PowerPoint Advanced Presentation Techniques by Faithe Wempen

By Faithe Wempen

* the 1st and purely booklet to concentration completely on complicated PowerPoint thoughts, this most modern addition to our winning energy Pack sequence exhibits veteran clients find out how to harness refined application features-and take their displays to the subsequent point * options lined contain placing jointly layout templates and colour schemes, operating with grasp layouts, uploading and manipulating electronic pictures and movies, growing subtle animation and transition results, and development interactive Web-based displays * The CD-ROM deals add-ins, utilities, historical past photos, presentation templates, sound results, lively photograph clips, 3rd get together software program toolboxes, presentation libraries, sound results, and masses extra

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Sparse Representations and Compressive Sensing for Imaging by Vishal M. Patel

By Vishal M. Patel

Compressed sensing or compressive sensing is a brand new notion in sign processing the place one measures a small variety of non-adaptive linear combos of the sign. those measurements tend to be a lot smaller than the variety of samples that outline the sign. From those small numbers of measurements, the sign is then reconstructed by way of non-linear method. Compressed sensing has lately emerged as a robust software for successfully processing information in non-traditional methods. during this publication, we spotlight a number of the key mathematical insights underlying sparse illustration and compressed sensing and illustrate the position of those theories in classical imaginative and prescient, imaging and biometrics problems.

Table of Contents

Cover

Sparse Representations and Compressive Sensing for Imaging and imaginative and prescient

ISBN 9781461463801 ISBN 9781461463818

Acknowledgements

Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction

1.1 Outline

Chapter 2 Compressive Sensing

2.1 Sparsity
2.2 Incoherent Sampling
2.3 Recovery
2.3.1 powerful CS
o 2.3.1.1 The Dantzig selector
2.3.2 CS restoration Algorithms
o 2.3.2.1 Iterative Thresholding Algorithms
o 2.3.2.2 grasping Pursuits
o 2.3.2.3 different Algorithms
2.4 Sensing Matrices
2.5 section Transition Diagrams
2.6 Numerical Examples

Chapter three Compressive Acquisition

3.1 unmarried Pixel Camera
3.2 Compressive Magnetic Resonance Imaging
3.2.1 picture Gradient Estimation
3.2.2 picture Reconstruction from Gradients
3.2.3 Numerical Examples
3.3 Compressive man made Aperture Radar Imaging
3.3.1 Slow-time Undersampling
3.3.2 picture Reconstruction
3.3.3 Numerical Examples
3.4 Compressive Passive Millimeter Wave Imaging
3.4.1 Millimeter Wave Imaging System
3.4.2 speeded up Imaging with prolonged Depth-of-Field
3.4.3 Experimental Results
3.5 Compressive gentle delivery Sensing

Chapter four Compressive Sensing for Vision

4.1 Compressive objective Tracking
4.1.1 Compressive Sensing for historical past Subtraction
4.1.2 Kalman Filtered Compressive Sensing
4.1.3 Joint Compressive Video Coding and Analysis
4.1.4 Compressive Sensing for Multi-View Tracking
4.1.5 Compressive Particle Filtering
4.2 Compressive Video Processing
4.2.1 Compressive Sensing for High-Speed Periodic Videos
4.2.2 Programmable Pixel Compressive Camerafor excessive pace Imaging
4.2.3 Compressive Acquisition of Dynamic Textures
o 4.2.3.1 Dynamic Textures and Linear Dynamical Systems
o 4.2.3.2 Compressive Acquisition of LDS
o 4.2.3.3 Experimental Results
4.3 form from Gradients
4.3.1 Sparse Gradient Integration
4.3.2 Numerical Examples

