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Mathematical Optimization in Computer Graphics and Vision

By: Luiz Velho,Paulo Carvalho,Jonas Gomes,Luiz de Figueiredo

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Mathematical Optimization in Computer Graphics and Vision

By: Luiz Velho,Paulo Carvalho,Jonas Gomes,Luiz de Figueiredo

Mathematical optimization is used in nearly all computer graphics applications, from computer vision to animation. This book teaches readers the core set of techniques that every computer graphics professional should understand in order to envision and expand the boundaries of what is possible in their work. Study of this authoritative reference will help readers develop a very powerful tool- the ability to create and decipher mathematical models that can better realize solutions to even the toughest problems confronting computer graphics community today. - Distills down a vast and complex world of information on optimization into one short, self-contained volume especially for computer graphics - Helps CG professionals identify the best technique for solving particular problems quickly, by categorizing the most effective algorithms by application - Keeps readers current by supplementing the focus on key, classic methods with special end-of-chapter sections on cutting-edge developments

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Morgan Kaufmann

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008087858X

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9780080878584

Implicit Objects in Computer Graphics

By: Luiz Velho,Jonas Gomes,Luiz H. de Figueiredo

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Implicit Objects in Computer Graphics

By: Luiz Velho,Jonas Gomes,Luiz H. de Figueiredo

Implicit definition and description of geometric objects and surfaces plays a critical role in the appearance and manipulation of computer graphics. In addition, the mathematical definition of shapes, using an implicit form, has pivotal applications for geometric modeling, visualization and animation. Until recently, the parametric form has been by far the most popular geometric representation used in computer graphics and computer-aided design. Whereas parametric objects and the techniques associated with them have been exhaustively developed, the implicit form has been used as a complementary geometric representation, mainly in the restricted context of specific applications. However, recent developments in graphics are changing this situation, and the community is beginning to draw its attention to implicit objects. This is reflected in the current research of aspects related to this subject. Employing a coherent conceptual framework, Implicit Objects in Computer Graphics addresses the role of implicitly defined objects in the following parts: mathematical foundations of geometric models, implicit formulations for the specification of shapes, implicit primitives, techniques for constructing and manipulating implicit objects, modeling, rendering and animating implicit objects.

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203

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Springer Science & Business Media

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0387216200

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9780387216201

Forum Shopping in International Adjudication

The Role of Preliminary Objections

By: Luiz Eduardo Salles

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Forum Shopping in International Adjudication

The Role of Preliminary Objections

By: Luiz Eduardo Salles

How can procedural objections be used to address the emerging phenomenon of forum shopping before international tribunals?

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371

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Cambridge University Press

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1107035961

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9781107035966

Computer Graphics

Theory and Practice

By: Jonas Gomes,Luiz Velho,Mario Costa Sousa

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Computer Graphics

Theory and Practice

By: Jonas Gomes,Luiz Velho,Mario Costa Sousa

Computer Graphics: Theory and Practice provides a complete and integrated introduction to this area. The book only requires basic knowledge of calculus and linear algebra, making it an accessible introductory text for students. It focuses on conceptual aspects of computer graphics, covering fundamental mathematical theories and models and the inher

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CRC Press

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1439865574

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9781439865576

The Trade in the Living

The Formation of Brazil in the South Atlantic, Sixteenth to Seventeenth Centuries

By: Luiz Felipe de Alencastro

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The Trade in the Living

The Formation of Brazil in the South Atlantic, Sixteenth to Seventeenth Centuries

By: Luiz Felipe de Alencastro

The seventeenth-century missionary and diplomat Father Antônio Vieira once observed that Brazil was nourished, animated, sustained, served, and conserved by the "sad blood" of the "black and unfortunate souls" imported from Angola. In The Trade in the Living, Luiz Felipe de Alencastro demonstrates how the African slave trade was an essential element in the South Atlantic and in the ongoing cohesion of Portuguese America, while at the same time the concrete interests of Brazilian colonists, dependent on Angolan slaves, were often violently asserted in Africa, to ensure men and commodities continued to move back and forth across the Atlantic. In exposing this intricate and complementary relationship between two non-European continents, de Alencastro has fashioned a new and challenging examination of colonial Brazil, one that moves beyond its relationship with Portugal to discover a darker, hidden history.

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644

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State University of New York Press

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1438469314

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9781438469317

Guardians of the Brazilian Amazon Rainforest: Environmental Organizations and Development

By: Luiz C. Barbosa

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Guardians of the Brazilian Amazon Rainforest: Environmental Organizations and Development

By: Luiz C. Barbosa

The Amazon region is the focus of intense conflict between conservationists concerned with deforestation and advocates of agro-industrial development. This book focuses on the contributions of environmental organizations to the preservation of Brazilian Amazonia. It reveals how environmental organizations such as Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, WWF and others have fought fiercely to stop deforestation in the region. It documents how the history of frontier expansion and environmental struggle in the region is linked to Brazil’s position in an evolving capitalist world-economy. It is shown how Brazil’s effort to become a developed country has led successive Brazilian governments to devise development projects for Amazonia. The author analyses how globalization has led to the expansion of international commodity chains in the region, particularly for mineral ores, soybeans and beef. He shows how environmental organizations have politicized these commodity chains as weapons of conservation, through boycotting certain products, while other pro-development groups within Brazil claim that such organizations threaten Brazil's sovereignty over its own resources.

