Visual perception in Japanese rock garden design

Axiomathes

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 353-371

  Van Tonder, Gert J ^a   Lyons, Michael J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Figure ground; Multi scale; Segmentation; Tree structure; Visual grouping

Indexed keywords

EID: 38149042087     PISSN: 11221151     EISSN: 15728390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10516-004-5448-8     Document Type: Article

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