Terrain generation using genetic algorithms

GECCO 2005 - Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1463-1470

  Ong, Teong Joo ^a   Saunders, Ryan ^a   Keyser, John ^a   Leggett, John J ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic algorithms; Geographic information systems (gis); Height field; Image processing; Terrain generation

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS); HEIGHT FIELD; TERRAIN GENERATION;

GENETIC ALGORITHMS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; IMAGE PROCESSING; OPTIMIZATION; USER INTERFACES;

AUTOMATIC PROGRAMMING;

EID: 32444449526     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1068009.1068241     Document Type: Conference Paper

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