Author: Falai Chen

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 423

ISBN-13: 9812794832

This book contains tutorial surveys and original research contributions in geometric computing, modeling, and reasoning. Highlighting the role of algebraic computation, it covers: surface blending, implicitization, and parametrization; automated deduction with Clifford algebra and in real geometry; and exact geometric computation. Basic techniques, advanced methods, and new findings are presented coherently, with many examples and illustrations. Using this book the reader will easily cross the frontiers of symbolic computation, computer aided geometric design, and automated reasoning. The book is also a valuable reference for people working in other relevant areas, such as scientific computing, computer graphics, and artificial intelligence. Contents: Algebraic Methods in Computer Aided Geometric Design: Theoretical and Practical Applications (L Gonzilez-Vega et al.); Constructing Piecewise Algebraic Blending Surfaces (Y Feng et al.); Rational Curves and Surfaces: Algorithms and Some Applications (J R Sendra); Panorama of Methods for Exact Implicitization of Algebraic Curves and Surfaces (I S Kotsireas); Implicitization and Offsetting via Regular Systems (D Wang); Determining the Intersection Curve of Two 3D Implicit Surfaces by Using Differential Geometry and Algebraic Techniques (L Gonzilez-Vega et al.); Analytical Properties of Semi-Stationary Subdivision Schemes (H Zhang & G Wang); Meshless Method for Numerical Solution of PDE Using Hermitian Interpolation with Radial Basis (Z Wu & J Liu); Clifford Algebras in Geometric Computation (H Li); Automated Deduction in Real Geometry (L Yang & B Xia); Automated Derivation of Unknown Relations and Determination of Geometric Loci (Y Li); On Guaranteed Accuracy Computation (C K Yap); Dixon A-Resultant Quotients for 6-Point Isosceles Triangular Corner Cutting (M-C Foo & E-W Chionh); Face Recognition Using Hidden Markov Models and Artificial Neural Network Techniques (Z Ou & B Xue). Readership: Upper-level undergraduates, graduate students, researchers and engineers in geometric modeling."