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Making Them Move

Mechanics, Control & Animation of Articulated Figures

By: Norman I. Badler,Brian A. Barsky,David Zeltzer

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Making Them Move

Mechanics, Control & Animation of Articulated Figures

By: Norman I. Badler,Brian A. Barsky,David Zeltzer

Current computer graphics hardware and software make it possible to synthesize near photo-realistic images, but the simulation of natural-looking motion of articulated figures remains a difficult and challenging task. Skillfully rendered animation of humans, animals, and robots can delight and move us, but simulating their realistic motion holds great promise for many other applications as well, including ergonomic engineering design, clinical diagnosis of pathological movements, rehabilitation therapy, and biomechanics. Making Them Move presents the work of leading researchers in computer graphics, psychology, robotics and mechanical engineering who were invited to attend the Workshop on the Mechanics, Control and Animation of Articulated Figures held at the MIT Media Lab in April 1989. The book explores biological and robotic motor control, as well as state-of-the-art computer graphics techniques for simulating human and animal figures in a natural and physically realistic manner.

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Taylor & Francis

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1136110615

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9781136110610

Virtual Crowds

Methods, Simulation, and Control

By: Nuria Palechano,Norman Badler,Jan Allbeck

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Virtual Crowds

Methods, Simulation, and Control

By: Nuria Palechano,Norman Badler,Jan Allbeck

There are many applications of computer animation and simulation where it is necessary to model virtual crowds of autonomous agents. Some of these applications include site planning, education, entertainment, training, and human factors analysis for building evacuation. Other applications include simulations of scenarios where masses of people gather, flow, and disperse, such as transportation centers, sporting events, and concerts. Most crowd simulations include only basic locomotive behaviors possibly coupled with a few stochastic actions. Our goal in this survey is to establish a baseline of techniques and requirements for simulating large-scale virtual human populations. Sometimes, these populations might be mutually engaged in a common activity such as evacuation from a building or area; other times they may be going about their individual and personal agenda of work, play, leisure, travel, or spectator. Computational methods to model one set of requirements may not mesh well with good approaches to another. By including both crowd and individual goals and constraints into a comprehensive computational model, we expect to simulate the visual texture and contextual behaviors of groups of seemingly sentient beings. Table of Contents: Introduction / Crowd Simulation Methodology Survey / Individual Differences in Crowds / Framework (HiDAC + MACES + CAROSA) / HiDAC: Local Motion / MACES: Wayfinding with Communication and Roles / CAROSA: Functional Crowds / Initializing a Scenario / Evaluating Crowds

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Springer Nature

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3031792424

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9783031792427

Simulating Crowds in Egress Scenarios

By: Vinícius J. Cassol,Soraia R. Musse,Cláudio R. Jung,Norman I Badler

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Simulating Crowds in Egress Scenarios

By: Vinícius J. Cassol,Soraia R. Musse,Cláudio R. Jung,Norman I Badler

This book describes, from a computer science viewpoint the software, methods of simulating and analysing crowds with a particular focus on the effects of panic in emergency situations. The power of modern technology impacts on modern life in multiple ways every day. A variety of scientific models and computational tools have been developed to improve human safety and comfort in built environments. In particular, understanding pedestrian behaviours during egress situations is of considerable importance in such contexts. Moreover, some places are built for large numbers of people (such as train stations and airports and high volume special activities such as sporting events). Simulating Crowds in Egress Scenarios discusses the use of computational crowd simulation to reproduce and evaluate egress performance in specific scenarios. Several case studies are included, evaluating the work and different analyses, and comparisons of simulation data versus data obtained from real-life experiments are given.

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3319652028

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9783319652023

Simulating Humans

Computer Graphics, Animation, and Control

By: Norman I. Badler,Cary B. Phillips,Bonnie Lynn Webber

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Simulating Humans

Computer Graphics, Animation, and Control

By: Norman I. Badler,Cary B. Phillips,Bonnie Lynn Webber

The area of simulated human figures is an active research area in computer graphics, and Norman Badler's group at the University of Pennsylvania is one of the leaders in the field. This book summarizes the state of the art in simulating human figures, discusses many of the interesting application areas, and makes some assumptions and predictions about where the field is going.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0195073592

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9780195073591

Justice for All

Promoting Social Equity in Public Administration

By: Norman J. Johnson,James H Svara

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Justice for All

Promoting Social Equity in Public Administration

By: Norman J. Johnson,James H Svara

Justice for All is the first book that provides a comprehensive examination of social equity in American public administration. The breadth of coverage--theory, context, history, implications in policy studies, applications to practice, and an action agernda--cannot be found anywhere else.

