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Experimenting with the finite element method in the calculation of radiosity form factors

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Date Issued:
1995
Abstract/Description:
University of Central Florida College of Arts and Sciences Thesis; Radiosity has been used to create some of the most photorealistic computer-generated images to date. The problem, however, is that radiosity algorithms are so computationally and memory expensive that few applications can employ them successfully. Form factor calculation is the most costly part of the process. This report describes an algorithm for using the finite element method to reduce the amount of time that is used in the form factor calculation portion of the radiosity algorithm. This technique for form factor calculation significantly reduces the number of projections done at each iteration by using shape functions to determine the distribution of a form factor across the surface of a patch and thus greatly reduces total run time.
Title: Experimenting with the finite element method in the calculation of radiosity form factors.
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Name(s): Chesteen, Donna Marie, Author
Guha, Ratan, Committee Chair
Arts and Sciences, Degree Grantor
Type of Resource: text
Date Issued: 1995
Publisher: University of Central Florida
Language(s): English
Abstract/Description: University of Central Florida College of Arts and Sciences Thesis; Radiosity has been used to create some of the most photorealistic computer-generated images to date. The problem, however, is that radiosity algorithms are so computationally and memory expensive that few applications can employ them successfully. Form factor calculation is the most costly part of the process. This report describes an algorithm for using the finite element method to reduce the amount of time that is used in the form factor calculation portion of the radiosity algorithm. This technique for form factor calculation significantly reduces the number of projections done at each iteration by using shape functions to determine the distribution of a form factor across the surface of a patch and thus greatly reduces total run time.
Identifier: CFR0011926 (IID), ucf:53043 (fedora)
Note(s): 1995-08-01
M.S.
Computer Science
Masters
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Subject(s): Arts and Sciences -- Dissertations
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Academic -- Arts and Sciences
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