Using Multi-agent Systems for Sampling and Rendering Implicit Surfaces

  • Authors:
  • Pauline Jepp;Jörg Denzinger;Brian Wyvill;Mario Costa Sousa

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-;-;-

  • Venue:
  • SIBGRAPI '08 Proceedings of the 2008 XXI Brazilian Symposium on Computer Graphics and Image Processing
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

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 goal directed behaviors to achieve a good coverage of surface strokes and feature outline identification faster than with previous particle-based methods.