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Introduction to Bio-Ontologies by Peter N. Robinson 9780367659271
RRP: $90.28Booksplease Price: $85.11Introduction to Bio-Ontologies explores the computational background of ontologies. Emphasizing computational and algorithmic issues surrounding bio-ontologies, this self-contained text helps readers understand ontological algorithms and their... -
Game Design Tools: Cognitive, Psychological, and Practical Approaches by Diego Ricchiuti 9781032134802
RRP: $252.00Booksplease Price: $230.06This book provides a series of transdisciplinary tools to help game designers improve their design pipeline and design output. Using approaches from psychology, anthropology, and sociology, it offers practical tools for all the main aspects of game... -
Software Design by Example: A Tool-Based Introduction with JavaScript by Greg Wilson 9781032399676
RRP: $231.00Booksplease Price: $208.45The best way to learn design in any field is to study examples, and some of the best examples of software design come from the tools programmers use in their own work. Software Design by Example: A Tool-Based Introduction with JavaScript therefore builds... -
The Animation Textbook: Text Book by Rao Heidmets 9781032384016
RRP: $252.00Booksplease Price: $228.61This introductory textbook provides practical exercises to help students and beginner animators get to grips with the basics of creating animated films. It covers both traditional 2D and 3D animated film, as well as experimental and computer animation... -
Branching Story, Unlocked Dialogue: Designing and Writing Visual Novels by Toiya Kristen Finley 9781032059006
RRP: $172.18Booksplease Price: $153.55This book covers the distinguishing characteristics and tropes of visual novels (VNs) as choice-based games and analyzes VNs like 999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors; Hatoful Boyfriend; and Monster Prom, some of the best examples of the genre as... -
Secrets of the Animator by Julia Peguet 9781032119298
RRP: $220.50Booksplease Price: $201.31Based on the author's own notes compiled over 18 years, this work is intended for both animation students and professionals. This manual is a learning tool focusing exclusively on the work of animators. It provides all the keys to understanding the... -
Storytelling for New Technologies and Platforms: A Writer's Guide to Theme Parks, Virtual Reality, Board Games, Virtual Assistants, and More by Ross Berger 9780367693831
RRP: $252.00Booksplease Price: $238.58Expert advice from several industrial professionals who have worked for some of the world's biggest tech and interactive companies. Best practices that not only prepare writers on how to apply their craft to new fields, but also prepare them for the... -
Metaheuristic Algorithms in Industry 4.0 by Pritesh Shah 9780367698393
RRP: $220.50Booksplease Price: $190.76Due to increasing industry 4.0 practices, massive industrial process data is now available for researchers for modelling and optimization. Artificial Intelligence methods can be applied to the ever-increasing process data to achieve robust control... -
Embedding Culture into Video Games and Game Design: The Palm, the Dogai and the Tombstone by Rhett Loban 9781032232164
RRP: $252.00Booksplease Price: $238.58This book will help game designers and those interested in games thoughtfully embed culture into video games and the game design process.This book raises the issue of how some cultures and communities are misrepresented in various video games. In... -
Language Teaching with Video-Based Technologies: Creativity and CALL Teacher Education by Michael Thomas
RRP: $304.50Booksplease Price: $265.76This book explores the implications of technology-mediated project-based language learning for CALL teacher development, focusing on the role of video-based instruction in elucidating challenges and opportunities to promote learner creativity in the... -
Mathematics for Computer Graphics and Game Programming: A Self-Teaching Introduction by D P Kothari
RRP: $132.30Booksplease Price: $89.63No detailed description available for "Mathematics for Computer Graphics and Game Programming".Book InformationISBN 9781683923565Author D. P. KothariFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Mercury Learning & InformationPublisher Mercury Learning &... -
Handbook of Robust Low-Rank and Sparse Matrix Decomposition: Applications in Image and Video Processing by Thierry Bouwmans
RRP: $90.28Booksplease Price: $86.16Handbook of Robust Low-Rank and Sparse Matrix Decomposition: Applications in Image and Video Processing shows you how robust subspace learning and tracking by decomposition into low-rank and sparse matrices provide a suitable framework for computer... -
Professional Web Video: Plan, Produce, Distribute, Promote, and Monetize Quality Video by Richard Harrington
