Image Analysis, Random Fields and Markov Chain Monte Carlo Methods: A Mathematical Introduction (Stochastic Modelling and Applied Probability) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This is absolute a bible book for any person who want to learn Gibbs sampler and simulated annealing seriously. The format of this book, though full of mathematical equations, is very self-evident and concise. Nothing is missing and nothing is redundent. It is an enjoyable journey to follow the logic...

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Student Solutions Manual for College Algebra with Modeling and Visualization and Essentials of College Algebra with Modeling and Visualization Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Item was exactly as seller described. It arrived quickly and in time for my summer class! Thank you.Click Here to see more reviews about: Student Solutions Manual for College Algebra with Modeling and Visualization and Essentials of College Algebra with Modeling and VisualizationGet 20% OFFClick here...

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How to Paint Realistic Military Figures (Scale Modeling Handbook, No 14) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This book was exactly what I was looking for. I'm fairly fussy when it comes to my hobbies, and will only invest in something that I know is good.It has lots of step-by-step photos and techniques explained in detail.The authors are very experienced and do excellent jobs of conveying their many years...

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Principles of Three-Dimensional Computer Animation: Modeling, Rendering, and Animating With 3d Computer Graphics (Norton Books for Architects & Designers) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I'm entirely new to 3D modeling and animation. I found this book to be exceptionally well written. The author provides a clear and concise explanation of the principles of 3D computer graphics, with easy-to-understand examples throughout. As stated in other reviews, it is not software specific. If you...

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Continuous System Simulation Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This book provides an excellent description of many different integration schemes and describes their regions of stability. Understanding numerical stability is a necessity for modeling and simulation engineers. It is possible to simulate an unstable system with simulation results that appear stable....

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Bad And Beautiful: Inside the Dazzling and Deadly World of Supermodels Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I read this book straight through last weekend. I could barely put it down. This book really hits home for anyone involved in the fashion industry. I have been involved in fashion for more than 20 years. It's about time someone was brave enough to expose some of the bad dealings of the industry. Hopefully,...

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More Autodesk Maya Hyper-Realistic Creature Creation (Autodesk Official Training Guide) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This book is fairly expensive for it's size (154 pages), although it is packed with very useful rigging techniques. As other reviewers have mentioned, this is not a modeling book -- it's more about rigging and muscle deformations. This book is designed to work with Autodesk Maya 2009. It heavily relies...

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Introduction to Discrete Event Systems Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This book is a great textbook for students who are interested in the control engineering field. Due to the difficulty, it is more focused for graduate students. This book has won the 1999 harold chestnut prize awarded by the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC). The topics are language...

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Body Language: Advanced 3D Character Rigging Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)The book is an excellent resource. I've done my fair share of rigging, and Allen and Murdock have put together a body of information that not only teaches me new tricks, but polishes and streamlines what I already do. Body Language will be the first place I look when I need to dig around for rigging...

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Clinical Prediction Models: A Practical Approach to Development, Validation, and Updating (Statistics for Biology and Health) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Great book! Simple and understandable language. Nice graphs to explain the theory. All the statements are referenced and or supported with examples. Overall the book has a lot of depth as well; so it will be useful for your introduction to prediction models, but also later on. I was getting lost in all...

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Statistics, Data Analysis and Decision Modeling and Student CD-ROM (2nd Edition) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)The product was in excellent condition and arrived rapidly. The book was the paperback version, which is what the item listing by Amazon stated, although I had thought that the seller had listed it as a hardcover. No worries, though. The book (softcover) was in excellent condition and the service was...

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Public Transit Planning and Operation: Theory, Modeling and Practice Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This book leads you to the complex word of public transportation. It explains all its subproblems and ways to solve them.Click Here to see more reviews about: Public Transit Planning and Operation: Theory, Modeling and PracticePublic transport operators are faced with ever-greater pressures. The need...

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BIG BIM little bim - The practical approach to Building Information Modeling - Integrated practice done the right way Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)To most people, BIM just means "Building Information Modeling." For Finith E. Jernigan, AIA, BIM is "Beyond Information Modeling.""bim (lower case) is used to represent applications-focused topics; i.e. ArchiCad, Bentley, and Revit are bim tools." Finith E. Jernigan, AIA wrote, "BIM (upper case) is the...

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An Introduction to the Mechanics of Fluids (Modeling and Simulation in Science, Engineering and Technology) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This book is unique. It is the most comprehensive treatment of the basic theory of Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids that I know of. It contains a lot of interesting material that is not treated in elementary texts and is dispersed in the research literature, and the authors present it in a rigorous...

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Introducing Mudbox Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This is a great book designed to get you working in Mudbox fast. Not only does it teach you the most important aspects of the program but also has extensive information on working with scan data and integration into 3D pipelines using maya and other software. Ara is a great teacher and gets the concepts...

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Introducing ZBrush Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)As a fellow author, I have bookshelf upon bookshelf of 3D books. Most of these don't get much use. "Introducing ZBrush," however, will get a good workout. Although I've always been impressed by the work produced by ZBrush, I've never been a fan of the interface or workflow and thus have used it relatively...

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Foundations of Semantic Web Technologies (Chapman & Hall/CRC Textbooks in Computing) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I have some basic familiarity with RDF, and Semantic Technologies. This book from chapter 1 on was a horrible read. Terribly written with long arduous run on sentences which were frustrating to comprehend. The examples were atrocious. The book was written by academics who must like hearing themselves...

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