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Contents Computer Graphics, Multimedia, & Visualization ..................................................3 Signal & Image Processing ..................................7 Modeling & Simulation ..................................12 Communications ............................................14 Nano & Micro Electronics ..............................16 Page 3

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Circuits & Devices ..........................................19 Embedded Systems ........................................20 Computer Languages ....................................22 Computer Systems Engineering ......................24 Bioinformatics ................................................28 Resources for Every Computer Engineer’s Library............................................28

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Computer Graphics, Multimedia, & Visualization New!

Visual Perception from a Computer Graphics Perspective William Thompson, Roland Fleming, Sarah Creem-Regehr, and Jeanine Kelly Stefanucci This work provides an introduction to human visual perception suitable for readers studying or working in the fields of computer graphics and visualization, cognitive science, and visual neuroscience. It focuses on how computer graphics images are generated, rather than solely on the organization of the visual system itself; therefore, the text provides a more direct tie between image generation and the resulting perceptual phenomena. It covers such topics as the perception of material properties, illumination, the perception of pictorial space, image statistics, perception and action, and spatial cognition.

Features • Ties together image generation and the resulting perceptual phenomena • Includes topics seldom seen in introductory perception texts, such as the perception of material properties, illumination, the perception of pictorial space, image statistics, perception and action, and spatial cognition • Emphasizes visual performance, with coverage of biological mechanisms in specific situations to aid in the understanding of practical issues

Selected Contents: INTRODUCTION: Overview. BUILDING BLOCKS: Visual Sensitivity. 2D Image Features.

Color. 2D Motion. Stereo and Accommodation.

SURFACES AND MOVEMENT: Perspective.

Texture. Illumination, Shading, and Shadows.

Perception of Material Properties. Motion of Viewer and Objects. Pictorial Space. PERCEPTION OF HIGHER LEVEL ENTITIES: Spatial Orientation and Spatial Cognition. Perception and Action. Object and Scene Recognition.

Visual Attention and Search. Event Recognition—Inanimate. Event Recognition— Biological. References. Index.

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3D Engine Design for Virtual Globes Patrick Cozzi and Kevin Ring Analytical Graphics, Inc., Exton, Pennsylvania, USA

While virtual globes have achieved widespread popularity, from Google Earth to NASA World Wind, no single book covers the topic of globe rendering. Filling this gap, 3D Engine Design for Virtual Globes presents an in-depth treatment of rendering algorithms utilized by virtual globes.

The book illustrates how to accurately render real-world data sets through core rendering algorithms for globes, terrain, imagery, and vector data. Example code, the latest book-related news, and other resources are available on a companion website.

Features • Draws on the authors’ real-world experiences developing modeling, analysis, and visualization software to provide pragmatic discussions of virtual globe rendering • Covers both fundamental topics such as endering ellipsoids and terrain representations and more advanced topics such as depth buffer precision and multithreading • Offers example code and other resources on the book’s website

Selected Contents: Introduction. FUNDAMENTALS: Math Foundations. Renderer Design. Globe Rendering. PRECISION: Vertex Transform Precision. Depth Buffer Precision. VECTOR DATA: Vector Data and Polylines. Polygons.

Billboards. Exploiting Parallelism in Resource Preparation. TERRAIN: Terrain Basics. Massive Terrain Rendering. Geometry Clipmapping.

Chunked LOD. Appendix. Bibliography. Index.

Catalog no. K012936, May 2011, 350 pp.

ISBN: 978-1-56881-711-8, $59.95 / £37.99

Catalog no. K07000, April 2011, 540 pp.

ISBN: 978-1-56881-465-0, $69.95 / £43.99 Also available as an eBook

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Computer Graphics, Multimedia, & Visualization New!

New!

3D Graphics for Game Programming JungHyun Han Korea University, Seoul

“JungHyun Han is a masterful teacher, and nowhere do his teachings come through more clearly than in 3D Graphics for Game Programming. Han presents the essential foundations of graphics programming that every serious game programmer needs in a straightforward no-nonsense style that gets right to the point. I highly recommend this book for anyone who wants to program 3D games.”

—Jesse Schell, CEO of Schell Games and professor of entertainment technology at Carnegie Mellon University

“…The resulting compilation provides broad coverage of the most important topics to graphics programmers. I would expect that anyone who has digested this material would be immediately effective as a member of a game development team.”

—Michael Guerrero, Delta3D game engine senior programmer and research associate of the Naval Postgraduate School

Covering real-time graphics in video game development, this text presents the theory and mathematics of real-time graphics and its applications to game design. Copiously illustrated with more than 300 figures, it allows readers to quickly understand the key aspects of real-time graphics. The book explores concepts such as rendering, texturing, post-processing, and animation. Each chapter provides boxed Math Notes that enable readers to access mathematical or theoretical content without interrupting the flow of the main text. Homework problems are also included.

