Enumerating Quasi-Monte Carlo Point Sequences in Elementary Intervals

  • Leonhard Grünschloß
  • Matthias Raab
  • Alexander Keller
Conference paper
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Part of the Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics book series (PROMS, volume 23)

Abstract

Low discrepancy sequences, which are based on radical inversion, expose an intrinsic stratification. New algorithms are presented to efficiently enumerate the points of the Halton and (t, s)-sequences per stratum. This allows for consistent and adaptive integro-approximation as for example in image synthesis.

Keywords

Lookup Table Image Synthesis Radiance Function Elementary Interval Parallel Computing Environment 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Leonhard Grünschloß
    • 1
  • Matthias Raab
    • 2
  • Alexander Keller
    • 2
  1. 1.Rendering Research, Weta DigitalWellingtonNew Zealand
  2. 2.NVIDIA ARC GmbHBerlinGermany

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