L-system
Noun
Meaning
L-system (plural L-systems)
A parallel rewriting system; a rewriting system in which as many rewrite rules as possible are applied at each step.
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If a rule depends not only on a single symbol but also on its neighbours, it is termed a context-sensitive L-system.
Example 6: Dragon curve The dragon curve drawn using an L-system.
If the production rules were to be applied only one at a time, one would quite simply generate a language, rather than an L-system.
If there is exactly one production for each symbol, then the L-system is said to be deterministic (a deterministic context-free L-system is popularly called a D0L system ).
Origins 'Weeds', generated using an L-system in 3D.
Pg. 11 * Given a structure, find an L-system that can produce that structure.