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1. |  Hyperspectral Data Processing: Algorithm Design and Analysis By: Chein-I Chang Publisher: Wiley-Interscience Publication Date: 15-APR-2013 Insert Date: 13-MAY-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Hyperspectral Data Processing: Algorithm Design and Analysis
Hyperspectral Data Processing: Algorithm Design and Analysis is a culmination of the research conducted in the Remote Sensing Signal and Image Processing Laboratory (RSSIPL) at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Specifically, it treats hyperspectral image processing and hyperspectral signal processing as separate subjects in two different categories. Most materials covered in this book can be used in conjunction with the author's first book, Hyperspectral Imaging: Techniques for Spectral Detection and Classification, without much overlap.
Many results in this book are either...
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2. |  Making Sense of Data: A Practical Guide to Exploratory Data Analysis and Data Mining By: Glenn J. Myatt Publisher: Wiley-Interscience Publication Date: 28-NOV-2006 Insert Date: 13-MAY-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Making Sense of Data: A Practical Guide to Exploratory Data Analysis and Data Mining
A practical, step-by-step approach to making sense out of data
Making Sense of Data educates readers on the steps and issues that need to be considered in order to successfully complete a data analysis or data mining project. The author provides clear explanations that guide the reader to make timely and accurate decisions from data in almost every field of study. A step-by-step approach aids professionals in carefully analyzing data and implementing results, leading to the development of smarter business decisions. With a comprehensive collection of methods from both data analysis and...
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3. |  Computer Security and Cryptography By: Alan G. Konheim Publisher: Wiley-Interscience Publication Date: 29-JAN-2007 Insert Date: 06-MAY-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Computer Security and Cryptography
Gain the skills and knowledge needed to create effective data security systems
This book updates readers with all the tools, techniques, and concepts needed to understand and implement data security systems. It presents a wide range of topics for a thorough understanding of the factors that affect the efficiency of secrecy, authentication, and digital signature schema. Most importantly, readers gain hands-on experience in cryptanalysis and learn how to create effective cryptographic systems.
The author contributed to the design and analysis of the Data Encryption Standard (DES), a...
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4. |  Audio Signal Processing and Coding By: Andreas Spanias; Ted Painter; Venkatraman Atti Publisher: Wiley-Interscience Publication Date: 09-FEB-2007 Insert Date: 06-MAY-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Audio Signal Processing and Coding
An in-depth treatment of algorithms and standards for perceptual coding of high-fidelity audio, this self-contained reference surveys and addresses all aspects of the field. Coverage includes signal processing and perceptual (psychoacoustic) fundamentals, details on relevant research and signal models, details on standardization and applications, and details on performance measures and perceptual measurement systems. It includes a comprehensive bibliography with over 600 references, computer exercises, and MATLAB-based projects for use in EE multimedia, computer science, and DSP courses. ...
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5. |  Synthesis of Arithmetic Circuits: FPGA, ASIC and Embedded Systems By: Jean-Pierre Deschamps; Gery J.A. Bioul; Gustavo D. Sutter Publisher: Wiley-Interscience Publication Date: 10-MAR-2006 Insert Date: 06-MAY-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Synthesis of Arithmetic Circuits: FPGA, ASIC and Embedded Systems
A new approach to the study of arithmetic circuits
In Synthesis of Arithmetic Circuits: FPGA, ASIC and Embedded Systems, the authors take a novel approach of presenting methods and examples for the synthesis of arithmetic circuits that better reflects the needs of today's computer system designers and engineers. Unlike other publications that limit discussion to arithmetic units for general-purpose computers, this text features a practical focus on embedded systems.
Following an introductory chapter, the publication is divided into two parts. The first part, Mathematical Aspects and...
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6. |  Modern Control System Theory and Design, 2nd Edition Publisher: Wiley-Interscience Publication Date: 06-MAY-1998 Insert Date: 06-MAY-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Modern Control System Theory and Design, 2nd Edition
The definitive guide to control system design
Modern Control System Theory and Design, Second Edition offers the most comprehensive treatment of control systems available today. Its unique text/software combination integrates classical and modern control system theories, while promoting an interactive, computer-based approach to design solutions. The sheer volume of practical examples, as well as the hundreds of illustrations of control systems from all engineering fields, make this volume accessible to students and indispensable for professional engineers.
This fully updated Second...
