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Book SynopsisThis book, first published in 2004, is an expanded and thoroughly revised edition of Tom Lee's acclaimed guide to the design of gigahertz RF integrated circuits. A new chapter on the principles of wireless systems provides a bridge between system and circuit issues. The chapters on low-noise amplifiers, oscillators and phase noise have been significantly expanded. The chapter on architectures now contains several examples of complete chip designs, including a GPS receiver and a wireless LAN transceiver, that bring together the theoretical and practical elements involved in producing a prototype chip. Every section has been revised and updated with findings in the field and the book is packed with physical insights and design tips, and includes a historical overview that sets the whole field in context. With hundreds of circuit diagrams and homework problems this is an ideal textbook for students taking courses on RF design and a valuable reference for practising engineers.Trade Review'Tom Lee has written a terrific book. Everyone that visits my office wants to borrow it, and I tell them to go buy their own.' David Rutledge, California Institute of Technology'Tom Lee's love of, and deep involvement in, radio-frequency integrated circuits is immediately obvious upon glancing through this excellent and original book. Some of his viewpoints are controversial; but this, in fact, makes this stimulating, hard-to-put-down book all the more interesting.' Yannis Tsividis, Columbia University'The first edition of this book, published in 1998, was a pioneering textbook on the field of RF CMOS design. This second edition is a very interesting and upgraded version that includes new material and revised topics … This second edition, which is upgraded and improved, is really useful, both in the industry and academia, for the new generation of RF engineers … and is a valuable reference for practising engineers …' IEEE Circuits and Devices MagazineTable of Contents1. A nonlinear history of radio; 2. Overview of wireless principles; 3. Passive RLC networks; 4. Characteristics of passive IC components; 5. A review of MOS device physics; 6. Distributed systems; 7. The Smith chart and S-parameters; 8. Bandwidth estimation techniques; 9. High-frequency amplifier design; 10. Voltage references and biasing; 11. Noise; 12. LNA design; 13. Mixers; 14. Feedback systems; 15. RF power amplifiers; 16. Phase-locked loops; 17. Oscillators and synthesizers; 18. Phase noise; 19. Architectures; 20. RF circuits through the ages.

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Book SynopsisA Complete One-Stop ResourceWhile digital color is now the technology of choice for printers, the knowledge required to address the quality and productivity issues of these devices is scattered across several technologies, as is its supporting literature. Bringing together information from diverse fields, Control of Color Imaging Systems: Analysis and Design is the first book to provide comprehensive coverage of the fundamentals and algorithms of the numerous disciplines associated with digital color printing in a single resource. The authors review the history of digital printing systems, explore its current status, and explain fundamental concepts, including: digital image formation, sampling, quantization, image coding, spot color calibration, and one- and multi-dimensional tone control of color management systems â including process physics and controls.A Complete Self-Tutorial With Over 150 Design Examples and 1Trade Review"... brings together the technical fields of imaging systems and feedback control systems in a self-contained manner. ... an excellent addition to the literature on the analysis and design of color-imaging systems. It should be recommended to anyone who wants to become familiar with state-of-the-art techniques in these areas."-- Daniel Viassolo, Vestas Technology R&D, Power Plant Department, Houston, Texas Table of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgments. An Overview of Digital Printing Systems. Fundamentals of Digital Image Processing. Mathematical Foundations. State-Variable Representation. Closed-Loop System Analysis and Design. Interpolation of Multidimensional Functions. Three-Dimensional Control of Color Management Systems. One-Dimensional, Two-Dimensional, and Spot-Color. Management and Control Methods. Internal Process Controls. Printing System Models. Appendices (A-C). Index.

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Book SynopsisThis text will help readers to gain knowledge about designing power electronic converters and their control for electric vehicles. It discusses the ways in which power from electric vehicle batteries is transferred to an electric motor, the technology used for charging electric vehicle batteries, and energy storage. The text covers case studies and real-life examples related to electric vehicles. The bookâ Discusses the latest advances and developments in the field of electric vehiclesâ Examines the challenges associated with the integration of renewable energy sources with electric vehiclesâ Highlights basic understanding of the charging infrastructure for electric vehiclesâ Covers concepts including the reliability of power converters in electric vehicles, and battery management systems.This book discusses the challenges, emerging technologies, and recent development of power electronics for electric vehicles. It will serve as an ideal reference text for graduate students and academic researchers in the fields of electrical engineering, electronics and communication engineering, environmental engineering, automotive engineering, and computer science.

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Book SynopsisThe text comprehensively discusses the essentials of the Internet of Things (IoT), machine learning algorithms, industrial and medical IoT, robotics, data analytics tools, and technologies for smart cities. It further covers fundamental concepts, advanced tools, and techniques, along with the concept of energy-efficient systems. It also highlights software and hardware interfacing into the IoT platforms and systems for better understanding. It will serve as an ideal reference text for senior undergraduate, graduate students, and academic researchers in the fields of electrical engineering, electronics and communication engineering, and computer engineering. Features: Covers cognitive Internet of Things and emerging network, IoT in robotics, smart cities, and health care Discusses major issues in the field of the IoTsuch as scalable and secure issues, energy-efficient, and actuator devices Highlights the importance of Table of ContentsChapter 1 Cyber Security Control Systems for Operational TechnologyS.SRIRAM Chapter 2 Cyber Security Ecosystem and Essentials for Modern Technology World Dr.S.S. Aravinth, K.Venkata Rama Bhagavath, Kothalanka kavyasri, Dr.J. Senthilkumar Chapter 3 Smart Manufacturing in Industry 4.0 using Computional IntelligenceDr G REVATHY, Dr K SELVAKUMAR Chapter 4 Heterogeneous Data Management in IoT based Healthcare Systems Geetanjali Kale, Kalyani Waghmare Chapter 5 Comparative study on SMS spams message detection with different machine learning methods for safety communicationN.Krishnamoorthy, Suresh Muthusamy, Seyedali Mirjalili, M.Vignesh, R.Vishnuhari, S.K.Sanjeev Raja Chapter 6 An Optimal More Than One Stage (MTOS) Authentication Model to ensure the Security in Cloud ComputingN.Krishnamoorthy, Suresh Muthusamy, K.Nirmala Devi, Seyedali Mirjalili, Essam H.Houssein, Hitesh Panchal Chapter 7 Robotic Harvesters for Strawberry and AppleAman Mahore, Abhishek Patel, Mohit Kumar, Rohit Nalawade, Kanupriya Choudhary Chapter 8 Scalability and Security Requirements for the Internet of Thing ArchitectureDr.P. Deivendran, Dr. S.Ilaiyaraja, Dr. S. Selvakanmani, Dr. K. S. Raghuram, Chapter 9 Applying Fuzzy Logics to Detect Reliable Sensors on IOTDr.M.S.Nidhya, Dr.M.Prasad, Dr.MD.Javeed Ahamed, Dr.Shaik.Bajidvali Chapter 10 Data analytics techniques and tools in smart city applicationsP.Velmurugan, M.Varsha, A.Kannagi, K. Velusamy Chapter 11 Machine learning algorithms for IoT applications Dr. R. Kavitha, Adlin Jebakumari S, Dr. K. Saravanan, K Velusamy Chapter 12 Application of IoT in smart citiesShubhangi P Chapter 13 Novel Vocal Bio maker based Biosignal Acquisition, Analysis and Diagnosis systemArchana Ratnaparkhi, Gauri Ghule, Pallavi Deshpande, Rohini Chavan, Shraddha Habbu Chapter 14 Leveraging Health Care Industry through Medical IoT- its Implementation and case studies within IndiaMr.Mohamed ABuBasim, Dr.SKaliappan, Dr.V.Shanmugasundaram , Dr.Muthukumar.S Chapter 15 Energy Efficuent Archtectures for IoT ApplicationsDr. Smrity Dwivedi, Chapter 16 Exploring Robotics Technology for Healthcare ApplicationsSwagat Kumar Samantaray Chapter 17 Design Principles, Modernization and techniques in Artificial Intelligence for IoT: Advance Technologies, Development and ChallengesP Radhika Ravi, Dr. S.Sarumathi, Ravi Ramaswamy

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Book Synopsis This book has been developed with an intellectual framework to focus on the challenges and specific qualities applicable to graduates on the threshold of their careers. Young professionals have to establish their competence in complying with multifaceted sets of ethical, environmental, social, and technological parameters. This competence has a vital impact on the curricula of higher education programs, because professional bodies today rely on accredited degrees as the main route for membership. Consequently, this four-part book makes a suitable resource for a two-semester undergraduate course in professional practice and career development in universities and colleges. With its comprehensive coverage of a large variety of topics, each part of the book can be used as a reference for other related courses where sustainability, leadership, systems thinking and professional practice are evident and increasingly visible.FeaturTable of Contents1. Composite Professional. 2. Professionalism in Practice. 3. Legal Systems Relevant to Engineering and Information Technology. 4. Leadership Practice.5. Effective Communication Skills. 6. Professional Practice in Reflection. 7. Creativity and Innovation. 8. Engineering Risk and Safety in Engineering Desi n. 9. Sustainable Design. 10. Contemporary Issues in Management. 11. Digital Transformation and AI. 12. Career Development

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Book SynopsisThe steady evolution of wireless communication technologies continues to pave the way for the implementation of innovative services and devices in modern vehicles. These include analog and digital audio broadcasting radio, satellite radio, GPS, cell phones, and short range communication devices. Such applications require the use multiple antennas operating in different frequency ranges.Automotive Antenna Design and Applications thoroughly examines traditional and new advanced automotive antennas, including the principles, designs, and techniques used to reduce antenna dimensions without significant degradation of communication quality. The contents of this book are based on cutting-edge data collected from numerous technical papers, patents, and patent applications. It presents an overview of many commercially available automotive antennas and covers features that have become standard in automotive applications, such as printed-on car glass antennasTable of ContentsAutomotive Antennas Overview: Patents, Papers, and Products. Basic Antenna Parameters and Definitions. Active and Diversity Receiving Antenna Systems. Audio Broadcasting Antennas. Cellular Antennas. TV Antennas for Cars. Satellite Radio Antennas. GPS Antennas. Antennas for Short Range Communication.

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Book SynopsisAn examination of the broader historical trends of telecommunications development, considering how these vary between countries, and asking what general lessons can be learnt. This book has been structured to focus on the interplay between technology, economics, and politics.

