What is a Pattern?

Year: 2014 Authors: Eva R. Toussaint; Godfried T. Toussaint

Core claim

Pattern lacks a single accepted definition, but cross-disciplinary definitions suggest a measurable concept tied to order, arrangement, and regularity.

Topics

definitions of pattern, order and regularity, metapattern, pattern measurement

Domains

symmetry, finite binary sequences, pattern recognition, pattern design, visual arts, architecture

Methods

comparative literature survey, cross-disciplinary definition analysis, conceptual synthesis

Media

written text, musical notation, visual line arrangements

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