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7. |  VoIP Voice and Fax Signal Processing Publisher: Wiley-Interscience Publication Date: 29-SEP-2008 Insert Date: 06-MAY-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: VoIP Voice and Fax Signal Processing
A complete and systematic treatment of signal processing for VoIP voice and fax
This book presents a consolidated view and basic approach to signal processing for VoIP voice and fax solutions. It provides readers with complete coverage of the topic, from how things work in voice and fax modules, to signal processing aspects, implementation, and testing. Beginning with an overview of VoIP infrastructure, interfaces, and signals, the book systematically covers:
Voice compression
Packet loss concealment techniques
DTMF detection, generation, and rejection
Wideband voice...
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8. |  VLSI Digital Signal Processing Systems: Design and Implementation By: Keshab K. Parhi Publisher: Wiley-Interscience Publication Date: 04-JAN-1999 Insert Date: 10-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: VLSI Digital Signal Processing Systems: Design and Implementation
Digital audio, speech recognition, cable modems, radar, high-definition television-these are but a few of the modern computer and communications applications relying on digital signal processing (DSP) and the attendant application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs). As information-age industries constantly reinvent ASIC chips for lower power consumption and higher efficiency, there is a growing need for designers who are current and fluent in VLSI design methodologies for DSP.
Enter VLSI Digital Signal Processing Systems-a unique, comprehensive guide to performance optimization...
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9. |  Bipolar and MOS Analog Integrated Circuit Design By: Alan B. Grebene Publisher: Wiley-Interscience Publication Date: 21-NOV-2002 Insert Date: 09-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Bipolar and MOS Analog Integrated Circuit Design
A practical, engineering book discussing the most modern and general techniques for designing analog integrated circuits which are not digital (excluding computer circuits). Covers the basics of the devices, manufacturing technology, design procedures, shortcuts, and analytic techniques. Includes examples and illustrations of the best current practice.
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10. |  Spatial Audio Processing: MPEG Surround and Other Applications By: Jeroen Breebaart; Christof Faller Publisher: Wiley-Interscience Publication Date: 10-DEC-2007 Insert Date: 08-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Spatial Audio Processing: MPEG Surround and Other Applications
This book collects a wealth of information about spatial audio coding into one comprehensible volume. It is a thorough reference to the 3GPP and MPEG Parametric Stereo standards and the MPEG Surround multi-channel audio coding standard. It describes key developments in coding techniques, which is an important factor in the optimization of advanced entertainment, communications and signal processing applications.
Until recently, technologies for coding audio signals, such as redundancy reduction and sophisticated source and receiver models did not incorporate spatial characteristics of...
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11. |  By: John V. Oldfield; Richard C. Dorf Publisher: Wiley-Interscience Publication Date: 01-JAN-1995 Insert Date: 03-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 |
Timely, authoritative, application-oriented. an in-depth exploration of current and future uses of FPGAs in digital systems The development of field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) may well be the most important breakthrough for the microelectronics industry since the invention of the microprocessor. Using FPGAs, a system designer working on a PC can now develop a working prototype in a few hours and change it at will in just a few minutes, rather than waiting weeks or months for a printed-circuit assembly or a custom integrated circuit to be built. This newfound ability to change a...
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12. |  Probability, Random Variables, and Random Processes: Theory and Signal Processing Applications By: John J. Shynk Publisher: Wiley-Interscience Publication Date: 06-NOV-2012 Insert Date: 12-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Probability, Random Variables, and Random Processes: Theory and Signal Processing Applications
Probability, Random Variables, and Random Processes is a comprehensive textbook on probability theory for engineers that provides a more rigorous mathematical framework than is usually encountered in undergraduate courses. It is intended for first-year graduate students who have some familiarity with probability and random variables, though not necessarily of random processes and systems that operate on random signals. It is also appropriate for advanced undergraduate students who have a strong mathematical background.
The book has the following features:
Several appendices include...
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13. |  Solutions to Parallel and Distributed Computing Problems: Lessons from Biological Sciences By: Albert Y. Zomaya; Fikret Ercal; Stephan Olariu Publisher: Wiley-Interscience Publication Date: 31-OCT-2000 Insert Date: 12-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Solutions to Parallel and Distributed Computing Problems: Lessons from Biological Sciences
Solving problems in parallel and distributed computing through the use of bio-inspired techniques. Recent years have seen a surge of interest in computational methods patterned after natural phenomena, with biologically inspired techniques such as fuzzy logic, neural networks, simulated annealing, genetic algorithms, or evolutionary computer models increasingly being harnessed for problem solving in parallel and distributed computing. Solutions to Parallel and Distributed Computing Problems presents a comprehensive review of the state of the art in the field, providing researchers and...
