Modeling & Visualization Of Plant

3 credits · Graduate Programs

Modeling And Visualization of Plants Modeling, simulation and visualization of plants for computer graphics and biological purposes. Modeling of plants as an example of interdisciplinary research including computer science, biology, mathematics and physics. L-systems as a formal basis for model construction. Modeling languages. Information flow in plants. Symmetry, self-similarity and allometry of plants. Descriptive models of plant architecture. Models integrating plant structure and function. Simulation of plant development. Case studies: competition for space, phyllotaxis, tropisms, and biomechanical considerations. Reaction-diffusion models of morphogensis. Genotype-to-phenotype mapping. Modeling of plant ecosystems. Rendering and visualization of the models. A survey of applications and research directions. Notes: Computer Science 453 or 553 is recommended as preparation for computer science students taking this course.