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Shape grammar

Shape grammars in computation are a specific class of production systems that generate geometric shapes. Typically, shapes are 2- or 3-dimensional, thus shape grammars are a way to study 2- and 3-dimensional languages. Shape grammars were first introduced in a seminal article by George Stiny and James Gips in 1971. The mathematical and algorithmic…

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Shape grammar

Nodes19
Edges18
Triples49
Avg. degree1.89
Density0.105263
Components1

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Shape grammar

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related to Literature · 28
Shape grammar → Archived, Birkhäuser Basel, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, Design, Doing, Environment, Formal Approach, Formal Aspects, Gips, In Information Processing, Innovation, Introduction, Knight, MA, MIT Press, North-Holland Publishing Company, Pictorial, Planning, Seeing
related to Definition · 9
Shape grammar → Chomsky, It, L-Systems, Left-Hand Side, LHS, RHS, Right-Hand Side, Shape, The
related to External links · 6
Shape grammar → Advances, Internet Archive, Shape, Shape Grammars, Style Simulation, Workshop
has application · 2
Shape grammar → Other, Shape
related to Software Prototypes · 2
Shape grammar → Grammar EnvironmentGRAPESD2Shape Grammar InterpreterShaper2DspapperSubShapeDetectorYingzao, This

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shape grammars rule grammar rules stiny shapes generation engine lhs design way formal first gips birkhäuser basel 1975 applications marker

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housing layoutsinstance ofwell-defined generation problem0.80text
structure refinementinstance ofwell-defined generation problem0.80text
Shape grammarhas applicationShape0.60section
Shape grammarhas applicationOther0.60section
Shape grammarrelated to DefinitionThe0.60section
Shape grammarrelated to DefinitionLeft-Hand Side0.60section
Shape grammarrelated to DefinitionLHS0.60section
Shape grammarrelated to DefinitionIt0.60section
Shape grammarrelated to DefinitionRight-Hand Side0.60section
Shape grammarrelated to DefinitionRHS0.60section
Shape grammarrelated to DefinitionShape0.60section
Shape grammarrelated to DefinitionChomsky0.60section

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