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Multimedia Ontology: Representation and Applications by Santanu Chaudhury 9780367445829
RRP: $79.97Booksplease Price: $73.08The 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... -
Artificial Intelligence for Computer Games: An Introduction by John David Funge 9780367446567
RRP: $79.97Booksplease Price: $72.69Learn 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... -
Robots Unlimited: Life in a Virtual Age by David Levy 9780367446451
RRP: $79.97Booksplease Price: $73.08Consider this: Robots will one day be able to write poetry and prose so touching that it will make men weep; compose dozens or even hundreds of symphonies that will rival the work of Mozart; judge a court case with absolute impartiality and fairness; or... -
The Dictionary of Multimedia 1999: Terms and Acronyms by Brad Hansen 9780367447625
RRP: $77.39Booksplease Price: $71.49This book is for programmers, graphic artists, writers, video producers, audio engineers, network managers, hardware technicians, and telecommunications professionals who embrace the complex world of digital media and realize the need for a common... -
Knowledge Discovery in Proteomics by Igor Jurisica 9780367392178
RRP: $79.97Booksplease Price: $72.69Multi-modal representations, the lack of complete and consistent domain theories, rapid evolution of domain knowledge, high dimensionality, and large amounts of missing information - these are challenges inherent in modern proteomics. As our... -
Handbook of Bioinspired Algorithms and Applications by Stephan Olariu 9780367392031
RRP: $79.97Booksplease Price: $76.03The mystique of biologically inspired (or bioinspired) paradigms is their ability to describe and solve complex relationships from intrinsically very simple initial conditions and with little or no knowledge of the search space. Edited by two prominent,... -
Bioinformatics: A Practical Approach by Shui Qing Ye 9780367388751
RRP: $79.97Booksplease Price: $72.69An emerging, ever-evolving branch of science, bioinformatics has paved the way for the explosive growth in the distribution of biological information to a variety of biological databases, including the National Center for Biotechnology Information. For... -
Software Designers in Action: A Human-Centric Look at Design Work by Marian Petre 9780367379469
RRP: $79.97Booksplease Price: $76.03Software Designers in Action: A Human-Centric Look at Design Work examines how developers actually perform software design in their day-to-day work. The book offers a comprehensive look at early software design, exploring the work of professional... -
Pharmacy Informatics by Philip O. Anderson 9780367384807
RRP: $79.97Booksplease Price: $76.03Applies the Principles of Informatics to the Pharmacy ProfessionEmphasizes Evidence-Based Practice and Quality Improvement ApproachesLeading the way in the integration of information technology with healthcare, Pharmacy Informatics reflects some of the... -
Introduction to Privacy-Preserving Data Publishing: Concepts and Techniques by Benjamin C.M. Fung 9780367383756
RRP: $79.97Booksplease Price: $72.69Gaining access to high-quality data is a vital necessity in knowledge-based decision making. But data in its raw form often contains sensitive information about individuals. Providing solutions to this problem, the methods and tools of privacy-preserving... -
Real-Time Embedded Systems: Optimization, Synthesis, and Networking Meikang Qiu 9780367382674
RRP: $79.97Booksplease Price: $72.69Ubiquitous in today's consumer-driven society, embedded systems use microprocessors that are hidden in our everyday products and designed to perform specific tasks. Effective use of these embedded systems requires engineers to be proficient in all phases... -
Cost-Sensitive Machine Learning by Balaji Krishnapuram 9780367381912
RRP: $79.97Booksplease Price: $72.69In machine learning applications, practitioners must take into account the cost associated with the algorithm. These costs include: Cost of acquiring training data Cost of data annotation/labeling and cleaning Computational cost for... -
Intelligent Technologies for Web Applications by Priti Srinivas Sajja 9780367381363
RRP: $79.97Booksplease Price: $72.69The Internet has become an integral part of human life, yet the web still utilizes mundane interfaces to the physical world, which makes Internet operations somewhat mechanical, tedious, and less human-oriented. Filling a large void in the literature,... -
The Practical OPNET User Guide for Computer Network Simulation by Adarshpal S. Sethi 9780367380953
