Using Multi-agent Systems for Sampling and Rendering Implicit Surfaces

Pauline Jepp, Jörg Denzinger, Brian Wyvill, Mario Costa Sousa
2008 2008 XXI Brazilian Symposium on Computer Graphics and Image Processing  
In this paper a Multi-Agent System for Sampling and Rendering Implicit Surfaces is presented (MASSRIS). Previous approaches to pen-and-ink style renderings of implicit surfaces were based on particle systems, which, for a complex surface, are slow to achieve a good distribution of particles and subsequently to trace features. The method proposed in this research extends traditional particles into semi-autonomous agents that sample the implicit model and illustrate surface features. Agents use
more » ... al directed behaviours to achieve a good coverage of surface strokes and feature outline identification faster than with previous particle-based methods.
doi:10.1109/sibgrapi.2008.18 dblp:conf/sibgrapi/JeppDWS08 fatcat:q7gydw2xqnffjjlcahum26b2wa