Programming Paradigms in Graphics: Proceedings of the Eurographics Workshop in Maastricht, The Netherlands, September 2–3, 1995 - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3211827889 ISBN 13: 9783211827888

Publisher: Springer, 1995

Synopsis

The papers in this volume are a good sampling and overview of current solutions to the problems of creating graphically based systems. This breadth of scope comes out of the closing discussion at the Fourth Eurographics Workshop on Object-Oriented Graphics. The fifth workshop, on Programming Paradigms in Graphics, set out to provide answers and alternatives to the shortcomings of object-oriented graphics. The presentations investigated the applicability, merits and problems of various programming paradigms in computer graphics for design, modelling and implementation. This book contains a revised selection of the best papers from the Fifth Eurograph­ ics Workshop on Programming Paradigms in Graphics, held 2-3 September 1995 in Maastricht, The ~etherlands. All papers at the workshop were subjected to a thorough review by at least three members of the international programme committee. The se­ lection for this book was based on further review and the papers also incorporate the relevant aspects of the discussions at the workshop. In past Eurographics workshops on Object-Oriented Graphics the prominent trend has been a discovery of the limits of object-orientation in graphics. The limitations of object-orientation were felt to lie in such areas as the expression of relationships between objects. This is an area of particular strength for the declarative languages, such as constraint-based languages. On the other hand, a notion of state has long been a problem in declarative languages and yet it is often seen as an essential aspect of graphical modelling, particularly in simulation and animation.

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Product Description

Programming Paradigms in Graphics Part of the "Eurographics" series, this book presents novel animation techniques and animation systems that simulate the dynamics and interactions of physical objects (solid, fluid and gaseous), as well as the behaviours of living systems, such as plant, lower animals and animals.

Synopsis

"Eurographics" is a series of workshops, an international forum where researchers convene to exchange knowledge and experience related to the theme of creating realistic computer animation based on the simulation of physical and biological phenomena. The papers in this volume are a sampling and overview of current solutions to the problems of creating graphically-based systems. The presentations investigte the applicability, merits and problems of various programming paradigms in computer graphics for design, modelling and implementation. The papers are grouped into four parts: object-oriented, constraints, functional and multi-paradigm. This essentially takes the reader on a tour of the issues. Firstly, there are the impressive benefits and power of object-oriented approaches, both as, conceptually, tools for design and as programming frameworks. In constraints, though, the limitations are exposed and addressed. Functional programming provides an alternative approach with some recent breakthroughs conceptually (for example, the use of monads to express state) and in practice.

Finally, some approaches to resolving (or at least enumerating) the multiplicity of approaches enountered are presented.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3211827889
• ISBN 13: 9783211827888
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 180
• Editor: Veltkamp Remco C., Blake Edwin H.