306076","display_name":"National Science Foundation","ror":"https://ror.org/021nxhr62"}],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":0,"referenced_works":[],"related_works":[],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Hex-dominant":[0],"mesh":[1],"generation":[2,22],"has":[3],"recently":[4],"received":[5],"increasing":[6],"attention":[7],"from":[8,42,54],"researchers":[9],"and":[10,61,68,88,94,118,121],"the":[11,37,43,55,101,114,146,173,179,183,190],"simulation":[12],"community":[13],"due":[14],"to":[15,19,35,77,81,91,154],"its":[16],"robustness":[17],"compared":[18],"pure":[20],"hex-mesh":[21],"techniques.":[23,164],"In":[24],"this":[25],"work,":[26],"we":[27,106,124],"present":[28],"a":[29,86,108,126],"first":[30],"structure-informed":[31],"simplification":[32],"framework,":[33],"aiming":[34],"reduce":[36],"number":[38,174],"of":[39,72,103,148,170,175,178,185],"non-hex":[40,79,176],"cells":[41,80,177],"hex-dominant":[44,57,130,156,162,191],"meshes.":[45,192],"Our":[46,165],"framework":[47,150,187],"extracts":[48],"individual":[49],"sub-structures":[50,63,95],"via":[51],"parallel":[52],"relations":[53],"input":[56,180],"mesh,":[58],"decomposes":[59],"self-tangent":[60],"self-intersecting":[62],"for":[64,96,129,188],"structure":[65],"complexity":[66,102],"control,":[67],"collapses":[69],"certain":[70],"sets":[71],"edges":[73,93,117,120],"that":[74,112,132],"are":[75],"adjacent":[76],"particular":[78],"remove":[82],"them.":[83],"We":[84,144],"design":[85],"filtering":[87],"ranking":[89],"strategy":[90],"select":[92],"collapsing.":[97],"To":[98],"better":[99],"understand":[100],"sub-structure":[104],"configurations,":[105],"introduced":[107],"novel":[109],"relation":[110],"graph":[111],"captures":[113],"connections":[115],"between":[116,119],"sub-structures.":[122],"Additionally,":[123],"designed":[125],"smoothing":[127],"algorithm":[128],"meshes":[131,139,157],"enhances":[133],"hex":[134],"cell":[135,142],"quality,":[136],"even":[137],"in":[138,172],"containing":[140],"various":[141,168],"types.":[143],"evaluate":[145],"effectiveness":[147],"our":[149,186],"by":[151,159],"applying":[152],"it":[153],"many":[155],"produced":[158],"three":[160],"state-of-the-art":[161],"meshing":[163],"results":[166],"achieve":[167],"levels":[169],"reduction":[171],"meshes,":[181],"affirming":[182],"applicability":[184],"improving":[189]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-06-24T06:17:17.354583","created_date":"2026-02-25T00:00:00"}