Grammatical picture generation : a tree-based approach

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    • Drewes, Frank

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Grammatical picture generation : a tree-based approach

Frank Drewes

(Texts in theoretical computer science, An EATCS series)

Springer, c2006

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"With 203 figures and CD-ROM"--T.p.

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This book introduces the reader to the notions, the techniques, and the theory of grammatical picture generation, a research field focusing on formal systems that describe sets of pictures by means of syntactic rules. The book presents important types of picture generators, using a tree-based approach to stress their common algorithmic basis, the treatment influenced by the theory of computation, and the theory of formal languages in particular. It guides the reader through the basics of the tree-based approach on to dedicated chapters on line-drawing languages, collage grammars, iterated function systems, grid picture languages, languages of fractals, and languages of coloured collages, while presenting results about (un)decidable, NP-complete, or efficiently solvable problems, normal forms, hierarchies of language classes, and related phenomena. In support, the book contains detailed exercises throughout. The book is of interest to researchers and graduate students in computer science and mathematics who are engaged with the theory and practice of picture-generating systems.

Table of Contents

Line-Drawing Languages.- Collage Languages.- Iterated Function Systems.- Grid Picture Languages.- Languages of Fractals.- Languages of Coloured Collages.- Treebag.

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Details

  • NCID
    BA75739841
  • ISBN
    • 354021304X
  • LCCN
    2005937740
  • Country Code
    gw
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Berlin ; Heidelberg ; New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    xii, 474 p.
  • Size
    24 cm.
  • Attached Material
    1 computer laser optical disc (12 cm. )
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