display file structure in computer graphics abstract

Thus to specify the starting point for a numerical integration, for example, the user points to a location in phase space on the screen of the graphics terminal (using crosshairs or a mouse and cursor), bypassing the necessity to give numerical values of the phase-space coordinates. A key ingredient in this environment is the possibility of graphic communication not only from machine to man, but also from man to machine. This environment makes available the basic control of both numerical simulation and graphic visualization by a specially designed menu system. As part of a continuing investigation of the most important low-order differential equations, an interactive computer graphics environment has been created for the study of systems in three-dimensional phase space. It is here that the qualitative ideas of nonlinear dynamics, dealing as they do with the most typical behavior in real dynamical systems, can be expected to play an increasingly prominent role. One indication of this is the accelerating trend away from purely static or quasi-steady system modeling toward models that include essentially dynamic behavior.

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)Īs engineered systems become increasingly sophisticated and complex, questions of efficiency, reliability, and safety demand the application of more powerful methods of analysis. Computer-graphic visualization of dynamics

Display file structure in computer graphics abstract