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• Introduction and Book Overview. Mathematical Background. IMAGE RESTORATION: Variational Image Restoration Models. Nonlocal Variational Methods in Image Restoration. Image Decomposition into Cartoon and Texture. IMAGE SEGMENTATION AND BOUNDARY DETECTION: The Mumford and Shah Functional for Image Segmentation. Phase-Field Approximations to the Mumford and Shah Problem. Region-Based Variational Active Contours. Edge-Based Variational Snakes and Active Contours. APPLICATIONS: Nonlocal Mumford-Shah and Ambrosio-Tortorelli Variational Models. A Combined Segmentation and Registration Variational Model. Variational Image Registration Models. A Piecewise-Constant Binary Model for Electrical Impedance Tomography. Additive and Multiplicative Piecewise-Smooth Segmentation Models. Numerical Methods for p harmonic Flows.
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Variational Methods in Image Processing presents the principles, techniques, and applications of variational image processing. The text focuses on variational models, their corresponding Euler-Lagrange equations, and numerical implementations for image processing. It balances traditional computational models with more modern techniques that solve the latest challenges introduced by new image acquisition devices. The book addresses the most important problems in image processing along with other related problems and applications. Each chapter presents the problem, discusses its mathematical formulation as a minimization problem, analyzes its mathematical well-posedness, derives the associated Euler-Lagrange equations, describes the numerical approximations and algorithms, explains several numerical results, and includes a list of exercises. MATLAB (R) codes are available online. Filled with tables, illustrations, and algorithms, this self-contained textbook is primarily for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in applied mathematics, scientific computing, medical imaging, computer vision, computer science, and engineering. It also offers a detailed overview of the relevant variational models for engineers, professionals from academia, and those in the image processing industry.
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Why do we play games and why do we play them on computers? The contributors of Games and Rules take a closer look at the core of each game and the motivational system that is the game mechanics. Games are control circuits that organize the game world with their (joint) players and establish motivations in a dedicated space, a "Magic Circle, " whereas game mechanics are constructs of rules designed for interactions that provide gameplay. Those rules form the base for all the excitement and frustration we experience in games. This anthology contains individual essays by authors with backgrounds in game design and game studies, who lead the discourse to get to the bottom of game mechanics in video games and the real world.
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"Though an analysis of five objects that have shaped the history of computer graphics, this book explores what historical technologies shaped and limited the development of simulated images"-- Provided by publisher.

This book is a concise introduction to emerging concepts and ideas found at the intersection of contemporary behavioural science and artificial intelligence. The book explores how these disciplines interact, change, and adapt to one another and what the implications of such an interaction are for practice and society. AI for Behavioural Science book begins by exploring the field of machine behaviour, which advocates using behavioural science to investigate artificial intelligence. This perspective is built upon to develop a framework of terminology that treats humans and machines as comparable entities possessing their own motive power. From here, the notion of artificial intelligence systems becoming choice architects is explored through a series of reconceptualisations. The architecting of choices is reconceptualised as a process of selection from a set of choice architectural designs, while human behaviour is reconceptualised in terms of probabilistic outcomes. The material difference between the so-called "manual nudging" and "automatic nudging" (or hypernudging) is then explored. The book concludes with a discussion of who is responsible for autonomous choice architects.

• Preface. Acknowledgements. Editors. Contributors.
• Chapter 1 Another Set of Eyes in Anesthesiology.
• Chapter 2 Dermatological Machine Learning Clinical Decision Support System.
• Chapter 3 Vision and AI.
• Chapter 4 Thermal Dose Modeling for Thermal Ablative Cancer Treatments by Cellular Neural Networks.
• Chapter 5 Ensembles of Convolutional Neural Networks with Different Activation Functions for Small to Medium-Sized Biomedical Datasets.
• Chapter 6 Analysis of Structural MRI Data for Epilepsy Diagnosis Using Machine Learning Techniques.
• Chapter 7 Artificial Intelligence-Powered Ultrasound for Diagnosis and Improving Clinical Workflow.
• Chapter 8 Machine Learning for E/MEG-Based Identification of Alzheimer's Disease.
• Chapter 9 Some Practical Challenges with Possible Solutions for Machine Learning in Medical Imaging.
• Chapter 10 Detection of Abnormal Activities Stemming from Cognitive Decline Using Deep Learning.
• Chapter 11 Classification of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy and NAFLD through Decision Tree Algorithm.
• Chapter 12 The Cutting Edge of Surgical Practice: Applications of Machine Learning to Neurosurgery.
• Chapter 13 A Novel MRA-Based Framework for the Detection of Cerebrovascular Changes and Correlation to Blood Pressure.
• Chapter 14 Early Classification of Renal Rejection Types: A Deep Learning Approach. Index.
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Provides a comprehensive overview of machine learning and deep learning techniques for biomedical imaging Includes thoracic imaging, abdominal imaging, brain imaging, and retinal imaging Covers new and emerging methods in machine learning Features contributions from leading experts Presents tools to improve computer aided diagnosis.
