This applet demonstrates how recursion and randomness can simulate natural patterns such as the branches of a tree or the paths of particulates in the air. A good applet to study for beginning programmers.
Download ptree.zip (5KB) and unzip with a compression utility.
Java Source: Available in download.
Sample HTML Source: See the configuration file.
<APPLET codebase=classes CODE="particleTree.class" WIDTH=200 HEIGHT=300>
</APPLET>
Status: Free
Author: Greg Linden
Homepage: http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/glinden
Upload Date: April 24, 1998
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