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Cognitive Robotics by Hooman Samani
RRP: $58.04$50.67The 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... -
One-Week Dungeons: Diaries of a Seven-Day Roguelike Challenge by David L. Craddock
RRP: $37.40$32.37Eleven game designers. Eight grand ideas. Seven days to will them into reality. Every year, programmers around the world compete in the seven-day roguelike challenge, or 7DRL, a week-long game jam where participants endeavor to design and program a... -
Character Development and Storytelling for Games by Lee Sheldon
RRP: $58.04$50.67This is the third edition of Character Development and Storytelling for Games, a standard work in the field that brings all of the teaching from the first two books up to date and tackles the new challenges of today. Professional game writer and designer... -
History of Digital Games: Developments in Art, Design and Interaction by Andrew Williams
RRP: $67.07$58.81The growth of videogame design programs in higher education and explosion of amateur game development has created a need for a deeper understanding of game history that addresses not only "when," but "how" and "why." Andrew Williams takes the first step... -
Privacy-Aware Knowledge Discovery: Novel Applications and New Techniques by Francesco Bonchi
RRP: $135.45$117.73Covering research at the frontier of this field, Privacy-Aware Knowledge Discovery: Novel Applications and New Techniques presents state-of-the-art privacy-preserving data mining techniques for application domains, such as medicine and social networks,... -
Mining Software Specifications: Methodologies and Applications by David Lo
RRP: $90.29$78.38An emerging topic in software engineering and data mining, specification mining tackles software maintenance and reliability issues that cost economies billions of dollars each year. The first unified reference on the subject, Mining Software... -
Alternate Reality Games: Promotion and Participatory Culture by Stephanie Janes
RRP: $76.10$65.89Using textual analysis, interviews with game designers, audience surveys, and close analysis of player forum discussion, this book examines the unique nature of the producer/consumer relationship within promotional Alternate Reality Games (ARGs). ... -
Unity 4 Fundamentals: Get Started at Making Games with Unity by Alan Thorn
RRP: $51.59$43.83Get ahead of the game with Unity 4. The Unity engine is the tool of choice for many indie and AAA game developers. Unity 4 Fundamentals gives readers a head start on the road to game development by offering beginners a comprehensive, step by step... -
Game Design Deep Dive: Platformers by Joshua Bycer
RRP: $42.56$38.70The Game Design Deep Dive series examines specific game systems or mechanics over the course of the history of the industry. This book examines the history of jumping - one of the oldest mechanics in the industry - and how it has evolved and changed over... -
Game Art Complete: All-in-One: Learn Maya, 3ds Max, ZBrush, and Photoshop Winning Techniques by Andrew Gahan
RRP: $68.36$59.65A compilation of key chapters from the top Focal game art books available today - in the areas of Max, Maya, Photoshop, and ZBrush. The chapters provide the CG Artist with an excellent sampling of essential techniques that every 3D artist needs to create... -
Pattern Discovery in Bioinformatics: Theory & Algorithms by Laxmi Parida
RRP: $167.70$145.14The computational methods of bioinformatics are being used more and more to process the large volume of current biological data. Promoting an understanding of the underlying biology that produces this data, Pattern Discovery in Bioinformatics: Theory and... -
Reconfiguring the Firewall: Recruiting Women to Information Technology across Cultures and Continents by Carol J. Burger
RRP: $81.26$70.25This comprehensive volume addresses the global challenge of recruiting girls and women into majors and careers in information technology. The studies are both illuminating and prescriptive for designing and implementing intervention programs. An... -
Artificial Intelligence for Computer Games: An Introduction by John David Funge
RRP: $81.26$73.58Learn 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... -
Mobile Robots: Inspiration to Implementation, Second Edition by Joseph L. Jones
RRP: $167.70$145.14Revised and updated, the second edition includes several new chapters with projects and applications. The authors keep pace with the ever-growing and rapidly expanding field of robotics. The new edition reflects technological developments and includes... -
Punk Playthings: Provocations for 21st Century Game Makers by Sean Taylor
RRP: $73.52$63.74Punk PlaythingsProvocations for 21st Century Game Makers"Punk was an attitude. It was never about having a Mohican haircut or wearing a ripped T-shirt. It was all about destruction, and the creative potential within that."Malcolm MclarenWarning: If you... -
Regularization, Optimization, Kernels, and Support Vector Machines by Johan A. K. Suykens
RRP: $135.45$117.73Regularization, Optimization, Kernels, and Support Vector Machines offers a snapshot of the current state of the art of large-scale machine learning, providing a single multidisciplinary source for the latest research and advances in regularization,... -
Wireless Networks and Mobile Computing by Koushik Sinha
RRP: $167.70$145.14Wireless communication is one of the fastest growing industry segments today. Many types of wireless networks are now being used for applications such as personal communication, entertainment, rural and urban healthcare, smart home building, inventory... -
Mining User Generated Content by Marie-Francine Moens
RRP: $167.70$145.14Originating from Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and many other networking sites, the social media shared by users and the associated metadata are collectively known as user generated content (UGC). To analyze UGC and glean insight about... -
Multilinear Subspace Learning: Dimensionality Reduction of Multidimensional Data by Haiping Lu
RRP: $135.45$117.21Due to advances in sensor, storage, and networking technologies, data is being generated on a daily basis at an ever-increasing pace in a wide range of applications, including cloud computing, mobile Internet, and medical imaging. This large... -
Cybersecurity for Everyone by David B. Skillicorn