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• Preface Introduction Indicators for Transit Oriented Development 1.1 Why Start With Indicators? 1.1.1 Mapping & scale bias in areal aggregate data 1.2 Setup 1.2.1 Downloading & wrangling Census data 1.2.2 Wrangling transit open data 1.2.3 Relating tracts & subway stops in space 1.3 Developing TOD Indicators 1.3.1 TOD indicator maps 1.3.2 TOD indicator tables 1.3.3 TOD indicator plots 1.4 Capturing three submarkets of interest 1.5 Conclusion: Are Philadelphians willing to pay for TOD? 1.6 Assignment - Study TOD in your city
• Expanding the Urban Growth Boundary 2.1 Introduction - Lancaster development 2.1.1 The bid-rent model 2.1.2 Setup Lancaster data 2.2 Identifying areas inside & outside of the Urban Growth Area 2.2.1 Associate each inside/outside buffer with its respective town 2.2.2 Building density by town & by inside/outside the UGA 2.2.3 Visualize buildings inside & outside the UGA 2.3 Return to Lancaster's Bid Rent 2.4 Conclusion - On boundaries 2.5 Assignment - Boundaries in your community Intro to geospatial machine learning, Part 1 3.1 Machine learning as a Planning tool 3.1.1 Accuracy & generalizability 3.1.2 The machine learning process 3.1.3 The hedonic model 3.2 Data wrangling - Home price & crime data 3.2.1 Feature Engineering - Measuring exposure to crime 3.2.2 Exploratory analysis: Correlation 3.3 Introduction to Ordinary Least Squares Regression 3.3.1 Our first regression model 3.3.2 More feature engineering & colinearity 3.4 Cross-validation & return to goodness of fit 3.4.1 Accuracy - Mean Absolute Error 3.4.2 Generalizability - Cross-validation 3.5 Conclusion - Our first model 3.6 Assignment - Predict house prices Intro to geospatial machine learning, Part 2 4.1 On the spatial process of home prices 4.1.1 Setup & Data Wrangling 4.2 Do prices & errors cluster? The Spatial Lag 4.2.1 Do model errors cluster? - Moran's I 4.3 Accounting for neighborhood 4.3.1 Accuracy of the neighborhood model 4.3.2 Spatial autocorrelation in the neighborhood model 4.3.3 Generalizability of the neighborhood model 4.4 Conclusion - Features at multiple scales Geospatial risk modeling - Predictive Policing 5.1 New predictive policing tools 5.1.1 Generalizability in geospatial risk models 5.1.2 From Broken Windows Theory to Broken Windows Policing 5.1.3 Setup 5.2 Data wrangling: Creating the fishnet 5.2.1 Data wrangling: Joining burglaries to the fishnet 5.2.2 Wrangling risk factors 5.3 Feature engineering - Count of risk factors by grid cell 5.3.1 Feature engineering - Nearest neighbor features 5.3.2 Feature Engineering - Measure distance to one point 5.3.3 Feature Engineering - Create the final_net 5.4 Exploring the spatial process of burglary 5.4.1 Correlation tests 5.5 Poisson Regression 5.5.1 Cross-validated Poisson Regression 5.5.2 Accuracy & Generalzability 5.5.3 Generalizability by neighborhood context 5.5.4 Does this model allocate better than traditional crime hotspots? 5.6 Conclusion - Bias but useful? 5.7 Assignment - Predict risk People-based ML models 6.1 Bounce to work 6.2 Exploratory analysis 6.3 Logistic regression 6.3.1 Training/Testing sets 6.3.2 Estimate a churn model 6.4 Goodness of Fit 6.4.1 Roc Curves 6.5 Cross-validation 6.6 Generating costs and benefits 6.6.1 Optimizing the cost/benefit relationship 6.7 Conclusion - churn 6.8 Assignment - Target a subsidy People-Based ML Models: Algorithmic Fairness 7.1 Introduction 7.1.1 The spectre of disparate impact 7.1.2 Modeling judicial outcomes 7.1.3 Accuracy and generalizability in recidivism algorithms 7.2 Data and exploratory analysis 7.3 Estimate two recidivism models 7.3.1 Accuracy & Generalizability 7.4 What about the threshold? 7.5 Optimizing 'equitable' thresholds 7.6 Assignment - Memo to the Mayor Predicting rideshare demand 8.1 Introduction - ride share 8.2 Data Wrangling - ride share 8.2.1 Lubridate 8.2.2 Weather data 8.2.3 Subset a study area using neighborhoods 8.2.4 Create the final space/time panel 8.2.5 Split training and test 8.2.6 What about distance features? 8.3 Exploratory Analysis - ride share 8.3.1 Trip_Count serial autocorrelation 8.3.2 Trip_Count spatial autocorrelation 8.3.3 Space/time correlation? 8.3.4 Weather 8.4 Modeling and validation using purrr::map 8.4.1 A short primer on nested tibbles 8.4.2 Estimate a ride share forecast 8.4.3 Validate test set by time 8.4.4 Validate test set by space 8.5 Conclusion - Dispatch 8.6 Assignment - Predict bike share trips Conclusion - Algorithmic Governance Index.
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Public Policy Analytics: Code & Context for Data Science in Government teaches readers how to address complex public policy problems with data and analytics using reproducible methods in R. Each of the eight chapters provides a detailed case study, showing readers: how to develop exploratory indicators; understand 'spatial process' and develop spatial analytics; how to develop 'useful' predictive analytics; how to convey these outputs to non-technical decision-makers through the medium of data visualization; and why, ultimately, data science and 'Planning' are one and the same. A graduate-level introduction to data science, this book will appeal to researchers and data scientists at the intersection of data analytics and public policy, as well as readers who wish to understand how algorithms will affect the future of government.
