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Formal graph languages of shape

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2009

Patrick A. Fitzhorn
Patrick A. Fitzhorn
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Department of Mechanical Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, U.S.A.
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Abstract

The study of languages of shape is rich and interesting. One can develop formal grammars whose languages are non-realizable shape (nonsense objects), as well as grammars whose languages are classes of realizable shape. This paper develops several graph-based multi-dimensional languages that are complete in the physical solids. Thus, realizable shape is a language.

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AI EDAM , Volume 4 , Issue 3 , August 1990, pp. 151 - 163
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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