Parallel Generation of Multiple L-Systems

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• Publication Type: Journal Paper (without talk)
• ISSN: 0097-8493
• Month: October

@article\{LIPP-2010-PGMS,
  title =      "Parallel Generation of Multiple L-Systems",
  author =     "Markus Lipp and Peter Wonka and Michael Wimmer",
  year =       "2010",
  abstract =   "This paper introduces a solution to compute L-systems on
               parallel architectures like GPUs and multi-core CPUs. Our
               solution can split the derivation of the L-system as well as
               the interpretation and geometry generation into thousands of
               threads running in parallel. We introduce a highly parallel
               algorithm for L-system evaluation that works on arbitrary
               L-systems, including parametric productions, context
               sensitive productions, stochastic production selection, and
               productions with side effects. This algorithm is further
               extended to allow evaluation of multiple independent
               L-systems in parallel. In contrast to previous work, we
               directly interpret the productions defined in plain-text,
               without requiring any compilation or transformation step
               (e.g., into shaders). Our algorithm is efficient in the
               sense that it requires no explicit inter-thread
               communication or atomic operations, and is thus completely
               lock free.",
  pages =      "585--593",
  month =      oct,
  number =     "5",
  issn =       "0097-8493",
  journal =    "Computers & Graphics",
  volume =     "34",
  URL =        "http://www.cg.tuwien.ac.at/research/publications/2010/LIPP-2010-PGMS/",
}