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• part I Geometry Manipulation / Carsten Dachsbacher
• chapter 1 Deferred Snow Deformation in Rise of the Tomb Raider / Anton Kai Michels
• chapter 2 Catmull-Clark Subdivision Surfaces / Wade Brainerd
• part II Lighting
• chapter 1 Clustered Shading: Assigning Lights Using Conservative Rasterization in DirectX 12 / Kevin O¨rtegren and Emil Persson
• chapter 2 Fine Pruned Tiled Light Lists / Morten S. Mikkelsen
• chapter 3 Deferred Attribute Interpolation Shading / Christoph Schied
• chapter 4 Real-Time Volumetric Cloudscapes / Andrew Schneider
• part III Rendering / Christopher Oat
• chapter 1 Adaptive Virtual Textures / Ka Chen
• chapter 2 Deferred Coarse Pixel Shading / Rahul P. Sathe
• chapter 3 Progressive Rendering Using Multi-frame Sampling / Daniel Limberger, Karsten Tausche, Johannes Linke, and Ju¨rgen Do¨llner
• part IV Mobile Devices / Marius Bjørge
• chapter 1 Efficient Soft Shadows Based on Static Local Cubemap / Sylwester Bala
• chapter 2 Physically Based Deferred Shading on Mobile / Ashley Vaughan Smith
• part V 3D Engine Design / Wessam Bahnassi
• chapter 1 Interactive Cinematic Particles / Homam Bahnassi
• chapter 2 Real-Time BC6H Compression on GPU / Krzysztof Narkowicz
• chapter 3 A 3D Visualization Tool Used for Test Automation in the Forza Series / Gustavo Bastos Nunes
• chapter 4 Semi-static Load Balancing for Low-Latency Ray Tracing on Heterogeneous Multiple GPUs / Takahiro Harada
• part VI Compute / Wolfgang Engel
• chapter 1 Octree Mapping from a Depth Camera / Dave Kotfis
• chapter 2 Interactive Sparse Eulerian Fluid / Alex Dunn.

The latest edition of this bestselling game development reference offers proven tips and techniques for the real-time rendering of special effects and visualization data that are useful for beginners and seasoned game and graphics programmers alike. Exploring recent developments in the rapidly evolving field of real-time rendering, GPU Pro 7: Advanced Rendering Techniques assembles a high-quality collection of cutting-edge techniques for advanced graphics processing unit (GPU) programming. It incorporates contributions from more than 30 experts who cover the latest developments in graphics programming for games and movies. The book covers advanced rendering techniques that run on the DirectX or OpenGL runtimes, as well as on any other runtime with any language available. It details the specific challenges involved in creating games across the most common consumer software platforms such as PCs, video consoles, and mobile devices. The book includes coverage of geometry manipulation; rendering techniques, handheld devices programming, effects in image space, lighting, 3D engine design, graphics-related tools, and environmental effects. It also includes a dedicated section on general purpose GPU programming that covers CUDA and DirectCompute examples. In color throughout, GPU Pro 7 presents ready-to-use ideas and procedures that can help solve many of your daily graphics programming challenges. Example programs with downloadable source code are also provided on the book's CRC Press web page.
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• Foreword Introduction
• Part1: Sparking Interactive Magic Chapter 1: The Power of Play Chapter 2: Creating Invitations to Play Chapter 3: Maintaining Engagement
• Part 2: Engaging the Senses Chapter 4: Old Brains in a Modern World Chapter 5: Seeing is Believing: Visual Perception Chapter 6: Seeing is Believing: Art and Animation Chapter 7: The Magic of Audio: How We Hear Chapter 8: The Magic of Audio: Designing Soundscapes for Kids
• Part 3: Knowing Your Audience Chapter 9: How Kids Learn Chapter 10: Ages and Stages: Why Kids Do What They Do Chapter 11: Gender: Understanding the Play Patterns of Girls and Boys
• Part 4: Creating Digital Playgrounds Chapter 12: Interface Chapter 13: The User Relationship Chapter 14: Characters, Avatars, and Agents Chapter 15: Supporting Play Patterns Chapter 16: Community and Virtual Worlds
• Part 5: Enhancing the Design Process Chapter 17: Predesign Considerations Chapter 18: The Design Process Chapter 19: The Production Process Chapter 20: Testing with Kids
• Part 6: Case Studies Chapter 21: Case Study: Club Penguin Chapter 22: Case Study: Noodle Words
• Conclusion Afterword Acknowledgments Credits Endnotes Bibliography Index.
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This book is a way of sharing insights empirically gathered, over decades of interactive media development, by the author and other children's designers. Included is as much emerging theory as possible in order to provide background for practical and technical aspects of design while still keeping the information accessible. The author's intent for this book is not to create an academic treatise but to furnish an insightful and practical manual for the next generation of children's interactive media and game designers. Key Features Provides practical detailing of how children's developmental needs and capabilities translate to specific design elements of a piece of media Serves as an invaluable reference for anyone who is designing interactive games for children (or adults) Detailed discussions of how children learn and how they play Provides lots of examples and design tips on how to design content that will be appealing and effective for various age ranges Accessible approach, based on years of successful creative business experience, covers basics across the gamut from developmental needs and learning theories to formats, colors, and sounds.
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Multiple-Valued Logic Design: An Introduction explains the theory and applications of this increasingly important subject. Written in a clear and understandable style, the author develops the material in a skillful way. Without using a huge mathematical apparatus, he introduces the subject in a general form that includes the well-known binary logic as a special case. The book is further enhanced by more 200 explanatory diagrams and circuits, hardware and software applications with supporting PASCAL programming, and comprehensive exercises with even-numbered answers for every chapter. Requiring introductory knowledge in Boolean algebra, 2-valued logic, or 2-valued switching theory, Multiple-Valued Logic Design: An Introduction is an ideal book for courses not only in logic design, but also in switching theory, nonclassical logic, and computer arithmetic. Computer scientists, mathematicians, and electronic engineers can also use the book as a basis for research into multiple-valued logic design.