Catalog no. K11350, February 2011, 330 pp.

ISBN: 978-1-4398-2737-6, $79.95 / £49.99 Also available as an eBook

Advanced High Dynamic Range Imaging Theory and Practice Francesco Banterle, Alessandro Artusi, Kurt Debattista, and Alan Chalmers University of Warwick

“This book provides a comprehensive guide to this exciting new area. By providing detailed equations and code, the book gives the reader the tools needed to experiment with new techniques for creating compelling images.”

—From the Foreword by Holly Rushmeier, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Traditionally photography and computer graphics took different approaches to the high dynamic range problem. Work over the last ten years, though, has unified these disciplines and created powerful new tools for the creation of complex, compelling, and realistic images. This book presents a practical introduction to the emerging new discipline of high dynamic range imaging that combines photography and computer graphics. By providing detailed equations and code, the book gives readers the tools needed to experiment with new techniques for creating compelling images.

Features • Presents an up-to-date, detailed guide on the theory and practice of high dynamic range imaging • Covers all aspects of the field, from capture to display • Evaluates just how closely the results of high dynamic range processes are able to recreate the real world • Includes MATLAB® code to enable readers to quickly get started with high dynamic range imaging

Selected Contents: Introduction. HDR Pipeline. Tone Mapping.

Expansion Operators for Low Dynamic Range Content. Image-Based Lighting. Evaluation.

HDR Content Compression. Appendices.

Bibliography. Index.

Catalog no. K00326, February 2011, 278 pp.

ISBN: 978-1-56881-719-4, $59.95 / £37.99 Also available as an eBook

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Computer Graphics, Multimedia, & Visualization

New! New!

The Magic of Computer Graphics

Computer Vision From Surfaces to 3D Objects

Noriko Kurachi

Edited by

“The book is rich in discussion, tutorial, and tricks. This book will find an important place in the library of all those who have a geek-love of pixels.”

Christopher W. Tyler

—Jon Peddie’s Tech Watch, September 2010

“… tells the story of this new era of computer graphics. Working closely with researchers who helped lead this revolution, Noriko Kurachi describes these key innovations and brings them together as a coherent body of knowledge.

Please read this book, practice the techniques, and figure out if they will allow you to create the visions you have in your mind.”

—Paul Debevec, pioneer in HDR imaging and image-based modeling

For many years, Noriko Kurachi has reported on the latest developments for Japanese readers in her monthly column for CG World. Being something of a pioneer herself, she selected topics that represented original and promising new directions for research. Many of these novel ideas are the topics covered in The Magic of Computer Graphics.

Starting from the basic behavior of light, the first section of the book introduces the most useful techniques for global and local illumination using geometric descriptions of an environment.

The second section goes on to describe imagebased techniques that rely on captured data to do their magic. In the final section, the author looks at the synthesis of these two complementary approaches and what they mean for the future of computer graphics.

Catalog no. K00706, March 2011, 448 pp.

Soft Cover, ISBN: 978-1-56881-577-0 $49.95 / £31.99 Also available as an eBook

Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute, San Francisco, California, USA

Computer Vision is the first book to take a full approach to the challenging issue of veridical 3D object representation. It introduces mathematical and conceptual advances that offer an unprecedented framework for analyzing the complex scene structure of the world.

Features • Covers full 3D scene reconstruction, instead of the simplistic 2D planar algorithms employed in the past • Explores cutting-edge research on computational algorithms for scene analysis • Presents an integrated, complementary treatment of neural, behavioral, mathematical, and computational approaches • Draws on contributions from some of the leading theorists in the field • Includes numerous graphics of complex processes, with many in color

Selected Contents: Introduction. Scene Statistics and 3D Surface Perception. The Theory of Swirling Fields: Segmenting a Scene into Surfaces. Mechanisms for Propagating Surface Information in 3D Reconstruction. 3D Surface Representation Using Ricci Flow. Cue Interpretation and Propagation: Flat versus Nonflat Visual Surfaces.

Symmetry, Shape, Surfaces, and Objects.

Noncommutative Field Theory in the Primary Visual Cortex. Contour-, Surface-, and ObjectRelated Coding in the Visual Cortex. From Surfaces to Objects: A Neuroanalytic Approach.

3D and Spatiotemporal Interpolation in Object and Surface Formation. The Perceptual Representation of 3D Shape. References. Index.

Catalog no. K10887, January 2011, 292 pp.

