Economies of Control
What if the systems designed to make your life easier were actually built to shape your behavior, restrict your choices, and erase your privacy?This groundbreaking investigation reveals how digital ID surveillance, programmable money dangers, and biometric identity systems are quietly being woven into the fabric of everyday life-under the guise of convenience, efficiency, and safety. From central bank digital currency control to cashless society risks, this book exposes the silent shift from democratic governance to algorithmic rule.You'll explore real-world case studies from China's social credit experiment to India's Aadhaar network, uncovering how technology is becoming the new architecture of compliance. But this is not just about policy or politics-it's about you. Your data. Your money. Your identity.This book is for readers who: - Sense that something is "off" in the digital age, but can't quite name it, - Want to understand the mechanics behind digital control systems, - Care about privacy in the age of AI and the future of civil liberties, - Seek meaningful alternatives to passive participation in systems of soft control.Through gripping narratives and razor-sharp analysis, you'll learn how to decode the interface, question the incentive, and reclaim the right to remain unmeasured. Whether you're a technologist, policymaker, activist, or simply someone trying to navigate the modern world with awareness, this book delivers the clarity, urgency, and insight you need.By the final page, you won't just understand what's happening-you'll see it everywhere. And once you see it, you can choose differently.Freedom vs convenience technology is the defining trade-off of our time. This book shows you how to choose wisely.
Designing Sound for Animation
Sound is just as crucial an aspect to your animation as your visuals. Whether you're looking to create a score, ambient noise, dialog, or a complete soundtrack, you'll need sound for your piece. This nuts-and-bolts guide to sound design for animation will explain the theory and workings behind sound for image and provide an overview of the systems and production path to help you create your soundtrack. Follow the sound design process along with animated shorts and learn how to use the tools and techniques of the trade. Enhance your piece and learn how to design sound for animation.
Image Super-Resolution Using Adaptive 2-D Gaussian Basis Function Interpolation
Post-Processing Resolution Enhancement of Open Skies Photographic Imagery
Blind Deconvolution Method of Image Deblurring Using Convergence of Variance
Blind Deconvolution Method of Image Deblurring Using Convergence of Variance
Post-Processing Resolution Enhancement of Open Skies Photographic Imagery
Outlier Detection in Hyperspectral Imagery Using Closest Distance to Center With Ellipsoidal Multivariate Trimming
Internet Wargaming With Distributed Processing Using Client-Server Model
A Genetic Algorithm for UAV Routing Integrated With a Parallel Swarm Simulation
The Benefits of a Network Tasking Order in Combat Search and Rescue Missions
Mission Route Planning With Multiple Aircraft and Targets Using Parallel A* Algorithm
Performance Analysis of Live-Virtual-Constructive and Distributed Virtual Simulations
Statistical Approach to Background Subtraction for Production of High-Quality Silhouettes for Human Gait Recognition
Digital Twins for Simulation-Based Decision-Making
This book introduces the concept of digital twins and their purposive usage, including the technology infrastructure and the method support necessary for their construction. The landscape of digital twins is illustrated through a range of use cases spread across different application domains such as strategy and business assessment in enterprises, logistics networks, manufacturing industries, chemical and refinery systems, sustainable food ecosystems, and public healthcare. All these examples show how digital twins are exploited to simulate complex scenarios depending on various external factors - all of which would not be feasible as real-world simulations because of their high costs, potential fatal damages, and unpredictable side effects. The book is written for professionals in industry who would like to learn about the application of these powerful methodologies and tools in various areas as well as for researchers in computer science who would like to draw inspirations for further development of this technology from real-world applications.
Advancing Secure Image Handling Through Chaotic and Bio-Molecular Computing
Natural Language Processing and Information Systems
The two-volume set LNCS 15836 and 15837 constitutes the proceedings of the 30th International Conference on Applications of Natural Language to Information Systems, NLDB 2025, held in Kanazawa, Japan, during July 4-6, 2025.The 33 full papers, 19 short papers and 2 demo papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 120 submissions. The proceedings contain novel and significant research contributions addressing theoretical aspects, algorithms, applications, architectures, resources, and other aspects of NLP, as well as survey and discussion papers.
Computational Intelligence Algorithms for the Diagnosis of Neurological Disorders
This book delves into the transformative potential of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) as game-changers in diagnosing and managing of neurodisorder conditions. It covers a wide array of methodologies, algorithms, and applications in depth.Computational Intelligence Algorithms for the Diagnosis of Neurological Disorders equips readers with a comprehensive understanding of how computational intelligence empowers healthcare professionals in the fight against neurodisorders. Through practical examples and clear explanations, it explores the diverse applications of these technologies, showcasing their ability to analyze complex medical data, identify subtle patterns, and contribute to the development of more accurate and efficient diagnostic tools. The authors delve into the exciting possibilities of AI-powered algorithms, exploring their ability to analyze various data sources like neuroimaging scans, genetic information, and cognitive assessments. They also examine the realm of ML for pattern recognition, enabling the identification of early disease markers and facilitating timely intervention. Finally, the authors also address the critical challenges of data privacy and security, emphasizing the need for robust ethical frameworks to safeguard sensitive patient information.This book aims to spark a conversation and foster collaboration among researchers, clinicians, and technologists, and will assist radiologists and neurologists in making precise diagnoses with enhanced accuracy.