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Book SynopsisThe new edition of this textbook presents a practical, updated approach to predictive analytics for classroom learning. The authors focus on using analytics to solve business problems and compares several different modeling techniques, all explained from examples using the SAS Enterprise Miner software. The authors demystify complex algorithms to show how they can be utilized and explained within the context of enhancing business opportunities. Each chapter includes an opening vignette that provides real-life examples of how business analytics have been used in various aspects of organizations to solve issues or improve their results. A running case provides an example of a how to build and analyze a complex analytics model and utilize it to predict future outcomes. The new edition includes chapters on clusters and associations and text mining to support predictive models. An additional case is also included that can be used with each chapter or as a semester project.Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction to Predictive Analytics1 1.1 Predictive Analytics in Action2 1.2 Analytics Landscape8 1.3 Analytics 1.3.2 Predictive Analytics 1.4 Regression Analysis 1.5 Machine Learning Techniques 1.6 Predictive Analytics Model 1.7 Opportunities in Analytics 1.8 Introduction to the Automobile Insurance Claim Fraud Example 1.9 Chapter Summary References Chapter 239 Know Your Data – Data Preparation39 2.1 Classification of Data40 2.1.1 Qualitative versus Quantitative 2.1.2 Scales of Measurement 2.2. Data Preparation Methods. 2.2.1 Inconsistent Formats 2.2.2 Missing Data 2.2.3 Outliers 2.2.4 Other Data Cleansing Considerations 2.3 Data Sets and Data Partitioning 2.4 SAS Enterprise Miner™ Model Components 2.4.1 Step 1. Create Three of the Model Components 2.4.2 Step 2. Import an Excel File and Save as a SAS File 2.4.3 Step 3. Create the Data Source 2.4.4 Step 4. Partition the Data Source 2.4.5 Step 5 Data Exploration 2.4.6 Step 6 Missing Data 2.4.7 Step 7. Handling Outliers 2.4.8 Step 8. Categorical Variables with Too Many Levels 2.5 Chapter Summary References Chapter 35 What do Descriptive Statistics Tell Us 3.1 Descriptive Analytics 3.2 The Role of the Mean, Median and Mode 3.3 Variance and Distribution 3.4 The Shape of the Distribution 3.4.2 Kurtosis 3.5 Covariance and Correlation 3.6 Variable Reduction 3.6.1 Variable Clustering 3.6.2 Principal Component Analysis 3.7 Hypothesis Testing2 3.8 Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)5 3.9 Chi Square6 3. Fit Statistics8 3. Stochastic Models9 3.12 Chapter Summary1 References2 Chapter 4 Predictive Models Using Regression5 4.1 Regression6 4.1.1 Classical assumptions7 4.2 Ordinary Least Squares8 4.3 Simple Linear Regression8 4.3.1 Determining Relationship Between Two Variables9 4.3.2 Line of Best Fit and Simple Linear Regression Equation9 4.4 Multiple Linear Regression1 4.4.1 Metrics to Evaluate the Strength of the Regression Line2 4.3.2 Best-fit model3 4.3.3 Selection of Variables in Regression3 4.5 Principal Component Regression5 4.5.1 Principal Component Analysis Revisited5 4.5.2 Principal Component Regression6 4.6 Partial Least Squares6 4.7 Logistic Regression7 4.7.1 Binary Logistic Regression8 4.7.2 Examination of Coefficients1 4.7.3 Multinomial Logistic Regression3 4.7.4 Ordinal Logistic Regression3 4.8 Implementation of Regression in SAS Enterprise Miner™3 4.8.1 Regression Node Train Properties: Class Targets4 4.8.2 Regression Node Train Properties: Model Options5 4.8.3 Regression Node Train Properties: Model Selection6 4.9 Implementation of Two-Factor Interaction and Polynomial Terms8 4.9.1 Regression Node Train Properties: Equation8 4. DMINE Regression in SAS Enterprise Miner™0 4..1 DMINE Properties0 4..2 DMINE Results2 4. Partial Least Squares Regression in SAS Enterprise Miner™4 4..1 Partial Least Squares Properties4 4..2 Partial Least Squares Results7 4. Least Angles Regression in SAS Enterprise Miner™9 4..1 Least Angle Regression Properties0 4..2 Least Angles Regression Results1 4. Other Forms of Regression4 4. Chapter Summary6 References9 Chapter 5 The Second of the Big Three – Decision Trees1 5.1 What is a Decision Tree?2 5.2 Creating a Decision Tree4 5.3 Data Partitions and Decision Trees6 5.4 Creating a Decision Tree Using SAS Enterprise Miner™9 The key properties include:5 Subtree Properties5 5.4.1 Overfitting1 5.5 Creating an Interactive Decision Tree using SAS Enterprise Miner ™1 5.6 Creating a Maximal Decision Tree using SAS Enterprise Miner ™6 5.7 Chapter Summary9 References1 Chapter 6 The Third of the Big Three - Neural Networks3 6.1 What is a Neural Network?4 6.2 History of Neural Networks6 6.3 Components of a Neural Network8 6.4 Neural Network Architectures2 6.5 Training a Neural Network5 6.6 Radial Basis Function Neural Networks6 6.7 Creating a Neural Network using SAS Enterprise MinerÔ7 6.8 Using SAS Enterprise MinerÔ to Automatically Generate a Neural Network0 6.9 Explaining a Neural Network6 6. Chapter Summary0 References3 Chapter 7 Model Comparisons and Scoring5 7.1 Beyond the Big 7.2 Gradient Boosting6 7.3 Ensemble Models0 7.4 Random Forests2 7.6 Two-Stage Model8 7.7 Comparing Predictive Models0 7.7.1 Evaluating Fit Statistics – Which Model Do We Use?2 7.8 Using Historical Data to Predict the Future – Scoring5 7.8.1 Analyzing and Reporting Results8 7.8.2 Save Data Node9 7.8.3 Reporter Node0 7.9 The Importance of Predictive Analytics2 7.9.1 What Should We Expect for Predictive Analytics in the Future?3 7. Chapter Summary4 References6 Chapter 8 finding Associations in Data through Cluster Analysis9 8.1 Applications and Uses of Cluster Analysis9 8.2 Types of Clustering Techniques0 8.3 Hierarchical Clustering1 8.3.1 Agglomerative Clustering1 8.3.2 Divisive Clustering1 8.3.3 Agglomerative vs Divisive Clustering6 8.4 Non-hierarchical clustering7 8.4.1 K-means Clustering7 8.4.2 Initial Centroid Selection1 8.4.3 Determining the Number of Clusters2 8.4.4 Evaluating your clusters5 8.5 Hierarchical vs Nonhierarchical6 8.6 Cluster Analysis using SAS Enterprise Miner™6 8.6.1 Cluster Node7 8.6.2 Additional Key Properties of the Cluster Node8 8.7 Applying Cluster Analysis to the Insurance Claim Fraud Data Set9 8.8 Chapter Summary8 References9 9.1 What is Text Analytics?1 9.2 Information Retrieval2 9.3 Text Parsing5 9.4 Zipf’s Law8 9.5 Text Filter9 9.6 Text Cluster1 9.7 Text Topic4 9.8 Text Rule Builder7 9.9 Text Profile8 9. Chapter Summary9 Discussion Questions0 References1 Appendix A3 Data Dictionary for the Automobile Insurance Claim Fraud Data Example3 Appendix B5 Can you Predict the Money Laundering Cases?5 B.1 Introduction5 B.2. Business Problem8 B.3. Analyze Data9 B.4. Development and Optimization of a Best Fit Model2 B.5. Final Report3 References4

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Book SynopsisThis revised textbook presents updated material on its core content: an end-to-end IoT architecture that is comprised of devices, network, compute, storage, platform, applications along with management and security components. As with the second edition, it is organized into six main parts: an IoT reference model; fog computing and the drivers; IoT management and applications; smart services in IoT; IoT standards; and case studies. This edition’s features include overhaul of the IoT Protocols (Chapter 5) to include an expanded treatment of low-power wide area networks including narrow band IoT (NB-IoT) protocol, updated IoT platforms and capabilities (Chapter 7) to include comparison of commercially available platforms (e.g. AWS IoT Platform, Google Cloud IoT Platform, Microsoft Azure IoT Platform, and PTC ThinkWorx), updated security (Chapter 8) to include approaches for securing IoT devices with examples of IoT devices used in security attacks and associated solutions including MUD and DICE, and finally new Appendix B to include six IoT project detailed for students.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Part I: IoT Overview and Architecture.- IoT Timeline.- IoT Reference Model.- Evolution of IoT Protocol Stack.- State of the Industry.- Part II: Fog Computing.- Why Fog.- Defining the Fog.- Data In Motion.- Part III: IoT Management and Applications.- IoT Management.- IoT Security.- IoT Traffic Engineering.- IoT Applications.- Part IV: IoT-Based Smart Services.- Smart Service Framework.- Creating Smart Services.- Service Creation, development and delivery.- Ecosystems Partners.- Services reference architecture.- Part V: IoT Standards.- OneM2M.- ATSI.- ETSI.- IEEE.- Part VI: Invited Chapters.- IoT Business Models.- Open Source Initiatives.- Data in Motion. The Blockchain in IoT.- Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisThis updated textbook covers digital design, fundamentals of computer architecture, and ARM assembly language. The book starts by introducing computer abstraction, basic number systems, character coding, basic knowledge in digital design, and components of a computer. The book goes on to discuss information representation in computing, Boolean algebra and logic gates, and sequential logic. The book also presents introduction to computer architecture, Cache mapping methods, and virtual memory. The author also covers ARM architecture, ARM instructions, ARM assembly language using Keil development tools, and bitwise control structure using C and ARM assembly language. The book includes a set of laboratory experiments related to digital design using Logisim software and ARM assembly language programming using Keil development tools. In addition, each chapter features objectives, summaries, key terms, review questions, and problems.Table of ContentsChapter1: Signal and number systems.- Chapter2: Boolean Logics and Logic Gates.- Chapter3: Minterms, Maxterms, Karnaugh Map (K-Map), and Universal Gates.- Chapter4: Combinational Logic.- Chapter5: Synchronous Sequential Logic.- Chapter6: Introduction to Computer Architecture.- Chapter7: Memory.- Chapter8: Assembly Language and ARM Instructions Part I.- Chapter9: ARM Assembly Language Programming Using Keil Development Tools.- Chapter10: ARM Instructions Part II and Instraction Formats.- Chapter11: Bitwise and Control Structures Used for Programming with C and ARM Assembly Language.

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Book SynopsisThis book offers readers a comprehensive, detailed analysis and treatment of optical waveguides (fiber, slab), an essential component of ultra-high bandwidth long, medium and short-haul telecommunication. The author describes an analysis scheme for optical waveguides that combines both geometric ray optics and Maxwell’s equations-based classical electrodynamics. This unique approach enables readers to develop an intuitive understanding of this topic, starting with macro properties, e.g., V parameter of an optical fiber, and progressively refining the analysis to individual modes of propagation through an optical waveguide. An exhaustive set of diagrams highlight the key features of an optical waveguide property, such as acceptance angle, meridional and skew rays in an optical fiber, or signal attenuation and dispersion in an optical waveguide. The author also provides a set of ready-to-use, ANSI C executables (for both Linux and Windows) that enable the reader to e.g, determine the allowed propagation modes (even, odd TE TM) of a graded, step index optical fiber and a slab waveguide. Offers readers a single-source reference to the analysis and design of optical waveguides; Begins with macro-level analysis of the properties of optical waveguides and dives deeply into details in a step-by-step manner, enabling readers to develop an intuitive understanding; Includes C language executables, along with optical waveguide analysis and design examples to demonstrate their use in context. Table of Contents1-Introduction and Problem Statement.- 2-Dielectric Optical Waveguide Fundamentals.- 3-Analysis and Design Examples of Optical Fibers, Optical Slab Waveguides.