ISBN: 978-1-4398-1712-4, $89.95 / £57.99 Also available as an eBook

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Computer Graphics, Multimedia, & Visualization Image and Video Compression for Multimedia Engineering

Coming soon!

Fundamentals, Algorithms, and Standards, Second Edition

Institute of Pure and Applied Mathematics (IMPA), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Yun Q. Shi New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, USA

Huifang Sun Mitsubishi Electric Research Lab, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

This book provides a solid, comprehensive understanding of the fundamentals and algorithms that lead to the creation of new methods for generating high quality video bit streams.

The authors present a number of relevant advances along with international standards.

New to the Second Edition • A chapter describing the video coding standard, MPEG-Part 10 Advances Video Coding also known as H.264

Computer Graphics Theory and Practice Jonas Gomes and Luis Velho Mario Costa Sousa University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Focusing on conceptual aspects of computer graphics, this book covers the fundamental mathematical models and inherent problems encountered in the implementation of the models. The approach assumes only a fundamental knowledge of calculus and linear algebra. The accompanying CD-ROM contains a book in electronic form that delivers the practice necessary to understand the basic techniques of the implementation of a 3D graphics system. Together, the printed book and electronic portion present a comprehensive view of the theory and practice of computer graphics.

Catalog no. K00376, June 2011, 570 pp.

ISBN: 978-1-56881-580-0, $89.95 / £56.99

• Fundamental concepts and algorithms of JPEG2000 • Color systems of digital video • Video coding standards and profiles With numerous images available online, the book analyzes statistical and psychovisual redundancies and explains how the removal of these redundancies leads to image and video compression. It covers lossy and lossless encoding as well as the four modes of operation. It also describes pel-recursive techniques and several improvement algorithms. Focusing on both image and video compression, this book yields a unique, self-contained reference for practitioners to build a basis for future study, research, and development.

Catalog no. 7364, 2008, 576 pp.

ISBN: 978-0-8493-7364-0, $115.95 / £48.99 Also available as an eBook

Coming soon!

Displays Fundamentals & Applications Rolf R. Hainich Hainich & Partner, Berlin, Germany

Oliver Bimber Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria

This work clearly explains fundamentals so that readers understand how particular types of displays work. The book presents the basics of wave optics, geometric optics, light modulation, visual perception, and display measures, along with the principles of holography. It covers projection displays, projector-camera systems, stereoscopic and autostereoscopic displays, computer-generated holography, and near-eye displays. The authors also discuss how real-time computer graphics and computer vision enable the visualization of graphical 2D and 3D content.

Catalog no. K13064, June 2011, c. 600 pp.

ISBN: 978-1-56881-439-1, $89.95 / £57.99

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Signal & Image Processing Coming soon!

Signal Processing for Intelligent Sensor Systems with MATLAB®

New!

Second Edition

John C. Russ

David C. Swanson

North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA

The Image Processing Handbook Sixth Edition

Pennsylvania State University, State College, USA

Praise for the First Edition “…introduces the reader to the essential elements of the subject in a way that instills enthusiasm for the subject as well as an appreciation of its limitations, caveats, and subtleties … The material is presented in a consistent framework with abundant examples and references to applications.”

—Acoustical Society, 2001

Building on the unique features that made the first edition a bestseller, this second edition includes more solved problems and provides online access to the large collection of MATLAB™ scripts that are highlighted throughout the text. The book offers expanded coverage of audio engineering, transducers, and sensor networking technology. It also includes new chapters on digital audio processing as well as acoustics and vibrations transducers.

The author addresses the use of meta-data architectures using XML and agent-based automated data mining and control. The numerous algorithms presented can be applied locally or network-based to solve complex detection problems.

Selected Contents: Fundamentals of Digital Signal Processing.

Frequency Domain Processing. Adaptive System Identification and Filtering. Wavenumber Sensor Systems. Signal Processing Applications.

Catalog no. 43048, July 2011, c. 686 pp.

ISBN: 978-1-4200-4304-4, $129.95 / £82.00

With hundreds of color illustrations, this sixth edition discusses hardware/software developments for image capture, printing, and storage.

Using a wide range of new examples and diagrams, this edition explores the important relationship between two-dimensional images and the three-dimensional structures they reveal. It illustrates how image processing is used in a variety of fields, from astronomy and biomedical research to food science and forensics.

