There are many aspects to consider when evaluating or improving an indoor environment; thermal comfort, energy saving, preservation of materials, hygiene and health are all key aspects which can be improved by passive methods of environmental control. Passive Methods as a Solution for Improving Indoor Environments endeavours to fill...
The field of Computer Graphics has evolved rapidly over the past decade following
the development of a large collection of algorithms and techniques for various applications
in modelling, animation, visualisation, real-time rendering and game engine
design. Advances in graphics hardware capabilities and processor technology have...
With 11 invited submissions from leading researchers and teams of researchers sharing one common characteristic ? all have worked with Dr. Judith Bishop during her long and continuing career as a leader in computer science education and research ? this book reflects on Dr Bishop?s outstanding contribution to computer science....
Understanding the sustainable use of energy in various processes is an integral part of engineering and scientific studies, which rely on a sound knowledge of energy systems. Whilst many institutions now offer degrees in energy-related programs, a comprehensive textbook, which introduces and explains sustainable energy systems and can be used...
This book presents the state of the art in parallel numerical algorithms, applications, architectures, and system software. The book examines various solutions for issues of concurrency, scale, energy efficiency, and programmability, which are discussed in the context of a diverse range of applications. Features: includes contributions from...
I have been teaching web development for 14 years. I started with Perl. I can still
remember the behemoth programs that contained all the logic and HTML. I remember
using a text editor to write the program. Debugging consisted of a lot of print
statements. It was a fun time, full of exploration, but I do not miss them.
This book covers all of the diagnostic areas where FNAC is used today. This includes palpable lesions and lesions sampled using various radiological methods, and correlations with ancillary examinations detailed on an entity-by-entity basis. As well as being a complete atlas of the facts and findings important to FNAC, this atlas is a guide...
Image registration is the process of finding correspondence between all points in
two images of a scene. This correspondence is required in stereo depth perception,
3-D scene reconstruction, object detection and recognition, change detection, image
fusion, object tracking and motion analysis. Analysis of two or more images of a...
The book describes recent research results in the areas of modelling, creation, management and presentation of interactive 3D multimedia content. The book describes the current state of the art in the field and identifies the most important research and design issues. Consecutive chapters address these issues. These are: database modelling of...
The first part of this preface is for the student, the second for the instructor. Some
readers may find it helpful to look at both.Whoever you are, welcome!
This easy-to-follow textbook introduces the mathematical language, knowledge and problem-solving skills that undergraduates need to study computing. The language is in part...
One of the first times I ever encountered video and image processing was in a
semester project at my fourth year of studying. The aim of the project was to design
a system that automatically located the center and size of mushrooms in an image.
Given this information a robot should pick the mushrooms. I was intrigued by the...
I had the pleasure to be one of the speakers at the 2010 World Forum on Enterprise
and the Environment, held by the Smith School of the University of Oxford. The
participants, drawn from academia, industry, government and NGOs, were asked
to explore the challenges and offer pathways to a sustainable, low carbon transportation...
