Spherical Fibonacci Point Sets for Illumination Integrals. (24th July 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Marques, R.; Bouville, C.; Ribardière, M.; Santos, L. P.; Bouatouch, K.
• Is Part Of: Computer graphics forum. Volume 32:Number 8(2013)
• Page Start: 134
• Page End: 143
• Publication Date: 2013-07-24
• Subjects: Computer graphics -- Periodicals; 006.605
• DOI: 10.1111/cgf.12190
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0167-7055

Abstract

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