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• Embrittlement of Stainless Steel Coated Electrodes Diego Henrique A. Nascimento, Rogerio Martins Gomes, Elizabeth Fialho Wanner, and Mariana Presoti Introduction Manufacturing Process Process Modeling Process Optimization Final Remarks
• Learning Fuzzy Rules from Imbalanced Datasets using Multi-objective Evolutionary Algorithms Edward Hinojosa C., Heloisa A. Camargo, and Yvan Tupac V. Introduction Imbalanced Dataset Problem Fuzzy Rule-Based Systems Genetic Fuzzy Systems Proposed Method: IRL-ID-MOEA Experimental Analysis Final Remarks
• Hybrid Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithms with Collective Intelligence Daniel Cinalli, Luis Marti, Nayat Sanchez-Pi, and Ana Cristina Bicharra Garcia Introduction Foundations Preferences and Interactive Methods Collective Intelligence for MOEAs Algorithms Experimental Results Final Remarks
• Multiobjective Particle Swarm Optimization Fuzzy Gain Scheduling Control Edson B. M. Costa and Ginalber L. O. Serra Introduction Takagi-Sugeno fuzzy modelling Fuzzy gain scheduling control Experimental results Glossary
• Multiobjective evolutionary algorithms for smart placement Renzo Massobrio, Jamal Toutouh, and Sergio Nesmachnow Introduction Vehicular Communication Networks Materials and methods: metaheuristics, evolutionary computation and multiobjective optimization RSU deployment for VANETs Multiobjective Evolutionary Algorithms for the RSU-DP Experimental Analysis Final Remarks
• Solving Multi-Objective Problems with MOEA/D and Quasi-Simplex Local Search Lucas Prestes, Carolina Almeida, and Richard Goncalves Introduction Multi-objective Optimization Problems Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithm based on DecompositionDi_erential Evolution Quasi-Simplex Local Search Proposed Algorithm - MOEA/DQS Experiments and Results Final Remarks
• Multi-objective Evolutionary Design of Robust Substitution Boxes Nadia Nedjah and Luiza de Macedo Mourelle Introduction Preliminaries for Substitution Boxes Evolutionary Algorithms: Nash Strategy and Evolvable Hardware Evolutionary Coding of Resilient S-Boxes Evolvable Hardware Implementation of S-Boxes Performance Results Final Remarks
• Multi-objective approach to the Protein Structure Prediction Problem Ricardo H. R. Lima, Vidal Fontoura, Aurora Pozo, and Roberto Santana Introduction Protein Structure Prediction The HP Model Multi-objective Optimization A bi-objective optimization approach to HP protein folding Experiments Final Remarks
• Multi-objective IP Assignment for E_cient NoC-based System Design Maamar Bougherara, Rym Rahmoun, Amel Sadok, Nadia Nedjah, Mouloud Koudil, and Luiza de Macedo Mourelle Introduction Related Work NoC Internal Structure Application and IP Repository Models The IP Assignment Problem Assignment with MOPSO Algorithm Objective Functions Results Conclusions.
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Real-world engineering problems often require concurrent optimization of several design objectives, which are conflicting in cases. This type of optimization is generally called multi-objective or multi-criterion optimization. The area of research that applies evolutionary methodologies to multi-objective optimization is of special and growing interest. It brings a viable computational solution to many real-world problems. Generally, multi-objective engineering problems do not have a straightforward optimal design. These kinds of problems usually inspire several solutions of equal efficiency, which achieve different trade-offs. Decision makers' preferences are normally used to select the most adequate design. Such preferences may be dictated before or after the optimization takes place. They may also be introduced interactively at different levels of the optimization process. Multi-objective optimization methods can be subdivided into classical and evolutionary. The classical methods usually aim at a single solution while the evolutionary methods provide a whole set of so-called Pareto-optimal solutions. Evolutionary Multi-Objective System Design: Theory and Applications provides a representation of the state-of-the-art in evolutionary multi-objective optimization research area and related new trends. It reports many innovative designs yielded by the application of such optimization methods. It also presents the application of multi-objective optimization to the following problems: Embrittlement of stainless steel coated electrodes Learning fuzzy rules from imbalanced datasets Combining multi-objective evolutionary algorithms with collective intelligence Fuzzy gain scheduling control Smart placement of roadside units in vehicular networks Combining multi-objective evolutionary algorithms with quasi-simplex local search Design of robust substitution boxes Protein structure prediction problem Core assignment for efficient network-on-chip-based system design.
