While research in ceramics has focused on physical experiments, the need for computational aids is increasing more and more. Among several computer simulation tools for the design and analysis of various aspects of ceramics, the Voronoi diagram is introduced in this paper. The Voronoi diagram is a powerful tool in computational geometry which provides all spatial information among geometric objects in a system with an efficient data structure. In this paper, we present the properties of Voronoi diagrams and introduce various applications appropriate for research in ceramics.

Keywords: Voronoi diagrams, spatial analysis, computational geometry.