Updated to supply both conceptual background and real-world examples needed to use AI in software projects. Each technology illustrated with a model implementation and application, and complete source code for each example on companion CD-ROM. Covers data mining, genetic algorithms, game programming and embedded rules-based engines.

The most comprehensive, authoritative, and up-to-date book on computer graphics now presents examples in the C programming language. As before, the authors provide a unique combination of current concepts and practical applications. Important algorithms in 2D and 3D graphics are detailed for easy implementation.

A guide to game design and planning from first concept to the start of development, including case studies of well known games. It covers skills and techniques found in the industry. Presenting re-usable code, it is a study that deals with the issues of game design, team building and management, and game architecture.

For the countless tasks involved in creating a game engine there are an equal number of possible solutions. This text is a hands-on, comprehensive resource packed with a variety of game programming algorithms written by experts from the game industry.

By applying physics to game design, you can realistically model everything that bounces, flies, rolls, or slides, to create believable content for computer games, simulations, and animation. This book serves as the starting point for those who want to enrich games with physics-based realism.

This text covers the development of real-time rendering (several frames per second) for use in computer games, computer-animated movies, advertising and other applications. It focuses on the entire graphics pipeline, presenting new techniques and time-tested algorithms.