The visualization handbook /
The Visualization Handbook provides an overview of the field of visualization by presenting the basic concepts, providing a snapshot of current visualization software systems, and examining research topics that are advancing the field. This text is intended for a broad audience, including not only t...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam ; Boston :
Elsevier-Butterworth Heinemann,
[2005]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book Table of contents only Publisher description |
| Summary: | The Visualization Handbook provides an overview of the field of visualization by presenting the basic concepts, providing a snapshot of current visualization software systems, and examining research topics that are advancing the field. This text is intended for a broad audience, including not only the visualization expert seeking advanced methods to solve a particular problem, but also the novice looking for general background information on visualization topics. The largest collection of state-of-the-art visualization research yet gathered in a single volume, this book includes articles by a whos who of international scientific visualization researchers covering every aspect of the discipline, including: Virtual environments for visualization Basic visualization algorithms Large-scale data visualization Scalar data isosurface methods Visualization software and frameworks Scalar data volume rendering Perceptual issues in visualization Various application topics, including information visualization. * Edited by two of the best known people in the world on the subject; chapter authors are authoritative experts in their own fields; * Covers a wide range of topics, in 47 chapters, representing the state-of-the-art of scientific visualization. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | xvii, 962 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780123875822 012387582X |