@Article{BarBen96,
author = "R. Bar-Yehuda and E. Ben-Hanoch",
title = "A Linear Time Algorithm for Covering Simple
Polygons With Similar Rectangles",
journal = "Int. J. of Computational Geometry \& Appl.",
volume = "6",
number = "1",
pages = "79--102",
year = "1996",
abstract = "We study the problem of covering a simple
orthogonal polygon with a minimum number of (possibly
overlapping) squares, all internal to the polygon. The problem
has applications in VLSI mask generation, incremental update
of raster displays, and image compression. We give a linear
time algorithm for covering a simple polygon, specified by its
vertices, with squares. Covering with similar rectangles
(having a given x/y ratio) is an equivalent problem.",
}