RRP: $115.48Booksplease Price: $102.84Add professional-level video to your Web communications toolbox with a complete understanding of the process, potential and limitations of Web video. Step up from the mini-cam experience with this solid introduction to professional planning and... -
Software Essentials: Design and Construction by Adair Dingle
RRP: $90.28Booksplease Price: $84.48Winner of a 2015 Alpha Sigma Nu Book Award, Software Essentials: Design and Construction explicitly defines and illustrates the basic elements of software design and construction, providing a solid understanding of control flow, abstract data types... -
Mobile Cloud Computing: Models, Implementation, and Security by Meikang Qiu
RRP: $90.28Booksplease Price: $86.27Mobile Cloud Computing: Models, Implementation, and Security provides a comprehensive introduction to mobile cloud computing, including key concepts, models, and relevant applications. The book focuses on novel and advanced algorithms, as well as mobile... -
Reinforcement Learning for Cyber-Physical Systems: with Cybersecurity Case Studies by Chong Li
RRP: $90.28Booksplease Price: $84.48Reinforcement Learning for Cyber-Physical Systems: with Cybersecurity Case Studies was inspired by recent developments in the fields of reinforcement learning (RL) and cyber-physical systems (CPSs). Rooted in behavioral psychology, RL is one of the... -
Visual Tracking in Conventional Minimally Invasive Surgery by Shahram Payandeh
RRP: $92.38Booksplease Price: $84.48Visual Tracking in Conventional Minimally Invasive Surgery introduces the various tools and methodologies that can be used to enhance a conventional surgical setup with some degree of automation. The main focus of this book is on methods for tracking... -
From Action Systems to Distributed Systems: The Refinement Approach by Luigia Petre
RRP: $94.48Booksplease Price: $84.48Formal methods traditionally address the question of transforming software engineering into a mature engineering discipline. This essentially refers to trusting that the software-intensive systems that form our society's infrastructures are behaving... -
Computer Games and Software Engineering by Kendra M. L. Cooper
RRP: $92.38Booksplease Price: $84.48Computer games represent a significant software application domain for innovative research in software engineering techniques and technologies. Game developers, whether focusing on entertainment-market opportunities or game-based applications in... -
Advances of DNA Computing in Cryptography by Suyel Namasudra
RRP: $262.50Booksplease Price: $230.06This book discusses the current technologies of cryptography using DNA computing. Various chapters of the book will discuss the basic concepts of cryptography, steganography, basic concepts of DNA and DNA computing, approaches of DNA computing in... -
iOS for game programmers by Allen Sherrod
RRP: $81.80Booksplease Price: $63.78This book takes the readers on a journey into the world of mobile game development aimed at beginner Objective-C programmers. The book enables the reader to create a number of projects, which include a matching game, a puzzle game, a whack-a-mole game, a... -
Game Development Using Python by James R Parker
RRP: $132.30Booksplease Price: $94.06This book will guide you through the basic game development process using Python,covering game topics including graphics, sound, artificial intelligence, animation, game engines, etc. Real games are created as you work through the text and significant... -
The Stances of e-Government: Policies, Processes and Technologies by Puneet Kumar
RRP: $231.00Booksplease Price: $200.26This book focuses on the three inevitable facets of e-government, namely policies, processes and technologies. The policies discusses the genesis and revitalization of government policies; processes talks about ongoing e-government practices across... -
Systems-Level Modelling of Microbial Communities: Theory and Practice by Aarthi Ravikrishnan
RRP: $123.88Booksplease Price: $109.26Systems-Level Modelling of Microbial Communities: Theory and Practice introduces various aspects of modelling microbial communities and presents a detailed overview of the computational methods which have been developed in this area. This book is aimed... -
Soft Computing in Wireless Sensor Networks by Huynh Thi Thanh Binh
RRP: $283.50Booksplease Price: $247.91This book focuses on the suitable methods to solve optimization problems in wireless network system utilizing digital sensors like Wireless Sensor Network. This kind of system has been emerging as the cornerstone technology for all new smart devices and... -
Video Game Writing: From Macro to Micro by Marek Walton
RRP: $81.80Booksplease Price: $63.78This insightful, revised book explores the challenging and evolving world of the games writer. Part I provides a fascinating overview of the history of games writing following its humble roots in the '60s to today's triple-A titles; Part II asks and... -
Big Data in Complex and Social Networks by My T. Thai
