Aesthetic Fractals
The Java Evolutionary UI to pair with Genetic Fractals.
Created by Kevin Yeh and Tyler Yates - 2013 (UT Freshman Research Initiative: Computational Intelligence)
Introduction
Fractals are defined as “a curve or geometric figure, each part of which has the same statistical character as the whole." They have been researched extensively, due in large part to the complex results that can arise from iterating over simple processes many times, and fractals have been found to model a wide range of natural phenomena. Each fractal family is defined by a basic mathematical structure, from which variations are created by altering the coefficients of the basic equation. Because these coefficients can be represented by floating point numbers, determining a genome for the fractals is potentially simple and can lead to computationally light mutations, through slight alteration of the coefficients, and crossovers, through an averaging of the parent’s coefficients. It is also possible to expand upon the process of generating offspring fractals by taking outside factors into account, and entire families can be generated programmatically through evolution of the equations themselves, creating potentially complex fractal patterns tended towards certain desirable features.
The Program
The Aesthetic Fractals Program allows users to evolve fractals to their liking using genetic programming. The program runs on Linux and uses the OpenGL framework for its graphics.How to Git It
The program is hosted on Github Clone the project onto your machine:cd AestheticFractals
git submodule update
make -C C-Genetics/libs/AntTweakBar/src
make -C C-Genetics