Graphical and digital media applications

As we enter the third decade of the World Wide Web (WWW), the textual revolution has seen a tremendous change in the availability of online information.

3D design is now a key technology for effective collaboration between manufacturing companies.

The author discusses the existing theoretical approaches of semiotically informed research in HCI, what is useful and the limitations.

Manufacturing industry has been one of the key drivers for recent rapid global economic development.

Recent rapid globalisation of manufacturing industries leads to a drive and thirst for rapid advancements in technological development and expertise in the fields of advanced design and manufacturing, especially at their interfaces.

"e;Designing Inclusive Futures"e; reflects the need to explore, in a coherent way, the issues and practicalities that lie behind design that is intended to extend our active future lives.

The fruit of many years experience on the creation of synthetic worlds and virtual realities, this book is based on the considerable expertise of the authors, who share their knowledge of mastering the complexities behind the creation of Virtual Reality (VR) applications.

Although geometry has been a flourishing discipline for millennia, most of it has seen either no practical applications or only esoteric ones.

This book aims at capitalizing and transmitting know-how about the design of Augmented Environments (AE) from some of the most prominent laboratories in the field worldwide.

"e;Computational Surface and Roundness Metrology"e; provides an extraordinarily practical and hands-on approach towards understanding the diverse array of mathematical methods used in surface texture and roundness analysis.

II Challenges in Data Mapping Part II deals with one of the most challenging tasks in Interactive Visualization, mapping and teasing out information from large complex datasets and generating visual representations.

This tightly-edited collection of papers from leading researchers worldwide provides an overview of the current state-of-the-art in the field of multimedia data mining and knowledge discovery, and discusses the variety of hot topics in multimedia data mining research.

Balanced Website Design (BWD) is a new methodology that fuses traditional strengths of structured, stepped, and iterative approaches to design and implementation, with keeping a sharp focus (throughout a project) on defining and achieving the desired purpose, usability and aesthetic characteristics - which are absolutely essential requirements of any website.

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Manufacturing has been one of the key areas that support and influence a nation's economy since the 18th century.

We may consider technology as the set of tools, both hardware and software, that help us improve our performance in di?

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.