Map-Colored Mosaics

Year: 2009 Authors: Robert Bosch; Andrew Pike

Core claim

Integer programming can generate map-colored mosaics that satisfy adjacency color constraints while approximating a target image.

Topics

map coloring, mosaic design, integer programming, opt art

Domains

graph coloring, integer programming, combinatorial optimization, mosaic art, optical art, tessellation design, digital halftoning

Methods

binary optimization model, block formulation, target-image brightness fitting, tile-based color constraints

Media

grayscale pixels, square tiles, hexagonal tilings, image mosaics

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