Networks and Space Colonization
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Meander Space Colonization – Algorithm 13.1
I just published a few days back an introduction to a series of ‘space colonization’ algorithms. The term sounds a bit sexier than it is, evoking images of bases on Mars and interstellar travel, but actually it just means connecting a cloud of random points into a network using one or a combination of specific…
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Networks and Space Colonization
*This post reproduces content from Chapter 8 of my doctoral thesis and serves as an introduction to several forthcoming ‘space colonization’ algorithms. The first of these the meander is now available, with some others coming soon! In Harvard-trained architect Peter Steven’s 1974 book Patterns in Nature, the author proposed that in 2- and 3-dimensional physical…
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Diffuse Limited Aggregation Structure – Example 10.2
A fairly useful and simple fractal growth process that can be used for modeling natural structures is known as the Diffuse Limited Aggregation algorithm. Many growing structures in nature follow this logic, from colonies of bacteria to cities! A fairly good description of this process can be found here, where the particles undergo what is…