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Developing a tractable shape grammar

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  • Ramesh Krishnamurti
  • Kui Yue

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Previously, we examined tractable parametric shape grammars and developed a general paradigm for implementing classes of such grammars. A tractable shape grammar has polynomial computing complexity, and is specified in a way that is readily transformable to a computer program. By contrast, traditionally, shape grammars have been typically developed without a computer implementation in mind, either requiring ambiguity to be clarified, or it is hardly possible for the grammar to be implemented by a polynomial algorithm. Each tractable shape grammar is tied to a particular framework, which is backed by a data structure and supports a metalanguage. In this paper we illustrate the development of tractable shape grammars by transforming a shape grammar developed, essentially, in traditional fashion for the Baltimore rowhouse. The development is for a specific application context— to determine the interior layout of a building given its external features—and the process serves as a general strategy for developing tractable shape grammars.

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  • Ramesh Krishnamurti & Kui Yue, 2015. "Developing a tractable shape grammar," Environment and Planning B, , vol. 42(6), pages 977-1002, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envirb:v:42:y:2015:i:6:p:977-1002
    DOI: 10.1177/0265813515610673
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