Visualization of geometric algorithms in an electronic classroom
Maria Shneerson, Ayellet Tal · 1997
This paper investigates the visualization and animation of geometric computing in a distributed electronic classroom. We show how focusing in a well-defined domain makes it possible to develop a compact system that is accessible to even naive users. We present a conceptual model and a system, GASP-II, that realizes this model in the geometric domain. The system allows the presentation and interactive exploration of 3-dimensional geometric algorithms over the network. Key words: Algorithm animation, Visualization in Education, Geometric algorithms. 1 Introduction A large part of computer science education deals with algorithms and data-structures. Though algorithms are dynamic in nature, most instructors choose static ways to describe them. It has been shown that visualization can be a powerful tool in the teaching of algorithms [7]. An algorithm animation can expose properties of an algorithm that are otherwise hard to grasp, and help get some intuition into the way the algorithm oper...