RRP: $79.97Booksplease Price: $72.69One of the first books to provide a comprehensive description of OPNET (R) IT Guru and Modeler software, The Practical OPNET (R) User Guide for Computer Network Simulation explains how to use this software for simulating and modeling computer networks... -
Cloud Computing and Digital Media: Fundamentals, Techniques, and Applications by Kuan-Ching Li 9780367378820
RRP: $79.97Booksplease Price: $72.69Cloud Computing and Digital Media: Fundamentals, Techniques, and Applications presents the fundamentals of cloud and media infrastructure, novel technologies that integrate digital media with cloud computing, and real-world applications that exemplify... -
Networking for Big Data by Shui Yu 9780367377533
RRP: $79.97Booksplease Price: $72.69Networking for Big Data supplies an unprecedented look at cutting-edge research on the networking and communication aspects of Big Data. Starting with a comprehensive introduction to Big Data and its networking issues, it offers deep technical coverage... -
Writing an Interactive Story by Pierre Lacombe 9780367410315
RRP: $161.25Booksplease Price: $154.79Video 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... -
Nature-Inspired Optimization Algorithms Vasuki A 9780367255985
RRP: $161.25Booksplease Price: $154.79Nature-Inspired Optimization Algorithms, a comprehensive work on the most popular optimization algorithms based on nature, starts with an overview of optimization going from the classical to the latest swarm intelligence algorithm. Nature has a rich... -
Android App-Hook and Plug-In Technology by Jianqiang Bao 9780367207007
RRP: $161.25Booksplease Price: $146.22This book presents the Android plug-in technology used in Android development. This technology is widely used by a majority of Chinese internet companies, and is becoming more widely used worldwide. The book fully describes the history of Android plug-in... -
The Signal: The History of Signal Processing and How We Communicate by Ted G Lewis 9780367225636
RRP: $135.45Booksplease Price: $120.99Computers are the foundation of the information age, but communication technology is the foundation of the foundation. Without the theories and practical applications of theory brought to us by the pioneers of communication, the computer age would... -
Fundamentals of Graphics Using MATLAB by Ranjan Parekh 9780367184827
RRP: $109.64Booksplease Price: $98.53This book introduces fundamental concepts and principles of 2D and 3D graphics and is written for undergraduate and postgraduate students of computer science, graphics, multimedia, and data science. It demonstrates the use of MATLAB (R) programming for... -
Developing Creative Content for Games by Greg Johnson 9780367137885
RRP: $161.25Booksplease Price: $146.22This book provides readers with a solid understanding of game development, design, narrative, charaterization, plot, back story and world creation elements that are crucial for game writers and designers as they create a detailed world setting,... -
The Introduction to Private Cloud using Oracle Exadata and Oracle Database by Okcan Yasin Saygili 9780367074623
RRP: $70.94Booksplease Price: $64.84Private clouds allow for managing multiple databases under one roof, avoiding unnecessary resource management. Private cloud solutions can be applied in sectors such as healthcare, retail, and software. The Introduction to Private Cloud using Oracle... -
Swarm Intelligence for Cloud Computing by Indrajit Pan 9780367030551
RRP: $135.45Booksplease Price: $120.99Swarm Intelligence in Cloud Computing is an invaluable treatise for researchers involved in delivering intelligent optimized solutions for reliable deployment, infrastructural stability and security issues of cloud based resources. Starting with a bird's... -
Virtual Vernacular by Sarah Bonser 9780367002237
RRP: $161.25Booksplease Price: $154.79Learn to see the patterns and relationships in visual mediums and buildings as you push the boundaries of design. Sarah Bonser's Virtual Vernacular breaks the barriers between architectural theory and game design. The text explores the way in which... -
Handbook of Hidden Markov Models in Bioinformatics by Martin Gollery 9781584886846
RRP: $101.90Booksplease Price: $92.16Demonstrating 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... -
Developing Creative Content for Games by Greg Johnson 9781498777667
RRP: $60.62Booksplease Price: $58.73This book provides readers with a solid understanding of game development, design, narrative, charaterization, plot, back story and world creation elements that are crucial for game writers and designers as they create a detailed world setting,... -
