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61. |  Electronic Devices and Circuits, Second Edition By: Dharma Raj Cheruku; Battula Tirumala Krishna Publisher: Pearson Education India Publication Date: 23-JUN-2008 Insert Date: 30-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Electronic Devices and Circuits, Second Edition
This second edition of Electronic Devices and Circuits provides a firm grounding in the fundamental concepts governing the field of electronics. The narrative style of the book, its clear illustrations, ample number of worked-out examples and review questions will aid the student in quick recapitulation and better understanding. Designed as a text book for undergraduate students, it will serve as an ideal text for students of electronics and its allied fields, besides providing a good source of reference to those in the electronics industry.
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62. |  Heat Transfer: Theory and Problems By: R. Rudramoorthy; K. Mayilsamy Publisher: Pearson Education India Publication Date: 11-OCT-2005 Insert Date: 30-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Heat Transfer: Theory and Problems
This book is intended for engineering students and design engineers working on thermal systems. The objective is to produce a book which will enable the students to apply principles to applications. Topics such as modelling and analysis and experimental heat transfer have been included and there is an emphasis on including data pertaining to system design. This will help students to develop their own experimental procedure to test thermal systems and also to simulate the heat transfer using computer codes and software. Simple computer programs have been developed using 'C' language for a...
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63. |  By: P. Purushothama Raj; V. Ramasamy Publisher: Pearson Education India Publication Date: 22-MAY-2012 Insert Date: 30-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Strength of Materials
Strength of Materials is designed for the undergraduate students of civil and mechanical engineering for their core paper on Strength of Materials. The book offers detailed explanations with clear illustrations and a wide variety of solved problems. The step-by-step derivations help students relate to the concepts easily.
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64. |  By: Venkata Rao K.; Rama Sudha K.; Manmadha Rao G. Publisher: Pearson Education India Publication Date: 23-JUN-2010 Insert Date: 30-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Pulse and Digital Circuits
Pulse and Digital Circuits is designed to cater to the needs of undergraduate students of electronics and communication engineering. Written in a lucid, student-friendly style, it covers key topics in the area of pulse and digital circuits. This is an introductory text that discusses the basic concepts involved in the design, operation and analysis of waveshaping circuits. The book includes a preliminary chapter that reviews the concepts needed to understand the subject matter. Each concept in the book is accompanied by self-explanatory circuit diagrams. Interspersed with numerous solved...
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65. |  Efficiency and Scalability Methods for Computational Intellect By: Boris Igelnik; Jacek Zurada Publisher: IGI Global Publication Date: 30-APR-2013 Insert Date: 26-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Efficiency and Scalability Methods for Computational Intellect Computational modeling and simulation has developed and expanded into a diverse range of fields such as digital signal processing, image processing, robotics, systems biology, and many more; enhancing the need for a diversifying problem solving applications in this area. Efficiency and Scalability Methods for Computational Intellect presents various theories and methods for approaching the problem of modeling and simulating intellect in order to target computation efficiency and scalability of proposed methods. Researchers, instructors, and graduate students will benefit from this current...
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66. |  By: Edward Iglesias Publisher: IGI Global Publication Date: 30-APR-2013 Insert Date: 26-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Robots in Academic Libraries In recent years, automation has played a vital role in library systems that handle tasks of acquisition, cataloging, serials, and circulation. The automation of these operations has, in turn, minimized the demand for human interaction. Robots in Academic Libraries: Advancements in Library Automation provides an overview on the current state of library automation, addresses the need for changing personnel to accommodate these changes, and assesses the future for academic libraries as a whole. This book is essential for library leaders, technology experts, and library vendors interested in the...