Digital Twins and Simulation Technology
This book provides a comprehensive overview of the concept of digital twins, emphasising its strategic importance across various commercial domains. This book covers the fundamentals, data requirements, tools, and technologies essential for understanding and implementing digital twins. It discusses how digital twins are used for running simulations, analysing performance issues, and generating potential improvements to optimise business processes. The book explores the architecture, historical background, and real-time applications in sectors including urban planning, healthcare, smart cities, and manufacturing. Explains digital twin technology, including its core principles, architecture, and how it replicates physical objects in virtual platforms, in detail Covers the data types and tools necessary for creating and maintaining digital twins, including sensors, data processing systems, and integration methodologies Explores technologies such as Computer Vision, IoT, AI, ML, 5G, AR, and VR that drive the functionality and application of digital twins Analyses practical applications in diverse sectors like urban planning, smart cities, healthcare, manufacturing operations, and power-generation equipment, showcasing real-world use cases and benefits Examines real-time challenges and limitations associated with implementing digital twin technology, providing a balanced view of its capabilities and constraints It is a reference book for researchers, scholars, and students who are working or interested in learning about digital twin technology.
Frame-By-Frame Stop Motion
This third edition of Frame-by-Frame Stop Motion is an up-to-date review of non-puppet stop motion techniques. The reader will not only learn how to execute these techniques through descriptive chapters but also experience them with the carefully designed exercises included at the end of this book. There are many other aspects of filmmaking including design, sound, cinematography, lighting, and animation principles that make this a thorough study in non-puppet stop motion. The animation of people, objects (not designed to be animated), light painting, time-lapse, and downshooting are popular approaches to animation practice around the globe. This edition includes insights from the author, an experienced stop motion puppet and non-puppet animator, as well as filmmakers from Japan to Eastern Europe to Argentina and North America. There are many aspects to this edition that should appeal not only to animators but also to photographers, live-action filmmakers and those interested in expanding their repertoire in the filmmaking arena. Included are examples of filmmaking critiques and a wide variety of applications of photographic animation. Frame-by-Frame Stop Motion is the only resource of its kind.
Music in Esports
This book invites the reader to expand their idea of esports as an independent niche and consider it an integral part of a growing multi- and transmedia ecosystem that includes the global entertainment industry, where music plays an essential role.
Principles of Multimedia
Principles of Multimedia introduces and explains the theoretical concepts related to the representation, storage, compression, transmission and processing of various multimedia components, including text, image, graphics, audio, video and animation, as well as their use across various applications. The book provides the necessary programming tools and analysis technique concepts to perform practical processing tasks in software labs and to solve numerical problems at the postgraduate level. For this new third edition, every chapter has been updated and the book has been carefully streamlined throughout.Chapter 1 provides an overview of multimedia technology, including the definition, major characteristics, hardware, software, standards, technologies and relevant theorems with mathematical formulations. Chapter 2 covers text, including digital text representations, text editing and processing tools, text application areas and text file formats. Chapter 3 explores digital image input and output systems, image editing and processing tools, image application areas, image color management and image file formats. Chapter 4 discusses 2D and 3D graphics algorithms, transformation matrices, splines, fractals, vectors, projection application areas and graphics file formats. Chapter 5 covers audio, including digital audio input and output systems, audio editing and processing tools, audio application areas and audio file formats. Chapter 6 looks at video, including digital video input and output systems, video editing and processing tools, video application areas and video file formats. Chapter 7 focuses on animation, covering 2D and 3D animation algorithms, interpolations, modeling, texture mapping, lights, illumination models, camera, rendering, application areas and animation file formats. Finally, Chapter 8 covers compression, including lossless and lossy compression techniques, and various algorithms related to text image audio and video compression. Every chapter includes solved numerical problems, coding examples and references for further reading.Including theoretical explanations, mathematical formulations, solved numerical problems and coding examples throughout, Principles of Multimedia is an ideal textbook for graduate and postgraduate students studying courses on image processing, speech and language processing, signal processing, video object detection and tracking, graphic design and modeling and related multimedia technologies.
Looking Forward, Looking Back
This volume collects documentation of the 2017 International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling Art Exhibition and new scholarly texts from the artists involved. The work traces themes of Time & Tempo across Digital Poetics and Literature, Digital Heritage, and Urban Space and Politics.
Dynamic Models of Energy, Robotic, and Biological Systems
The Friedman Archives Guide to Sony’s A1 II - Volume 2 (B&W Edition)
From the best-selling author of books for Sony cameras! In this book 870-page book (which has been split into volumes 1 and 2 - be sure to get both!), photographer and author Gary Friedman explains it all to you, in an easy-to-understand way yet doesn't skimp on the technical details. Every feature is described in great detail, and suggestions are made throughout on combining features to a technical and creative end. Also comes with a free full-color .pdf. Advanced topics include: - Getting the most out of the subject tracking and object recognition features - Live Streaming directly from camera - How to upload images directly to the cloud or an FTP Server - Wireless Flash - Different types of RAW files and their tradeoffs - Everything you need to know about shooting 8K video - The new Subject Recognition modes - The best adapters for legacy glass - And more! Get the most out of your camera with the most comprehensive explanation available!
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Mathematical and Computational Modelling Across the Scales