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• Part I Geometry Manipulation / Carsten Dachsbacher
• chapter 1 Deferred Snow Deformation in Rise of the Tomb Raider / Anton Kai Michels
• chapter 2 Catmull-Clark Subdivision Surfaces / Wade Brainerd
• part II Lighting
• chapter 1 Clustered Shading: Assigning Lights Using Conservative Rasterization in DirectX 12 / Kevin O¨rtegren and Emil Persson
• chapter 2 Fine Pruned Tiled Light Lists / Morten S. Mikkelsen
• chapter 3 Deferred Attribute Interpolation Shading / Christoph Schied
• chapter 4 Real-Time Volumetric Cloudscapes / Andrew Schneider
• part III Rendering / Christopher Oat
• chapter 1 Adaptive Virtual Textures / Ka Chen
• chapter 2 Deferred Coarse Pixel Shading / Rahul P. Sathe
• chapter 3 Progressive Rendering Using Multi-frame Sampling / Daniel Limberger, Karsten Tausche, Johannes Linke, and Ju¨rgen Do¨llner
• part IV Mobile Devices / Marius Bjørge
• chapter 1 Efficient Soft Shadows Based on Static Local Cubemap / Sylwester Bala
• chapter 2 Physically Based Deferred Shading on Mobile / Ashley Vaughan Smith
• part V 3D Engine Design / Wessam Bahnassi
• chapter 1 Interactive Cinematic Particles / Homam Bahnassi
• chapter 2 Real-Time BC6H Compression on GPU / Krzysztof Narkowicz
• chapter 3 A 3D Visualization Tool Used for Test Automation in the Forza Series / Gustavo Bastos Nunes
• chapter 4 Semi-static Load Balancing for Low-Latency Ray Tracing on Heterogeneous Multiple GPUs / Takahiro Harada
• part VI Compute / Wolfgang Engel
• chapter 1 Octree Mapping from a Depth Camera / Dave Kotfis
• chapter 2 Interactive Sparse Eulerian Fluid / Alex Dunn

The latest edition of this bestselling game development reference offers proven tips and techniques for the real-time rendering of special effects and visualization data that are useful for beginners and seasoned game and graphics programmers alike

• PART I: ABOUT INFORMATION SYSTEMS Why Information Systems Matter in Business: And to You Chapter Outline Why This Chapter Matters Chapter Take-Aways Value of Information Systems and Information Systems What Is Information, Really? Legal and Ethical Information Use Key Point Recap Key Terms Review Questions Discussion Questions Springfield Metro Medical Associates Case
• 1: Trusting A Spreadsheet Too Much Questions Case
• 2: Swissquote Questions References Role of Information Systems in Business Chapter Outline Why This Chapter Matters Chapter Take-Aways A Perspective On Information Systems Competitive Strategies Five Basic Competitive Forces Value Chain Key Point Recap Key Terms Review Questions Discussion Questions Springfield Metro Medical Associates Case Questions Case
• 1: Using Social Media to Compete Questions Case
• 2: Pharmacy Processes Questions References PART II: TECHNOLOGY FUNDAMENTALS Information Systems Hardware Chapter Outline Why This Chapter Matters Chapter Take-Aways Computer Structure Switches: The Basic Hardware Building Blocks Computer System Components Computer Categories Key Point Recap Key Terms Review Questions Discussion Questions Springfield Metro Medical Associates Questions Case
• 1: The Green Grid Measures Energy Efficiency Questions Case
• 2: Meltin'Pot Deploys Blade Servers Questions References Information Systems Software Chapter Outline Why This Chapter Matters Chapter Take-Aways Software Concepts System Software Application Software Software Licensing Embedded Software Key Point Recap Key Terms Review Questions Discussion Questions Springfield Metro Medical Associates Questions Case
• 2: Rescuing Food Questions References Data, Databases, and Database Management Chapter Outline Why This Chapter Matters Chapter Take-Aways The Database Concept Operational Databases Databases for Decision Making Database Management Systems Database Security Key Point Recap Key Terms Review Questions Discussion Questions Springfield Metro Medical Associates Questions Case
• 1: Netflix Moves to Cassandra Questions Case
• 2: Mapping Aleppo Questions References Information Networks Chapter Outline Why This Chapter Matters Chapter Take-Aways Communication Links And Networks Communication Links And Devices Local Area Networks Wide Area Networks And The Internet Internet Applications Network Security Key Point Recap Key Terms Review Questions Discussion Questions Springfield Metro Medical Associates Questions Case
• 1: Connecting Remote Areas in Michigan Questions Case
• 2: Helping Mothers Have Healthy Babies in Ghana Questions References PART III: INFORMATION SYSTEMS AT WORK Integrating the Organization Chapter Outline Why This Chapter Matters Chapter Take-Aways History: Information Silos Functional Information Systems Transaction Processing Enterprise Resource Planning Systems Enterprise Application Integration Intranets Integrating Society Key Point Recap Key Terms Review Questions Discussion Questions Springfield Metro Medical Associates Questions Case
• 1: City Of Edinburgh Modernizes Questions Case
• 2: Serenic Accounting Software Questions References Connecting with Customers and Suppliers Chapter Outline Why This Chapter Matters Chapter Take-Aways E-Business And E-Commerce Customer Relationship Management Connecting Through Social Networks Supply Chain Management Extranets Key Point Recap Key Terms Review Questions Discussion Questions Springfield Metro Medical Associates Questions Case
• 1: AliMed EDI Questions Case
• 2: The Risky Supply Chain Questions References Making Better Decisions Chapter Outline Why This Chapter Matters Chapter Take-Aways Decision-Making Concepts Model-Driven Decisions Data-Driven Decisions Group Decisions Dashboards Key Point Recap Key Terms Review Questions Discussion Questions Springfield Metro Medical Associates Questions Case
• 1: Predictive Analytics And Yogurt Questions Case
• 2: Data Warehousing At Volvo Questions References PART IV: MANAGING INFORMATION SYSTEMS Planning and Selecting Information Systems Chapter Outline Why This Chapter Matters Chapter Take-Aways The Information Systems Steering Committee Setting Priorities Make Or Buy? Selecting Software After the Contract Is Signed Key Point Recap Key Terms Review Questions Discussion Questions Springfield Metro Medical Associates Questions Case
• 1: Muddle Through or Replace? Questions Case
• 2: Planning for Data Growth Questions References Developing Information Systems Chapter Outline Why This Chapter Matters Chapter Take-Aways Overview Of Software Development The System Development Life Cycle Approach Other System Development Approaches Managing The Development Process Key Point Recap Key Terms Review Questions Discussion Questions Springfield Metro Medical Associates Questions Case
• 1: The Gendarmes Move to Linux Questions Case
• 2: Moody's And Aaron's Go Agile Questions References Managing Information Systems Chapter Outline Why This Chapter Matters Chapter Take-Aways Linking Strategy Information Systems Department Information Systems Jobs And Careers Managing Information Systems Security Key Point Recap Key Terms Review Questions Discussion Questions Springfield Metro Medical Associates Questions CASE
• 1: Underwater Data Centers: Should You Worry? Questions CASE
• 2: Snoops on The Inside Questions References Index.
