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Description grammars: A general notation

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  • Rudi Stouffs

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A description grammar, in conjunction with a shape grammar, serves to generate verbal descriptions of designs, next to the spatial descriptions. These verbal descriptions can also assist in guiding the generative process. This paper presents a general notation for descriptions and description rules that accounts, extensively if not entirely, for many of the applications of description grammars found in literature. Specifically, a review of the notation with respect to these description schemes supports the explication of its strengths and limitations and the identification of future work. A follow-up paper revisits selected applications of description grammars and demonstrates the applicability of this general notation to these case studies.

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  • Rudi Stouffs, 2018. "Description grammars: A general notation," Environment and Planning B, , vol. 45(1), pages 106-123, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envirb:v:45:y:2018:i:1:p:106-123
    DOI: 10.1177/0265813516667300
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