New to the Sixth Edition • Latest algorithms and operations • New sample images, with enlarged fragments to show pixel-level detail • New section on selecting a camera with resolution appropriate for use on light microscopes • New section on modern cameras and their ability to capture raw images with high dynamic range • Coverage of techniques for combining images with different exposure settings to further extend the dynamic range • New section on imaging in more than two dimensions • A new chapter on shape measurement • Review of new developments in image file searching

Selected Contents: Acquiring Images. Human Vision. Printing and Storage. Correcting Imaging Defects. Image Enhancement in the Spatial Domain. Processing images in Frequency Space. Segmentation and Thresholding. Processing Binary Images. Global Image Measurements. Feature-Specific Measurements. Characterizing Shape. Feature Recognition and Classification. Tomographic Imaging. 3D Image Visualization. Imaging Surfaces. References. Index.

Catalog no. K11875, April 2011, 885 pp.

ISBN: 978-1-4398-4045-0, $169.95 / £108.00

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Signal & Image Processing

The Digital Signal Processing Handbook Second Edition (Three-Volume Set) Edited by

Vijay Madisetti Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA

Now available in a three-volume set, this Also available as individual volumes updated and expanded edition of a bestseller continues to provide authoritative Digital Signal Processing Fundamentals coverage of the fundamental and special- Emphasizing theoretical concepts, this volume provides ized aspects of information-bearing sig- comprehensive coverage of the basic foundations of nals in digital form. digital signal processing.

Features

Selected Contents:

• Offers the latest information on WiFi/WiMax, bandwidth compressive motors, low-power/high-performance DSPs, color image processing, chips on video, and more • Includes 29 new chapters on Internet tomography, radar systems, architecture, processing standards, and more • Presents first-hand knowledge, experience, and insight from leading engineers, researchers, and scholars in the field • Provides essential information, background material, technical details, and introductions to standards as well as software • Serves as an ideal introduction and reference for classrooms or professional education courses on digital signal processing • Assesses current and future applications in speech, acoustics, video, radar, and telecommunications

Signals and Systems. Signal Representation and Quantization. Fast Algorithms and Structures. Digital Filtering. Statistical Signal Processing. Adaptive Filtering.

Inverse Problems and Signal Reconstruction.

Catalog no. 46063, 2010, 904 pp.

ISBN: 978-1-4200-4606-9, $102.95 / £65.99 Also available as an eBook

Catalog no. 45636, 2010, 2394 pp.

ISBN: 978-1-4200-4563-5 $289.95 / £185.00 Also available as an eBook

Wireless, Networking, Radar, Sensor Array Processing, and Nonlinear Signal Processing This volume covers the foundations of signal processing related to wireless, radar, space–time coding, and mobile communications, along with associated applications to networking, storage, and communications.

Selected Contents Sensor Array Processing. Nonlinear and Fractal Signal Processing. DSP Software and Hardware. Advanced Topics in DSP for Mobile Systems.

Catalog no. 46047, 2010, 874 pp.

ISBN: 978-1-4200-4604-5, $102.95 / £65.99 Also available as an eBook

Video, Speech, and Audio Signal Processing and Associated Standards Encompassing current and future directions, this volume details the basic foundations of speech, audio, image, and video processing and associated applications to broadcast, storage, search and retrieval, and communications.

Selected Contents: Digital Audio Communications. Speech Processing.

Image and Video Processing. Index.

Catalog no. 4608X, 2010, 616 pp.

ISBN: 978-1-4200-4608-3, $102.95 / £65.99 Also available as an eBook

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Signal & Image Processing New! New!

Image and Video Processing in the Compressed Domain Jayanta Mukhopadhyay Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

Developing concepts from first principles, this book presents the fundamentals, properties, and applications of a variety of image transforms used in image and video compression. It introduces popular image and video compression algorithms, including JPEG2000 and MPEG-2, and elucidates the definitions and properties of various transforms, such as the DCT and DWT. The author discusses core image and video processing operations, such as filtering, color enhancement, and resizing. He also focuses on other facets of compressed domain analysis, including editing, indexing, steganography, and watermarking.

MATLAB® codes are included on a CD-ROM.

Features • Covers the fundamentals related to the design of algorithms in the compressed domain • Highlights various image and video compression techniques and standards, including DCT-based compression algorithms and DWT-based JPEG2000 • Offers an algorithmic presentation of different techniques • Describes basic image and video processing operations, such as filtering, enhancement, and resizing • Discusses applications in the compressed domain, including editing, digital watermarking, steganography, indexing, and face detection and identification • Includes MATLAB codes on an accompanying CD-ROM

Digital Imaging for Cultural Heritage Preservation Analysis, Restoration, and Reconstruction of Ancient Artworks Filippo Stanco, Sebastiano Battiato, and Giovanni Gallo University of Catania, Italy

This work presents the most prominent topics and applications of digital image processing, analysis, and computer graphics in the field of cultural heritage preservation. It surveys the latest techniques, algorithms, and solutions for digital imaging and computer graphics-driven cultural heritage preservation.

