Computer-assisted surgery is a growing sub-discipline of orthopaedic surgery. This book offers a comprehensive presentation of scientific work and clinical experience including new technologies like i
Geometric algebra has established itself as a powerful and valuable mathematical tool for solving problems in computer science, engineering, physics, and mathematics. The articles in this volume, writ
A new advanced textbook/reference providing a comprehensive survey of hardware and software architectural principles and methods of computer systems organization and design. The book is suitable for a
Now in a second, expanded edition, this book bridges the gap between standard geometry books, which are primarily theoretical, and applied books on computer graphics and introduces a range of geometri
This book reviews the state-of-the-art in multiscale computer modeling, examining both its accomplishments and its challenges. Helps connect traditional biomedical engineering at the organ and tissue
This volume collects state-of-the-art research, methods and new ideas on the subject of computational vision and medical image processing. As a result, the text contributes to developments in the fiel
The book deals with data protection issues from practical viewpoints. 40% of the content focus on the Malaysian Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) 2010 progress, whilst 60% of the content focus on le
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-workshop proceedings of the First IAPR TC3 Workshop on Pattern Recognition of Social Signals in Human-Computer-Interaction (MPRSS2012), held in Tsuku
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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 39th International Conference on Current Trends in Theory and Practice of Computer Science, SOFSEM 2013, held in ?pindleruv Mlyn, Czech Republic,
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 16th National Conference on Computer Engineering and Technology, NCCET 2012, held in Shanghai, China, in August 2012. The 27 papers presented were
The Earth's average temperature has risen by 1.4 F over the past century, and computer models project that it will rise much more over the next hundred years, with significant impacts on weather, clim
This book presents algorithmic tools for algebraic geometry, with experimental applications. It also introduces Macaulay 2, a computer algebra system supporting research in algebraic geometry, commuta
Essentials of Monte Carlo Simulation focuses on the fundamentals of Monte Carlo methods using basic computer simulation techniques. The theories presented in this text deal with systems that are too c
First, systems biology is an inter-disciplinary approach, requiring the combined talents of biologists, mathematicians, and computer scientists. Second, systems biology is holistic, with the goal of o
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the International Symposium on Logical Foundations of Computer Science, LFCS 2013, held in San Diego, CA, USA in January 2013. The volume presents 29
This book contains a collection of papers that were presented at the IUTAM Symposiumon “Computer Models in Biomechanics: From Nano to Macro” held at Stanford University, California, USA, from August 2
Communication protocols form the operational basis of computer networks and tele-communication systems. They are behavior conventions that describe how com-munication systems inter-act with each other
James A. Storer Computer Science Dept. Brandeis University Waltham, MA 02254 Data compression is the process of encoding a body of data to reduce stor- age requirements. With Lossless compression, dat
The rheology of dense red blood cell suspensions is investigated via computer simulations based on the lattice Boltzmann, the immersed boundary, and the finite element methods. The red blood cells are
?HIV Treatment as Prevention: Primer for Behavior-Based Implementationprovides the first practical guide to integrating behavioral prevention with antiretroviral therapies for people living with HIV i
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the International Conference on Recent Trends in Computer Networks and Distributed Systems Security, held in Trivandrum, India, in October 2012. The 3
Matrix transforms are ubiquitous within the world of computer graphics, where they have become an invaluable tool in a programmer’s toolkit for solving everything from 2D image scaling to 3D rotation
This volume contains the proceedings of the 2012 International Conference of Modern Computer Science and Applications (MCSA 2012) which was held on September 8, 2012 in Wuhan, China. The MCSA 2012 pro
This book is an easy-to-read, practical guide for any medical school preparing for accreditation or institutional review. It contains practical guidance on the use of internationally accepted standard
With the advent of open configuration MR imaging systems, the vision of MRI-based guidance, control, and monitoring of minimally invasive interventions has evolved from a hypothetical concept to a pra
The book deals with modern aspects of traffic theory and its applications to real world problems. In 17 articles various new developments are reported. The topics range from microscopic computer simul
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 14th International Workshop on Computer Algebra in Scientific Computing, CASC 2012, held in Maribor, Slovenia, in September 2012. The 28 full papers presen
This volume focuses on the biomechanical modeling of biological tissues in the context of Computer Assisted Surgery (CAS). More specifically, deformable soft tissues are addressed since they are the s
This book provides an overview of computer techniques and tools — especially from artificial intelligence (AI) — for handling legal evidence, police intelligence, crime analysis or detection, and fore
This book demonstrates that the concept of an instruction sequence offers a novel and useful viewpoint on issues relating to diverse subjects in computer science. Selected issues relating to well-know
This book presents a comprehensive, systematic approach to the development of vision system architectures that employ sensory-processing concurrency and parallel processing to meet the autonomy challe
This book deals with several topics in algebra useful for computer science applications and the symbolic treatment of algebraic problems, pointing out and discussing their algorithmic nature. The topi
Rapid developments have taken place in biological/biomedical measurement and imaging technologies as well as in computer analysis and information technologies. The increase in data obtained with such
PAAMS, the International Conference on Practical Applications of Agents and Multi-Agent Systems is an evolution of the International Workshop on Practical Applications of Agents and Multi-Agent System
This revised and updated second edition – now with two new chapters - is the only book to give a comprehensive overview of computer algorithms for image reconstruction. It covers the fundamentals of c
Special numerical techniques are already needed to deal with nxn matrices for large n.Tensor data are of size nxnx...xn=n^d, where n^d exceeds the computer memory by far. They appear for problems of h
This book brings together several advanced topics in computer graphics that are important in the areas of game development, three-dimensional animation and real-time rendering. The book is designed fo
This volume provides approaches and solutions to challenges occurring at the interface of research fields such as data analysis, computer science, operations research, and statistics. It includes theo
