The Algorithmic Beauty of Plants

The Algorithmic Beauty of Plants

"The Algorithmic Beauty of Plants" is a book by Przemyslaw Prusinkiewicz and Aristid Lindenmayer. Its notable as it is the first comprehensive volume on the computer simulation of plant development (L-systems).

The book is no longer in print but a pdf version is available free [http://algorithmicbotany.org/papers/#abop online] .

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*cite book
last =Prusinkiewicz
first =Przemyslaw
authorlink =Przemyslaw Prusinkiewicz
coauthors =Lindenmayer, Aristid
title =The Algorithmic Beauty of Plants
publisher =Springer-Verlag
date =1990
location =
pages =101-107
url =http://algorithmicbotany.org/papers/#webdocs
doi =
id =ISBN 978-0387972978


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