Chapter five Sparse Representation-based item Recognition

5.1 Sparse Representation
5.2 Sparse Representation-based Classification
5.2.1 powerful Biometrics Recognitionusing Sparse Representation
5.3 Non-linear Kernel Sparse Representation
5.3.1 Kernel Sparse Coding
5.3.2 Kernel Orthogonal Matching Pursuit
5.3.3 Kernel Simultaneous Orthogonal Matching Pursuit
5.3.4 Experimental Results
5.4 Multimodal Multivariate Sparse Representation
5.4.1 Multimodal Multivariate Sparse Representation
5.4.2 powerful Multimodal Multivariate Sparse Representation
5.4.3 Experimental Results
o 5.4.3.1 Preprocessing
o 5.4.3.2 function Extraction
o 5.4.3.3 Experimental Set-up
5.5 Kernel house Multimodal Recognition
5.5.1 Multivariate Kernel Sparse Representation
5.5.2 Composite Kernel Sparse Representation
5.5.3 Experimental Results

Chapter 6 Dictionary Learning

6.1 Dictionary studying Algorithms
6.2 Discriminative Dictionary Learning
6.3 Non-Linear Kernel Dictionary Learning

Chapter 7 Concluding Remarks

References

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Face geometry and appearance modeling : concepts and by Zicheng Liu

By Zicheng Liu

Human faces are everyday to our visible structures. We simply realize a person's face in arbitrary lights stipulations and in a number of poses; observe small visual appeal adjustments; and see sophisticated expression information. Can computing device imaginative and prescient structures technique face photos in addition to human imaginative and prescient structures can? Face snapshot processing has power functions in surveillance, photograph and video seek, social networking, and different domain names. A accomplished consultant to this attention-grabbing subject, this publication presents a scientific description of modeling face geometry and visual appeal from photographs, together with details on mathematical instruments, actual suggestions, photograph processing and desktop imaginative and prescient strategies, and urban prototype structures. The publication should be a superb reference for researchers and graduate scholars in computing device imaginative and prescient, special effects, and multimedia in addition to software builders who wish to achieve a greater realizing of the kingdom of the art
''Human faces are wide-spread to our visible structures. We simply realize a person's face in arbitrary lighting fixtures stipulations and in various poses; discover small visual appeal alterations; and spot sophisticated expression info. Can computing device imaginative and prescient structures procedure face photos in addition to human imaginative and prescient structures can? Face picture processing has power functions in surveillance, picture and video seek, social networking, and different domain names. A entire advisor to this interesting subject, this publication presents a scientific description of modeling face geometry and visual appeal from pictures, together with info on mathematical instruments, actual innovations, picture processing and machine imaginative and prescient ideas, and urban prototype platforms. The publication could be a great reference for researchers and graduate scholars in computing device imaginative and prescient, special effects, and multimedia in addition to program builders who wish to achieve a greater knowing of the country of the art''--Provided through writer.  Read more... laptop generated contents be aware: 1.Introduction -- 1.1.Literature assessment -- 1.2.Scope of the booklet -- 1.3.Notation -- 2.Shape versions -- 2.1.Mesh -- 2.2.Parametric surfaces -- 2.3.Linear area illustration -- 2.4.Expression house illustration -- 3.Appearance versions -- 3.1.Illumination types -- 3.2.Irradiance surroundings map -- 3.3.Spherical harmonics -- 3.4.Morphable version of face albedo -- 4.Shape modeling with energetic sensors -- 4.1.Laser scanners -- 4.2.Structured gentle structures -- 4.3.Structured gentle stereo structures -- 5.Shape modeling from photographs -- 5.1.Structure from movement method -- 5.2.Stereovision method -- 5.3.Two orthogonal perspectives -- 5.4.A unmarried view -- 6.Appearance modeling -- 6.1.Reflectometry -- 6.2.Reconstruction of irradiance setting maps -- 6.3.Illumination restoration from specular mirrored image -- 7.Joint form and visual appeal modeling -- 7.1.Shape from shading -- 7.2.Face morphable version -- 7.3.Spherical harmonic foundation morphable version -- 7.4.Data-driven bilinear illumination version -- 7.5.Spatially various texture morphable version -- 7.6.Comparison among SHBMM- and MRF-based tools -- 8.Face animation -- 8.1.Talking head -- 8.2.Facial expression synthesis -- 8.3.Physically established facial features synthesis -- 8.4.Morph-based facial features synthesis -- 8.5.Expression mapping -- 8.6.Expression synthesis via function movement propagation -- 9.Appearance enhancing -- 9.1.Detail move -- 9.2.Physiologically established strategy -- 9.3.Virtual lighting fixtures -- 9.4.Active lighting fixtures -- 10.Model-based monitoring and gaze correction -- 10.1.Head pose estimation -- 10.2.Monocular head pose monitoring -- 10.3.Stereo head pose monitoring -- 10.4.Multicamera head pose monitoring -- 10.5.Eye-gaze correction for videoconferencing -- 11.Human desktop interplay -- 11.1.Conversational agent -- 11.2.Face-based human interactive facts approach