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Most information systems textbooks overwhelm business students with overly technical information they may not need in their careers. Information Systems: What Every Business Student Needs to Know takes a new approach to the required information systems course for business majors. For each topic covered, the text highlights key "Take-Aways" that alert students to material they will need to remember during their careers. Sections titled "Where You Fit In" and "Why This Chapter Matters" explain how the topics being covered will impact students once they are on the job. Review questions, discussion questions, and summaries are also included in each chapter to reinforce learning. The book is presented in four parts: About Information Systems: covers general information systems concepts that students need to know as they learn about real-world information systems Technology Fundamentals: supplies a foundation in information technology that fills the gaps most students have when they learn through trial and error Information Systems at Work: details the nitty-gritty of how actual companies use information systems in the real word Managing Information Systems: addresses the issues involved in selecting, developing, and managing information systems The text includes a running case study that follows two management information systems majors in college. As the two main characters study the information systems of a medical practice, students follow along and learn valuable lessons as they see how the case plays out. In addition to the running case study, each chapter also includes two mini cases that illustrate the concepts discussed in that chapter. Maintaining a focus on the essential concepts students must know before entering the business world, this book covers the subject of information systems in a manner that students will find accessible.
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• Basic Principles Introduction A note on mathematics for 3D computer graphics Getting up to speed and following up Assumed knowledge Computer graphics and computer games The full spectrum
• Basic Theory and Mathematical Results Coordinate systems Vectors Homogeneous coordinates The line in vector form The plane Intersection of a line and a plane Closest distance of a point from a line Closest distance of approach between two lines Reflection in a plane Refraction at a plane Intersection of a line with primitive shapes Transformations Parametric curves Interpolation Bezier curves Splines Parametric surfaces Angular interpolation (quaternions)
• Data Structures for 3D Graphics Integer coordinates Vertices and polygons Algorithms for editing arrays of structures Making an edge list from a list of polygonal faces Finding adjacent polygons Finding polygons adjacent to edges
• Basic Visualization The rendering pipeline Hidden surface drawing and rasterization Anti-aliasing Lighting and shading Materials and shaders Image and texture mapping Perlin noise Pseudo shadows Line drawing Tricks and tips
• Realistic Visualization Radiometric lighting and shading Ray tracing Ray tracing optimization Multi-threading and parallel processing
• Computer Animation Keyframes (tweening) Animating rigid motion Character animation Inverse kinematics Physics Animating cloth and hair Particle modeling
• Practical 3D Graphics Real-Time 3D: OpenGL The basics Native programming The GL shading language The P-buffer and framebuffer objects Rendering a particle system using OpenGL Summing up
• Mobile 3D: OpenGLES OpenGLES 3D on iOS 3D on Android Summing up
• The Complete Package: OpenFX Using OpenFX The OpenFX files and folders structure Coordinate system and units User interface implementation The Animation module The Designer module The Renderer module Adding to the software Continuing to dissect OpenFX
• Practical Algorithms for Modeling and Procedural Textures Modeling with Polygonal Datasets Triangulating polygons Triangulating polygons with holes Subdividing polygonal facets Lofting Surfaces of revolution Beveling Orienting surface normals Delaunay triangulation Boolean modeling Metaball modeling and marching cubes Texture coordinate generation Building polygonal primitives
• Algorithms for Procedural Textures A standard interface CPU textures GPU textures Fur and short hair
• Bibliography
• Index.
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• BASIC PRINCIPLES: Introduction. Basic Theory and Mathematical Results. Data Structures for 3D Graphics. Basic Visualization. Realistic Visualization. Computer Animation. PRACTICAL 3D GRPAHICS: Real-Time 3D: OpenGL. Mobile 3D: OpenGLES. The Complete Package: OpenFX. PRACTICAL ALGORITHMS FOR MODELING AND PROCEDURAL TEXTURES: Modeling with Polygonal Datasets. Algorithms for Procedural Textures. Bibliography. Index.
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Practical Algorithms for 3D Computer Graphics, Second Edition covers the fundamental algorithms that are the core of all 3D computer graphics software packages. Using Core OpenGL and OpenGL ES, the book enables you to create a complete suite of programs for 3D computer animation, modeling, and image synthesis. Since the publication of the first edition, implementation aspects have changed significantly, including advances in graphics technology that are enhancing immersive experiences with virtual reality. Reflecting these considerable developments, this second edition presents up-to-date algorithms for each stage in the creative process. It takes you from the construction of polygonal models of real and imaginary objects to rigid body animation and hierarchical character animation to the rendering pipeline for the synthesis of realistic images. New to the Second Edition New chapter on the modern approach to real-time 3D programming using OpenGL New chapter that introduces 3D graphics for mobile devices New chapter on OpenFX, a comprehensive open source 3D tools suite for modeling and animation Discussions of new topics, such as particle modeling, marching cubes, and techniques for rendering hair and fur More web-only content, including source code for the algorithms, video transformations, comprehensive examples, and documentation for OpenFX The book is suitable for newcomers to graphics research and 3D computer games as well as more experienced software developers who wish to write plug-in modules for any 3D application program or shader code for a commercial games engine.