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Book SynopsisMUSIC 2013 will be the most comprehensive text focused on the various aspects of Mobile, Ubiquitous and Intelligent computing. MUSIC 2013 provides an opportunity for academic and industry professionals to discuss the latest issues and progress in the area of intelligent technologies in mobile and ubiquitous computing environment. MUSIC 2013 is the next edition of the 3rd International Conference on Mobile, Ubiquitous, and Intelligent Computing (MUSIC-12, Vancouver, Canada, 2012) which was the next event in a series of highly successful International Workshop on Multimedia, Communication and Convergence technologies MCC-11 (Crete, Greece, June 2011), MCC-10 (Cebu, Philippines, August 2010).Table of ContentsA Novel Ranking Technique based on Page Queries; Gwangbum Pyun, Unil Yun.- Ranking Book Reviews based on User Discussion; Heungmo Ryang, Unil Yun.- The Blog Ranking Algorithm using Analysis of both Blog Influence and Characteristics of Blog posts; Jiwon Kim, Unil Yun.- Frequent Graph Mining based on Multiple Minimum Support Constraints; Gangin Lee, Unil Yun.- Design of Automatic Paper Identification System with QR code for Digital Forensics; Ha-Kyung Jennifer Lee, Young-Mi Yun, Kee-Hyung Yoon, Dong-Sub Cho.- Processing Continuous Range Queries with Non-Spatial Selections; HaRim Jung, Seongkyu Kim, Joon-Min Gil, Ung-Mo Kim.- DSPI : An Efficient Index for Processing Range Queries on Wireless Broadcast Stream; Kwanho IN, Seongkyu Kim, Ung-Mo Kim.- End-to-End High Speed Forward Error Correction using Graphics Processing Units; Shohidul Islam, Jongmyon Kim.- Direct Space: A Collaborative Framework for Supporting Group Workspaces over Wi-Fi Direct; Park Jone-Eun, Park Jong-Moon, Myung-Joon Lee.- Specification of Communication Based Train Control System Using AADL; Lichen zhang, Bingqing Xu.- An Agent Modeling for Overcoming the Heterogeneity in the IoT with Design Patterns; Euihyun Jung, Ilkwon Cho, Sun Moo Kang.

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Book SynopsisThis book provides an overview and an insight in cooperative objects and defines the classification of topics into the different areas. A significant number of researchers and industrial partners were contacted in order to prepare the roadmap. The book presents of the main results provided by the corresponding European project "CONET".Trade ReviewFrom the reviews:“The book is useful for those interested in cooperating objects/IoT applications in a variety of scenarios. The work covers many application and deployment case studies in a concise, understandable manner. … I recommend this book for people in both industry and academia, to help them understand real system and deployment experiences from cooperating objects applications. This book may also help readers in this area choose hardware/sensor platforms, software architectures, software platforms, data management methods, and networking protocols.” (Debraj De, Computer Reviews, March, 2014)

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Book SynopsisAn application-oriented approach to process control. The reference text systematically explains process identification, control and optimization, the three key steps needed to solve a multivariable control problem. Theory is discussed as far as it is needed to understand and solve the defined problem, while numerous examples written in MATLAB illustrate the problem-solving approach.Trade ReviewFrom the reviews:"The book Advanced Practical Process Control by Roffel and Betlem complements the textbook literature in the field of process control with a solution oriented approach. … The approach is very practical and solution oriented. It aims at familiarizing the reader with essential concepts of advanced process control as they are employed nowadays in the process industries. … the book definitely does enrich the textbook literature on process control. … The target audience is indeed the industrial practitioner or the chemical engineering student … ." (W. Marquardt, International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, Vol. 16 (2), 2006)"This book is to help the process engineer to start from the available theory and to build control solutions. … Having some theoretical background in process dynamics, identification and optimal control, this book … will help the process engineer to solve control problems for process improvement tasks in practice." (Kurt Marti, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1042 (17), 2004)“The book Advanced Practical Process Control … has been written for senior and graduate students as a comprehensive textbook on advanced process control with a solution-oriented approach. … The book covers a large array of process-control solutions. … The book is extremely well organized. Each chapter … gives a clear summary of what is to be described. … illustrated by numerous pictures, plots, and flow diagrams. … The presentations are clear, and the concepts and ideas are illustrated extremely well through numerous, interesting examples.” (Luige Vladareanu, International Journal of Acoustics and Vibration, Vol. 14 (3), 2009)Table of Contents1 Introduction to Advanced Process Control Concepts.- 1.1 Process Time Constant.- 1.2 Domain Transformations.- 1.3 Laplace Transformation.- 1.4 Discrete Approximations.- 1.5 z-Transforms.- 1.6 Advanced and Modified z-Transforms.- 1.7 Common Elements in Control.- 1.8 The Smith Predictor.- 1.9 Feed-forward Control.- 1.10 Feed-forward Control in a Smith Predictor.- 1.11 Dahlin’s Control Algorithm.- References.- 2 Process Simulation.- 2.1 Simulation using Matlab Simulink.- 2.2 Simulation of Feed-forward Control.- 2.3 Control Simulation of a 2x2 System.- 2.4 Simulation of Dahlin’s Control Algorithm.- 3 Process Modeling and Identification.- 3.1 Model Applications.- 3.2 Types of Models.- 3.2.1 White Box and Black Box Models.- 3.2.2 Linear and Non-linear Models.- 3.2.3 Static and Dynamic Models.- 3.2.4 Distributed and Lumped Parameter Models.- 3.2.5 Continuous and Discrete Models.- 3.3 Empirical (linear) Dynamic Models.- 3.4 Model Structure Considerations.- 3.4.1 Parametric Models.- 3.4.2 Non-parametric Models.- 3.5 Model Identification.- 3.5.1 Introduction.- 3.5.2 Identification of Parametric Models.- 3.5.3 Identification of Non-parametric Models.- References.- 4 Identification Examples.- 4.1 SISO Furnace Parametric Model Identification.- 4.2 MISO Parametric Model Identification.- 4.3 MISO Non-parametric Identification of a Non-integrating Process.- 4.4 MIMO Identification of an Integrating and Non-integrating Process.- 4.5 Design of Plant Experiments.- 4.5.1 Nature of Input Sequence.- 4.5.2 PRBS Type Input.- 4.5.3 Step Type Input.- 4.5.4 Type of Experiment.- 4.6 Data File Layout.- 4.7 Conversion of Model Structures.- 4.8 Example and Comparison of Open and Closed Loop Identification.- References.- 5 Linear Multivariable Control.- 5.1 Interaction in Multivariable Systems.- 5.1.1 The Relative Gain Array.- 5.1.2 Properties of the Relative Gain Array.- 5.1.3 Some Examples.- 5.1.4 The Dynamic Relative Gain Array.- 5.2 Dynamic Matrix Control.- 5.2.1 Introduction.- 5.2.2 Basic DMC Formulation.- 5.2.3 One Step DMC.- 5.2.4 Prediction Equation and Unmeasurable Disturbance Estimation.- 5.2.5 Restriction of Excessive Moves.- 5.2.6 Expansion of DMC to Multivariable Problems.- 5.2.7 Equal Concern Errors.- 5.2.8 Constraint Handling.- 5.2.9 Constraint Formulation.- 5.3 Properties of Commercial MPC Packages.- References.- 6 Multivariable Optimal Constraint Control Algorithm.- 6.1 General Overview.- 6.2 Model Formulation for Systems with Dead Time.- 6.3 Model Formulation for Multivariable Processes.- 6.4 Model Formulation for Multivariable Processes with Time Delays.- 6.5 Model Formulation in Case of a Limited Control Horizon.- 6.6 Mocca Control Formulation.- 6.7 Non-linear Transformations.- 6.8 Practical Implementation Guidelines.- 6.9 Case Study.- 6.10 Control of a Fluidized Catalytic Cracker.- 6.11 Examples of Case Studies in MATLAB.- 6.12 Control of Integrating Processes.- 6.13 Lab Exercises.- 6.14 Use of MCPC for Constrained Multivariable Control.- References.- 7 Internal Model Control.- 7.1 Introduction.- 7.2 Factorization of Multiple Delays.- 7.3 Filter Design.- 7.4 Feed-forward IMC.- 7.5 Example of Controller Design.- 7.6 LQ Optimal Inverse Design.- References.- 8 Nonlinear Multivariable Control.- 8.1 Non-linear Model Predictive Control.- 8.2 Non-linear Quadratic DMC.- 8.3 Generic Model Control.- 8.3.1 Basic Algorithm.- 8.3.2 Examples of the GMC Algorithm.- 8.3.3 The Differential Geometry Concept.- 8.4 Problem Description.- 8.4.1 Model Representation.- 8.4.2 Process Constraints.- 8.4.3 Control Objectives.- 8.5 GMC Application to the CSTR System.- 8.5.1 Relative Degree of the CSTR System.- 8.5 2 Cascade Control Algorithm.- 8.6 Discussion of the GMC Algorithm.- 8.7 Simulation of Reactor Control.- 8.8 One Step Reference Trajectory Control.- 8.9 Predictive Horizon Reference Trajectory Control.- References.- 9 Optimization of Process Operation.- 9.1 Introduction to Real-time Optimization.- 9.1.1 Optimization and its Benefits.- 9.1.2 Hierarchy of Optimization.- 9.1.3 Issues to be Addressed in Optimization.- 9.1.4 Degrees of Freedom Selection for Optimization.- 9.1.5 Procedure for Solving Optimization Problems.- 9.1.6 Problems in Optimization.- 9.2 Model Building.- 9.2.1 Phases in Model Development.- 9.2.2 Fitting Functions to Empirical Data.- 9.2.3 The Least Squares Method.- 9.3 The Objective Function.- 9.3.1 Function Extrema.- 9.3.2 Conditions for an Extremum.- 9.4 Unconstrained Functions: one Dimensional Problems.- 9.4.1 Newton’s Method.- 9.4.2 Quasi-Newton Method.- 9.4.3 Polynomial Approximation.- 9.5 Unconstrained Multivariable Optimization.- 9.5.1 Introduction.- 9.5.2 Newton’s Method.- 9.6 Linear Programming.- 9.6.1 Example.- 9.6.2 Degeneracies.- 9.6.3 The Simplex Method.- 9.6.4 The Revised Simplex Method.- 9.6.5 Sensitivity Analysis.- 9.7 Non-linear Programming.- 9.7.1 The Lagrange Multiplier Method.- 9.7.2 Other Techniques.- 9.7.3 Hints for Increasing the Effectiveness of NLP Solutions.- References.- 10 Optimization Examples.- 10.1 AMPL: a Multi-purpose Optimizer.- 10.1.1 Example of an Optimization Problem.- 10.1.2 AMPL Formulation of the Problem.- 10.1.3 General Structure of an AMPL Model.- 10.1.4 General AMPL Rules.- 10.1.5 Detailed Review of the Transportation Example.- 10.2 Optimization Examples.- 10.2.1 Optimization of a Separation Train.- 10.2.2 A Simple Blending Problem.- 10.2.3 A Simple Alkylation Reactor Optimization.- 10.2.4 Gasoline Blending.- 10.2.5 Optimization of a Thermal Cracker.- 10.2.6 Steam Net Optimization.- 10.2.7 Turbogenerator Optimization.- 10.2.8 Alkylation Plant Optimization.- References.- 11 Integration of Control and Optimization.- 11.1 Introduction.- 11.2 Description of the Desalination Plant.- 11.3 Production Maximization of Desalination Plant.- 11.4 Linear Model Predictive Control of Desalination Plant.- 11.5 Reactor problem definition.- 11.6 Multivariable Non-linear Control of the Reactor.- References.- Appendix I. MCPC software guide.- I.1 Installation.- I.2 Model identification.- I.2.1 General process information.- I.2.2 Identification data.- I.2.3 Output details.- I.3 Controller design.- I.4 Control simulation.- I.5 Dealing with constraints.- I.6 Saving a project.- Appendix II. Comparison of control strategies for a hollow shaft reactor.- II.1 Introduction.- II.2 Model Equations.- II.3 Proportional Integral Control.- II.4 Linear Multivariable Control.- II.5 Non-linear Multivariable Control.- References.

