Local parameterization

Partition of the input surface into a family of m patches               such that

is a connected region;

has 0-genus and an arbitrary number of boundary components.

M. Mortara, G. Patanè, G., M. Spagnuolo, B. Falcidieno, J. Rossignac. Blowing Bubbles for the Multi-scale Analysis and Decomposition of Triangle-Meshes. ALGORITHMICA 2004.