01.Feb.2011 [paramaters] Tree Deformation Visualization

Tree growth is augmented by a field of interacting parameters. Each parameter has an inherent potential to effect growth. Additionally each parameter occurs within a given system at varying frequencies. The nomenclature we have given to these observations is Quantity and Quality. The quality of deformation within the system determines the size of the circle which represents each parameter. The quantity of occurrence determines the placement of a parameter within a given system, represented as a field.  The first diagram maps the way in which these parameters interact within five different systems, designated by region.

A group of variables was defined to represent all potential distortion on a tree. The effect of each parameter on a given variable is shown through distortion of a circle. This is calculated by determining the effect of each parameter on four aspects of each growth: external, internal, folial, and cellular. Compounding distortion is created as multiple variables interact, shown as overlaps on the diagram. Inversely lack of interaction between variables is shown through separation within the space of the diagram. Variables that are unaffected are excluded from the field of the parameter and, therefore, outside of the circle.

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