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Book SynopsisIntroduction.- Signal and System Theory Fundamentals.- Fundamentals of Baseband Transmission.- Transmission Channel Copper Cable.- Baseband Transmission over Linearly Distorting Channel.- Summary and Outlook.

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Book SynopsisThis book introduces Python programming language and fundamental concepts in algorithms and computing. Its target audience includes students and engineers with little or no background in programming, who need to master a practical programming language and learn the basic thinking in computer science/programming. The main contents come from lecture notes for engineering students from all disciplines, and has received high ratings. Its materials and ordering have been adjusted repeatedly according to classroom reception. Compared to alternative textbooks in the market, this book introduces the underlying Python implementation of number, string, list, tuple, dict, function, class, instance and module objects in a consistent and easy-to-understand way, making assignment, function definition, function call, mutability and binding environments understandable inside-out. By giving the abstraction of implementation mechanisms, this book builds a solid understanding of the Python programming language.Trade Review“There are 11 chapters, each of which has a selection of exercises at the end. The problems are well written and generally increase in complexity. … Tailored to the instructor, it provides a good foundation.” (David Bellin, Computing Reviews, October, 2015)Table of ContentsIntroduction.- The first Python program.- More mathematical power.- The need of flow control.- Loops and problem solving.- Functions and better organizing of code.- Lists, mutability and efficiency.- Solving more complex problems.- Data organization.- More on functions.- More Python syntax.- Customized types.- Summary.

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Book SynopsisThis book presents novel algorithms for designing Discrete-Time Sliding Mode Controllers (DSMCs) for Networked Control Systems (NCSs) with both types of fractional delays namely deterministic delay and random delay along with different packet loss conditions such as single packet loss and multiple packet loss that occur within the sampling period. Firstly, the switching type and non-switching type algorithms developed for the deterministic type fractional delay where the delay is compensated using Thiran’s approximation technique. A modified discrete-time sliding surface is proposed to derive the discrete-time sliding mode control algorithms. The algorithm is further extended for the random fractional delay with single packet loss and multiple packet loss situations. The random fractional delay is modelled using Poisson’s distribution function and packet loss is modelled by means of Bernoulli’s function. The condition for closed loop stability in all above situations are derived using the Lyapunov function. Lastly, the efficacy of the proposed DSMC algorithms are demonstrated by extensive simulations and also experimentally validated on a servo system.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction and Literature Survey.- Chapter 2. Preliminaries of Network Control System and Sliding Mode Control.- Chapter 3. Design of Discrete-Time Sliding Mode Controller (Switching Type) for Fractional Delay.- Chapter 4. Design of Discrete-Time Sliding Mode Controller (Non-Switching Type) for Fractional Delay.- Chapter 5. Multirate Output Feedback Discrete-Time Sliding Mode Controller for Fractional Delay Compensation.- Chapter 6. Discrete-Time Sliding Mode Controller for Random Fractional Delays and Packet Loss.- Chapter 7. Discrete-Time Networked Sliding Mode Control (DNSMC) with Multiple Packet Transmission Policy.- Chapter 8. Conclusion, Future Scope and Challenges.

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Book SynopsisThis book gathers selected papers presented at the Inventive Communication and Computational Technologies conference (ICICCT 2019), held on 29–30 April 2019 at Gnanamani College of Technology, Tamil Nadu, India. The respective contributions highlight recent research efforts and advances in a new paradigm called ISMAC (IoT in Social, Mobile, Analytics and Cloud contexts). Topics covered include the Internet of Things, Social Networks, Mobile Communications, Big Data Analytics, Bio-inspired Computing and Cloud Computing. The book is chiefly intended for academics and practitioners working to resolve practical issues in this area. Table of ContentsEnhanced Security Mechanism in Cloud based on DNA Excess 3 Codes.- Tensorflow Based Semantic Techniques For Multi-Cloud Applications Portability And Interoperability.- Enhancing High Availability for NoSQL Database Systems using Failover Techniques.- Implementation of Automated Bottle Filling System using PLC.- An Integrated Approach to Network Intrusion Detection and Prevention.

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Book SynopsisThis book presents high-quality peer-reviewed papers from the International Conference on Advanced Communication and Computational Technology (ICACCT) 2019 held at the National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, India. The contents are broadly divided into four parts: (i) Advanced Computing, (ii) Communication and Networking, (iii) VLSI and Embedded Systems, and (iv) Optimization Techniques.The major focus is on emerging computing technologies and their applications in the domain of communication and networking. The book will prove useful for engineers and researchers working on physical, data link and transport layers of communication protocols. Also, this will be useful for industry professionals interested in manufacturing of communication devices, modems, routers etc. with enhanced computational and data handling capacities.Table of ContentsPart 1: Advanced Computing.- Distributed Computing.- Cloud Computing.- Cluster and Grid Computing.- Green Computing.- Image and Video Processing-. Big Data Computing.- Machine Learning.- Parallel Computing.- Soft Computing.- Quantum Computing.- Mobile Computing.- Quantum Computing.- Mobile Computing.- Biomedical Computing, Bioinformatics.- Swarm Intelligence & Swarm Robotics.- Evolutionary Computing.- Cellular Automata.- Cellular Computing.- Membrane Computing.- Part 2: Communication & Networking.- Signal Processing.- Image Processing.- Computer Network.- Wireless Network.- Ad-hoc Network.- Internet of Things (IOT).- Network Security.- Cryptography.- Physical Layer Security.- Cognitive Radios.- Software Defined Radio.- Optical Communication.- Antenna.- Satellite and Space Communications.- Next Generation Computing and Communication.- Network Analytics.- Vehicular, Underground and Underwater Networks.- RFID and Sensor Network.- Mobile & Ubiquitous Communication Networks.- Mobile Cloud.- Internet Technologies.- Information-Centric Networking.- Remote Sensing and GIS.- Network Protocols.- Modelling & Simulation of Communication Networks and Systems.- Software-Defined Networking.- Fault Tolerance, Reliability, and Survivability.- Flow and Congestion Control.- Network Architectures.- Part 3: VLSI & Embedded Systems.- Computer Architecture.- VLSI Circuit Design and CAD Tools.- Material Science and Nano Technology.- Nano Electronics and VLSI Technology.- Embedded Systems.- Mathematical Modeling and Scientific Computing.- Hybrid Intelligent Models and Applications.- Medical Informatics.- Part 4: Optimization Technique.- Control Systems and Applications.- Renewable Energy.- Power Electronics.- Cloud and Systems Management.- Big Data Communication and Analytics.- Algorithm Heuristic.- Graph, Geometric Algorithms and Applications.- Computer Graphics, Simulation, and Modelling.- Pattern Recognition and Analysis.- Intelligent Image Analysis.- Neuroimaging Techniques.- Robotics and Machine Vision.- Systems and Software Engineering.- Real-time Systems.- Intelligent Control.- Intelligent E-Learning Systems.- Fuzzy Logic.- Artificial Neural Network.- Evolutionary Computation.- Learning Theory.- Probabilistic Methods.- Multimedia.- Text mining.- Social media systems.- Adaptive hypermedia.- Crowd sourcing.- Personalization.- Security, privacy and social impact.- Applications of Computational Intelligence techniques in Science, Engineering, medicine, finance and education etc.- Mechatronics and Robotics.

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Book SynopsisThis book is a collection of peer-reviewed best selected research papers presented at 3rd International Conference on Computer Networks and Inventive Communication Technologies (ICCNCT 2020). The book covers new results in theory, methodology, and applications of computer networks and data communications. It includes original papers on computer networks, network protocols and wireless networks, data communication technologies, and network security. The proceedings of this conference is a valuable resource, dealing with both the important core and the specialized issues in the areas of next generation wireless network design, control, and management, as well as in the areas of protection, assurance, and trust in information security practice. It is a reference for researchers, instructors, students, scientists, engineers, managers, and industry practitioners for advance work in the area.Table of ContentsAnalysis and Design Recommendations for Nepal Tourism Website based on user Perspective.- Packet Priority Scheduling for Data Delivery Based on Multipath Routing in Wireless Sensor Network.- Fall Prevention System for Workers Working on High Towers.- Optimization of Merge Hypothesis for Automatic Image Caption Generation.- Comparative Study of Machine Learning Techniques for Chronic Disease Prognosis.- Real-time Video Surveillance System for Detecting Malicious Actions and Weapons in Public Spaces.- Facial Expression Recognition System Using Different Methods.- Robot Navigation through QR and Text Detection.- Comparative Study of Cooling Solutions of a Drone Based on Raspberry Pi Deducing the Most Efficient Cooling Method.- Mechanism for Saving Base Stations Energy using Binary Particle Swarm Optimization.- Adaptive Frost Filtered Quantile Regressive Artificial Deep Structure Learning Framework for Image Quality Assessment.- Classification of In-House Managed Equipment by Listing its Parts.- Blockchain based Secure and Efficient Crowdsourcing Framework.- Attendance System Using Face Recognition for Academic Education.- A Comparative Study of Conventional Machine Learning and Deep Learning Models to Find Semantic Similarity.- Enhancement of Dehazing Methods using DNN and Filtering.- An Organized Study on Data Divulge Elimination and Discernment.- Study of Simulation Environment of Cloud Broker and Classification of cloud Service Broker.- Contactless Transaction Using Wearable Ring with Biometric Fingerprint Security Feature.- Hybridization of TrellisNet with CNN.- Perlustration on Mobile Forensics Tools.

