Conceptual Design for Interactive Systems: Designing for Performance and User Experienceprovides readers with a comprehensive guide to the steps necessary to take the leap from research and requiremen
Toward Total Performance chronicles forty years of architecture at Booth Hansen, a distinguished firm deeply rooted in the architectural tradition of Chicago. With Laurence Booth, FAIA, as design prin
Explores the history of engineering and its impact on people's lives, covering such topics as the design and construction of roads, bridges, and dams; and such inventions as the printing press, combus
This book presents the proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Integrated Petroleum Engineering and Geosciences 2014 (ICIPEG2014). Topics covered on the petroleum engineering side include r
"This book presents a collection of teaching cases that demonstrate the real-world application of digital tools for human performance enhancement across a variety of settings, utilizing a problem-base
An underpinning force in Singapore's remarkable 50-year transformation into a sophisticated world-class city, engineering has contributed significantly to the nation's economic, infrastructural and so
This volume brings together a selection of papers proposed for the Proceedings of the 42nd Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology conference (CAA), hosted at Paris 1 Pantheon-So
An underpinning force in Singapore's remarkable 50-year transformation into a sophisticated world-class city, engineering has contributed significantly to the nation's economic, infrastructural and so
Engineering asset management encompasses all types of engineered assets including built environment, infrastructure, plant, equipment, hardware systems and components. Following the release of ISO 550
The four-volume set LNCS 8925, 8926, 8927, and 8928 comprises the refereed post-proceedings of the Workshops that took place in conjunction with the 13th European Conference on Computer Vision, ECCV 2
Electro-Optical systems are fundamental in many areas including the military, medical, commercial, industrial, and private sectors.Systems Engineering and Analysis of Electro-Optical and Infrared Syst
Poetry. ARTHUR DIES is well-suited as a performance text (via a three hour stint), and performance poetry is definitely Olchar Lindsann's area of expertise. He studied performance, writing and critica
"Explains the principles of systems engineering in simple, understandable terms and describes to engineers and managers how these principles would be applied to the development of commercial aircraft"
This book details decision analysis techniques with applications in engineering design and management and also analyzes decision making and risk management processes to better understand and improve d
This book attempts to understand the multiple branches that fall under engineering. It presents the current research in this field and how such research has ramifications in our lives. The various con
This book comprehensively introduces the drilling theory and practice behind CCSD-1 well drilling, the first stage of a key national scientific engineering project of China. In addition to access to v
"Corvette: Seven Generations of American High Performance is an illustrated history of the Corvette, beginning with its mid-20th century roots as the first American sports car into its current seventh
This book applies reliability-centered maintenance, engineering economic analysis and Monte Carlo simulation to enable engineering and management professionals to achieve optimum life cycle affordabil
A comprehensive account of biomedical science and engineering is available in this book. Biomedical science is a vast field dealing with disease progression, paradigms and therapeutic measures. For in
This book provides a comprehensive account of the advances in biomedical science and engineering. Biomedical science is a vast field dealing with disease progression, paradigms and therapeutic measure
Here, the authors introduce readers to solving molecular structure elucidation problems using the expert system ACD/Structure Elucidator. They explain in detail the concepts of the Computer-Assisted S
This monograph book is focused on the recent advances in smart, multimedia and computer gaming technologies. The Contributions include:·Smart Gamification and Smart Serious Games.·Fusion of secure IPs
This book tracks the interconnections among pirates, pirates in print, and pirates on stage. Performance is the shared strategy for all three. Our chapters examine accounts of piracy in historical rec
Progress in Environmental Engineering contains theoretical and experimental contributions on water purification, new concepts andmethods of wastewater treatment, and ecological problems in freshwater
Reverse engineering consists of a broad range of activities whose main function is to extract knowledge about the structure, application and behaviour of natural or manmade objects. Enhanced data mini
Now in its Eighth Edition, Principles of Engineering Thermodynamics continues to set the standard for teaching readers how to be effective problem solvers, emphasizing the authors’ signature methodolo
This book is an advanced text for all those looking for a deeper insight into the theories, concepts and applications of mechanical engineering. The book comprises of innovative applications and their
This book is an advanced text for all those looking for a deeper insight into the theories, concepts and applications of mechanical engineering. The book comprises of innovative applications and their
This book is an advanced text for all those looking for a deeper insight into the theories, concepts and applications of mechanical engineering. The book comprises of innovative applications and their
Music of the Baroque: History, Culture, and Performance takes inspiration from the field of cultural history. The emphasis is on questions of performativity—how audiences perceived, reacted to, and id
PAINTING-PERFORMANCE-POLITICS is the first critical and comprehensive publication on the Senegalese artist, curator and activist, El Sy (*1954), who is one of the most significant figures in African c
Biltong Hunting as a Performance of Belonging analyzes landscape, hunting, identity, and belonging by examining the staging of biltong hunting on wildlife ranches in South Africa. It examines how hunt
Working extensively as both artist and scientist, Aldo Giorgini (1934–1994) was one of the first computer artists to combine software writing with early printing technologies. His innovative process i
Music of the Baroque: History, Culture, and Performance takes inspiration from the field of cultural history. The emphasis is on questions of performativity—how audiences perceived, reacted to, and i
This book provides a coherent methodology for Model-Driven Requirements Engineering which stresses the systematic treatment of requirements within the realm of modelling and model transformations. The
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 20th International Working Conference on Requirements Engineering: Foundation for Software Quality, REFSQ 2014, held in Essen, Germany, in April 2
Chemicals are an essential component in almost all production processes, which is why the branch of chemical engineering is an extremely significant and relevant one in present times. Essentially, che
An effort has been made in this book to delve into how the whole industry of petroleum engineering works. The science behind each step of the process as well as details of the different branches are e
Taking a very practical approach, the author describes in detail database conversion techniques, reverse engineering, forward engineering and re-engineering methodologies for information systems, offe
In the 1960s, a team of Stanford musicians, engineers, computer scientists, and psychologists used computing in an entirely novel way: to produce and manipulate sound and create the sonic basis of new
