This book assumes you may have never programmed before. The book is also written for someone who may have never programmed before using object-oriented programming (OOP) languages. There are many Objective-C books out there, but all of these books assume you have programmed before and know OOP and computer logic. We wanted to write a book that takes readers from knowing little or nothing about …
Welcome to Unity AI Programming Essentials. This book will guide you through all the skills necessary to put realistic game AI into your Unity games. We won't be spending much time discussing AI theory or how to implement popular AI algorithms from scratch. Instead, we will take the more efficient approach of using third-party Unity AI plugins to set up AI for your games easily. We will cover a…
Several current global trends are causing cleaner production to grow in relevance and importance. Of especial significance are the inexorable rises in the price of energy and raw materials in the global marketplaces as well as the ever-increasing pressures being brought to bear by international buyers and investors alike looking for greater and greater efficiency along supp…
An extended methodological dialogue is bringing the comparative ad- vantages of case study methods for theory development into sharper fo- cus. Our own personal dialogue began with intermittent conversations in the 1990s on our independent work on case study methods. We both felt that the time was ripe to draw on the lessons learned from the wide- spread use of sophisticated case study methods …