The Computer: A Very Short Introduction

Natural Language Processing with Python

O'Reilly, 2009

This book offers a highly accessible introduction to Natural Language Processing, the field that underpins a variety of language technologies, ranging from predictive text and email filtering to automatic summarization and translation. With Natural Language Processing with Python, you'll learn how to write Python programs to work with large...

Functional Verification of Programmable Embedded Architectures: A Top-Down Approach

Springer, 2005

It is widely acknowledged that the cost of validation and testing comprises a significant
percentage of the overall development costs for electronic systems today,
and is expected to escalate sharply in the future. Many studies have shown that
up to 70% of the design development time and resources are spent on functional...

Calculus for Computer Graphics

Springer, 2013

Students studying computer animation and computer games have to be familiar with geometry, matrices, vectors, rotation transforms, quaternions, curves and surfaces, and as computer graphics software becomes increasingly sophisticated, calculus is also being used to resolve its associated problems.

The author draws upon his...

Earth As An Evolving Planetary System

Academic Press, 2004

Earth as an Evolving Planetary System presents the key topics and questions relating to the evolution of the Earth's crust and mantle over the last four billion years. It examines the role of plate tectonics in the geological past via geological evidence and proposed plate reconstruction.

Kent Condie synthesizes...

Algebraic Geometry and Geometric Modeling (Mathematics and Visualization)

Springer, 2006

Algebraic Geometry and Geometric Modeling are two distinct domains of research, with few interactions up to now, though closely linked. On the one hand, Algebraic Geometry has developed an impressive theory targeting the understanding of geometric objects defined algebraically. On the other hand, Geometric Modeling is using every day, in practical...

Geometric Algorithms and Combinatorial Optimization (Algorithms and Combinatorics 2)

Springer, 1988

This book develops geometric techniques for proving the polynomial time solvability of problems in convexity theory, geometry, and - in particular - combinatorial optimization. It offers a unifying approach based on two fundamental geometric algorithms: - the ellipsoid method for finding a point in a convex set and - the basis reduction...