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336

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Routledge

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1317466721

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Who Was Who on TV

By: Norman Chance

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Who Was Who on TV

By: Norman Chance

The information herein was accumulated of fifty some odd years. The collection process started when TV first came out and continued until today. The books are in alphabetical order and cover shows from the 1940s to 2010. The author has added a brief explanation of each show and then listed all the characters, who played the roles and for the most part, the year or years the actor or actress played that role. Also included are most of the people who created the shows, the producers, directors, and the writers of the shows. These books are a great source of trivia information and for most of the older folk will bring back some very fond memories. I know a lot of times we think back and say, "Who was the guy that played such and such a role?" Enjoy!

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559

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Xlibris Corporation

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1456821644

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9781456821647

Steves' Review of Nuclear Medicine Technology

Preparation for Certification Examinations

By: Norman E. Bolus,Amy Byrd Brady

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Steves' Review of Nuclear Medicine Technology

Preparation for Certification Examinations

By: Norman E. Bolus,Amy Byrd Brady

Rev. ed. of: Review of nuclear medicine technology / Ann M. Steves, Patricia C. Wells. 3rd ed. c2004.

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Society of Nuclear Medicine, Incorporated

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0932004873

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9780932004871

Simulating Humans

Computer Graphics Animation and Control

By: Norman I. Badler,Cary B. Phillips,Bonnie Lynn Webber

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Simulating Humans

Computer Graphics Animation and Control

By: Norman I. Badler,Cary B. Phillips,Bonnie Lynn Webber

During the past decade, high-performance computer graphics have found application in an exciting and expanding range of new domains. Among the most dramatic developments has been the incorporation of real-time interactive manipulation and display for human figures. Though actively pursued by several research groups, the problem of providing a synthetic or surrogate human for engineers and designers already familiar with computer-aided design techniques was most comprehensively solved by Norman Badler's computer graphics laboratory at the University of Pennsylvania. The breadth of that effort as well as the details of its methodology and software environment are presented in this volume. The book is intended for human factors engineers interested in understanding how a computer-graphics surrogate human can augment their analyses of designed environments. It will also inform design engineers of the state of the art in human figure modeling, and hence of the human-centered design central to the emergent concept of concurrent engineering. In fulfilling these goals, the book additionally documents for the entire computer graphics community a major research effort in the interactive control of articulated human figures.

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Oxford University Press

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0195360869

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Making Them Move

Mechanics, Control & Animation of Articulated Figures

By: Norman I. Badler,Brian A. Barsky,David Zeltzer

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Mechanics, Control & Animation of Articulated Figures

By: Norman I. Badler,Brian A. Barsky,David Zeltzer

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Virtual Crowds

Methods, Simulation, and Control

By: Nuria Palechano,Norman Badler,Jan Allbeck

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Methods, Simulation, and Control

By: Nuria Palechano,Norman Badler,Jan Allbeck

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Springer Nature

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3031792424

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Virtual Crowds

Methods, Simulation, and Control

By: Nuria Pelechano,Jan M. Allbeck,Norman I. Badler

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Virtual Crowds

Methods, Simulation, and Control

By: Nuria Pelechano,Jan M. Allbeck,Norman I. Badler

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Morgan & Claypool Publishers

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1598296418

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Simulating Crowds in Egress Scenarios

By: Vinícius J. Cassol,Soraia R. Musse,Cláudio R. Jung,Norman I Badler

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Simulating Crowds in Egress Scenarios

By: Vinícius J. Cassol,Soraia R. Musse,Cláudio R. Jung,Norman I Badler

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3319652028

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Conversations with Norman Mailer

By: Norman Mailer

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Conversations with Norman Mailer

By: Norman Mailer

In twenty eight interviews this great American writer rises to the occasion and is at his sharpest in conversations with Lillian Ross, Marshall McLuhan, Malcolm Muggeridge, William F. Buckley, Jr., and George Plimpton.

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Univ. Press of Mississippi

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0878053522

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9780878053520

Even this I Get to Experience

By: Norman Lear

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Even this I Get to Experience

By: Norman Lear

The producer of such sitcoms as "All in the Family," "The Jeffersons," "One Day at a Time," and "The Facts of Life" traces fifty years in show business and politics while discussing his wartime contributions and experiences as a family man.

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1594205728

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Justice for All

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Who Was Who on TV

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Steves' Review of Nuclear Medicine Technology

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Conversations with Norman Mailer

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