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Practical Algorithms for 3D Computer Graphics, Second Edition covers the fundamental algorithms that are the core of all 3D computer graphics software packages. Using Core OpenGL and OpenGL ES, the book enables you to create a complete suite of programs for 3D computer animation, modeling, and image synthesis.Since the publication of the first edit.
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• Real World Modo
• Table of Contents:
• Chapter 1: Trench warfare: Working as a 3D artist
• Chapter 2: Becoming a modo-nauhght The modo interface and modo architecture
• Chapter 3: Modeling
• Chapter 4: UV Mapping: Becoming a Taxidermist
• Chapter 5: Texturing
• Chapter 6: Animation
• Chapter 7: Camera and Staging: Bringing it all in focus
• Chapter 8: Lighting and Rendering: Making the Difference
• Chapter 9: Advanced Rendering: Working in Linear Space
• Chapter 10: Integrating modo into your pipeline
• Chapter 11: Interactive 3D Design
• Chapter 12: Closing.
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Explore one of the most exciting 3D tools on the market, modo, with Real-World modo - the Luxology approved, concept and principle- driven guide. Learn to apply the revolutionary, artist-friendly modo toolset with its powerful 3D rendering engine to your project workflows. In a clear, motivating, and entertaining style, Luxology insider, Wes McDermott, provides captivating 3D imagery, real world observations, and valuable tips and tricks all in one place - an invaluable resource for any digital artist. Explore 3D techniques and principles with chapters on modelling, UV mapping, texturing, animation, lighting and rendering. Learn to leverage the technical elements of the modo rendering engine including Antialaising, Shading Rate and Irradiance Caching from an artist's perspective. Integrate modo with other 3D applications such as Maya and Mudbox and learn to properly setup a linear rendering workflow within modo. For practical, hands-on techniques, you can visit www.wesmcdermott.com for video walk-throughs that further enhance the coverage in the book.
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• The Buzz of Digital Photography
• Introducing Photoshop Elements 5.0
• First Steps
• Simple Image Changes
• Hands on Techniques
• Using Selections and Layers
• Combining Text with Your Images
• Using Elements' Painting and Drawing Tools
• Creating Great Panoramas
• Preparing Images for the Web or E-mail
• Preparing Images for Printing
• Photo Creations
• Managing Your Files
• Theory into Practice: Real Life Elements Projects
• Where to go From Here
• Appendixes.
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If you are just starting to work with digital images and want great results fast, this complete, easy-to-follow guide is the one for you. As you take your first steps into the magical world of digital imaging, you'll rapidly gain mastery. Everything you need to make your once-in-a-lifetime photos look like a pro shot them is here-with real-life examples and hands-on projects from author and professional photographer Philip Andrews. Become skilled at how to capture superb images from the start as Philip guides you in plain-English through real-life examples. Then get the most out of your digital camera with this thoroughly updated book on Elements 5.0. It's a snap to prepare your photos for email, your website, or top-quality printouts-whether your shots are from a digital or traditional camera. Packed with tips, hints, hundreds of visual examples, and step-by-step tutorials, this book shows you exactly how to: . Color-correct skin tones, isolate foreground subjects, extract people and objects from their backgrounds, create slide shows, fix red-eye, share images online, and more. * Create Album pages quickly and easily with new Elements 5.0 only features * Create, customise and upload your own professionally produce web gallery in under 5 minutes . Create stunning effects with easy, step-by-step techniques to get results fast . Compose amazing panoramas, create slide shows, or design fun greeting cards . Print, back up, and organize your pictures for best results. . Achieve proficiency with techniques like selections and layers, text, and painting and drawing tools . Demystify all the new features in Elements 5.0 to fine-tune your photography, including Photo Creations and the Artwork and Effects palette, with essential new information on using Raw files And much, much more.. If you're looking for a book written by a computer pro from a computer book company, this book isn't it. Written by a photographer for photographers, this book is for those who want to know the techniques that get results and can be put into practice immediately. Full color, step-by-step projects walk you through how to transform your shots into professional images for everything from your family photo album, scrapbook pages to CD slide shows to business presentations and literature, restaurant menus, and more. You can even create posters for holidays and birthday parties. Avid amateurs, family photographers, and small to medium-sized businesses or organizations that need to customize a message in collateral or websites rely on this essential book to learn how to transform photos into breathtaking results. Hone your skills for professional-quality images with the associated website (www.guide2elements.com) that allows you to put each technique into practice with free images to edit and enhance as you follow step-by-step book projects. And there's more.. printable lesson plans, useful links, video tutorials, and updates give you everything at your fingertips to get the best out of your digital camera and Elements 5.0. No more searching for an accompanying CD, as long as you are web connected, the resources and video tutorials are always available via the website no matter where you are. * Save valuable time with this successful introduction to digital imaging written in Philip's trademark no-nonsense style * Fully updated to cover all the new Elements 5.0 features * See how to put each technique into practice with real-life examples * Be inspired with hundreds of full color, high-quality illustrations Praise for previous editions of this title: "With Philip providing you with such a good street index to our Photoshop Elements 3.0 software you will be creating fantastic digital images in next to no time at all." Judith Salonga, Adobe Systems "If you need to manipulate digital images this is the book that will not only show you what can be achieved but inspire you to develop your skills even further." Computer Arts Special "Whether you are into manipulating photographs, wishing to build better websites or produce better looking prints, this book will help you to master all the necessary tools contained in the program. The learning curve just got shallower!" Martin Evening "Philip Andrews' knowledge and enthusiasm shines through." Royal Photographic Society Journal.