RRP: $63.20$55.03Cyberspace is a critical part of our lives. Although we all use cyberspace for work, entertainment, and social life, much of its infrastructure and operation is invisible to us. We spend a big part of our lives in an environment that is almost an... -
Handbook of Approximation Algorithms and Metaheuristics: Contemporary and Emerging Applications, Volume 2 by Teofilo F. Gonzalez
RRP: $58.04$51.96Handbook of Approximation Algorithms and Metaheuristics, Second Edition reflects the tremendous growth in the field, over the past two decades. Through contributions from leading experts, this handbook provides a comprehensive introduction to the... -
Bioinformatics Database Systems by Kevin Byron
RRP: $58.04$50.67Modern biological databases comprise not only data, but also sophisticated query facilities and bioinformatics data analysis tools. This book provides an exploration through the world of Bioinformatics Database Systems.The book summarizes the popular and... -
The Animation Textbook: Text Book by Rao Heidmets
RRP: $55.46$48.49This 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... -
Storytelling for Interactive Digital Media and Video Games by Nicholas Bernhardt Zeman
RRP: $167.70$145.14The 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... -
Mobile Apps Engineering: Design, Development, Security, and Testing by Ghita K. Mostefaoui
RRP: $122.54$106.23The objective of this edited book is to gather best practices in the development and management of mobile apps projects. Mobile Apps Engineering aims to provide software engineering lecturers, students and researchers of mobile computing a starting point... -
Internet Infrastructure: Networking, Web Services, and Cloud Computing by Richard Fox
RRP: $167.70$145.91Internet Infrastructure: Networking, Web Services, and Cloud Computing provides a comprehensive introduction to networks and the Internet from several perspectives: the underlying media, the protocols, the hardware, the servers, and their uses. The... -
Mathematical Structures for Computer Graphics by Steven J. Janke
RRP: $77.34$68.56A comprehensive exploration of the mathematics behind the modeling and rendering of computer graphics scenes Mathematical Structures for Computer Graphics presents an accessible and intuitive approach to the mathematical ideas and techniques necessary... -
JavaScript for Data Science by Maya Gans
RRP: $63.20$55.03JavaScript is the native language of the Internet. Originally created to make web pages more dynamic, it is now used for software projects of all kinds, including scientific visualization and data services. However, most data scientists have little or no... -
Handbook of Hidden Markov Models in Bioinformatics by Martin Gollery
RRP: $77.39$66.99Demonstrating that many useful resources, such as databases, can benefit most bioinformatics projects, the Handbook of Hidden Markov Models in Bioinformatics focuses on how to choose and use various methods and programs available for hidden Markov models... -
Writing an Interactive Story by Pierre Lacombe
RRP: $60.62$52.85Video 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... -
Practical Numerical and Scientific Computing with MATLAB (R) and Python by Eihab B. M. Bashier
RRP: $107.06$93.07This book concentrates on the practical aspects of numerical analysis and linear and non-linear programming. It discusses the methods for solving different types of mathematical problems using MATLAB and Python. Although the book focuses on the... -
Basics of Game Design by Michael Moore
RRP: $90.29$78.38Basics of Game Design is for anyone wanting to become a professional game designer. Focusing on creating the game mechanics for data-driven games, it covers role-playing, real-time strategy, first-person shooter, simulation, and other games. Written by a... -
Audio Anecdotes III: Tools, Tips, and Techniques for Digital Audio by Ken Greenebaum
RRP: $135.45$117.73This 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: -... -
Service Robots by Rolf Dieter Schraft
RRP: $81.26$70.77The copious photographs in this book lavishly illustrate the current and future applications for robots in a wide scope of fields such as entertainment, medicine, space exploration, underwater navigation, and many more. Everyone from professional... -
Learn to Implement Games with Code by John M. Quick
RRP: $73.52$63.74Game development is one of the most rewarding crafts of modern times. Not only is making games a wonderful lifelong hobby, but employment opportunities exist at many levels. Learn to Implement Games with Code guides you through the development process as... -
Big Data: Algorithms, Analytics, and Applications by Kuan-Ching Li
RRP: $148.35$129.46As today's organizations are capturing exponentially larger amounts of data than ever, now is the time for organizations to rethink how they digest that data. Through advanced algorithms and analytics techniques, organizations can harness this data,... -
Multimedia Ontology: Representation and Applications by Santanu Chaudhury
RRP: $103.19$90.30The result of more than 15 years of collective research, Multimedia Ontology: Representation and Applications provides a theoretical foundation for understanding the nature of media data and the principles involved in its interpretation. The book... -
Science Fiction Video Games by Neal Roger Tringham
RRP: $60.62$55.86Understand Video Games as Works of Science Fiction and Interactive Stories Science Fiction Video Games focuses on games that are part of the science fiction genre, rather than set in magical milieux or exaggerated versions of our own world. Unlike many... -
Software Test Attacks to Break Mobile and Embedded Devices by Jon Duncan Hagar
RRP: $77.39$67.51Address Errors before Users Find ThemUsing a mix-and-match approach, Software Test Attacks to Break Mobile and Embedded Devices presents an attack basis for testing mobile and embedded systems. Designed for testers working in the ever-expanding world of... -
Explorations in Computing: An Introduction to Computer Science and Python Programming by John S. Conery
RRP: $100.61$88.88An Active Learning Approach to Teaching the Main Ideas in Computing Explorations in Computing: An Introduction to Computer Science and Python Programming teaches computer science students how to use programming skills to explore fundamental concepts and...