Wavelets for Computer Graphics: Theory and Applications (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Graphics)
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| Rating | : | 4.25 (691 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1558603751 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 245 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-09-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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Today, the term denotes the actual mathematical function that was originally used to model these disturbances, and many scientists working in signal processing, physics, and other areas use wavelets to represent and analyze large amounts of data. They discuss different types of wavelets-- such as Haar wavelets and biorthogonal wavelets for surfaces--and explain how to apply wavelets to image compression, editing, and querying; curves and tiling; surface-area editing and compression; and the physical simulation methods of variational modeling and global illumination. . The authors target computer-graphics professionals and researchers, particularly those who know the rudiments of linear algebra and are relatively new to wavelet theory. Wavelets for Computer Graphics: Theory and Applications is a wel
Salesin . Stollnitz, Anthony D. DeRose and David H. By Eric J
An Overview of Wavelets for Computer Graphics Ian K. I noticed that Tony DeRose, one of the authors of this book,was a project lead in Pixar's wonderful film "Monsters".Computer graphics, especially at the cutting edge practicedby Pixar is deeply mathematical. This is certainly reflectedin this book.This book covers a number of areas that are not covered outsideof journal articles. For example, there are chapters oninterpolating wavelets (e.g., wavelets built via splines orpolynomials). The coverage of interpolation and splines toconstruct wavelet is good, but the authors quickly gloss overthe other critical half of th. Excellent Introductory Book I shall be brief and skip saucy words and go to the main point: Why you should acquire this book? 2 Reasons. 1)Michael Lounsbery, Tony D. DeRose and Joe Warren, "Multiresolution analysis for surfaces of arbitrary topological type" 2)"Multiresolution curves", Adam Finkelstein and David H. Salesin.The authors offer their knowledge in an early stage and this honour them in the largest extent! This book provides an expleantion for these two papers and their branches(papers originating from these theories).. Excellent intro A Customer This is a fine introduction to wavelets for computer scientists, with many fun applications in computer graphics. Easier than other introductions I've seen, in part because it avoids the frequency domain. I'm using it in a graduate course, but it would be easy to use by yourself or in a special seminar for undergraduates in CS or math.
In contrast, this book focuses on a generalized theory that naturally accommodates the kinds of objects that commonly arise in computer graphics, including images, open curves, and surfaces of arbitrary topology.This book also contains a foreword by Ingrid Daubechies and an appendix covering the necessary background material in linear algebra.. This distinctly accessible introduction to wavelets provides computer graphics professionals and researchers with the mathematical foundations for understanding and applying this powerful tool.Wavelets are rapidly becoming a core technique in computer graphics, with applications for* Image editing and compression*