Editions and translations

Print versions

2012 The original print version was published in English with a publication date of 2012 (although the book went on sale from September 2011).

2016 A revised printing will be available soon, in conjunction with a new e-book version. The revision includes all the errata to date.

2016 The e-book version is available now. It matches the 2016 English printing but adds numerous enhancements over the print version.

There are clickable links from every reference to its target (chapter, section, algorithm, figure, table and so on).
Clicking on a citation takes the reader to its entry in the bibliography.
Almost all bibliographic entries have a link to the original paper.
Each entry in the bibliography includes links back to its referring citations.
Index entries link back to where the entry was mentioned.
All technical terms in the text are linked to their entries in the glossary.

2016 A translation of the 2012 version.

2016 A translation of the 2016 version by Atusi Maeda, Tomoharu Ugawa and Tsuneyasu Komiya.