Directory of Lindenmayer Systems Resources

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Lindenmayer systems (or L-Systems) are a way of modelling plants and other biological organisms using mathematics and simple language tools.

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• Algorithmic Botany

  http://algorithmicbotany.org/
  The definitive resource for L-Systems, this University of Calgary site is maintained by Lindenmayers collaborators. It contains many articles, and a full-length copy of 'The Algorithmic Beauty of Plants'.

• An Introduction to Lindenmayer Systems

  http://ldc.usb.ve/~gabro/lsys/lsys.html
  An introduction by Gabriela Ochoa, currently at the University of Stirling.

• Christian Jacob

  http://pages.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~jacob/Publications/Publications.html
  A collection of papers related to using Mathematica to generate L-Systems.

• Fractal Geometry: L-Systems

  http://classes.yale.edu/fractals/IntroToFrac/InitGen/LSystems/LSystems.html
  Introduction to L-systems by Michael Frame at Yale University. Includes background information.

• GDesign 1.0

  http://www.digitalpoiesis.org/
  Generative art tools that create complex 2D and 3D objects breeding LSystems, Cellular Automata, and Shape Grammars. Freeware by Umberto Roncoroni.

• L-systems

  http://www.math.okstate.edu/mathdept/dynamics/lecnotes/node12.html#SECTION00040000000000000000
  A guide to the theory behind L-Systems.

• L-Systems Tutorial

  http://vlab.infotech.monash.edu.au/tutorials/l-systems/
  A mathematical introduction to how L-Systems work.

• Laurens Lapre's Lparser

  http://laurenslapre.nl/lapre_004.htm
  Windows software and some information on LSystems and related ideas.

• LGrammar

  http://robotics.ee.uwa.edu.au/lgrammar/
  A graphics tool for Lindenmayer systems in C and Java.

• Lindenmayer System

  http://mathworld.wolfram.com/LindenmayerSystem.html
  Subject entry from Wolfram MathWorld. Includes references and downloadable Mathematica notebook.

• Lindenmayer Systems in Architecture

  http://www.michael-hansmeyer.com/projects/project3w.html
  Architectural applications of L-systems. Includes background and methods.

• lsystem

  http://www.alcyone.com/software/lsystem/
  A simple implementation of Lindenmayer systems written in Python.

• Recursive Productions and Grammars

  http://www.cs.rit.edu/~afb/20013/plc/slides/grammars.html
  A guide to the rules of strict grammars including L-Systems.

• Wikipedia L-systems

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindenmayer_system
  A well rounded introduction to L-Systems.

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