3D archaeological reconstruction and visualisation: An artificial life model for determining vegetation dispersal patterns in ancient landscapes

Proceedings - Computer Graphics, Imaging and Visualisation: Techniques and Applications, CGIV'06

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 112-118

  Ch'ng, Eugene ^a   Stone, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ARCHAEOLOGICAL RECONSTRUCTION; ARTIFICIAL LIFE MODEL; VEGETATION DISPERSAL PATTERNS;

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 34247557671     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CGIV.2006.2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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