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SIGGRAPH
2000
ACM
14 years 1 months ago
Illuminating micro geometry based on precomputed visibility
Many researchers have been arguing that geometry, bump maps, and BRDFs present a hierarchy of detail that should be exploited for efficient rendering purposes. In practice howeve...
Wolfgang Heidrich, Katja Daubert, Jan Kautz, Hans-...
SIGMOD
1999
ACM
181views Database» more  SIGMOD 1999»
14 years 29 days ago
Approximate Computation of Multidimensional Aggregates of Sparse Data Using Wavelets
Computing multidimensional aggregates in high dimensions is a performance bottleneck for many OLAP applications. Obtaining the exact answer to an aggregation query can be prohibit...
Jeffrey Scott Vitter, Min Wang
EWC
2010
178views more  EWC 2010»
13 years 6 months ago
Design of tensegrity structures using parametric analysis and stochastic search
Tensegrity structures are lightweight structures composed of cables in tension and struts in compression. Since tensegrity systems exhibit geometrically nonlinear behavior, findin...
Landolf Rhode-Barbarigos, Himanshu Jain, Prakash K...
VIS
2009
IEEE
158views Visualization» more  VIS 2009»
14 years 9 months ago
A Novel Interface for Interactive Exploration of DTI Fibers
Visual exploration is essential to the visualization and analysis of densely sampled 3D DTI fibers in biological speciments, due to the high geometric, spatial, and anatomical comp...
Wei Chen, Zi’ang Ding, Song Zhang, Anna MacKay...
GECCO
2008
Springer
183views Optimization» more  GECCO 2008»
13 years 9 months ago
UMDAs for dynamic optimization problems
This paper investigates how the Univariate Marginal Distribution Algorithm (UMDA) behaves in non-stationary environments when engaging in sampling and selection strategies designe...
Carlos M. Fernandes, Cláudio F. Lima, Agost...