Gpu-Based Interactive Visualization Techniques.pdf

Mathematics and Visualization
Series Editors
Gerald Farin
Hans-Christian Hege
David Hoffman
Christopher R. Johnson
Konrad Polthier
Martin Rumpf
Daniel Weiskopf
GPU-Based Interactive
Visualization
Techniques
With 112 Figures, 42 in Color and 11 Tables
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Daniel Weiskopf
School puting Science
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada
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Mathematics Subject Classification: 68U05, 68W10, 76M27
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ISBN-13 978-3-540-332626 Springer Berlin Heidelberg New York
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Preface
Graphics processing units (GPUs) have been revolutionizing the puter
graphics and visualization are practiced. Driven by puter-games in-
dustry and its demand for e