Graphical and digital media applications

It is probably a coincidence that the three main terms discussed in this book, namely transformations, projections,and perspective, are ambiguous.

Boundary representation is the principal solid modelling method used in modern CAD/CAM systems.

Musicians, perhaps more than any other class of artists, have always been acutely aware of the scientific developments of their time.

At the beginning of the 21st century, manufacturing industry is faced with new challenges stemming from globalization and the need for environmental sustainability.

"e;The Maintenance Management Framework"e; describes and reviews the concept, process and framework of modern maintenance management of complex systems; concentrating specifically on modern modelling tools (deterministic and empirical) for maintenance planning and scheduling.

The most important attribute of geospatial platforms is their unique potential to aggregate a multitude of public and private geographic data sets, providing access to data from government agencies, industry and the general public.

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Mass customization is an emerging paradigm gathering growing interest in many industrial fields.

Interactive curve modeling techniques and their applications are extremely useful inanumber ofacademicandindustrialsettings.

Modelling is an activity that is found in every domain of research and science, and takes place even when we are not aware of it.

Biometrics technology continues to stride forward with its wider acceptance and its perceived need in various new security facets of modern society.

Digital video for user-centred co-design is an emerging field of design, gaining increasing interest in both industry and academia.

In today's competitive world, industries are focusing on shorter lead times, improved quality, reduced cost, increased profit, improved productivity and better customer service.

In process modelling, knowledge of the process under consideration is typically partial with significant disturbances to the model.

The Semantic Web is a vision that has sparked a wide-ranging enthusiasm for a new generation of the Web.

Manufacturing systems and processes are becoming more complex, so more rational decision-making in process control is a necessity.

Many real systems are composed of multi-state components with different performance levels and several failure modes.

Developing and maintaining a VR system is a very difficult task, requiring in-depth knowledge in many disciplines.

Efficient assembly line design is a problem of industrial importance.

Robust Control Design with MATLAB(R) helps you learn how to use well-developed robust control design methods in practical cases.

Remote web-based experimentation, enabling students and researchers to access the laboratory anytime via the Internet, is becoming an increasingly attractive way to complement or even replace traditional laboratory sessions.

Correcting the Great Mistake People often mistake one thing for another.

"e;Acrobat(R) and PDF for Architecture, Engineering, and Construction"e; is a practical guide focusing on the applications of PDF in the solution of "e;engineering"e; problems which may arise in various disciplines from architecture to construction.

The sampling lattice used to digitize continuous image data is a signi?

Multibody Mechanics and Visualization is designed to appeal to computer-savvy students who will acquire significant skills in mathematical and physical modelling of mechanical systems in the process of producing attractive computer simulations and animations.

If you're a web developer, you know that you can use Ajax to add rich, user-friendly, dynamic features to your applications.

Azure in Action is a fast-paced tutorial intended for architects and developers looking to develop cloud-based applications on the Windows Azure Platform.

To keep programming productive and enjoyable, state-of-the-art practices andprinciples are essential.

SummaryWeb Design Playground takes you step by step from writing your first line of HTML to creating interesting and attractive web pages.

New and fully updated to cover the last 10 years of accessibility research published since the first edition, this book covers key areas of evaluation and methodology, client-side applications, specialist and novel technologies, along with initial appraisals of disabilities.

This book explores the emerging field of hyperconnectivity looking at technology and systems that allow person-to-person and person-to-machine communication in networked organizations and the social and economic impact of this society.

This book consists of a series of essays which addresses the essentials of the development processes in user-experience design (UX design) planning, research, analysis, evaluation, training and implementation, and deals with the essential components (metaphors, mental models, navigation, and appearance) of user-interfaces and user-experiences during the period of 2002-2007.

This second edition focuses on audio, image and video data, the three main types of input that machines deal with when interacting with the real world.

This book highlights a unique combination of numerical tools and strategies for handling the challenges of multiphysics simulation, with a specific focus on electromechanical systems as the target application.

Written by international researchers in the field of Distributed User Interfaces (DUIs), this book brings together important contributions regarding collaboration and usability in Distributed User Interface settings.

The interaction between a user and a device forms the foundation of today's application design.

Focuses on the process by which manually crafting interactive, hypertextual maps clarifies one's own understanding, communicates it to others, and enables collective intelligence.

Robust Control Design with MATLAB® (second edition) helps the student to learn how to use well-developed advanced robust control design methods in practical cases.

This comprehensive text/reference examines in depth the synergy between multimedia content analysis, personalization, and next-generation networking.

Opening with a detailed review of existing techniques for selective encryption, this text then examines algorithms that combine both encryption and compression.

This indispensable text introduces the foundations of three-dimensional computer vision and describes recent contributions to the field.

Creativity and rationale comprise an essential tension in design.

Over the last 15 years, the application of innovative steel concepts in the automotive industry has increased steadily.

The concept generation process seems like an intuitional thought: difficult to capture and perform, although everyone is capable of it.

This book discusses all aspects of computing for expressive performance, from the history of CSEMPs to the very latest research, in addition to discussing the fundamental ideas, and key issues and directions for future research.

Problems, methods and algorithms of decision making based on an uncertain knowledge now create a large and intensively developing area in the field of knowledge-based decision support systems.

Principles of Visual Information Retrieval introduces the basic concepts and techniques in VIR and develops a foundation that can be used for further research and study.

The series Advances in Industrial Control aims to report and encourage technology transfer in control engineering.

The Cambridge Workshops on Universal Access and Assistive Technology (CWUAAT) are a series of workshops held at a Cambridge University College every two years.