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Book SynopsisThis textbook provides a comprehensive, thorough and up-to-date treatment of topics in cyber security, cyber-attacks, ethical hacking, and cyber crimes prevention. It discusses the different third-party attacks and hacking processes which a poses a big issue in terms of data damage or theft. The book then highlights the cyber security protection techniques and overall risk assessments to detect and resolve these issues at the beginning stage to minimize data loss or damage. This book is written in a way that it presents the topics in a simplified holistic and pedagogical manner with end-of chapter exercises and examples to cater to undergraduate students, engineers and scientists who will benefit from this approach. Table of ContentsCybersecurity for Beginners.- The Basics of Hacking and Penetration Testing.- Hacking for Dummies.- Networking All-in-One for Dummies.- Effective Cyber Security.- Malware.- Firewalls.- Cryptography.- Control physical and logical access to assets.- Manage the Identification and Authentication of People, Devices, And Services.- Integrate Identity as A Third-Party Service.- Implement and Manage Authorization Mechanisms.- Managing the Identity and Access Provisioning Life Cycle.- Conduct Security Control Testing.- Collect Security Process Data.- Recovery Strategies for Database.- Analyze Test Output and Generate A Report.- Ensure Appropriate Asset Retention.- Determine Information and Security Controls.

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Book SynopsisThis book provides an overview about the open challenges in software verification. Software verification is a branch of software engineering aiming at guaranteeing that software applications satisfy some requirements of interest. Over the years, the software verification community has proposed and considered several techniques: abstract interpretation, data-flow analysis, type systems, model checking are just a few examples. The theoretical advances have been always motivated by practical challenges that have led to an equal evolution of both these sides of software verification. Indeed, several verification tools have been proposed by the research community and any software application, in order to guarantee that certain software requirements are met, needs to integrate a verification phase in its life cycle, independently of the context of application or software size. This book is aimed at collecting contributions discussing recent advances in facing open challenges in software verification, relying on a broad spectrum of verification techniques. This book collects contributions ranging from theoretical to practical arguments, and it is aimed at both researchers in software verification and their practitioners.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Abstract Interpretation: From 0, 1, To ∞.- Chapter 2. LiSA: A Generic Framework for Multilanguage Static Analysis.- Chapter 3. How to make taint analysis precise.- Chapter 4. “Fixing” the specification of widenings.- Chapter 5. Static Analysis for Data Scientists.- Chapter 6. Completeness in static analysis by abstract interpretation, a personal point of view.- Chapter 7. Lifting String Analysis Domains.- Chapter 8. Local Completeness in Abstract Interpretation.- Chapter 9. The Topdown-Solver — An Exercise in A2I.- Chapter 10. Regular matching with constraint programming.- Chapter 11. Floating-point round-off error analysis of safety-critical avionics software.- Chapter 12. Risk estimation in IoT systems.- Chapter 13. Verification of Reaction Systems Processes.

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Book SynopsisA material history of haptics technology that raises new questions about the relationship between touch and media Since the rise of radio and television, we have lived in an era defined increasingly by the electronic circulation of images and sounds. But the flood of new computing technologies known as haptic interfaces—which use electricity, vibration, and force feedback to stimulate the sense of touch—offering an alternative way of mediating and experiencing reality. In Archaeologies of Touch, David Parisi offers the first full history of these increasingly vital technologies, showing how the efforts of scientists and engineers over the past three hundred years have gradually remade and redefined our sense of touch. Through lively analyses of electrical machines, videogames, sex toys, sensory substitution systems, robotics, and human–computer interfaces, Parisi shows how the materiality of touch technologies has been shaped by attempts to transform humans into more efficient processors of information. With haptics becoming ever more central to emerging virtual-reality platforms (immersive bodysuits loaded with touch-stimulating actuators), wearable computers (haptic messaging systems like the Apple Watch’s Taptic Engine), and smartphones (vibrations that emulate the feel of buttons and onscreen objects), Archaeologies of Touch offers a timely and provocative engagement with the long history of touch technology that helps us confront and question the power relations underpinning the project of giving touch its own set of technical media.Trade Review"Archaeologies of Touch weaves a careful history of haptic technology with a provocative analysis on the changing nature of how we recognize and measure touching. This allows David Parisi to provide the remarkable: a history of that which has always appeared just beyond our reach."—Phillip Thurtle, University of Washington"Archaeologies of Touch convincingly contextualizes recent forms of digital touch within an overarching history of psychophysiological and technological experimentation with the senses and sensory communication. David Parisi pulls together an impressive wealth of resources for scholars to understand how we ‘haptic subjects’ became haptic in the first place."—Mark Paterson, author of The Senses of Touch: Haptics, Affects and Technologies"Parisi provides an engaging history of how humans have interacted with a range of electric and electronic technologies to understand and explore how the sensation of touch actually works, and how it can be simulated. The book effectively highlights the need for more critical analysis of haptic technology and its future. The book is exhaustively researched and includes useful explanatory notes and images."—CHOICE"Archaeologies of Touch is a fascinating reading about spectacular experiments, forgotten appliances and scientists who have partially come to the fore."—Svenska Dagbladet"Archaeologies of Touch is a significant achievement in media research. It is lucid, scrupulous, rigorously grounded, and exceedingly informed without ever getting mired in high theory or inconsequential historical asides."—Lateral: Journal of the Cultural Studies Association"Archaeologies of Touch is a work of deep erudition and study, carefully plotted, and written with penetrating insight, establishing Parisi at the vanguard of the developing field of haptic media studies."—Media Theory"This is a remarkable book, solidly documented and will potentially enlighten a vast number of people working with cultural and social technologies."—Neural"Filled with archival illustrations, schematics, and images of the various lesser known technologies and experimental research that demonstrate the long history of research of touch, Parisi’s Archaeologies of Touch is vital read for scholars concerned with all things haptic."—New Media and Society"In thoroughly tracing the connections between touch and technoscience, Parisi offers a powerful and timely argument that encourages a serious reconsideration of touch's technogenesis."—Configurations"Archaeologies of Touch is an ambitious book chock-full of fascinating experiments and anecdotes."—Technology and Culture Table of ContentsContentsPreface. Interrupting the Networked BodyAcknowledgmentsIntroduction. Haptic Interfaces and the Quest to Reinscribe TactilityInterface 1. The Electrotactile MachineInterface 2. The HapticInterface 3. The Tongue of the SkinInterface 4. Human–Machine Tactile CommunicationInterface 5. The Cultural Construction of Technologized TouchCoda. Haptics and the Reordering of the Mediated SensoriumNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisProvides a technology overview of what goes into a high performance loudspeaker and covers all the latest advances in the field The design of high performance loudspeakers requires a mix of developed skills in electroacoustics, high fidelity sound reproduction and subjective evaluation. Taking a designer's view of the subject, this new edition of High Performance Loudspeakers, Seventh Edition provides a comprehensive, timely and practical knowledge base to aid the design of superior loudspeaker systems fit for purpose. It is updated throughout with the latest progress in research and technology, synthesis and analysis, digital signal processing incorporated products, automated production test systems and wireless compact designs. This Seventh Edition of the highly successful guide to the design and specifications of high quality loudspeakers and loudspeaker systems addresses the issue of where higher performance and sound quality is required and shows how the numerous considerations including application, target price, size, aspiration and particular market lead to a complex mix of design and engineering decisions. The book has also been substantially revised to reflect the many changes in the technology of loudspeakers and includes two brand new chapters one covering ultra-compact systems and DSP integration, and the second providing details of a worked example of the loudspeaker systems design process. Offers a complete overview of the technologyThoroughly updated with new content to reflect the latest advances in the field while retaining the firm theoretical foundation of previous editionsPresents a designer's point of view of the field, helping to equip both amateur enthusiasts and academically trained graduates with industry practiceCovers all the newest developments in the field of high performance loudspeakersOffers a critical and objective approach to all subjects covered, rather than a simple spelling out of theory and factsAppeals to both amateur speaker builders as a source of ideas, and to professional speaker designers with an overview of competitive products and features Acknowledged industry-wide as the definitive work on speaker design and analysis, High Performance Loudspeakers, Seventh Edition is essential reading for audio engineers, speaker designers, equipment designers and students of acoustic engineering, electronics and electro-acoustics. It will also prove invaluable to students of electronics, broadcasting and recording techniques, but will also be of interest to authors and journalists in audio, and not least, amateur loudspeaker builders and enthusiasts.Trade ReviewThis is the seventh edition of what has long been a standard work on the subject�the first edition appeared in 1977! The current edition has been brought thoroughly up to date. It includes, for example, such recent developments as the Devialet Speaker Active Matching (SAM) system. Over the years, the book has steadily expanded in size and scope. And the present edition includes not only the information on specifics of speaker design of the early editions but also surveys the whole subject of assessment of loudspeakers, both technically and in listening terms. The book has now grown to considerable size�more than six hundred pages�and it represents a summation of Martin Colloms� long career as a speaker reviewer and design consultant. The fruits of extended experience and impressive expertise are very much on display here. This is an indispensable work for anyone who has a serious interest in speakers, who wants in particular to go (far) beyond the informal scuttlebutt of on-line forums and Internet reviewing. – Robert E Greene, The Absolute Sound (May 1st , 2019) In the seventh edition�s 10 chapters, each with up to 30 subchapters, Martin has expanded the sections on analysis and modeling, and included new sections on the increasingly popular Klippel and Comsol Multiphysics systems, as well as on the finite element analysis (FEA) of magnetic systems. He has added two new chapters, one on DSP integration into system design, and the second providing a worked-through example of the loudspeaker design process�High Performance Loudspeakers: Optimising High Fidelity Loudspeaker Systems, Seventh Edition, is a must-have addition to the bookshelf of any audiophile who wants to learn everything there is to know about the art and science of loudspeaker design. – John Atkinson, Audio Critic, Stereophile Magazine (April 2019 issue) The reader will gain a solid grounding in the design principles and the necessary trade-offs, allowing the individual to map out a design before diving into one of the now ubiquitous enclosure design software packages. If you buy just one book on the subject, this is it, as there�s much to learn at the same time as enjoying a satisfying read.- Stan Curtis, Audio Designer, HIFICRITIC Magazine OCT-DEC 2018Table of ContentsPreface to the First Edition xix Preface to the Fifth Edition xxi Preface to the Sixth Edition xxiii Preface to the Seventh Edition xxv Acknowledgements xxvii 1 General Review 1 1.1 Early Loudspeakers 1 1.2 Audible Frequency Range and Wavelength 4 1.3 The BBC Contribution 12 1.4 Emerging Standards 13 1.5 Influence of Improved Low‐Frequency Analysis 17 1.6 Changes in UK Lifestyle are Affecting Domestic Audio Systems 22 1.7 High‐End Stereo Audio 23 1.8 Sound Docks 23 1.9 Headphones 27 1.10 Advances in Pro Audio 27 2 Developments in Loudspeaker System Design 31 2.1 Developments in Loudspeaker System Design 31 2.2 Limits to Performance 37 2.3 The Stereo Illusion: ‘3D Sound’ 38 2.4 Sensitivity and Impedance 40 2.5 Enclosures 41 2.6 Drive Units 44 2.7 The Room 47 3 Theoretical Aspects of Diaphragm Radiators 51 3.1 Radiation From Simple Sources 51 3.2 Electromechanics of a Hypothetical Moving‐Coil Loudspeaker 57 3.3 Radiated Pressure 67 3.4 Relating the TwoPort Model to Low‐Frequency Analogous Circuits 74 3.5 Higher Modes of the Loudspeaker Diaphragm 77 4 Transducers Diaphragms and Loudspeaker Technologies 87 4.1 Dome Radiators 87 4.2 Velocity of Sound In a Diaphragm 93 4.3 Compensation of Dome Characteristics 95 4.4 Cone Behaviour 95 4.5 Cone Parameters 96 4.6 Cone Shape 104 4.7 Motor Systems 112 4.8 Moving‐Coil Motor Linearity 1154.9 Effect of Magnetic Field Strength Variation on Loudspeaker Pressure Response 119 4.10 Magnet Systems 120 4.11 Film Transducers, Magnetic and Electrostatic 126 4.12 Bending Radiators, DML, Distributed Mode and BMR: The Balanced Mode Radiator 144 5 Low‐Frequency System Analysis: Room Environments and 2π Half Space Radiation 157 5.1 General Considerations 157 5.2 Room Interaction, The Broader Picture 165 5.3 Optimum System Design for Low Subjective Colouration 167 5.4 LF System Analysis 181 5.5 Viewpoint—What Is an Optimal Low‐Frequency Q Factor for a System? 195 5.6 Closed‐Box System 198 5.7 Reflex or Vented Enclosures 207 5.8 Band‐Pass Designs and LF Equalization 224 5.9 Longevity, Reliability, Tolerances, Climate 237 5.10 Transmission‐Line Enclosures 243 5.11 Sub‐Woofers and Extended Low‐Frequency Design 249 6 Horn and Other Loading Variations 261 6.1 Introduction 261 6.2 Line Source Loudspeakers 269 6.3 The Moving‐Coil Spaced Dipole 275 6.4 Bi‐Polar Speakers 276 7 Moving‐Coil Direct‐Radiator Drivers 279 7.1 Moving‐Coil Motor System 279 7.2 Low Frequencies, Bass Units 283 7.3 LF/MF Units 306 7.4 MF, Mid‐Frequency Units 309 7.5 High‐Frequency Units 317 7.6 Full‐Range Units 326 7.7 Dynamics and Engineering 333 8 Systems and Crossovers 339 8.1 Passive Loudspeaker System Design 342 8.2 ‘Two‐and‐a‐Half‐Way’ System Design 348 8.3 The Crossover Network and Target Function 349 8.4 Crossover Component Considerations 380 8.5 General Design Considerations, Voicing and Balancing 392 8.6 The Amplifier–Loudspeaker Interface 407 8.7 Active Loudspeakers 416 8.8 Current Drive 436 8.9 Digital Loudspeakers 440 8.10 Digital Active System Details 450 8.11 DSP Crossover Filter Order 450 9 The Enclosure 457 9.1 Enclosure Materials 458 9.2 Enclosure Resonances 463 9.3 Magnitude of Undamped Panel Output 465 9.4 Audibility of Resonances 469 9.5 Resonance Control, Damping Materials and Bracing 470 9.6 Internal Enclosure Modes 476 9.7 Driver‐Cone, Transmission of Internal Resonances 480 9.8 Cabinet Construction 483 9.9 Diffraction and Cabinet Shape 493 9.10 Loudspeaker Design Software 499 9.11 Importance of Effective Driver Mounting Methods 501 9.12 Drive‐Unit Mounting: Clamped or Decoupled? 505 9.13 Open Baffles: Dipoles 506 9.14 Loudspeaker Supports and Placement 507 10 Loudspeaker Assessment 513 10.1 Loudspeaker Specifications Standards and Distortions 515 10.2 FM: Frequency‐Modulation Distortion 532 10.3 Measurement and Evaluation: Introduction 545 10.4 Objective Measurements: Amplitude/Frequency Responses (4π, Full Anechoic) 554 10.5 Random Noise Excitation 558 10.6 Subjective Evaluation 600 Index 635

