• DocumentCode
    1188812
  • Title

    Radiosity and relaxation methods

  • Author

    Gortler, Steven ; Cohen, Michael F. ; Slusallek, Philipp

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Comput. Sci., Washington Univ., Seattle, WA, USA
  • Volume
    14
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    1994
  • Firstpage
    48
  • Lastpage
    58
  • Abstract
    To date, there has been some confusion in the computer graphics community about how the progressive radiosity (PR) method relates to standard numerical methods for solving linear systems of equations. We show that PR is actually equivalent to the combination of two numerical analysis techniques known as Southwell relaxation and Jacobi iteration. A new overshooting method similar to over relaxation can accelerate the convergence of the iterative radiosity methods.<>
  • Keywords
    brightness; computer graphics; iterative methods; linear algebra; Jacobi iteration; Southwell relaxation; computer graphics community; convergence; iterative radiosity methods; linear systems of equations; numerical analysis techniques; overshooting method; progressive radiosity method; relaxation methods; standard numerical methods; Acceleration; Algorithm design and analysis; Ear; Equations; Gaussian processes; Jacobian matrices; Lighting; Linear systems; Relaxation methods; Visualization;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Computer Graphics and Applications, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0272-1716
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/38.329094
  • Filename
    329094