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An efficient instanciation algorithm for simulating radiant energy transfer in plant models

Cyril Soler () a1, François X. Sillion () a1, Frédéric Blaise () b23, Philippe De Reffye a24

ACM Transactions on Graphics 22, 2 (2003) 204-233

Résumé : We describe a complete lighting simulation system tailored for the difficult case of vegetation scenes. Our algorithm is based on hierarchical instantiation for radiosity and precise phase function modeling. It allows efficient calculations both in terms of computation and memory resources.We provide an in-depth description and study of the instantiation-based radiosity technique and we address the problems related to generating and managing phase functions of plant structures, as needed by the instantiation process.We present results demonstrating the high performance of the hierarchical instantiation algorithm and we describe two examples of applications: rendering of large vegetation scenes and plant growth simulation. Other applications of our system range from landscape simulation to agronomical and agricultural studies, and to the design of virtual plants responding to their environment

  • a –  INRIA
  • b –  CIRAD
  • 1 :  iMAGIS (IMAG-INRIA Rhône-Alpes / GRAVIR)
  • INRIA – Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble I – Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble (INPG)
  • 2 :  Eco-informatics (LIAMA)
  • Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement [CIRAD] – CNRS – Institut national de la recherche agronomique (INRA) – INRIA – Chinese Academy of Science (CAS) – Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • 3 :  ISA (INRIA Lorraine - LORIA)
  • INRIA – CNRS : UMR7503 – Université Henri Poincaré - Nancy I – Université Nancy II – Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine (INPL)
  • 4 :  DIGIPLANTE (INRIA Rocquencourt)
  • INRIA
  • Domaine : Informatique/Modélisation et simulation
  • Mots-clés : plant growth simulation – lighting simulation – radiosity – instantiation – landscape simulation – calibrated physiological simulation || simulation croissance plante – simulation éclairage – radiosité – simulation paysage – simulation calibrée de la physiologie
  • Référence interne : A02-R-390 || soler02a
 
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