In this paper we present a method to obtain good approximations of deformable bodies with spring/mass systems. An iterative algorithm based on voronoi diagrams is used to get a good mass distribution. The elastic properties of the system are optimized by simulated annealing. Results are shown, and some applications are discussed.
@inbook{Deussen1995UsingSimulatedAnnealing, address = {Vienna}, author = {O. Deussen and L. Kobbelt and P. Tücke}, booktitle = {Computer Animation and Simulation '95: Proceedings of the Eurographics Workshop in Maastricht, The Netherlands, September 2--3, 1995}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-7091-9435-5_3}, editor = {Terzopoulos, Demetri and Thalmann, Daniel}, isbn = {978-3-7091-9435-5}, pages = {30--43}, publisher = {Springer Vienna}, title = {Using Simulated Annealing to Obtain Good Nodal Approximations of Deformable Bodies}, year = {1995}, url = {http://graphics.uni-konstanz.de/publikationen/Deussen1995UsingSimulatedAnnealing}, }