Error and complexity of random walk Monte Carlo radiosity

The author studies the error and complexity of the discrete random walk Monte Carlo technique for radiosity, using both the shooting and gathering methods. The author shows that the shooting method exhibits a lower complexity than the gathering one, and under some constraints, it has a linear comple...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Sbert, Mateu
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:1997
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:10256/3070
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10256/3070
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Anàlisi d'error (Matemàtica)
Complexitat computacional
Infografia
Montecarlo, Mètode de
Rutes aleatòries (Matemàtica)
Error analysis (Mathematics)
Computer graphics
Computational complexity
Monte Carlo method
Random walks
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Sumario:The author studies the error and complexity of the discrete random walk Monte Carlo technique for radiosity, using both the shooting and gathering methods. The author shows that the shooting method exhibits a lower complexity than the gathering one, and under some constraints, it has a linear complexity. This is an improvement over a previous result that pointed to an O(n log n) complexity. The author gives and compares three unbiased estimators for each method, and obtains closed forms and bounds for their variances. The author also bounds the expected value of the mean square error (MSE). Some of the results obtained are also shown