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Book SynopsisWith a foreword by Yakov Rekhter Here at last is a single, all encompassing resource where the myriad applications sharpen into a comprehensible text that first explains the whys and whats of each application before going on to the technical detail of the hows. Kireeti Kompella, CTO Junos, Juniper Networks The authoritative guide to MPLS, now in its Third edition, fully updated with brand new material! MPLS is now considered the networking technology for carrying all types of network traffic, including voice telephony, real-time video, and data traffic. In MPLS-Enabled Applications, Third Edition, the authors methodically show how MPLS holds the key to network convergence by allowing operators to offer more services over a single physical infrastructure. The Third Edition contains more than 170 illustrations, new chapters, and more coverage, guiding the reader from the basics of the technology, though all its major VPN applications.Table of ContentsAbout the Authors. Foreword. Preface. Acknowledgements. Part One. 1 Foundations. 1.1 Historical perspective. 1.2 Current trends. 1.3 MPLS mechanisms. 1.4 Conclusion. 1.5 References. 1.6 Further reading. 1.7 Study questions. 2 Traffic Engineering with MPLS (MPLS-TE). 2.1 Introduction. 2.2 The business drivers. 2.3 Application scenarios. 2.4 Setting up traffic-engineered paths using MPLS-TE. 2.5 Using the traffic-engineered paths. 2.6 Deployment considerations. 2.7 Using traffic engineering to achieve resource optimization. 2.8 Offline path computation. 2.9 Conclusion. 2.10 References. 2.11 Further reading. 2.12 Study questions. 3 Protection and Restoration in MPLS Networks. 3.1 Introduction. 3.2 The business drivers. 3.3 Failure detection. 3.4 End-to-end protection. 3.5 Local protection using fast reroute. 3.6 Link protection. 3.7 Node protection. 3.8 Additional constraints for the computation of the protection path. 3.9 Interaction of end-to-end protection and fast reroute. 3.10 Deployment considerations for local protection mechanisms. 3.11 IP and LDP FRR. 3.12 Conclusion. 3.13 References. 3.14 Further reading. 3.15 Study questions. 4 MPLS DiffServ-TE. 4.1 Introduction. 4.2 The business drivers. 4.3 Application scenarios. 4.4 The DiffServ-TE solution. 4.5 Extending the DiffServ-TE solution with multiclass LSPs. 4.6 Conclusion. 4.7 References. 4.8 Further reading. 4.9 Study questions. 5 Interdomain Traffic Engineering. 5.1 Introduction. 5.2 The business drivers. 5.3 Setting up interdomain TE LSPs. 5.4 Interprovider challenges. 5.5 Comparison of the LSP setup methods. 5.6 Conclusion. 5.7 References. 5.8 Further reading. 5.9 Study questions. 6 MPLS Multicast. 6.1 Introduction. 6.2 The business drivers. 6.3 P2MP LSP mechanisms. 6.4 LAN procedures for P2MP LSPs. 6.5 Coupling traffic into a P2MP LSP. 6.6 MPLS fast reroute. 6.7 Ingress redundancy for P2MP LSPs. 6.8 P2MP LSP hierarchy. 6.9 Applications of point-to-multipoint LSPs. 6.10 Conclusion. 6.11 References. 6.12 Study questions. Part Two. 7 Foundations of Layer 3 BGP/MPLS Virtual Private Networks. 7.1 Introduction. 7.2 The business drivers. 7.3 The overlay VPN model. 7.4 The peer VPN model. 7.5 Building the BGP/MPLS VPN solution. 7.6 Benefits of the BGP/MPLS VPN solution. 7.7 References. 7.8 Further reading. 7.9 Study questions. 8 Advanced Topics in Layer 3 BGP/MPLS Virtual. Private Networks. 8.1 Introduction. 8.2 Routing between CE and PE. 8.3 Differentiated VPN treatment in the core. 8.4 Route reflectors and VPNs. 8.5 Scalability discussion. 8.6 Convergence times in a VPN network. 8.7 Security issues. 8.8 QoS in a VPN scenario. 8.9 IPv6 VPNs. 8.10 Conclusion. 8.11 References. 8.12 Further reading. 8.13 Study questions. 9 Hierarchical and Inter-AS VPNs. 9.1 Introduction. 9.2 Carriers’ carrier – service providers as VPN customers. 9.3 Multi-AS backbones. 9.4 Interprovider QoS. 9.5 Conclusion. 9.6 References. 9.7 Further reading. 9.8 Study questions. 10 Multicast in a Layer 3 VPN. 10.1 Introduction. 10.2 The business drivers. 10.3 mVPN – problem decomposition. 10.4 The original multicast solution – PIM/GRE mVPN (draft-rosen). 10.5 NG multicast for L3VPN – BGP/MPLS mVPN(NG mVPN). 10.6 Comparison of PIM/GRE and BGP/MPLS mVPNs. 10.7 Conclusion. 10.8 References. 10.9 Further reading. 10.10 Study questions. 11 Advanced Topics in BGP/MPLS mVPNs. 11.1 Introduction. 11.2 BGP/MPLS mVPN – inter-AS operations. 11.3 Support of PIM DM in BGP/MPLS mVPN. 11.4 Discovering the RP – auto-RP and BSR support in BGP/MPLS mVPN. 11.5 Implementing extranets in BGP/MPLS mVPN. 11.6 Transition from draft-rosen to BGP/MPLS mVPNs. 11.7 Scalability discussion. 11.8 Achieving multicast high availability with BGP/MPLS mVPN. 11.9 Internet multicast service using the BGP/MPLS mVPN technology. 11.10 Conclusion. 11.11 References. 11.12 Study questions. 12 Layer 2 Transport over MPLS. 12.1 Introduction. 12.2 The business drivers. 12.3 Comparison of Layer 2 VPNs and Layer 3 VPNs. 12.4 Principles of Layer 2 transport over MPLS. 12.5 Forwarding plane. 12.6 Control plane operation. 12.7 Admission control of Layer 2 connections into network. 12.8 Failure notification mechanisms. 12.9 Multi-homing. 12.10 Layer 2 interworking. 12.11 Circuit cross connect (CCC). 12.12 Point-to-multipoint Layer 2 transport. 12.13 Other applications of Layer 2 transport. 12.14 Conclusion. 12.15 References. 12.16 Study questions. 13 Virtual Private LAN Service. 13.1 Introduction. 13.2 The business drivers. 13.3 VPLS mechanism overview. 13.4 Forwarding plane mechanisms. 13.5 Control plane mechanisms. 13.6 LDP and BGP interworking for VPLS. 13.7 Interprovider Option E for VPLS. 13.8 Operational considerations for VPLS. 13.8 Conclusion. 13.9 References 13.10 Study questions. Part Three. 14 Advanced protection and restoration: protecting the service. 14.1 Introduction. 14.2 The business drivers. 14.3 Failure scenarios. 14.4 Existing solutions. 14.5 Protecting the egress - local protection solution. 14.6 Conclusion. 14.7 References. 14.8 Study questions. 15 MPLS Management. 15.1 Introduction. 15.2 Management – why and what. 15.3 Detecting and troubleshooting failures. 15.4 Configuration errors. 15.5 Visibility. 15.6 Conclusion. 15.7 References. 15.8 Further reading. 15.9 Study questions. 16 MPLS in Access Networks and Seamless MPLS. 16.1 Introduction. 16.2 The business drivers. 16.3 Models for MPLS deployment in access networks. 16.4 Seamless MPLS Mechanisms. 16.5 Conclusions. 16.6 References. 16.7 Study questions. 17 MPLS Transport Profile (MPLS-TP). 17.1 Introduction. 17.2 The business drivers. 17.3 Requirements for a transport profile for MPLS. 17.4 MPLS-TP functionality. 17.5 Deployment considerations. 17.6 Misconceptions about MPLS-TP. 17.7 Conclusion. 17.8 References. 17.9 Study quetions. 18 Conclusions. 18.1 Introduction. 18.2 Network convergence. 18.3 Interaction with client edge equipment. 18.4 Interprovider capability. 18.5 MPLS in the data communications network (DCN). 18.6 MPLS in mobile networks 18.7 MPLS in the enterprise. 18.8 Final remarks. 18.9 References. Appendix A – Selected backhaul scenarios in MPLS-based access networks Appendix B – MPLS resources. Appendix C – Solutions to Selected Study Questions. Appendix D: Acronyms. Index.