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67. |  Advanced Engineering and Computational Methodologies for Intelligent Mechatronics and Robotics By: Shahin Sirouspour Publisher: IGI Global Publication Date: 31-MAR-2013 Insert Date: 26-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Advanced Engineering and Computational Methodologies for Intelligent Mechatronics and Robotics The emergence of mechatronics has advanced the engineering disciplines, producing a plethora of useful technical systems. Advanced Engineering and Computational Methodologies for Intelligent Mechatronics and Robotics presents the latest innovations and technologies in the fields of mechatronics and robotics. These innovations are applied to a wide range of applications for robotic-assisted manufacturing, complex systems, and many more. This publication is essential to bridge the gap between theory and practice for researchers, engineers, and practitioners from academia to government....
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68. |  By: Richard Collier Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication Date: 31-MAR-2013 Insert Date: 25-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Transmission Lines
This rigorous treatment of transmission lines presents all the essential concepts in a clear and straightforward manner. Key principles are demonstrated by numerous practical worked examples and illustrations, and complex mathematics is avoided throughout. Early chapters cover pulse propagation, sinusoidal waves and coupled lines, all set within the context of a simple lossless equivalent circuit. Later chapters then develop this basic model by demonstrating the derivation of circuit parameters, and the use of Maxwell's equations to extend this theory to major transmission lines. Finally,...
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69. |  Réussir un grand projet de transformation By: David Autissier; Thierry Meslin Publisher: Eyrolles Publication Date: 02-FEB-2012 Insert Date: 25-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Réussir un grand projet de transformation
La division de la production nucléaire d'EDF a lancé un grand projet de transformation de la maintenance des installations nucléaires concernant 19 sites de production et tout leur personnel : le projet OEEI (Obtenir un état exemplaire des installations).
Cet ouvrage fait la synthèse de cette expérience qui, en 5 ans, a oeuvré à la rénovation et à la maintenance des installations en impliquant tout le personnel technique et encadrant.
Retrouvez-y en détail les 20 bonnes pratiques qui ont permis de mener ce projet à bien et, pourquoi pas, le vôtre !
Préface de Dominique Minière...
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70. |  OFDMA Mobile Broadband Communications By: Junyi Li; Xinzhou Wu; Rajiv Laroia Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication Date: 31-JAN-2013 Insert Date: 24-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: OFDMA Mobile Broadband Communications
Written by the pioneers of Flash-OFDM, arguably the first commercially developed OFDMA-based mobile broadband system in the world, this book teaches OFDMA from first principles, enabling readers to understand mobile broadband as a whole. The book examines the key requirements for data-centric mobile; how OFDMA fits well with data networks; why mobile broadband needs to be IP-based; and how to bridge communications theory to real-world air interface design and make a good system choice between performance and complexity. It also explores the future of wireless technologies beyond...
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71. |  By: M. Pollak; M. Ortuño; A. Frydman Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication Date: 31-DEC-2012 Insert Date: 24-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The Electron Glass
Presenting an up-to-date report on electronic glasses, this book examines experiments and theories for a variety of disordered materials where electrons exhibit glassy properties. Some interesting mathematical models of idealized systems are also discussed. The authors examine problems in this field, highlighting which issues are currently understood and which require further research. Where appropriate, the authors focus on physical arguments over elaborate derivations. The book provides introductory background material on glassy systems, properties of disordered systems and transport...
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72. |  Integration of Passive RF Front-End Components in SoCs By: Hooman Darabi; Ahmad Mirzaei Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication Date: 31-JAN-2013 Insert Date: 24-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Integration of Passive RF Front-End Components in SoCs
Examining the most important developments in highly integrated wireless RF front-ends, this book describes and evaluates both active and passive solutions for on-chip high-Q filtering, and explores M-phase filters in depth. An accessible step-by-step approach is used to introduce everything an RF designer needs to know about these filters, including their various forms, principles of operation, and their performance against implementation-related imperfections. Real-world examples are described in depth, and detailed mathematical analyses demonstrate the practical quantification of...
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73. |  Essentials of Positioning and Location Technology By: David Bartlett Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication Date: 30-APR-2013 Insert Date: 24-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Essentials of Positioning and Location Technology
Mystified by locating and positioning technologies? Need to get the best from your location system? This guide is invaluable for understanding how the positions and movements of objects can be measured and used for real-world applications. From it, you'll learn how to optimise and manage system performance by working with parameters such as velocity, orientation, time, proximity and direction, and consider not only accuracy, but also reliability, integrity, response time and uncertainty. Packed with practical examples, this concise book gives you an overview of terrestrial radiolocation...