RRP: $90.28Booksplease Price: $84.48This book presents recent developments on the theoretical, algorithmic, and application aspects of Big Data in Complex and Social Networks. The book consists of four parts, covering a wide range of topics. The first part of the book focuses on data... -
Internet of Things: Challenges, Advances, and Applications by Qusay F. Hassan
RRP: $96.58Booksplease Price: $88.68Internet of Things: Challenges, Advances, and Applications provides a comprehensive introduction to IoT, related technologies, and common issues in the adoption of IoT on a large scale. It surveys recent technological advances and novel solutions for... -
Big Data of Complex Networks by Matthias Dehmer
RRP: $92.38Booksplease Price: $84.48Big Data of Complex Networks presents and explains the methods from the study of big data that can be used in analysing massive structural data sets, including both very large networks and sets of graphs. As well as applying statistical analysis... -
On the Way to Fun: An Emotion-Based Approach to Successful Game Design Roberto Dillon 9781568815824
RRP: $94.48Booksplease Price: $88.03How can video games be fun and immerse players in fantastic worlds where anything seems possible? How can they be so engaging to have become the main entertainment product for children and adults alike? In On the Way to Fun, the author proposes a... -
Genome Annotation Jung Soh 9781439841174
RRP: $231.00Booksplease Price: $200.26The success of individualized medicine, advanced crops, and new and sustainable energy sources requires thoroughly annotated genomic information and the integration of this information into a coherent model. A thorough overview of this field, Genome... -
Cloud Computing Security: Foundations and Challenges John R. Vacca (TechWrite, Pomeroy, Ohio, USA) 9780367560331
RRP: $125.98Booksplease Price: $115.31This handbook offers a comprehensive overview of cloud computing security technology and implementation while exploring practical solutions to a wide range of cloud computing security issues. As more organizations use cloud computing and cloud providers... -
Cognitive Robotics by Hooman Samani
RRP: $90.28Booksplease Price: $84.48The kimono-clad android robot that recently made its debut as the new greeter at the entrance of Tokyo's Mitsukoshi department store is just one example of the rapid advancements being made in the field of robotics.Cognitive robotics is an approach to... -
Artificial Intelligence for Computer Games: An Introduction John David Funge 9781568812083
RRP: $132.28Booksplease Price: $127.13Learn to make games that are more fun and engaging! Building on fundamental principles of Artificial Intelligence, Funge explains how to create Non-Player Characters (NPCs) with progressively more sophisticated capabilities. Starting with the basic... -
Storytelling for Interactive Digital Media and Video Games by Nicholas Bernhardt Zeman
RRP: $252.00Booksplease Price: $230.69The evolution of story-telling is as old as the human race; from the beginning, when our ancestors first gathered around a campfire to share wondrous tales through oral traditions, to today, with information and stories being shared through waves and... -
Writing an Interactive Story Pierre Lacombe 9780367410308
RRP: $94.48Booksplease Price: $88.03Video games have become the world's largest leading cultural product. Though disputed in the past, the narrative qualities of video games have finally secured distinction in the realm of art. This is especially true for interactive games. Writing an... -
Audio Anecdotes III: Tools, Tips, and Techniques for Digital Audio by Ken Greenebaum
RRP: $231.00Booksplease Price: $200.26This collection of articles provides practical and relevant tools, tips, and techniques for those working in the digital audio field. Volume III, with contributions from experts in their fields, includes articles on a variety of topics, including: -... -
Redesigning Animation: United Productions of America by Cinzia Bottini
RRP: $273.00Booksplease Price: $248.54The animation studio United Productions of America (UPA) was able to challenge Disney supremacy in the 1950s entertainment market by creating cutting-edge animated cartoons. UPA films express a simplified audiovisual language consisting of stylized... -
Mathematics Education for a New Era: Video Games as a Medium for Learning by Keith Devlin
RRP: $75.58Booksplease Price: $69.05Stanford mathematician and NPR Math Guy Keith Devlin explains why, fun aside, video games are the ideal medium to teach middle-school math. Aimed primarily at teachers and education researchers, but also of interest to game developers who want to produce... -
Computational Systems Biology of Cancer by Emmanuel Barillot
RRP: $83.98Booksplease Price: $78.48The future of cancer research and the development of new therapeutic strategies rely on our ability to convert biological and clinical questions into mathematical models-integrating our knowledge of tumour progression mechanisms with the tsunami of...