Simulation Books

with the reviewer from Chile. This is a very good book covering a fairly wide range of material at a level that is surprisingly accessible. It is well edited, and makes solid use of the internet to provide programs for buyers to download and try for themselves. Highly recommended.

This book has the merit of collecting many major recent contributions from authors that continuosly make serious research in numerical and computational methods of solving the now basic problems we face in macroeconomics principally (but that serves in other areas in economics too), that put them in a simple theoretic and practical way for the economist. It perfectly serves as an introductory book for graduate studies in this area and as an complete reference book for further research.

I need to do some parameterized expectation work. I read Chapter 7. It is not well-written. The authors first introduce the general framework, and then introduce a series of examples. People would be stuck at the general framework part. They don't know WHY do we do that.

A better way to introduce this method would be to use one or two completely worked out examples, paying particular attention to explain the ideas behind doing what we are doing. This way people will know the ideas behind the method, even though not necessarily the general framework (who need to know the general framework anyway?) Then introduce the general framework, and more examples.

Anyone in operations will find something of value in this book. There is a good variety of problems, and good explanations of how to solve them. The book is accompanied with Palisade.com's Risk Optimizer software. Be sure to check their web site; they post updates to software, and they seem like a pretty good company to deal with, as well.

With his various books and software, Dr Winston really helps the business manager leverage his productivity.

The first impression from the book was great. There are really good examples of different optimization problems - product mix, manpower allocation etc. However, missing example files from the chapters on option pricing have ruined this good impression. Without the example files (that are supposed to be on the accompanying CD) the chapters loose a good portion of their value, as the historical data are missing, which is hard to recreate and check if you understand the material right. Another bad experience with the book is the fact that CD that came with the first book that I received was damaged and completely unusable. Thanks to the Amazon.com, they sent me the second copy of the book with a new CD free of charge. But the facts are that if you buy the book, you cannot be sure that the CD is usable, and if it is, then some of the example files will be missing. In my opinion, for the price they charge for the book, you could expect a little bit more quality.

I was disappointed to discover that RISKOptimizer software included with this book was just a 10-day trial version. After that, you have to buy the $700 license for the software. For books like this, obviously aimed to a large extent at business students, it seems much more logical to include a reduced capacity version with a perpetual license, as other similar books do.

The book is very good as a background for beginners in DSP, when they are going to use MATLAB, as a tool. The readers may undesrtand the text, without very sophisticated knowledge in mathematics and MATLAB procedures. However, it would be better, if the author could write more about several, used frequently, areas of modern DSP applications - new methods of time-frequency analysis (for example wavelets etc.), dynamic 3D image analyses, with many typical examples using MATLAB.

I used this book for a first course on DSP. This book is very practical. It is loaded with Matlab algorithms that will make your discrete signal processing simulation development enjoyable and challenging.
The Matlab examples cover just about every thing encountered in DSP development. It covers statistical signal analysis, adaptive filter design, FIR, IIR and other important topics.

Readers of this book should download the entire code examples used in this book off the website assigned to this book.

I bought this text as a self-study aid, primarily because the book is advertised as including the solutions to the problems at the end of each chapter. I was very disappointed to find that the answers are provided, but the zip files for the solutions are password protected and made available to only universities. What a shamocary. Other than that, the book has proved to be very light in the discussion section and heavy in the problem sets - so the solutions are very much needed to derive any good use from the material.

All who hope to create Quake 4 after reading this book will be disappointed: The game engine described, Jamagic, is rather old and not very powerful. It can be used only for very simple games and simulations. Additionally, the book delivers only a very cursory description of Jamagic. It can be recommended for someone who just starts working with Jamagic for whatever reason, and has no clue how to begin. Not recommended for people who are serious about creating games - there are better tools than Jamagic and better books than this one.

Elementary Game Programming & Simulators Using Jamagic certainly lives up to its title. As a "green" programmer who just started learning C++, this book was perfect for me in grasping the overall concepts of 3D programming before diving in too deep, yet still using some of the language that I learned. Jamagic "automates" much of the repetitive programming typically done with 3D games, and also the Jamagic language is very similar to Javascript (which is similar to C++); therefore Jamagic worked well for my purposes.

Mr. Perez's book took me through the important topics of 3D programming, giving me the overview I wanted and showing me results quickly. The book focuses on three main projects: a simple 3D game, a flight simulator, and a ship simulator. Mr. Perez explains the code in a simple manner that is easy to understand. Each step of each project builds on the previous step.

Since this book does have a few typos and inconsistencies that turned me off, I couldn't give it all five stars. All in all, I found this book invaluable for easily learning the concepts of 3D game programming, such as texture mapping, shading, introductory modeling, and calculating distances in 3D with the Pythagorean theorem. I recommend this book for anyone starting out in Jamagic and for those like me who don't want to dive too deep into C++ to learn the concepts of 3D programming.

I did not know Jamagic when I first picked up this book. I have found Jamagic to be a very cool 3D game builder tool.

The author does a very good job explaining the syntax and has an interesting (non-boring) way of leading the reader thru a complete game project.

The sphere lander, flight simulator and ship simulator are also interesting projects you don't see in other books.

A person with a lot of other programming experience might find the book a little slow, but if you don't know anything you will not be overwhelmed.

I am really looking forward to the advanced version of the book.

This book is obsolete the croqui is not proportioned and you never culd used in the industrie or for any job.

Very insightful, very useful, easy to understand. Totally worth the money.

