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Our principal objective in this book is to describe some basic problems that arise in computer graphics and computational geometry and to present some practical and relatively simple methods for solving them. In these pages we will not attempt a comprehensive survey of these fields. Rather, we will cover a number of core problems and...

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It doesn't matter if you're new to programming or just to VB.NET, Visual Basic .NET Programming gets you up and running with the new version and offers a comprehensive introduction to Windows and web application development. From language fundamentals to ADO.NET, XML, and Web Services, Harold Davis's thoughtful approach emphasizes...

For the past decade, we have been the principal developers of LabWizard, which is the gold standard in Knowledge Acquisition tools and is used around the world to provide patient-specific interpretations of pathology cases. LabWizard is a very complex suite of...

The idea for this project grew out of a conversation between Jens Timmermann, Steve Engstrom and Andrews Reath at a conference on Kant’s moral philosophy hosted by Peking University in May 2004. We believe that Andy suggested that there was a need for a volume of new essays on the Critique of Practical Reason, and Jens suggested that we...

Always wanted to play the flute? Are you a former flautist who wants to refresh your skills? Flute For Dummies is the guide for you. Following along with the book's accompanying CD, you will learn the nuances of playing the flute as an...

In this textbook, I take an unconventional approach to data analysis. Its contents are heavily influenced by the idea that data analysis should help in enhancing and augmenting knowledge of the domain as represented by the concepts and statements of relation between them. According to this view, two main pathways for data analysis are...

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The recent remarkable developments of interior point algorithms began in 1984 with Karmarkar's polynomial-time interior point algorithm for linear programs using a log- arithmic potential function and a projective transformation. The progress has been made so rapidly and extensively that it seems difficult to get a comprehensive...

Formerly used mainly by specialists in signal processing and numerical analysis, MATLAB® in recent years has achieved widespread and enthusiastic acceptance throughout the engineering community. Many engineering schools now require a course based entirely or in part on MATLAB early in the curriculum. MATLAB is programmable and has...

Video segmentation has been a key technique for visual information extraction and plays an important role in digital video processing, pattern recognition, and computer vision. A wide range of video-based applications will benefit from advances in video segmentation including security and surveillance, bank transactions monitoring,...