Homotopy modeling as world modeling

Proceedings - Computer Graphics International, CGI 1999

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 130-141

  Kunii, Tosiyasu L ^a,b,c  

^a Monolith Co Ltd   (Japan)

^b HOSEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Institute for Digital Art and Science (IDAS)   (Japan)

Author keywords

cellular spatial structures; cyberbusiness; homotopy modeling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SCIENCE; COMPUTERS;

CYBERBUSINESS; CYBERWORLDS; DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATIONS; HOMOTOPIES; SOCIAL SYSTEMS; SPACE-TIME MODEL; SPATIAL STRUCTURE; WORLD MODEL;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 0004110103     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CGI.1999.777925     Document Type: Conference Paper

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