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Method, Model and Matter by Mario Bunge (auth.)

By Mario Bunge (auth.)

This choice of essays offers with 3 clusters of difficulties within the philo­ sophy of technology: clinical process, conceptual versions, and ontological underpinnings. The disjointedness of themes is extra obvious than genuine, because the complete booklet is worried with the medical wisdom of truth. Now, the purpose of real wisdom is the conceptual greedy of being, and this figuring out is supplied by means of theories of no matter what there is. If the theories are testable and particular, akin to a idea of a selected chemical response, then they can be known as 'theoretical versions' and clas­ sed as clinical. If the theories are super common, like a concept of syn­ thesis and dissociation with none connection with a specific type of stuff, then they're known as 'metaphysical' - in addition to 'scientific' in the event that they are consonant with technological know-how. among those extremes there's a complete gamut of types of actual theories. therefore the full spectrum could be ruled by means of the clinical approach, really regardless of the subject material. this can be the leitmotiv of the current e-book. The introductory bankruptcy, on process within the philosophy of technological know-how, tackles the query 'Why do not scientists take heed to their philosophers?'.

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Terrestrial Radiative Transfer: Modeling, Computation, and by Harriet H. Natsuyama, Sueo Ueno, Alan P. Wang

By Harriet H. Natsuyama, Sueo Ueno, Alan P. Wang

The distant sensing of earth from area is a nonlinear challenge of estimating actual parameters from measurements. From an analytical standpoint, it's a case of radiative move in inhomogeneous plane-parallel and round media. This publication offers a contemporary therapy of either direct and inverse difficulties appropriate to the distant sensing of earth from house or from the air. ranging from a actual description of the method, the authors enhance leading edge mathematical types, basic arithmetic for the research of those types, and techniques for acquiring computational recommendations. additionally featured are the result of fresh learn utilizing this technique. for instance, invariant imbedding recommendations, associative reminiscence man made neural networks, and the automated evaluate of derivatives were used to unravel inverse difficulties. This publication covers uniform parallel illumination, inner resources, and incident highlight beams, making it essential for researchers operating to lessen the atmospheric distortion of remotely sensed terrestrial photos.

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Sams teach yourself SVG in 24 hours by Micah Laaker

By Micah Laaker

Sams train your self SVG in 24 Hours offers a radical knowing of the know-how, entire with operating examples and useful solutions to universal improvement questions. The booklet makes a speciality of how you can create imagery in SVG for static and dynamic photographs. Readers will research: SVG basics; the way it compares to different applied sciences, together with Flash; Manipulating SVG; portray with SVG and utilizing results; Bringing SVG to lifestyles; realizing animation; textual content and typography; effective coding recommendations; realizing tips to combine JavaScript and dynamic facts; gaining knowledge of SVG and overcoming universal problems.

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Remote Sensing of the Environment and Radiation Transfer: An by Anatoly Kuznetsov, Irina Melnikova, Dmitry Pozdnyakov, Olga

By Anatoly Kuznetsov, Irina Melnikova, Dmitry Pozdnyakov, Olga Seroukhova, Alexander Vasilyev

The interplay of the sunlight and warmth radiation with the ambience and floor is the topic of the ebook. it's beneficial additionally for large circle scientists considering environmental stories. The e-book includes the outline of 17 computing device learning courses helping diversified themes of classes. It comprises in simple terms the bottom flooring for comprehension of key themes and offers the accomplishment of sensible works with utilizing in particular elaborated laptop courses. issues of sensible works replicate major sections of pointed out classes of lectures. The packet of desktop courses is further for resolution of direct and inverse difficulties. It promotes deep and trustworthy comprehension of corresponding themes by means of scholars. All defined techniques and laptop courses are worthy assets for fixing radiative move difficulties and so they should be utilized by scholars for classes and degree stories involved atmospheric optics.

