Fast massively parallel progressive radiosity on the MP-1

Parallel Computing

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 899-913

  Renaud, Christophe ^a   Rousselle, François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU LITTORAL CÔTE D OPALE   (France)

Author keywords

Form factor calculation; Parallel rendering; Progressive radiosity

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; IMAGE PROCESSING; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS;

MASSIVELY PARALLEL PROGRESSIVE RADIOSITY; PARALLEL RENDERING;

PARALLEL ALGORITHMS;

EID: 0031189922     PISSN: 01678191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8191(97)00033-1     Document Type: Article

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