A functional view of parallel computer graphics

Author

Abdallah, Ali E. ; Theoharis, Theoharis

Author_Institution

Sch. of Comput., South Bank Univ., London, UK

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

242

Lastpage

249

Abstract

The main purpose of this paper is to present a functional view of the fundamentals of the computer graphics process based on the classic polygonal model. There are several advantages for adopting such an approach. Firstly, the functional view is a natural abstraction of the problem. Secondly, many well known computer graphics optimization techniques can be directly obtained from the original specification by applying general and well understood transformational programming algebraic laws on functional expressions. Thirdly, a number of highly parallel implementations suited for various parallel architectures can be derived from the initial specification by a systematic application of general transformation strategies for parallelizing functional programs

Keywords

computer graphics; functional programming; parallel programming; parallelising compilers; computer graphics optimization techniques; functional expressions; functional programs; functional view; parallel architectures; parallel computer graphics; polygonal model; synthetic image generation; transformational programming algebraic laws; Aerospace simulation; Application software; Color; Computer graphics; Computer interfaces; Functional programming; Image generation; Layout; Parallel architectures; Pixel;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Systems and Applications, ACS/IEEE International Conference on. 2001

Conference_Location

Beirut

Print_ISBN

0-7695-1165-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AICCSA.2001.933983

Filename

933983