Mastering Autodesk Maya 2011 Autodesk Official Training Guide

A beautifully-packaged, advanced reference on the very latest version of Maya If you already know the basics of Maya, the latest version of this authoritative book takes you to the next level. From modeling, texturing, animation, and visual effects to ...

 The People Capability Maturity Model Guidelines for Improving the Workforce

Attracting and retaining talented people is the key to any organization's success. Every organization needs to continually improve its ability to attract, develop, motivate, organize, and retain the workforce needed to accomplish its strategic business ob...

  Practical Exercises for ECDL Advanced Expert Using Office XP Test your knowledge, prepare for and pass the ECDL Advanced exam

The ECDL Advanced qualifications are designed to progress your computer skills from the internationally successful European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL) to the next level of proficiency, proving that your competence with computers is well above the bas...

 Implementing the Capability Maturity Model

Practical guidelines for an effective implementation of software development processes Designed to ensure effective software development processes, the Capability Maturity Model (CMM)—North America's leading standard for software development—r...

  Flash 3D Animation, Interactivity, and Games

Push your creative ideas to the next level in content delivery. Use real and simulated 3D space in your Flash games and interactive systems. 3D possibilities offer an untapped creative approach to thinking and designing with Flash. Tap into this med...

  Game level design

As a level designer in the game industry you can determine exactly what the player sees, hears, and feels in the game. The reward of seeing your game on a store shelf or hearing people talk about one of your levels is an incredibly fulfilling experien...

  Quake 4 Mods for Dummies

Create your own levels and game mods Build single- and multi-player levels, add scripts, and share your mods Ever wonder what Quake 4 would be like if it included that especially cool weapon you dreamed up? Here's the fun and easy way to find out....

 Write Great Code - Volume 2 Thinking Low-Level, Writing High-Level

It's a critical lesson that today's computer science students aren't always being taught: How to carefully choose their high-level language statements to produce efficient code. Write Great Code, Volume 2: Thinking Low-Level, Writing High-Level shows soft...

  Level Design for Games Creating Compelling Game Experiences

At the heart of any great computer game are expertly designed levels: the locales and stages that define gameplay. And at the core of any strong game development team are the level designers: the people who create the spaces and environments that you move...

 Digital System Design

Digital Design provides a modern approach to learning the increasingly important topic of digital systems design. The text's focus on register-transfer-level design and present-day applications not only leads to a better appreciation of computers and of t...

 A Classical Introduction to Cryptography Applications for Communications Security

A Classical Introduction to Cryptography: Applications for Communications Security introduces fundamentals of information and communication security by providing appropriate mathematical concepts to prove or break the security of cryptographic schemes. ...

 Principles of Robot Motion Theory, Algorithms, and Implementations

This text reflects the great advances in the field that have taken place in the last ten years, including sensor-based planning, probabilistic planning, localization and mapping, and motion planning for dynamic and nonholonomic systems. Its presentation m...

  Structured Computer Organisation

Preserving the same popular structure found in the previous four editions of this best-selling book, Andrew Tanenbaum teaches that a computer can be structured as a hierarchy of levels. In this book he covers them all, including the digital logic level, t...

  Beginning Game Level Design

Get ready to conquer the basics of building a strong level or mod for your games. Beginning Game Level Design covers everything from putting your ideas doujn on paper, to creating spaces and architecture, through placing units and scripting their behavior...

  Mastering Unreal Technolgy The Art of Level Design

Mastering Unreal Technology: The Art of Level Design provides a unique and in-depth look at the Unreal world from the inside out. Whether you're into light-duty modding or full-out level design, this book will blow your mind. With unprecedented detail p...

 Write Great Code Volume 1 : Understanding the machine

This, the first volume in Randall Hyde's ''Write Great Code'' series, dives into machine organization without the extra overhead of learning assembly language programming. Written for C/C++, VB, Pascal, Java, and other high-level language programmers, Vol...

 Computing Essentials 2005

Computing Essentials 2005 offers a unique, visual orientation that gives students a basic understanding of computing concepts. Computing Essentials 2005 is one of the few books on the market that is written by a professor who still teaches the course ...

 Pattern Oriented Software Architecture A system of patterns Volume 1

Pattern-oriented software architecture is a new approach to software development. This book represents the progression and evolution of the pattern approach into a system of patterns capable of describing and documenting large-scale applications. A patter...

 Higher-Level Harware Synthesis

The exponential increase in transistor density on computer chips, supporting Moore's law now for four decades, poses new design challenges to engineers and computer scientists alike. New techniques for managing complexity must be developed if circuits are...

 Introduction to Autonomous Mobile Robots

Mobile robots range from the teleoperated Sojourner on the Mars Pathfinder mission to cleaning robots in the Paris Metro. Introduction to Autonomous Mobile Robots offers students and other interested readers an overview of the technology of mobility--the ...

 Integrating Service Level Agreements Optimizing Your OSS for SLA Delivery

Uncover a revolutionary approach to SLAs that will help you gain a competitive advantage in the field The use of Service Level Agreements (SLAs) will soon become the prevailing business model for delivering a large number of products and services. SLAs o...

 Level of detail for 3D graphics

Level of detail (LOD) techniques are increasingly used by professional real-time developers to strike the balance between breathtaking virtual worlds and smooth, flowing animation. Level of Detail for 3D Graphics brings together, for the first time, the m...

 Communication networks Fundamentals concepts and key architectures

This text is designed for introductory courses in communications in either electrical engineering or computer science programs. It can be used by undergraduate or first year graduate level programs. Addressing networks from a top-down approach, this text ...

  The art of assembly language

Presents assembly language from the high-level programmer's point of view, so you can start writing meaningful programs within days. The High Level Assembler (HLA) that accompanies the book is the first assembler that allows you to write portable assembly...

 Geometric level set methods in imaging, vision, and graphics

The topic of level sets is currently very timely and useful. They are powerful numerical techniques for analyzing and computing interface motion in a host of application settings. In computer vision, it has been applied to stereo and segmentation, whereas...

 Burning Down the House Riping, Recording, remixing, and more!

Learn the perfect way to rip, copy, record, and burn your favorite songs, using free or open-source software. From mash-ups that combine existing hits, to remixes of your favorite songs, you'll be ready to tackle it all'even if you start as a novice who d...

 Analog VLSI design automation

Provides a fully integrated, top-down approach to analog VLSI design automation within a CAD framework Presents background, results, difficulties, and examples for all levels of analog design automation Incorporates examples from areas such as data con...

  Introduction to level creation for PC games

If you're like most gamers, you're always looking for more gameplay from your favorite games! Well now, thanks to today's technology and the tools developers are including in games, you can. Using the game editors that come with your game, or the free gma...

 Design Automation, Languages, and Simulations

Provides a concise, authoritative handbook focused on VLSI design languages, design automation, and simulations Summarizes the major parts of design languages, what they express, and how they are used to design and implement digital hardware Contains a...

 Enterprise applications integration

Organizations that are able to integrate their applications and data sources have a distinct competitive advantage: strategic utilization of company data and technology for greater efficiency and profit. But IT managers attempting integration face dauntin...

  Database Performance Tuning and Optimization

This book provides comprehensive coverage of database performance tuning using Oracle8 as the RDBMS. The chapters contain both theoretical discussions dealing with principles and methodology as well as actual SQL scripts to implement the methodology. The ...