Multiplayer Online Games: Origins, Players, and Social Dynamics by Guo Freeman 9781498767651
RRP: $90.29Booksplease Price: $81.67Multiplayer Online Games (MOGs) have become a new genre of "play culture," integrating communication and entertainment in a playful, computer-mediated environment that evolves through user interaction. This book comprehensively reviews the... -
Visual Tracking in Conventional Minimally Invasive Surgery by Shahram Payandeh 9781498763950
RRP: $107.06Booksplease Price: $96.27Visual 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... -
Game Development with Construct 2: From Design to Realization by Lee Stemkoski 9781484227831
RRP: $70.94Booksplease Price: $67.42Design and create video games using Construct 2. No prior experience is required.Game Development with Construct 2 teaches you to create 12 different game projects from a variety of genres, including car racing and tower defense to platformer and... -
Algorithms for Next-Generation Sequencing by Wing-Kin Sung 9781466565500
RRP: $113.51Booksplease Price: $106.26Advances in sequencing technology have allowed scientists to study the human genome in greater depth and on a larger scale than ever before - as many as hundreds of millions of short reads in the course of a few days. But what are the best ways to deal... -
Computational Systems Biology of Cancer by Emmanuel Barillot 9781439831441
RRP: $135.45Booksplease Price: $130.59The 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... -
Pharmacy Informatics by Philip O. Anderson 9781420071757
RRP: $141.90Booksplease Price: $138.46Applies the Principles of Informatics to the Pharmacy ProfessionEmphasizes Evidence-Based Practice and Quality Improvement ApproachesLeading the way in the integration of information technology with healthcare, Pharmacy Informatics reflects some of the... -
Accelerating Unity Through Automation: Power Up Your Unity Workflow by Offloading Intensive Tasks by Simon Jackson 9781484295076
RRP: $64.49Booksplease Price: $44.94Building games with Unity is hard enough without having to stand up and go and make a coffee each time you want to just build your project or find out days/weeks down the line that some change you made while building your dream has incurred a debt that... -
Intelligent Support for Computer Science Education: Pedagogy Enhanced by Artificial Intelligence by Barbara Di Eugenio 9781032049861
RRP: $60.62Booksplease Price: $58.35Intelligent Support for Computer Science Education presents the authors’ research journey into the effectiveness of human tutoring, with the goal of developing educational technology that can be used to improve introductory Computer Science education at... -
Successful ScrumButt: Learn to Modify Scrum Project Management for Student and Virtual Teams by Noah Dyer 9781138930988
RRP: $60.62Booksplease Price: $53.52Have you ever seen a promising project get abandoned right when it seemed like it was getting ready to launch, or a project that always seemed like it was going to launch "next month," but took many months or even years before it actually... -
Visual Design Concepts For Mobile Games by Chirstopher P. Carman 9781138806924
RRP: $60.62Booksplease Price: $55.86This book is geared towards both students as well as professionals who are looking to enter the mobile (tablet/smartphone) and PC (personal computer) industry as concept artists (for both 2D and 3D production pipelines) or 2D production artists... -
Wireless Sensor Networks: Current Status and Future Trends by Shafiullah Khan 9781138199873
RRP: $64.49Booksplease Price: $60.26Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) utilize fast, cheap, and effective applications to imitate the human intelligence capability of sensing on a wider distributed scale. But acquiring data from the deployment area of a WSN is not always easy and multiple... -
Distributed Sensor Networks: Image and Sensor Signal Processing (Volume One) by S. Sitharama Iyengar 9781138198654
RRP: $87.71Booksplease Price: $80.46The best-selling Distributed Sensor Networks became the definitive guide to understanding this far-reaching technology. Preserving the excellence and accessibility of its predecessor, Distributed Sensor Networks, Second Edition once again provides all... -
Fluid Frames: Experimental Animation with Sand, Clay, Paint, and Pixels Corrie Parks 9781138190627
Booksplease Price: $139.41Once the realm of a few stalwart artists, animating with sand, clay, and wet paint is now accessible for all filmmakers with an experimental frame of mind. Created directly under the camera with frame-by-frame stopmotion, this "fluid frame animation"...