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Book SynopsisHarry Van Trees s Detection, Estimation, and Modulation Theory, Part I is one of the great time-tested classics in the field of signal processing. This new edition has been thoroughly revised and expanded, making it again the most comprehensive and up-to-date treatment of the subject.Table of ContentsPreface xv Preface to the First Edition xix 1 Introduction 1 1.1 Introduction 1 1.2 Topical Outline 1 1.3 Possible Approaches 11 1.4 Organization 14 2 Classical Detection Theory 17 2.1 Introduction 17 2.2 Simple Binary Hypothesis Tests 20 2.3 m Hypotheses 51 2.4 Performance Bounds and Approximations 63 2.5 Monte Carlo Simulation 80 2.6 Summary 109 2.7 Problems 110 3 General Gaussian Detection 125 3.1 Detection of Gaussian Random Vectors 126 3.2 Equal Covariance Matrices 138 3.3 Equal Mean Vectors 174 3.4 General Gaussian 197 3.5 m Hypotheses 209 3.6 Summary 213 3.7 Problems 215 4 Classical Parameter Estimation 230 4.1 Introduction 230 4.2 Scalar Parameter Estimation 232 4.3 Multiple Parameter Estimation 293 4.4 Global Bayesian Bounds 332 4.5 Composite Hypotheses 348 4.6 Summary 375 4.7 Problems 377 5 General Gaussian Estimation 400 5.1 Introduction 400 5.2 Nonrandom Parameters 401 5.3 Random Parameters 483 5.4 Sequential Estimation 495 5.5 Summary 507 5.6 Problems 510 6 Representation of Random Processes 519 6.1 Introduction 519 6.2 Orthonormal Expansions: Deterministic Signals 520 6.3 Random Process Characterization 528 6.4 Homogeous Integral Equations and Eigenfunctions 540 6.5 Vector Random Processes 564 6.6 Summary 568 6.7 Problems 569 7 Detection of Signals–Estimation of Signal Parameters 584 7.1 Introduction 584 7.2 Detection and Estimation in White Gaussian Noise 591 7.3 Detection and Estimation in Nonwhite Gaussian Noise 629 7.4 Signals with Unwanted Parameters: The Composite Hypothesis Problem 675 7.5 Multiple Channels 712 7.6 Multiple Parameter Estimation 716 7.7 Summary 721 7.8 Problems 722 8 Estimation of Continuous-Time Random Processes 771 8.1 Optimum Linear Processors 771 8.2 Realizable Linear Filters: Stationary Processes, Infinite Past: Wiener Filters 787 8.3 Gaussian–Markov Processes: Kalman Filter 807 8.4 Bayesian Estimation of Non-Gaussian Models 842 8.5 Summary 852 8.6 Problems 855 9 Estimation of Discrete–Time Random Processes 880 9.1 Introduction 880 9.2 Discrete-Time Wiener Filtering 882 9.3 Discrete-Time Kalman Filter 919 9.4 Summary 1016 9.5 Problems 1016 10 Detection of Gaussian Signals 1030 10.1 Introduction 1030 10.2 Detection of Continuous-Time Gaussian Processes 1030 10.3 Detection of Discrete-Time Gaussian Processes 1067 10.4 Summary 1076 10.5 Problems 1077 11 Epilogue 1084 11.1 Classical Detection and Estimation Theory 1084 11.2 Representation of Random Processes 1093 11.3 Detection of Signals and Estimation of Signal Parameters 1095 11.4 Linear Estimation of Random Processes 1098 11.5 Observations 1105 11.6 Conclusion 1106 Appendix A: Probability Distributions and Mathematical Functions 1107 Appendix B: Example Index 1119 References 1125 Index 1145

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Book SynopsisWiring the World is a cultural and social history that explores how the large Anglo-American cable companies won out over alternative visions. Through telegram prices, visions for world peace, scientific innovation, and the role of the nation-state, Simone M. Müller traces globalization's diverse paths and close ties to business and politics.Trade ReviewBased on a clear knowledge of the state of the art, while adopting a solid methodology and robust concepts, Muller is able to provide a fresh history of the development of telegraph networks during the nineteenth century in a truly global perspective. -- Pascal Griset, Sorbonne Wiring the World is a story not only of technical and entrepreneurial achievement but of imperial rivalry, the rise of professions, complex cultural interactions, far-reaching social changes, and a remapping of the meaning of maritime space. Focusing on one of the major developments of the communications revolution-the linking together of much of the world with submarine cable lines in the era before World War I-Simone M. Muller's carefully crafted study contributes significantly to the history and theory of globalization. -- Emily S. Rosenberg, editor of A World Connecting, 1870-1945 (Harvard University Press, 2012) By reconstructing the social networks that linked nineteenth-century British, German, and American North Atlantic telegraph promoters, Wiring the World provides us with a wealth of intriguing and sometimes startling insights into the cultural significance of the Atlantic cable-one of the most iconic technological innovations of the age. -- Richard R. John, author of Network Nation: Inventing American Telecommunications An excellent resource for communications history. Highly recommended. CHOICE A valuable and illuminating analysis. Connections Based on voluminous research, and written in a clear and accessible fashion, Wiring the World is a notable contribution to the history of globalization and technology. -- Duncan Bell Times Literary Supplement The endnotes and bibliography make this book a valuable tool for scholars interested in further research on North Atlantic cable telegraphy. By introducing actor-network theory into the history of telecommunications, Muller has led the way to further advances in the field. -- Daniel Headrick American Historical ReviewTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: The Class of 1866 1. Networking the Atlantic 2. The Battle for Cable Supremacy 3. The Imagined Globe 4. Weltcommunication 5. The Professionalization of the Telegraph Engineer 6. Cable Diplomacy and Imperial Control 7. The Wiring of the World Appendix: Actors of Globalization Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisQuantum networks build on entanglement and quantum measurement to achieve tasks that are beyond the reach of classical systems. Using quantum effects, we can detect the presence of eavesdroppers, raise the sensitivity of scientific instruments such as telescopes, or teleport quantum data from one location to another. Long-distance entanglement can be used to execute important tasks such as Byzantine agreement and leader election in fewer rounds of communication than classical systems, improving the efficiency of operations that are critical in distributed systems.Table of ContentsNotations xiii Acknowledgements xv Introduction xix Chapter 1 Overview 1 1.1 Introduction 2 1.2 Quantum information 4 1.3 Quantum repeaters 10 1.4 Network architectures 15 1.5 Conclusions 20 Part 1 Fundamentals 23 Chapter 2 Quantum Background 25 2.1 Introduction 26 2.2 Schrodinger's equation 28 2.3 Qubits 29 2.4 Manipulating qubits 41 2.5 Bell pairs 47 2.6 The no-cloning theorem 53 2.7 Conclusion 54 Chapter 3 Networking Background 55 3.1 Concepts 56 3.2 Challenges in scaling up networks 63 3.3 Design patterns 65 3.4 The Internet 75 3.5 Conclusion 77 Chapter 4 Teleportation 79 4.1 The basic teleportation operation 79 4.2 Experimental demonstration of teleportation 82 4.3 State machines for teleportation 84 4.4 Teleporting gates 86 4.5 Conclusion 88 Part 2 Applications 91 Chapter 5 Quantum Key Distribution 93 5.1 QKD and the purpose of cryptography 94 5.2 BB84: single-photon QKD 97 5.3 E91: entanglement-based protocol 100 5.4 Using QKD 101 5.5 Existing QKD networks 105 5.6 Classical control protocols 109 5.7 Conclusion 111 Chapter 6 Distributed Digital Computation and Communication 113 6.1 Useful distributed quantum states 114 6.2 Coin flipping 118 6.3 Leader election 119 6.4 Quantum secret sharing 121 6.5 Byzantine agreement 126 6.6 Client-server and blind computation 128 6.7 Conclusion 130 Chapter 7 Entangled States as Reference Frames 131 7.1 Qubits in the environment 131 7.2 Distributed clock synchronization 135 7.3 Very long baseline optical interferometry 141 7.4 Conclusion 145 Part 3 Lines of Repeaters 147 Chapter 8 Physical Entanglement and Link-Layer Protocols 149 8.1 Creating entanglement using light 149 8.2 Memory and transceiver gubits 156 8.3 Link structure 161 8.4 State machines and protocol interactions 163 8.5 Managing density matrices in distributed software 164 8.6 Examples 169 8.7 Conclusion 173 Chapter 9 Purification 175 9.1 Measurement revisited 175 9.2 Basic purification 177 9.3 Scheduling purification 185 9.4 State machines and protocol interactions 187 9.5 More complex purification protocols 190 9.6 Experimental demonstrations 192 9.7 Conclusion 193 Chapter 10 Purfication and Entanglement Swapping-Based Repeaters 195 10.1 Hardware architectures 195 10.2 Getting from here to there 197 10.3 Nested purification session architecture 203 10.4 State machines and protocol interactions 206 10.5 Putting it all together 208 10.6 Considerations in the design of a simulator 215 10.7 Conclusion 217 Chapter 11 Quantum Error Correction-Based Repeaters 219 11.1 Quantum error correction 220 11.2 CSS repeaters 223 11.3 Surface code repeaters 230 11.4 Conclusion 235 Chapter 12 Finessing the Key Limitations 237 12.1 Quasi-asynchronous 238 12.2 Memoryless 244 12.3 Summary: comparing quantum communication approaches 247 12.4 Conclusion 251 Part 4 Networks of Repeaters 253 Chapter 13 Resource Management and Multiplexing 255 13.1 Simulated network and traffic 256 13.2 Simulations 259 13.3 Conclusion 263 Chapter 14 Routing 265 14.1 Introduction 265 14.2 Difficulties: differences between quantum and classical networks 267 14.3 Problems and solutions 268 14.4 Simulation and results 270 14.5 Conclusion 283 Chapter 15 Quantum Recursive Network Architecture 285 15.1 Review: network architecture 286 15.2 Recursive quantum requests 288 15.3 Implementing recursion in quantum networks 294 15.4 Example 295 15.5 Conclusion 298 Chapter 16 Coda 301 16.1 Future development 301 16.2 Open problems 303 16.3 Further readings for depth 304 16.4 Further readings for breadth 305 16.5 Final thoughts 307 Bibliograpy 309 Index 331

