Aydin OzturkMurat KurtAhmet Bilgili2025-10-0620100167-70551467-865910.1111/j.1467-8659.2010.01649.xhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8659.2010.01649.xhttps://gcris.yasar.edu.tr/handle/123456789/7077In this paper we introduce a novel approach for modeling surface reflection. We focus on using a family of probability distributions called Archimedean copulas as BRDF models. The Archimedean representation has an attractive property in that the multivariate distributions are characterized by their marginal distributions through a single univariate function only. It is shown that the proposed model meets the reciprocity property of reflection. Based on measured BRDF data we demonstrate that the proposed approach provides a good approximation to BRDF. Empirical comparisons are made with some classically used BRDF models.EnglishBRDF representation, reflection models, rendering, copula distributionsArticle