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020			_a9783540669395 _cpbk
082			_a004 _bTU,
100			_aTu, Xiaoyuan
245		0	_aArtificial Animals for computer animation : biomechanics, locomotion, Perception, and Behavior
260			_aBerlin: _bSpringer, _c1999
300			_axiv, 172 p.; _bill.: _c24 cm.
365			_aINR _b2433.60
440			_v1635
490			_aLecture notes in computer science
520			_aThis book is based on the author's phD thesis, which won the 1996 ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award. The author proposes and develops an artificial life paradigm for computer graphics animation by systematically constructing artificial animals controlled by self-animating autonomous agents. The animation agents emulate the realistic appearance, movement, and behavior of individual animals, as well as the patterns of social behavior evident in groups of animals. The paradigm is based on a computational model capturing the essential characteristics common to all biological creatures: biomechanics, locomotion, perception, and behavior. The approach is validated through the implementation of a virtual marine world inhabited by a variety of lifelike artificial fish, where each fish is a functional autonomous agent.
650			_aComputer animation
650			_aArtificial animal
650			_aArtificial intelligence
650			_aComputer graphics
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