The text, as the previous reviewer writes, is excellent. I love the preliminary chapters for content and ability to communicate various concepts of fashion thinking. However, in the tutorials there are enough missing or unclear steps to frustrate someone attempting to learn new software. It would be helpful if the reader/user has previous familiarity with Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop in order to work past these issues. Needless to say, the text components that integrate Illustrator and Photoshop tools are quite helpful and promote realistic ways to use the software applications together. I am pleased with the text, but do look forward to a second edition.

From the publisher's Web site.

Features
#The third installment in the popular line of For Teens books.

#Covers the complete game design process, from idea, to design document, to development of the game.

#Provides samples from real game design documents.

#Helps readers develop the skills they need to express their game ideas clearly and thoroughly.

#Examines game design theory as it applies to the different game genres.


Table of Contents
1. What is Game Design?
2. What is a Game Designer?
3. The Design Document
4. The Game Idea
5. Creating the High Concept
6. Visualizing the Game
7. Designing Audio
8. Game Flow
9. Interface Design
10. Technical Design
11. Schedules and Budgets
12. Special Considerations
Appendix A: Design Document

This book is far too general to be useful to anyone. There are far better books that address this topic.

I'm not a game design expert. I'm not in the gaming industry at all, except as a consumer. My son, on the other hand, has expressed a desire to "play test games" as a career. I thought, okay, let's check it out.

Game Design for Teens is an introduction to the game design world (a complex, very technical realm), with the purpose of creating a game design document.

Good: This book is written to the level of its intended audience.
Good: It includes many good/relevant graphics.
Good: Not designed to be a science book.
Good: Keeps to the purpose/focus of the book with many good/relevant anecdotes.

Other: It is a bit verbose/complex at times.

Impressions: Good for young people interested in game design/development.

Sincerely,

JMS

I've used this simulation for several years. You really have to dig into it to fully understand how it works and there are some warts in the game. The trip is worthwhile, however, in terms of student learning of diverse topics from financial accounting to logistics. Playing the game takes a lot effort out of the instructor - but I think it is worth it in the end.

I must disagree with the other reviewer! I use this simulation in my class and it works very well. However, it isn't simple and the base documentation isn't the best. The software is quite robust. The complexity of the simulation means this isn't just a game in which you can casually drop in some figures and see what happens - each team needs to spend at least 8 hours preparing and then about 2 hours deciding each set of moves! The reward is in simulation that faithfully reproduces and simplifies competitive and global forces.

NOTE - this software is totally useless to you unless it is offered as part of a class. You need at lest three teams AND the special administrator software only available to teaching professionals.

As a project in one of my MBA classes, we had to make 8 decisions in this "simulation" game. Over the semester, I have grown to hate the game and the book. The biggest problem with the game is that it is too rigid and does not mirror real life. The problem with the book itself is that it does not contain any information to assist you in making decision. There are also some misprints in the book as well. Avoid this book if you can, and if you can't, I wish you the best of luck!

Chapters 18-22 are worth more than the price of the book. The farther I read the more impressed I was. In the beginning I was wondering about its value but it has proved invaluable to me. It's a reference tool that I find myself going to repeatedly. I highly recommend it, even though it was written in 1995, I don't know its equal. Posted 10-2002.

A poxy book - between the front and back covers is a lot of air in which the word "virtual" is said 3 times in every sentence. Take the word out and you have one of those ghastly management texts written from a belief system without any real practical backup. The tenets are unbelievably ignorant in some cases. Anyone who can say that executives who express preference for face-to-face communication are being defensive doesn't know a thing about socialisation or tacit knowledge processes. They must think the world can be ordered around aka the military model. oh whoops, one of the authors spent 35 years as a career officer in the USAF. So if you are into military-type operations where commands can be relayed over sophisticated networks, this book is for you. If you are interested in the boundaryless organisation and the meaning for social behaviour, steer clear.

A very realistic book about the organizational transformation in the '90s An Excellent set of atoms for having in your own home.

This book is neither particularly insightful, nor particularly well written for the experimentalist. I suppose if you are a student learning programming concepts through the use of a graphical language it will suffice, but if you are actually trying to hook your computer up to equipment using this book -- look elsewhere.

I like this book a lot. In first few chapters it includes a short but enough introduction about Labview. It is easy to read and to follow.

This is not a magical book which can teach you LabView from zero level to advanced one quickly. Don't expect miracles. However, if you are intended to perform DAQ with LabView, I higly recommend you to read this book with some other LabView books. This book does not go into very detail of DAQ VI's but give you some insight which may be the best for the beginning but not enough for advanced applications.

Don't forget, it takes time and effort to perform a good job for your application.

Very useful book for anyone who wants to learn how Labview can be used in Data Acquisition or just wants to learn about Labview. The first few chapters provided a good intro to Labview and the later chapters provided great examples.

I think this book is a excellent book. I favor in its graphic section.

I'm sorry Mastering MATLAB didn't meet your needs.

The book has been a good seller and has been praised numerous times on the MATLAB newsgroup.

I bought this book for my Introductory Engineering Computation course in college. This book did not serve its price for couple reasons. First, the index is poor. Too many of the fundamental concepts are not included here. The examples are poor and insufficient also. These are my personal opinions, but almost everyone in my class agreed with me. My professor recommended us to have some kind of reference book on computer programming for the future use, but I sold this book because I knew it will not help me, and I wanted my money back badly.