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MoCap for Artists: Workflow and Techniques for Motion Capture

Focal Press, 2008

If anyone asks us “Do you think motion capture will replace key-frame animation?” we will say “No.”

Motion capture (mocap) is a very fast and accurate way to bring human motion into a 3D computer animation, but it is not always the best way. Mocap technology exhibits its remarkable strengths for some projects...

Sams Teach Yourself Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) in 24 Hours

Sams Publishing, 2009

I have spent half of my career focused on business and the other half focused on software development. I am—through my business persona—driven by efficiency. Whereas software has led to tremendous efficiency gains, to say the least, it has also left tremendous room for improvement. Applications are hard to create, understand, and...

Information Technology and Product Development (Annals of Information Systems)

Springer, 2009

Infusing new products into a company or organization’s product is imperative for the growth of that organization. In addition, New Product Development (NPD) does not necessarily happen in one place over a defined period of time. NPD is most often distributed in both space and time across a wide range of entities. Therefore, distributed...

American Cars 1946-1959: Every Model, Year by Year

McGraw-Hill, 2008

From the resumption of automobile production at the close of World War II through the 1950s, the American auto industry would see the births and deaths of several manufacturers, great technological advances, and an era of dramatic styling as a prospering nation asserted its growing mobility. Cars of this period are among the most iconic...

Ant Colony Optimization (Bradford Books)

MIT Press, 2004

The complex social behaviors of ants have been much studied by science, and computer scientists are now finding that these behavior patterns can provide models for solving difficult combinatorial optimization problems. The attempt to develop algorithms inspired by one aspect of ant behavior, the ability to find what computer scientists would...

Database Systems: A Practical Approach to Design, Implementation, and Management (International Computer Science Series)

Addison Wesley, 1998

The history of database research over the past 30 years is one of exceptional productivity that has led to the database system becoming arguably the most impor tant development in the field of software engineering- The database is now the underlying framework of the information system, and has fundamentally changed the way many...

CyberForensics: Understanding Information Security Investigations (Springer's Forensic Laboratory Science Series)

Humana Press, 2010

The introduction was composed by Jennifer L. Bayuk, the editor of this volume. It briefly describes the history of the cyberforensics field and places the subsequent chapters into context. The last section of the introduction, Expert Explanations, describes the format of the following sections and also how the sections complement...

Mastering Scientific and Medical Writing: A Self-help Guide

Springer, 2006

You may ask why anyone would want to write yet another book about scientific writing. There are many books on the subject, some more useful than others, and the abundance of literature on this topic may confuse rather than guide.

I felt that this book was necessary for several reasons. During the past years, I...

The 10th International Conference on Computer Engineering and Networks (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, 1274)

Springer, 2020

This book contains a collection of the papers accepted by the CENet2020 – the 10th International Conference on Computer Engineering and Networks held on October 16-18, 2020 in Xi’an, China. The topics focus but are not limited to Internet of Things and Smart Systems, Artificial Intelligence and Applications, Communication System...

The Unified Modeling Language User Guide Second Edition

Addison Wesley, 2005

For nearly ten years, the Unified Modeling Language (UML) has been the industry standard for visualizing, specifying, constructing, and documenting the artifacts of a software-intensive system. As the de facto standard modeling language, the UML facilitates communication and reduces confusion among project stakeholders. The recent...

Digital Lighting and Rendering (2nd Edition)

New Riders Publishing, 2006

Crafting a perfect rendering in 3D software means nailing all the details. And no matter what software you use, your success in creating realistic-looking illumination, shadows and textures depends on your professional lighting and rendering techniques. In this lavishly illustrated new edition, Pixar's Jeremy Birn shows you how...

Satellite Communication Engineering

CRC Press, 2002

Because of the immense importance of signal processing and the fastgrowing demands of business and industry, this series on signal processing serves to report up-to-date developments and advances in the field. The topics of interest include but are not limited to the following.

Signal theory and analysis

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