Well-known experts present state-of-the-art research and cover a wide range of topics and related applications, including spectral imaging, automated restoration, computational reconstruction, digital reproduction, and 3D models.

Numerous examples and illustrations highlight the results of experimentation on real data.

Selected Contents:

Image and Video Compression: An Overview.

Image Transforms. Image Filtering. Color Processing. Image Resizing. Transcoding. Image and Video Analysis. Bibliography. Index.

Experiencing the Past: Computer Graphics in Archaeology. Using Digital 3D Models for Study and Restoration of Cultural Heritage Artifacts.

Processing Sampled 3D Data: Reconstruction and Visualization Technologies. ARC3D: A Public Web Service that Turns Photos into 3D Models. Accurate and Detailed Image-Based 3D Documentation of Large Sites and Complex Objects. Digitizing the Parthenon: Estimating Surface Reflectance under Measured Natural Illumination. Applications of Spectral Imaging and Reproduction to Cultural Heritage. Did Early Renaissance Painters Trace Optically Projected Images? The Conclusion of Independent Scientists, Art Historians, and Artists. A Computer Analysis of the Mirror in Hans Memling’s Virgin and Child and Maarten van Nieuwenhove. Virtual Restoration of Antique Books and Photographs. Advances in Automated Restoration of Archived Video.

Computational Analysis of Archaeological Ceramic Vessels and Their Fragments.

Catalog no. K11443, March 2011, 280 pp.

ISBN: 978-1-4398-2935-6, $79.95 / £49.99 Also available as an eBook

Catalog no. K11154, May 2011, c. 555 pp.

ISBN: 978-1-4398-2173-2, $139.95 / £89.00

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Signal & Image Processing

New!

Super-Resolution Imaging

Shape Classification and Analysis Theory and Practice, Second Edition Luciano da Fona Costa

Edited by

Peyman Milanfar

Cybernetic Vision Research

University of California, Santa Cruz, USA

Roberto Marcond Cesar, Jr.

This book presents a definitive overview of image and video super-resolution imaging.

Leading researchers survey state-of-the-art techniques and discuss medical, military, and remote-sensing applications. The book spans a wide range of modern super-resolution imaging methods, including variational, Bayesian, feature-based, multi-channel, learning-based, locally adaptive, and nonparametric methods. Each detailed chapter covers the implementations and applications of super-resolution imaging.

This new edition addresses computational characterization and classification of biological shapes, such as cells, tissues, organs, and organisms. It presents techniques that can be used in any computer vision application, including optical character recognition and face recognition, and discusses automatic classification of biological shapes using pattern recognition techniques.

This edition includes new chapters on 3D shape characterization, shape analysis and data mining, dynamic shape analysis, and structural shape recognition. Software, videos, and more can be accessed on the authors’ website.

Catalog no. K11018, January 2011, 490 pp.

ISBN: 978-1-4398-1930-2, $139.95 / £89.00 Also available as an eBook

University of Sao Paulo, Brazil

Catalog no. 7929, 2009, 685 pp.

ISBN: 978-0-8493-7929-1, $133.95 / £85.00 Also available as an eBook

Image Processing with MATLAB® Principles of Speech Coding

Applications in Medicine and Biology

Tokunbo Ogunfunmi

Omer Demirkaya

Santa Clara University, California, USA

Madihally Narasimha

King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Qualcomm, Inc., Santa Clara, California, and Stanford University, California, USA

Musa Hakan Asyali

Offering a detailed yet easily accessible introduction to the field, Principles of Speech Coding provides an in-depth examination of the underlying signal processing techniques that are used in speech coding. The authors present speech coding standards from various organizations, including the ITU. With a focus on applications such as Voice-over-IP telephony, this comprehensive text demonstrates the practical implementation of a popular standardized speech coder on a DSP processor and covers the most recent research findings.

University of Louisville, Kentucky, USA

Catalog no. 7428, 2010, 381 pp.

ISBN: 978-0-8493-7428-9, $99.95 / £39.99 Also available as an eBook

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Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey

Prasanna K. Sahoo This text explains complex, theory-laden topics in image processing through real-world examples and MATLAB® algorithms. The authors emphasize three-dimensional processing and analysis as well as statistical and stochastic modeling. They cover the new areas of nonlinear diffusion filtering and PDE-based image filtering, address relatively advanced topics, such as Markov random field-based image segmentation, and highlight applications with images from medicine and biology.

Catalog no. 9246, 2009, 451 pp.

ISBN: 978-0-8493-9246-7, $102.95 / £45.99 Also available as an eBook

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Signal & Image Processing New!

