Algorithm for accurate three-dimensional scene graph updates in high-speed animations of previously simulated construction operations

Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 186-198

  Rekapalli, Prasant V ^a   Martínez, Julio C ^a   Kamat, Vineet R ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ANIMATION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DESIGN; SPEED; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

3-D ANIMATIONS; COMPUTING POWER; CONSTRUCTION OPERATIONS; DISCRETE INFORMATIONS; HIGH-SPEED; INADEQUATE DESIGNS; LEVEL OF DETAILS; ORIGINAL ALGORITHMS; SCENE GRAPHS; SIMULATION MODELS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL SCENES;

THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALGORITHM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRUCTION METHOD; GRAPHICAL METHOD; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VISUALIZATION;

EID: 60749125256     PISSN: 10939687     EISSN: 14678667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8667.2008.00565.x     Document Type: Article

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