Animating plant growth in L-system by parametric functional symbols

  1. Yodthong Rodkaew1,*,
  2. Somporn Chuai-Aree2,
  3. Suchada Siripant2,
  4. Chidchanok Lursinsap2,
  5. Prabhas Chongstitvatana1

Article first published online: 12 JAN 2004

DOI: 10.1002/int.10147

Issue

International Journal of Intelligent Systems

International Journal of Intelligent Systems

Special Issue: Intelligent Technologies

Volume 19, Issue 1-2, pages 9–23, January - February 2004

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Rodkaew, Y., Chuai-Aree, S., Siripant, S., Lursinsap, C. and Chongstitvatana, P. (2004), Animating plant growth in L-system by parametric functional symbols. Int. J. Intell. Syst., 19: 9–23. doi: 10.1002/int.10147

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  1. 1

    Department of Computer Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand 10330

  2. 2

    Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand 10330

*Department of Computer Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand 10330

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 12 JAN 2004
  2. Article first published online: 12 JAN 2004

Funded by

  • TJTTP
  • University of Tokyo

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Abstract

This article proposes an animating system for plant growth in the Lindenmayer (L) system in which alphabets are parameterized to the length, size, and position of each component of the plant. The growth rate is approximated by sigmoidal curves. To achieve a realistic leaf shape, a set of shape functions is used to transform a skeleton of primary branches into the final shape. Genetic algorithm (GA) is used to fit the shape's parameters. Modeling of the soybean is shown. The developments of plant growth are smooth and natural as well as realistic. This prototype can be used to generate a realistic model of any plant based on the L-system. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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