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Chaos and Fractals A Computer Graphical Journey by C.A. Pickover

By C.A. Pickover

Nowadays computer-generated fractal styles are in every single place, from squiggly designs on desktop paintings posters to illustrations within the such a lot critical of physics journals. curiosity keeps to develop between scientists and, particularly unusually, artists and architects. This booklet offers visible demonstrations of complex and gorgeous constructions that could come up in structures, according to uncomplicated ideas. It additionally offers papers on probably paradoxical combos of randomness and constitution in structures of mathematical, actual, organic, electric, chemical, and inventive curiosity. themes comprise: generation, mobile automata, bifurcation maps, fractals, dynamical structures, styles of nature created via easy principles, and aesthetic snap shots drawn from the universe of arithmetic and art.
Chaos and Fractals is split into six elements: Geometry and Nature; Attractors; mobile Automata, Gaskets, and Koch Curves; Mandelbrot, Julia and different advanced Maps; Iterated functionality platforms; and laptop Art.
Additionally, details at the newest sensible purposes of fractals and at the use of fractals in advertisement items akin to the antennas and response vessels is gifted. in brief, fractals are more and more discovering software in sensible items the place special effects and simulations are crucial to the layout strategy. all the six sections has an advent through the editor together with the most recent study, references, and updates within the box. This ebook is stronger with quite a few colour illustrations, a complete index, and the numerous laptop application examples motivate reader involvement.

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Fundamentals of Graphics Communication with AutoDESK 2008 by Gary Bertoline

By Gary Bertoline

A completely modern method of educating crucial technical snap shots abilities has made Bertoline and Wiebe's basics of photos conversation the top textbook in introductory engineering snap shots courses. The 5th variation maintains to combine layout options and using CAD into its amazing assurance of the elemental visualization and sketching options that permit scholars to create and converse image principles successfully. As in prior variations, the authors have integrated many examples of ways photos conversation relates to "real-world" engineering layout, together with present practices and breakthroughs; as one instance, the Motorola RAZR cellphone is used as a case research to synthesize the layout strategies within the textual content. A dynamic on-line studying heart presents extra assets comparable to a picture financial institution, animations, quizzes, and hyperlinks to present and occupation websites.

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Fuzzy Modeling with Spatial Information for Geographic by Frederick E. Petry, Vincent B. Robinson, Maria A. Cobb

By Frederick E. Petry, Vincent B. Robinson, Maria A. Cobb

This booklet specializes in examine advances in methods for incorporating particular dealing with of uncertainty, particularly by way of fuzzy units, to handle geographic problems.Over the prior numerous years curiosity within the use of fuzzy units ways has grown throughout a wide spectrum of fields that use spatial details to handle geographic difficulties. not just has there been significant study on incorporating fuzzy units within the geographic info structures (GIS) helping geographic challenge fixing, yet more and more the uncertainties inherent in modeling geographic difficulties were addressed utilizing smooth computing methods.This booklet has goals. One is to stimulate additional learn in either the speculation and alertness of fuzzy units to spatial details administration and geographic challenge fixing. the opposite is to spotlight the advances in examine that have matured to the purpose that we discover fuzzy modeling getting used by way of geoscientists, machine scientists, geographers, ecologists, engineers, and others. The ebook contains examples of using fuzzy units in representational concerns reminiscent of terrain positive aspects, panorama morphology, spatial extents and methods for spatial interpolation. a number of functions utilizing fuzzy units are coated together with info mining, spatial determination making, ecological simulation, and reliability in GIS.

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