Digital Image Processing and Analysis Human and Computer Vision Applications with CVIPtools Second Edition Scott E Umbaugh Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, USA

Suitable as a practical tutorial for professional engineers as well as for digital image processing and computer vision courses, this new edition of Computer Imaging has been renamed to reflect the field’s rapid growth. More comprehensive and adding color throughout, this edition continues to take the engineering approach that sets it apart from other texts. It combines image processing and analysis into a unified framework, a useful paradigm for human and computer vision applications. The book’s applications-oriented nature is enhanced by coverage of the CVIP software tools, which are available on the accompanying CD-ROM.

Features • Combines image processing and analysis into the unified framework that is necessary for understanding both human and computer vision applications • Integrates theoretical material with an engineering approach • Uses color throughout and adds more materials on the processing of color images • Presents a new chapter on applications • Includes two new major CVIP tools on CD-ROM, which allow for batch processing, the analysis of imaging algorithms, and the overall research and development of imaging applications

Selected Contents: Introduction to Digital Image Processing and Analysis. Digital Image Analysis and Computer Vision. Digital Image Processing and Human Vision. Programming and Application Development with CVIPtools. Appendices.

Catalog no. K10112, January 2011, 977 pp.

ISBN: 978-1-4398-0205-2, $119.95 / £76.99 Also available as an eBook

New!

Computational Photography Methods and Applications Edited by

Rastislav Lukac Foveon, Inc./Sigma Corp., San Jose, California, USA

Computational photography refers broadly to imaging techniques that enhance or extend the capabilities of digital photography. This new and rapidly developing research field has evolved from computer vision, image processing, computer graphics, and applied optics.

Elucidating cutting-edge advances and applications in digital imaging, camera image processing, and computational photography, this book provides a strong, fundamental understanding of theory and methods. With a focus on related research challenges, it offers a foundation upon which to build solutions for many of today’s most interesting and challenging computational imaging problems.

Features • Details recent advances in image processingdriven computational photography • Explains the latest techniques, algorithms, and solutions for digital image processing • Provides comprehensive coverage of system design, implementation, and application aspects of computational imaging • Explores new digital image and video processing applications • Presents numerous examples, illustrations, online access to full-color results, and tables summarizing results from quantitative studies

Selected Contents: Single Capture Image Fusion. Single Capture Image Fusion with Motion Consideration.

Lossless Compression of Bayer Color Filter Array Images. Color Restoration and Enhancement in the Compressed Domain.

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Catalog no. K10907, January 2011, 564 pp.

ISBN: 978-1-4398-1749-0, $129.95 / £82.00 Also available as an eBook

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Modeling & Simulation New!

A First Course in Differential Equations, Modeling, and Simulation

System Modeling and Control with ResourceOriented Petri Nets Naiqi Wu

Carlos A. Smith and Scott W. Campbell

Guangdong University of Technology, People’s Republic of China

University of South Florida, Tampa, USA

MengChu Zhou

Emphasizing a practical approach for engineers and scientists, this text avoids overly theoretical explanations and shows readers how differential equations arise from applying basic physical principles and experimental observations to engineering systems. It also covers classical methods for obtaining the analytical solution of differential equations and Laplace transforms. In addition, the authors discuss how these equations describe mathematical systems and how to use software to solve sets of equations where analytical solutions cannot be obtained.

Numerical values are provided in all examples and problems.

Features • Teaches how to model engineering systems • Reviews the necessary physics material • Explores how to obtain the analytical solution of differential equations using actual physical systems • Discusses how the roots of the characteristic equation provide the qualitative nature of the response of any systems • Explains how to use simulation software • Provides numerical values in all examples and problems

Selected Contents: Introduction. Objects in a Gravitational Field.

Classical Solutions of Ordinary Linear Differential Equations. Laplace Transforms.

Mechanical Systems: Translational. Mechanical Systems: Rotational. Mass Balances. Thermal Systems. Electrical Systems. Numerical Simulation. Index.

Catalog no. K12318, May 2011, c. 345 pp.

ISBN: 978-1-4398-5087-9, $89.95 / £57.99

New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, USA

This book introduces the authors’ resource-oriented Petri net (ROPN) model that can reduce model size and facilitate effective modeling, analysis, and control of automated and reconfigurable manufacturing systems. The authors present proven theories and methodologies for implementing cost- and time-saving improvements to contemporary manufacturing systems. They supply effective tools for deadlock avoidance, including deadlock-free routing and scheduling. They also include simple and complex industrial manufacturing system examples to illustrate time-tested concepts, theories, and approaches for solving real-life application problems.

