In contemporary globally competitive markets, the development of new products is considered a critical success factor for organizations. Significant efforts have been invested in the development of methods and tools for improving the management of design processes, being a key element in development processes, especially those related...

What do people learn when they do not know that they are learning? Until recently all of the work in the area of implicit learning focused on empirical questions and methods. In this book, Axel Cleeremans explores unintentional learning from an information-processing perspective. He introduces a theoretical framework that unifies existing...

Create physically realistic 3D Graphics environments with this introduction to the ideas and techniques behind the process. Author David H. Eberly includes simulations to introduce the key problems involved and then gradually reveals the mathematical and physical concepts needed to solve them. He then describes all the algorithmic foundations...

During recent years a great deal of progress has been made in performance modelling and evaluation of the Internet, towards the convergence of multi-service networks of diverging technologies, supported by internetworking and the evolution of diverse access and switching technologies. The 44 chapters presented in this handbook are revised...

Anticipatory optimization for dynamic decision making relies on a number of different scientific disciplines. On a general level, the foundations of the field may be localized at the intersection of operations research, computer science and decision theory. Closer inspection reveals the important role of branches such as simulation,...

The Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) has seen a huge uptake in both academia and industry over the past years. It is seen by many as the de facto standard for business process modeling and has become very popular with business analysts, tool vendors and end users. As of version 2.0, the BPMN contains a comprehensive set of...

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In September 1994 the seventh International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems- IROS '94-- was held in Neubiberg, a suburb of Munich, Germany, on the premises of the German Armed Forces University Munich. Of the 300 papers presented during the conference I have selected 48 ones which, in my subjective opinion, are...

• Introduces Flash physics in an accurate, but approachable way, covering what is required to produce physically...

Have you ever wondered how electronic products are created? Do you have an idea for a new electronic gadget but no way of testing the feasibility of the device? Have you accumulated a junk box of electronic parts and now wonder what to build with them? Well, this book will answer all your questions about discovering cool and innovative...