Simulating Humans Computer Graphics, Animation, and Control (N.I. Badler)
This book is intended for human factors engineers requiring current knowledge of how a computer graphics surrogate human can augment their analyses of designed environments. It will also help inform design engineers of the state-of-the-art in human gure modeling, and hence of the human-centered design central to the emergent notion of Concurrent Engineering. Topics covered includes: Body Modeling, Spatial Interaction, Behavioral Control, Simulation with Societies of Behaviors, Task-Level Specifications and Epilogue.
Author(s): Norman I. Badler, Cary B. Phillips and Bonnie L. Webber
283 Pages 
Discrete Differential Geometry
This note contains below topics, Combinatorial surfaces, A quick and dirty introduction to differential geometry, A quick and dirty introduction to exterior calculus, Discrete exterior calculus, The Laplacian, Surface parameterization, Vector field processing.
Author(s): Keenan Crane, Carnegie Mellon University
174 Pages
The following textbook by Arignar Anna Government Arts and Science College gives an overview of computer graphics systems in some detail. It begins with the overall architecture of computer graphics systems in order to place into context how such graphical applications are built and executed. Output primitives discussed in this book are the basic elements used in constructing an image. Also, there is a discussion about 2D geometric transformations for manipulating twodimensional objects. It contains parts on the graphical user interface and the methods of interactive input that are very important when one is designing graphics applications that should be friendly to users. Geometric and modeling transformations concerning 3D graphics are dealt with in the book at the description of how to create and modify threedimensional objects. Hence, the resource is helpful in studying both the basic issues of computer graphics systems and its applications.
Author(s): Arignar Anna Government Arts and Science College, Karaikal, Puducherry
100 Pages