Catalog no. K10436, 2010, 312 pp.

ISBN: 978-1-4398-0884-9, $102.95 / £65.99 Also available as an eBook

Modeling and Simulation of Systems Using MATLAB® and Simulink® Devendra K. Chaturvedi Dayalbagh Educational Institute, India

This text provides comprehensive coverage of all the important aspects of modeling and simulating both physical and conceptual systems.

Various real-life examples show how simulation plays a key role in understanding actual systems.

The author presents a step-by-step procedure for modeling using top-down, bottom-up, and middle-out approaches. He develops models for complex systems and reduces their order so they can be applied effectively in online applications.

The accompanying CD-ROM includes simulation code in MATLAB® and Simulink®.

Catalog no. K10335, 2010, 733 pp.

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Modeling & Simulation New!

Discrete-Event Modeling and Simulation Theory and Applications

Discrete-Event Modeling and Simulation A Practitioner’s Approach

Edited by

Gabriel A. Wainer

Gabriel A. Wainer

Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Pieter J. Mosterman MathWorks, Natick, Massachusetts, USA, and McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Collecting the work of the foremost scientists in the field, this book presents the state of the art in modeling discrete-event systems using the discrete-event system specification (DEVS) approach. It introduces the latest advances, recent extensions of formal techniques, and realworld examples of various applications, including optical network-on-chip, construction/building design, process control, workflow systems, and environmental models. The book employs DEVS as a unifying framework for computational modeling and as a formal foundation for model-driven engineering. It covers DEVS standardization as well as the theory of discreteevent modeling and simulation.

Through a practical applications approach, this work provides a guide to the creation of discrete-event applications. In addition to offering hundreds of online examples, the book uses the CD++ tool, an open-source framework that enables the simulation of discrete-event models with specialized support for cellular models. It demonstrates how to use CD++ to develop simulation models and define a variety of uses in different areas, such as biology, chemistry, and several artificial systems

Features • Demonstrates how to build simulation software • Provides open source software, with hundreds of examples available online

Features

• Discusses the visualization of simulation models

• Employs DEVS as a unifying framework for computational modeling and as a formal foundation for model-driven engineering

• Details the design and implementation of discrete-event simulators

• Introduces the theory of discrete-event modeling and simulation • Shows how DEVS tools are increasingly used in manufacturing modeling, systems biology, and more • Covers a broad spectrum of applications that highlight successful DEVS use • Contains a number of chapters on DEVS standardization • Incorporates contributions from the world’s leading experts, including Bernard P. Zeigler, the creator of the DEVS formalism

Selected Contents: Foreword. Theory. Methodology and Tools.

Applications. Standardization. Index.

Selected Contents: Introduction to Discrete-Events Systems. The DEVS Formalism. The Cell-DEVS Formalism.

Introduction to the CD++ Toolkit. Modeling Simple DEVS and Cell-DEVS Models in CD++.

Generic Discrete-Event Systems. Mapping Other Techniques into DEVS Models. Models in Biology and Medicine. Models in Defense and Emergency Planning. Models in Architecture and Construction. Models in Environmental Sciences. Models in Physics and Chemistry.

Models of Artificial Systems. Models of Urban Traffic. Building DEVS Simulators. CD++ Visualization Facilities.

Catalog no. 53361, 2009, 520 pp.

ISBN: 978-1-4200-5336-4, $102.95 / £65.99 Also available as an eBook

Catalog no. 72331, January 2011, 534 pp.

ISBN: 978-1-4200-7233-4, $129.95 / £82.00 Also available as an eBook

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Communications

New!

RFID Design Fundamentals and Applications Albert Lozano-Nieto Pennsylvania State University, Lehman, USA

Exploring fundamental principles in the design and characterization of RFID technologies, this book provides a systematic approach to studying the different components that constitute the RFID system. It discusses types of antennas used in transponders, individual transponder parts, memory structure and logic circuits, antennas for RFID interrogators, types of modulation, and the organization and characteristics of commercially available transponders. The book also examines communication links, modes of operation for transponders operating at different frequencies, principles of arbitration and anti-collision, and various commands used by transponders.

Features • Focuses on the hardware components, design, and inner working principles of the system itself • Contains multiple design examples for the different parts that make up an RFID system • Uses detailed specifications from chip manufacturers • Describes systems operating in the LF and HF ranges, in addition to the more widely addressed UHF

Selected Contents: Basic Principles of Radiofrequency Identification. Antennas for RFID Transponders.

Transponders. Antennas for Interrogators.

Interrogators. Interrogator Communication and Control. The Air Communication Link.

Commands for Transponders.

Catalog no. 91255, January 2011, 283 pp.

