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Today there is a growing recognition of computer science as a laboratory science. In addition to the mathematical theory that supports techniques in subareas such as artificial intelligence, the student needs wor work with actual programs and problems to get a feel for the technology. This book grew out of the perception that hands-on experimentation coordinated with textbook explanations of principles and of actual programs can provide and ideal learning combination for students of a artificial intelligence. The purpose of this book is to provide an up-to-date and didactically coherent introduction to the principles and programming methods of artificial inteliggence. It is appropriate for and undergraduate or first-year graduate course. While it is...

Written for students and practicing enginners, this book provides an introduction to the Simulink environment and libraries. Topics covered include math operations, model verification, signal routing, and ports and subsystems. Each chapter includes numerous application examples solved using Simulink. In addition, a brief introduction to MATLAB is included in an appendix....

Image editing is a crucial element in the photographic workflow. Image editing tools, most notably Photoshop, are usually sophisticated and deep applications, and are fairly expensive. The only open source tool in this market is the GIMP, which has developed into a powerful, multiplatform system running on Linux, Mac OS X, and Microsoft Windows.GIMP 2.8 for Photographers is a beginner's guide to the only open source image editing tool that provides a no-cost alternative to expensive programs such as Photoshop. Topics include the new user interface and tools, the basics of image editing and simple adjustments, advanced techniques using layers and masks, developing RAW images, working with the improved text tool, and preparing high-quality black-and-wh...

This book explains how to send IP data packets from one source to multiple receivers. You will discover how multicasting (one-to-many or many-to-many) can dramatically increase the efficiency of a network compared to unicasting (one-to-one) or broadcasting (one-to-all) transmission. Multicasting is critical for mass media streaming sources such as IP television and Internet radio. Without the use of multicasting, a 3 Mbps television streaming service would require data connections of 30 Gbps to provide service to 10,000 customers. This book explains the fundamentals of how multicasting systems operate including how members find, join and disconnect from multicast sessions. You will learn about addressing along with multicast member and group manageme...