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Transactions on Computational Science XXIII

Special Issue on Cyberworlds

  • Contains extended versions of the best papers presented at Cyberworlds 2013
  • Covers not only theoretical topics, such as modeling, but also applicational topics, such as the use of virtual environments to improve particular skills
  • The final two papers focus on the challenging topic of emotion prediction

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS, volume 8490)

Part of the book sub series: Transactions on Computational Science (TCOMPUTATSCIE)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

  2. Fast and Stable Deformations Using the Mesh Intersection Algorithm

    • Luis F. Gutiérrez, Sergio Vargas, Félix Ramos
    Pages 21-39
  3. Image-Driven Haptic Rendering

    • Shahzad Rasool, Alexei Sourin
    Pages 58-77
  4. Efficacy of a Virtual Environment for Training Ball Passing Skills in Rugby

    • Helen C. Miles, Serban R. Pop, Simon J. Watt, Gavin P. Lawrence, Nigel W. John, Vincent Perrot et al.
    Pages 98-117
  5. Preparing for International Operations and Developing Scenarios for Inter-cultural Communication in a Cyberworld: A Norwegian Army Example

    • Ekaterina Prasolova-Førland, Mikhail Fominykh, Ramin Darisiro, Anders I. Mørch, David Hansen
    Pages 118-138
  6. Collision-Free Navigation with Extended Terrain Maps

    • Andrei Sherstyuk, Kiyoshi Kiyokawa
    Pages 139-156
  7. Experiments for Emotion Estimation from Biological Signals and Its Application

    • Masaki Omata, Daisuke Kanuka, Xiaoyang Mao
    Pages 178-198
  8. Back Matter

About this book

This, the 23rd issue of the Transactions on Computational Science journal, guest edited by Xiaoyang Mao and Lichan Hong, is devoted to the topic of security in virtual worlds. It contains extended versions of the best papers selected from those presented at the International Conference on Cyberworlds 2013, held at Keio University, Yokohama, Japan, October 21-23, 2013. The 11 papers in the volume have been organized into topical sections on modeling, rendering, motion, virtual environments and affective computing.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada

    Marina L. Gavrilova

  • CloudFabriQ Ltd., London, UK

    C. J. Kenneth Tan

  • University of Yamanashi, Takeda, Japan

    Xiaoyang Mao

  • Google Research, Palo Alto, USA

    Lichan Hong

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Softcover Book USD 54.99
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