A procedural method for irregular tree models

Computers and Graphics (Pergamon)

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1036-1047

  Xu, Ling ^a   Mould, David ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Geometry synthesis; Natural phenomena; Procedural modeling; Tree modeling

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY;

DISTRIBUTION MECHANISM; GEOMETRIC PRIMITIVES; GEOMETRY SYNTHESIS; NATURAL PHENOMENA; NUMBER OF ITERATIONS; PARAMETER ADJUSTMENTS; PROCEDURAL MODELING; TREE MODELING;

TREES (MATHEMATICS);

GEOMETRY; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; ITERATIVE METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETERS; PROCEDURES;

EID: 84867626286     PISSN: 00978493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cag.2012.08.005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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