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Recently, vision scientists have begun to explore fractals. This paper describes a set of programs that can be used to create fractal and fractal-like drawings. The programs were implemented on the Apple II series of computers. The programs were primarily designed to create deterministic and random fractal-like patterns with fractal dimensionality between 1 and 2. A supplementary program computes the box dimensionality, a measure of dimensionality that does not assume an infinite recursive process. The advantages of this measure of dimensionality over the more typical self-similar measure are discussed.
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The author would like to thank Doug Brown, Kathy Kirkhoff, and Teresa Dinsmore for assisting with the development and debugging of early versions of the software and Danica Radivojevic for aid in debugging the most recent version. For reprints, contact the author at the For copies of the program, please send a 5.25-in. diskette and diskette mailer.
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Butler, D.L. Simple geometric fractals. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers 23, 160–165 (1991). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03203360
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