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74. |  Computer Vision for Visual Effects By: Richard J. Radke Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication Date: 19-NOV-2012 Insert Date: 24-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Computer Vision for Visual Effects
Modern blockbuster movies seamlessly introduce impossible characters and action into real-world settings using digital visual effects. These effects are made possible by research from the field of computer vision, the study of how to automatically understand images. Computer Vision for Visual Effects will educate students, engineers and researchers about the fundamental computer vision principles and state-of-the-art algorithms used to create cutting-edge visual effects for movies and television. The author describes classical computer vision algorithms used on a regular basis in Hollywood...
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75. |  Fundamentals of Electro-Optic Systems Design By: Sherman Karp; Larry B. Stotts Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication Date: 31-DEC-2012 Insert Date: 24-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Fundamentals of Electro-Optic Systems Design
Using fundamentals of communication theory, thermodynamics, information theory and propagation theory, this book explains the universal principles underlying a diverse range of electro-optical systems. From fiber optics and infra-red imaging to free space communications and laser remote sensing, the authors relate key concepts in science and device engineering to practical systems issues. A broad spectrum of coherent and incoherent imaging and communications systems is considered, accompanied by many real-world examples. The authors also present new insights into LIDAR and free space...
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76. |  Non-Hausdorff Topology and Domain Theory By: Jean Goubault-Larrecq Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication Date: 31-MAR-2013 Insert Date: 24-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Non-Hausdorff Topology and Domain Theory
This unique book on modern topology looks well beyond traditional treatises and explores spaces that may, but need not, be Hausdorff. This is essential for domain theory, the cornerstone of semantics of computer languages, where the Scott topology is almost never Hausdorff. For the first time in a single volume, this book covers basic material on metric and topological spaces, advanced material on complete partial orders, Stone duality, stable compactness, quasi-metric spaces and much more. An early chapter on metric spaces serves as an invitation to the topic (continuity, limits,...
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77. |  By: Lydi Smaini Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: 04-OCT-2012 Insert Date: 13-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 |
With the growing complexity of personal mobile communication systems demanding higher data-rates and high levels of integration using low-cost CMOS technology, overall system performance has become more sensitive to RF analog front-end impairments. Designing integrated transceivers requires a thorough understanding of the whole transceiver chain including RF analog front-end and digital baseband. Communication system engineers have to include RF analog imperfections in their simulation benches in order to study and quantify their impact on the system performance.
Here the author explores...
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78. |  Generalizations of Cyclostationary Signal Processing: Spectral Analysis and Applications By: Antonio Napolitano Publisher: Wiley-IEEE Press Publication Date: 05-NOV-2012 Insert Date: 13-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Generalizations of Cyclostationary Signal Processing: Spectral Analysis and Applications
The relative motion between the transmitter and the receiver modifies the nonstationarity properties of the transmitted signal. In particular, the almost-cyclostationarity property exhibited by almost all modulated signals adopted in communications, radar, sonar, and telemetry can be transformed into more general kinds of nonstationarity. A proper statistical characterization of the received signal allows for the design of signal processing algorithms for detection, estimation, and classification that significantly outperform algorithms based on classical descriptions of signals....
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79. |  Tactical Wireless Communications and Networks: Design Concepts and Challenges By: George F. Elmasry Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: 28-NOV-2012 Insert Date: 10-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Tactical Wireless Communications and Networks: Design Concepts and Challenges
Providing a complete description of modern tactical military communications and networks technology, this book systematically compares tactical military communications techniques with their commercial equivalents, pointing out similarities and differences. In particular it examines each layer of the protocol stack and shows how specific tactical and security requirements result in changes from the commercial approach. The author systematically leads readers through this complex topic, firstly providing background on the architectural approach upon which the analysis will be based, and then...
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80. |  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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