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Book SynopsisNow in its fourth edition, the ground-breaking Artech House bestseller SIP: Understanding the Session Initiation Protocol offers you the most comprehensive and current understanding of this revolutionary protocol for call signaling and IP Telephony. The fourth edition incorporates changes in SIP from the last five years with new chapters on internet threats and attacks, WebRTC and SIP, and substantial updates throughout. This cutting-edge book shows how SIP provides a highly-scalable and cost-effective way to offer new and exciting telecommunication feature sets, helping practitioners design "next generation" network and develop new applications and software stacks. Other key discussions include SIP as a key component in the Internet multimedia conferencing architecture, request and response messages, devices in a typical network, types of servers, SIP headers, comparisons with existing signaling protocols including H.323, related protocols SDP (Session Description Protocol) and RTP (Real-time Transport Protocol), and the future direction of SIP.Table of ContentsSIP and the Internet; Introduction to SIP; SIP Clients and Servers; SIP Request Messages; SIP Response Messages; SIP Header Fields; Wireless, Mobility, and IMS; Presence and Instant Messaging; Services in SIP; Network Address Translation; Related Protocols; Media Transport; Negotiating Media Sessions; Internet Threats and Attacks (Ch 4 from VoIPSec Book); SIP Security; Media Security (Ch 10 from VoIP Sec); Identity (Ch 11 from VoIP Sec Book); VoIP/PSTN Gateway Security (Ch 12 from VoIP Sec); Peer to Peer SIP; Appendix.

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Book SynopsisIntroduction.- Part I Foundations of AI: Concepts and Frameworks for Cybersecurity and Digital Forensics.- The Evolution of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.- Technical Foundations of Cybersecurity.- Digital Forensics: Tools, Techniques, and Methodologies.- Integrating AI/ML with Cybersecurity and Digital Forensics.- Part II AI in Action: Real-World Strategies for Cybersecurity and Digital Forensics.- AI and ML Frontier Technologies for Digital Forensic Applications.- Enhancing Cyber Security with Machine Learning.- Future of AI-Driven Digital Forensic.- Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisThis comprehensive resource covers everything you need to know about small cell networks, from design, to analysis, optimization and deployment. Detailing fundamental concepts as well as more advanced topics, and describing emerging trends, challenges and recent research results, this book explains how you can improve performance, decision making, resource management, and energy efficiency in next generation wireless networks. Key topics covered include green small cell networks and associated trade-offs, optimized design and performance analysis, backhauling and traffic overloading, context-aware self-organizing networks, deployment strategies and mobility management in large scale HetNets. Written by leading experts in academia and industry and including tools and techniques for small cell network design and deployment, this is an ideal resource for graduate students, researchers and industry practitioners working in communications and networking.Trade Review'Small cell networks are poised to play an important role in the communications technologies of the 2020s and beyond, particularly in fifth generation wireless systems. Edited by well-known experts from university and industry, this is the defining book on this topic and is a must-have for a researcher [or] engineer in this field.' Vijay Bhargava, University of British ColumbiaTable of Contents1. Mobility performance optimization for 3GPP LTE HetNets Kathiravetpillai Sivanesan, Jialin Zou, Subramanian Vasudevan and Sudeep Palat; 2. Design and performance analysis of multi-radio small cell networks Nageen Himayat, Shu-ping Yeh, Shilpa Talwar, Mikhail Gerasimenko, Sergey Andreev and Yevgeni Koucheryavy; 3. Dynamic TDD small cell management Cheng-Chih Chao, Yi-Ting Lin and Hung-Yu Wei; 4. 3GPP RAN standards for small cells Weimin Xiao, Jialing Liu and Anthony C. K. Soong; 5. Dense networks of small cells Jialing Liu, Weimin Xiao and Anthony C. K. Soong; 6. Traffic offloading scenarios for heterogeneous networks Adrian Kliks, Nikos Dimitriou, Andreas Zalonis and Oliver Holland; 7. Required number of small-cell access points in heterogeneous wireless networks S. Alireza Banani, Andrew Eckford and Raviraj Adve; 8. Small cell deployments: system scenarios, performance and analysis Mark C. Reed and Jackson Wang; 9. Temporary cognitive small cell networks for rapid and emergency deployments Akram Al-Hourani, Sithamparanathan Kandeepan and Senthuran Arunthavanathan; 10. Long-term evolution (LTE) and LTE-advanced activities in small cell networks Qi Jiang, Jinsong Wu, Lu Zhang and Shengjie Zhao; 11. Game theory and learning techniques for self-organization in small cell networks Prabodini Semasinghe, Kun Zhu, Ekram Hossain and Alagan Anpalagan; 12. Energy efficient strategies with BS sleep mode in green small cell networks Hong Zhang and Jun Cai; 13. Mobility management in small cell heterogeneous networks Peter Legg and Xavier Gelabert; 14. The art of deploying small cells: field trial experiments, system design, performance prediction and deployment feasibility Doru Calin, Aliye Ozge Kaya, Amine Abouliatim, Gonçalo Ferrada and Ionel Petrut; 15. Centralized self-optimization of interference management in LTE-A HetNets Yasir Khan, Berna Sayrac and Eric Moulines; 16. Self organized ICIC for SCN Lorenza Giupponi, Ali Imran and Ana Maria Galindo; 17. Large scale deployment and scalability Iris Barcia, Simon Chapman and Chris Beale; 18. Energy efficient heterogeneous networks Y. Qi, M. A. Imran, M. Z. Shakir and K. A. Qaraqe; 19. Time and frequency domain e-ICIC with single and multiflow carrier aggregation in HetNets Meryem Simsek, Mehdi Bennis and Ismail Guvenc.

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Book SynopsisAchieve faster and more efficient network design and optimization with this comprehensive guide. Some of the most prominent researchers in the field explain the very latest analytic techniques and results from stochastic geometry for modelling the signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR) distribution in heterogeneous cellular networks. This book will help readers to understand the effects of combining different system deployment parameters on key performance indicators such as coverage and capacity, enabling the efficient allocation of simulation resources. In addition to covering results for network models based on the Poisson point process, this book presents recent results for when non-Poisson base station configurations appear Poisson, due to random propagation effects such as fading and shadowing, as well as non-Poisson models for base station configurations, with a focus on determinantal point processes and tractable approximation methods. Theoretical results are illustrateTrade Review'These four renowned experts deliver a comprehensive yet curated treatment on the modelling and analysis of modern cellular networks using stochastic geometry, which has been one of the most important recent lines of wireless research. Highly recommended for interested researchers and engineers. Can serve as a useful companion to Haenggi's landmark stochastic geometry textbook, which had fairly minimal treatment of cellular networks.' Jeff Andrews, University of Texas, AustinTable of ContentsPart I. Stochastic Geometry: 1. Introduction; 2. The role of stochastic geometry in HetNet analysis; 3. A brief course in stochastic geometry; 4. Statistics of received power at the typical location; Part II. SINR Analysis: 5. Downlink SINR: fundamental results; 6. Downlink SINR: advanced results; 7. Downlink SINR: further extensions; 8. Extensions to non-Poisson models.

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Book SynopsisThree experts in the field of thin-film optics present a detailed and self-contained theoretical study of planar multilayers and how they can be effectively exploited in both traditional and modern applications. Starting with a discussion of the relevant electromagnetic optics, the fundamental optical properties of multilayers are introduced using an electromagnetic approach based on a direct solving of Maxwell''s equations by Fourier transforms. This powerful approach is illustrated through the comprehensive description of two of the most important phenomena in multilayers, i.e. giant field enhancement in dielectric stacks and light scattering from thin-film optical filters. The same approach is extended to the description of the operation of planar microcavities and the balance of energy between radiated and trapped light. This book will be valuable to researchers, engineers and graduate students with interests in nanophotonics, optical telecommunications, observational astronomy andTrade Review'… clear and well-written explanations, and very enlightening discussions of TFC-from multilayer stacks to planar microcavities … it makes for rewarding reading, and I recommend it to all students of TFCs.' Christian Brosseau, OpticaTable of ContentsIntroduction; About the Authors; Acknowledgments; 1. Fundamentals of Electromagnetic Optics; 2. The Harmonic Regime; 3. Frequency Wave Packet; 4. Spatial Wave Packet; 5. Energy, Causality, and Coherence; 6. Thin-Film Filters; 7. Multilayers in Total Reflection; 8. Light Scattering from Optical Multilayers; 9. Planar Multilayer Micro-Cavities; Conclusion; Selected Books; Index.

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Book SynopsisIn a society predicated on information, the media has a pervasive presence. From government policy to leisure television, the information age touches us all. The papers collected in this book constitute some of today''s leading analyses of the information industry. Together, these essays represent a needed foundation for understanding the present state and future development of the mass media. Current trends in communications as well as media impact on public opinion are studied and reported on. Topics include a brief introduction on software radio to ultra wideband radio communications; wideband slotted microstrip antennas for modern applications; Device-to-Device (D2D) communication in 5G networks; the use of mobile devices to support young people with disabilities; and singular optimal control of switched systems. The final chapter is a proposal to support the teaching of history with audiovisual content, including video game advertising.

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Book SynopsisThe purpose of this book is to explore a range of ideas that have the potential to lead to future paradigm shifts. We know that technology is evolving at a rapid pace, but it is almost impossible to predict the exact direction from which the next paradigm will emerge. The book represents eighteen ideas that could result in paradigm shifts. The only criterion for inclusion in this book is that the idea has to represent a significant departure from the norm in exploring a new technology or application. The next generation of paradigm shifts in communication technology is going to start as ''blue sky'' ideas, evolving dreams into reality.

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