Optimizing the management of continuous level of detail models on GPU

Computers and Graphics (Pergamon)

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 307-319

  Ripolles O ^a   Chover, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

Author keywords

Graphics hardware; Level of detail; Multiresolution modeling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS EQUIPMENT; EXTRACTION; PROGRAM PROCESSORS;

CONTINUOUS LEVEL OF DETAIL; EXTRACTION ALGORITHMS; GRAPHICS HARDWARE; LEVEL OF DETAIL; MINIMUM INFORMATION; MULTI-RESOLUTION MODELING; MULTI-RESOLUTION TECHNIQUES; MULTIRESOLUTION;

GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT;

EID: 45349092834     PISSN: 00978493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cag.2008.02.003     Document Type: Article

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