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The material presented in this book originates from the first Eurographics Workshop on Graphics Hardware, held in Lisbon, Portugal, in August 1986. Leading experts in the field present the state of their ongoing graphics hardware projects and give their individual views of future developments. The final versions of the contributions are written in the light of in-depth discussions at the workshop. The book starts a series of EurographicSeminars volumes on the state-of-the-art of graphics hardware. This volume presents a unique collection of material which covers the following topics: workstation architectures, traffic simulators, hardware support for geometric modeling, ray-tracing. It therefore will be of interest to all computer graphics professionals wishing to gain a deeper knowledge of graphics hardware. ... Read more

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This book contains a selection of revised papers presented at the Third Eurographics Workshop on Intelligent CAD Systems, held in the Netherlands in April 1989. The workshop theme was "Practical Experience and Evaluation" and its aim was to share the experience the participants gained by developing intelligent CAD systems, and to evaluate the developed systems to determine which features were still lacking. Topics such as design process models, system architecture, languages for intelligent CAD, geometric reason- ing, and user interfaces are highlighted. The papers are by authors from computer science, mathematics, architecture, mechanical engineering, electronic engineering, and civil engineering. This wide variety of backgrounds ensures a variety of approaches, to give the reader an up-to-date overview of a field which is developing day by day. ... Read more

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This textbook provides an introduction to microprocessors and computers for first and second year undergraduate and diploma students. It is a thoroughly revised and updated new edition with coverage of the Motorola MC68000 and MC68HC11 and the Acora ARM processors. The book takes an interpreted approach to computers and microprocessor with equal emphasis on components and systems, applications and design. The dual role of the computer as a computing machine and an electronic component is acknowledged and the rationale behind the design of computers is explained together with ways in which they function. ... Read more

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This volume contains the complete set of tutorial paperspresented at the 16th IFIP (International Federation forInformation Processing) Working Group 7.3 InternationalSymposium on Computer Performance Modelling,Measurement andEvaluation, and a number of tutorial papers presented atthe1993 ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) SpecialInterest Group METRICS Conference on Measurement andModeling of ComputerSystems.The principal goal of the volume is to present an overviewofrecent results in the field of modeling and performanceevaluation of computer and communication systems. The widediversity of applications andmethodologies included in thetutorials attests to the breadth and richness of currentresearch in the area of performance modeling. Thetutorialsmay serve to introduce a reader to an unfamiliarresearcharea, to unify material already known, or simply toillustrate the diversity of research in the field. Theextensive bibliographies guidereaders to additional sourcesfor further reading. ... Read more

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Cryptology is the art and science of secure communication over insecure channels. The primary aim of this book is to provide a self-contained overview of recent cryptologic achievements and techniques in a form that can be understood by readers having no previous acquaintance with cryptology. It can thus be used as independent reading by whoever wishes to get started on the subject. An extensive bibliography of 250 references is included to help the reader deepen his or her understanding and go beyond the topics treated here. This book can also be used as preliminary material for an introductory course on cryptology. Despite its simplicity, it covers enough state-of-the-art material to be nevertheless of interest to the specialist. After a survey of the main secret and public key techniques, various applications are discussed. The last chapter describes 'quantum cryptography', a revolutionary approach to cryptography that remains secure even against an opponent with unlimited computing power. Quantum crytography is based on the principles of quantum physics. ... Read more

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Much of AI research is about problem-solving strategies, andseveraltechniques have been crystalized. One such techniqueis constraintsatisfaction or reasoning based on relations.Constraint-based reasoning is used to solve a wide field ofproblems, and recently constraint techniqueshave beenincorporated into logic programming languages, yielding awhole new field of research and application: constraintlogic programming. Constraint satisfaction techniques havebecome part of almostall introductory books on AI.This monograph is about constraintsatisfaction. It differsfrom others in that it presents all approaches under acommon, generalizing view: dynamic constraints. This new wayof viewing constraints provides new insights about thedifferent approaches, and forms a very practical basis forteaching constraint-based reasoning. A uniform view of theconstraint world is also a good basis for constraintresearch. This text is not intended to be aself-containedtextbook on constraint-based reasoning, but rather acoherent text on an interesting view of the field. ... Read more

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This book covers signal processing from an applications perspective. The theory, which all too often is presented as complex derivations with little intuitive understanding on the part of the reader, is presented with examples from image and audio signal processing. The algorithms developed are presented using MATLAB in order to allow the reader to experiment with "what-if?" scenarios. The book also provides a gateway to the numerous signal processing resources on the World Wide Web. There is no substitute for using "real-world" signals to experiment with, and the book provides pointers on where to begin.

The book presents an introduction to the area of digital signal processing which is the key to understanding multimedia signals such as speech, audio and video. It is written in a tutorial style with the emphasis on code to illustrate various algorithms and techniques, and offers a "hands-on" approach to present signal processing theory in the context of practical applications. ... Read more

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Having taught Versa-CAD and losing the textbooks I used, I found it very satisfying to find this text.Very good for the use of this cad system. ... Read more