Representation and realistic rendering of natural phenomena with cyclic CSG graphs

Visual Computer

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 62-74

  Gervautz, Michael ^a   Traxler, Christoph ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

CSG graphs; Fractals; L systems; Natural phenomena; Ray tracing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTATIONAL GRAMMARS; DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; DATA STRUCTURES; FORMAL LANGUAGES; FRACTALS; OPTICAL FLOWS; RECURSIVE FUNCTIONS; VISUALIZATION;

CONSTRUCTIVE SOLID GEOMETRY; OBJECT REPRESENTATION; RAY TRACING;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 0029733532     PISSN: 01782789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01782105     Document Type: Article

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