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249

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Routledge

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1317577647

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9781317577645

Music, Theater, and Society in the Comedies of Luiz Carlos Martins Penna (1833-1846)

Amidst the Lundu, The Aria, and the Alleluia

By: Luiz Costa-lima Neto

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Music, Theater, and Society in the Comedies of Luiz Carlos Martins Penna (1833-1846)

Amidst the Lundu, The Aria, and the Alleluia

By: Luiz Costa-lima Neto

This book clarifies the musical dramaturgy of comedy writer and musician Luiz Carlos Martins Penna (1815-48) – a notion that encompasses both the theatrical text and its performance. The corpus for this analysis is composed of twelve comedies by Martins Penna written between 1833 and 1846, divided into three groups, which I have called Lundu, Aria, and Alleluia. The sound universe made up by the three groups of comedies covers African-Brazilian genres and musical-choreographic styles (batuque, fado, lundu, miudinho, muquirão), the transnational urban popular universe (lundu, tirana, quadrilha, marcha, waltz, caxuxa, tonadilla, polka), and modinhas and Italian opera, in addition to romantic concertos, Gregorian chant and Iberian religious theater (loas). To evaluate the multiple meanings acquired by the musical allusions inserted into the comedy texts and theatrical performances, this research reveals the network which included the author, actors, theater owners, publishers and the public, and other agents, such as black Catholic irmandades (brotherhoods), Freemasonry, and institutions linked to the imperial government. The sound universe of the comedies of Martins Penna are compared to the comedic axes of the Western theatrical tradition (a study of situations and characters) and the axes of performance (solo and chorus), contemplating the relationship between the repertoires written by Martins Penna and the repertoires of Brazilians and Portuguese artists, a mix of actors, singers and dancers, who performed in his comedies. The research questions the notion of authorship and reveals the importance of the partnership between theatrical writers, artists and publishers, through which the comedies of Martins Penna have reached the second half of the nineteenth century through the present.

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345

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Lexington Books

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1498532268

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9781498532266

Design and Implementation of 3D Graphics Systems

By: Jonas de Miranda Gomes,Luiz Velho,Mario Costa Sousa

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Design and Implementation of 3D Graphics Systems

By: Jonas de Miranda Gomes,Luiz Velho,Mario Costa Sousa

This book covers the computational aspects of geometric modeling and rendering 3D scenes. Special emphasis is given to the architectural aspects of interactive graphics, geometric modeling, rendering techniques, the graphics pipeline, and the architecture of 3D graphics systems. The text describes basic 3D computer graphics algorithms and their implementation in the C language. The material is complemented by library routines for constructing graphics systems, which are available for download from the book's website.

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352

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CRC Press

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1466571233

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9781466571235

Democracy and Public Management Reform

Building the Republican State

By: Luiz Carlos Bresser-Pereira

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Democracy and Public Management Reform

Building the Republican State

By: Luiz Carlos Bresser-Pereira

Building the Republican State is an insightful analysis of the new state and the new public management that is emerging in the twenty-first century. It presents the historical stages that led to the modern state, identifies a crisis of the nation-state and its origins in a fiscal crisis and in globalization, and situates public management in the last phase - the social-liberal and republican state. To understand such stages the author develops the theory of republican rights, as a fourth type of citizenship right, after the civil, the political, and the social rights. The book contains an original model of reform, in which the roles of the state, the forms of ownership, the types of public administration, and the organizational-institutions indicated in each situation are put together. Additionally, the book discusses the political theories behind the reform, and its political implications. Throughout the book, the author underlines the complementary roles of markets and the state, and the importance of building state capacity to assure administrative efficiency, always having in count the 'democratic constraint', i.e., the prevalence of the political over the economic realm. This is essential reading both for those studying political theory and government reform, as well as for anyone interested in state politics and globalization.

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332

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OUP Oxford

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019153207X

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9780191532078

Image Processing for Computer Graphics

By: Jonas Gomes,Luiz Velho

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Image Processing for Computer Graphics

By: Jonas Gomes,Luiz Velho

The focus of this book is on providing a thorough treatment of image processing with an emphasis on those aspects most used in computer graphics. Throughout, the authors concentrate on describing and analysing the underlying concepts rather than on presenting algorithms or pseudocode. As befits a modern introduction to this topic, a healthy balance is struck between discussing the underlying mathematics of the subject and the main topics covered: signal processing, data discretization, the theory of colour and different colour systems, operations in images, dithering and half-toning, warping and morphing, and image processing.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1475727453

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Book's by Luiz de Figueiredo

Mathematical Optimization in Computer Graphics and Vision

Mathematical Optimization in Computer Graphics and Vision

Implicit Objects in Computer Graphics

Implicit Objects in Computer Graphics

Forum Shopping in International Adjudication

Forum Shopping in International Adjudication

Computer Graphics

Computer Graphics

The Trade in the Living

The Trade in the Living

Guardians of the Brazilian Amazon Rainforest: Environmental Organizations and Development

Guardians of the Brazilian Amazon Rainforest: Environmental Organizations and Development

Music, Theater, and Society in the Comedies of Luiz Carlos Martins Penna (1833-1846)

Music, Theater, and Society in the Comedies of Luiz Carlos Martins Penna (1833-1846)

Design and Implementation of 3D Graphics Systems

Design and Implementation of 3D Graphics Systems

Democracy and Public Management Reform

Democracy and Public Management Reform

Image Processing for Computer Graphics

Image Processing for Computer Graphics

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