Advances in Computer Graphics V -

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Résumé :
This book presents the tutorial notes of the EUROGRAPHICS '89 conference held in Hamburg in September 1989. Recognized experts of the field have contributed excellent overviews of main stream areas of computer graphics. Especially written for this book the articles give an up-to-date survey of the topics selected. The contents includes chapters about visualization of scientific data, color, solid modeling, computational geometry, object-oriented graphics, page description languages, and standards for computer graphics and product model data. This book will be a source of state-of-the-art knowledge in the areas covered for system designers and application programmers as well as for researchers.

Sommaire:
1. Visualization of Scientific Data.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Graphics Software Solution.- 3. Practical Implementations of the Visualization Concept.- 4. The Importance of the User Interface.- 5. Computer Graphics Metafile.- 6. Network Access to High Resolution Hardcopy Pictures.- 7. Conclusion.- 2. Color in Computer Graphics: Manipulating and Matching Color.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Color Models and the User Interface to Color.- 3. Color Fidelity.- 3. Advanced Topics in Solid Modeling.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Deficiencies of Solid Modelers.- 3. Advanced Techniques for CSG Visualization.- 4. Advanced Techniques for Boundary Models.- 5. Beyond Solid Models: Features.- 6. Next Generation of Solid Modelers.- 4. Computational Geometry and its Application to Computer Graphics.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Shape of Objects.- 3. Proximity.- 4. Windowing.- 5. Intersection Problems.- 6. Hidden Surface Removal.- 7. Other Research.- 5. Object-Oriented Graphics.- 1. Introduction to Object-Oriented Concepts.- 2. Object-Oriented and Classical Graphics Systems.- 3. New Concepts in Object-Oriented Programming for Graphics.- 4. A Simple Animation System.- For Further Study - An Annotated Bibliography.- 6. Page Description Languages (PDLs).- 1. Introduction.- 2. Basic Concepts of Page Description Languages.- 3. Applications and Performance Problems.- 4. Standardization of PDLs.- 5. Conformity Testing.- 6. Internal Structures of a PostScript Interpreter.- 7. Conclusions.- 7. Standards for Computer Graphics and Product Model Data Exchange.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Computer Graphics Standards.- 3. Product Data Exchange Standards.- 4. Abbreviations.- Addresses of Authors.