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• Chapter 1 How to Draw a Sphere Part I, Basic Math (January 1995)
• Chapter 2 How to Draw a Sphere Part II, Coordinate Systems (March 1995)
• Chapter 3 How to Draw a Sphere Part III, The Hyperbolic Horizon (September 1995)
• Chapter 4 The Truth about Texture Mapping (March 1990)
• Chapter 5 Consider the Lowly 2x2 Matrix (March 1996)
• Chapter 6 Calculating Screen Coverage (May 1996)
• Chapter 7 Fugue for MMX (March-April 1997)
• Chapter 8 Floating Point Tricks (July-August 1997)
• Chapter 9 A Ghost in a Snowstorm (January-February 1998)
• Chapter 10 W Pleasure, W Fun (May-June 1998)
• Chapter 11 Ten More Unsolved Problems in Computer Graphics (September-October 1998)
• Chapter 12 The Cross Ratio (November-December 1998)
• Chapter 13 Inferring Transforms (May-June1999)
• Chapter 14 How Many Different Rational Parametric Cubic Curves Are There? Part I, Inflection Points (July-August 1999)
• Chapter 15 How Many Different Rational Parametric Cubic Curves Are There? Part II, The "Same" Game (November-December 1999)
• Chapter 16 How Many Different Rational Parametric Cubic Curves Are There? Part III, The Catalog (March-April 2000)
• Chapter 17 A Bright, Shiny Future (January 2000)
• Chapter 18 Optimizing C++ Vector Expressions (July-August 2000)
• Chapter 19 Polynomial Discriminants Part I, Matrix Magic (November-December 2000)
• Chapter 20 Polynomial Discriminants Part II, Tensor Diagrams (January-February 2001)
• Chapter 21 Tensor Contraction in C++ (March-April 2001).
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The third entry in the Jim Blinn's Corner series, this is, like the others, a handy compilation of selected installments of his influential column. But here, for the first time, you get the "Director's Cut" of the articles: revised, expanded, and enhanced versions of the originals. What's changed? Improved mathematical notation, more diagrams, new solutions. What remains the same? All the things you've come to rely on: straight answers, irreverent style, and innovative thinking. This is Jim Blinn at his best - now even better.
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• Introduction. Part I: Meet GIMP.
• Chapter 1: What Is GIMP?
• Chapter 2: Thinking Digitally. Part II: Getting Started.
• Chapter 3: Working with Files.
• Chapter 4: A Brief Overview of GIMP's Tools.
• Chapter 5: Taking Advantage of Paths.
• Chapter 6: Working with Layers and Masks.
• Chapter 7: Using Channels. Part III: Manipulating Images.
• Chapter 8: Transforming Images.
• Chapter 9: Adjusting Colors.
• Chapter 10: Working with Text.
• Chapter 11: Painting in GIMP.
• Chapter 12: Enhancing Photos. Part IV: Exploring Filters and Effects.
• Chapter 13: Implementing Blur, Enhancement, and Distortion Filters.
• Chapter 14: Using Image Creation Filters.
• Chapter 15: Using Compositing Filters.
• Chapter 16: Enhancing Images with Artistic Filters.
• Chapter 17: Working with Specialized Filters.
• Chapter 18: Batch Processing with Automating Filters.
• Chapter 19: Using GIMP Animation Package.
• Chapter 20: Working with Video-Specific Functions in GIMP. Part V: Advanced Topics.
• Chapter 21: Finding and Installing Plug-ins.
• Chapter 22: Creating Custom Effects with Scripting. Part VI: Appendices. Appendix A: Downloading and Installing GIMP. Appendix B: Setting Up External Input Devices. Appendix C: Customizing GIMP. Appendix D: Additional Resources. Appendix E: What's on the Web Site. Index.
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The ultimate reference and guide to the GNU image manipulation program GIMP is a free, Photoshop-like image manipulation program, and as its use grows, so does the demand for detailed instruction on how to get the very most out of it. GIMP Bible is the most comprehensive and current independent GIMP reference available that goes beyond official documentation. If you're a digital artist or photographer, the step-by-step explanations in this authoritative guide show you how to power-use GIMP throughout a production pipeline. Topics include understanding the GIMP interface and how to work with it, how to use all of GIMP's tools to create high-quality images, GIMP's default filters and plug-ins, advanced techniques for customization with Python and Scheme scripting, and much more. GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is a free graphics editor that runs on Linux, Windows, or Macs; it is used to process digital graphics and photographs including creating graphics and logos, resizing and cropping photos, altering colors, combining images, creating basic GIF animated images, and more Whether you're a digital artist, professional photographer, or beginner, this detailed how-to shows you best practices, valuable techniques, and helpful tips for getting the most out of GIMP for your projects Topics include the GIMP interface and how to work with it, in-depth description of GIMP's tools and how to use them to create high-quality images, a comprehensive reference for all of GIMP's default filters and common plug-ins, and advanced customization with Python and Scheme scripting Get the most out of this free image editing tool for your production pipeline with the GIMP Bible . Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.
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