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14. |  Sensors and Signal Conditioning, 2nd Edition By: Ramón Pallás-Areny; John G. Webster Publisher: Wiley-Interscience Publication Date: 06-NOV-2000 Insert Date: 12-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Sensors and Signal Conditioning, 2nd Edition
Praise for the First Edition . . .
"A unique piece of work, a book for electronics engineering, in general, but well suited and excellently applicable also to biomedical engineering . . . I recommend it with no reservation, congratulating the authors for the job performed." -IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology
"Describes a broad range of sensors in practical use and some circuit designs; copious information about electronic components is supplied, a matter of great value to electronic engineers. A large number of applications are supplied for each type of sensor described . . . This...
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15. |  Handbook of III-V Heterojunction Bipolar Transistors By: William Liu Publisher: Wiley-Interscience Publication Date: 27-APR-1998 Insert Date: 12-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Handbook of III-V Heterojunction Bipolar Transistors
The definitive hands-on guide to heterojunction bipolar transistors
In recent years, heterojunction bipolar transistor (HBT) technology has become an intensely researched area in universities and industry worldwide. Boasting superior performance over silicon bipolar transistors with its combined high speed, high linearity, and high power requirements, the III-V HBT is fast becoming a major player in wireless communication, power amplifiers, mixers, and frequency synthesizers.
Handbook of III-V Heterojunction Bipolar Transistors presents a comprehensive, systematic reference for this...
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16. |  By: Amiya Nayak; Ivan Stojmenovic Publisher: Wiley-Interscience Publication Date: 26-JAN-2010 Insert Date: 12-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 |
A mixture of theory, experiments, and simulations that provide qualitative and quantitative insights into the technology
The important new technology of wireless sensor and actuator networks provides radically new communication and networking paradigms with many new applications. Wireless Sensor and Actuator Networks is a timely text that presents a fault-tolerant, reliable, low-latency, and energy-aware framework for wireless sensor and actuator networks, enabling readers to fulfill the ultimate goals of the applications—such as protecting critical infrastructures, achieving timely...
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17. |  By: Kannan Moudgalya Publisher: Wiley-Interscience Publication Date: 24-SEP-2007 Insert Date: 12-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Digital Control
Digital control systems are becoming increasingly prevalent and important within industry. In recent years significant progress has been made in their analysis and design - particularly within the areas of microprocessors and digital signal processors. The traditional approach to teaching digital control assumes an understanding of analog control theory; Digital Control, however, teaches the fundamentals of the topics, assuming no prior knowledge of control engineering. Organised into five sections, it discusses modelling, signal processing and identification of plants from measurements,...
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18. |  Optical Communications, 2nd Edition By: Robert M. Gagliardi; Sherman Karp Publisher: Wiley-Interscience Publication Date: 20-FEB-1995 Insert Date: 27-FEB-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Optical Communications, 2nd Edition
This updated edition concentrates on modern analysis and design. Includes new material in the key areas of digital communications, fiber optics, lightwave networks, atmospheric channels and space links--all of which are now critical topics in optical applications. Contains brief sections on optical hardware and device descriptions. Features new homework problems and references.
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19. |  Digital Communication Receivers: Synchronization, Channel Estimation, and Signal Processing By: Heinrich Meyr; Marc Moeneclaey; Stefan A. Fechtel Publisher: Wiley-Interscience Publication Date: 20-OCT-1997 Insert Date: 27-FEB-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Digital Communication Receivers: Synchronization, Channel Estimation, and Signal Processing
Digital Communication Receivers Synchronization, Channel Estimation, and Signal Processing Digital Communication Receivers offers a complete treatment on the theoretical and practical aspects of synchronization and channel estimation from the standpoint of digital signal processing. The focus on these increasingly important topics, the systematic approach to algorithm development, and the linked algorithm-architecture methodology in digital receiver design are unique features of this book. The material is structured according to different classes of transmission channels. In Part C,...
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20. |  Radio-Frequency and Microwave Communication Circuits: Analysis and Design, 2nd Edition Publisher: Wiley-Interscience Publication Date: 30-JUL-2004 Insert Date: 27-FEB-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Radio-Frequency and Microwave Communication Circuits: Analysis and Design, 2nd Edition
The products that drive the wireless communication industry, such as cell phones and pagers, employ circuits that operate at radio and microwave frequencies. Following on from a highly successful first edition, the second edition provides readers with a detailed introduction to RF and microwave circuits. Throughout, examples from real-world devices and engineering problems are used to great effect to illustrate circuit concepts.
Takes a top-down approach, describing circuits in the overall context of communication systems.
Presents expanded coverage of waveguides and FT...
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