ISBN: 978-1-4200-9125-0, $99.95 / £63.99 Also available as an eBook

Nanotechnology for Telecommunications Edited by

Sohail Anwar, M. Yasin Akhtar Raja, Salahuddin Qazi, and Mohammad Ilyas Nanotechnology is set to have a profound impact on telecommunications, leading to easier convergence of related technologies, massive storage data, compact storage devices, and higher performance computing. Nanotechnology for Telecommunications covers research and developmental issues as well as future directions of MEMS and nanotechnology as they apply to telecommunications. It discusses the impact of nanotechnology on devices such as photonic crystals lasers, light emitters, and sensors. The book also discusses the challenges associated with the system integration of nano-, micro-, and macro-components in component modules and telecommunication networks.

Catalog no. 53256, 2010, 453 pp.

ISBN: 978-1-4200-5325-8, $99.95 / £63.99 Also available as an eBook

New!

Performance Evaluation of Computer and Communication Systems Jean-Yves Le Boudec Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL)

This book is written for computer engineers and scientists active in the development of software and hardware systems. It supplies the understanding and tools needed to effectively evaluate the performance of individual computer and communication systems. The book covers the theoretical foundations of the field as well as specific software packages being employed by leaders in the field.

Catalog no. N10300, February 2011, 300 pp.

ISBN: 978-1-4398-4992-7, $99.95 / £63.99 Also available as an eBook

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Communications New!

Communication Architectures for Systemson-Chip

New!

Fixed Mobile Convergence Handbook

Edited by

Edited by

José L. Ayala

Syed A. Ahson

Complutense University of Madrid, Spain

Microsoft Corporation, Bellevue, Washington, USA

This volume covers the current communication architectures that are implemented in manufactured systems-on-chip as well as those that are being proposed to overcome the existing limitations. It addresses well-established communication buses and less-common networks-on-chip, along with modern technologies that propose the use of carbon nanotubes and optical links to speed up data transfer and increase both security levels and quality of service. The book also explores on-chip transaction security involving critical information and the mechanisms to protect from an external attack, examining different communication protocols and their impact on system performance.

Mohammad Ilyas

Features • Includes a comprehensive study of state-of-the-art communication architectures for systems-on-chip

Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, USA

From basic concepts to future directions, this handbook provides technical information on all aspects of fixed-mobile convergence (FMC). It explains integrated management architecture, business trends and strategic implications for service providers, personal area networks, mobile controlled handover methods, SIP-based session mobility, and supervisory and notification aggregator service.

The text also examines the technology, services, networks, and users of the FMC industry from multiple perspectives. Case studies are used to illustrate technical and systematic implementation of unified and rationalized Internet access by fixed-mobile network convergence.

Features

• Offers a practical review of industry standards and manufactured implementations

• Details the approach to eliminate the vertical silo structure and transform into a horizontallayered architecture

• Surveys more recent approaches and technologies to convey industry developments and trends

• Discusses implementation of global standardization frameworks, such as IEEE 802.21

• Presents case studies to aid designers’ conception of new architectures

• Describes an authentication method aimed at providing consistent security communications in FMC environments

• Provides chapter-end conclusions, glossaries, bibliographies, and a list of references

Selected Contents: Introduction. Communication Buses. NoC Architectures. Quality-of-Service in NoCs. Emerging Interconnect Technologies. HeTERO: Hybrid Topology Exploration for RF based On Chip Networks. Intra-/Inter-Chip Optical Communications. Security Issues in SoC Communication.

Catalog no. K11940, March 2011, 449 pp.

ISBN: 978-1-4398-4170-9, $109.95 / £69.99 Also available as an eBook

• Explores the principal classes of stakeholders who participate in the FMC industry and explains how network integration benefits consumers • Provides case studies to illustrate technical and systematic implementation of Internet access via FMC • Addresses such issues as candidate network discovery, call admission control, secure context transfer, and power management for multimode terminals Catalog no. 91700, January 2011, 492 pp.

ISBN: 978-1-4200-9170-0, $139.95 / £89.00 Also available as an eBook

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Nano & Microelectonics New!

New!

Designing Network On-Chip Architectures in the Nanoscale Era

VLSI Micro- and Nanophotonics

Edited by

El-Hang Lee, Louay A. Eldada, Manijeh Razeghi, and Chennupati Jagadish

Jose Flich Technical University of Valencia, Spain

Davide Bertozzi University of Ferrara, Italy

“… a timely and welcome addition to the wide spectrum of available NoC literature … above and beyond a simple overview of research ideas and/or design experiences. The book covers indepth architectural and implementation concepts and gives clear guidelines on how to design the key network components. … [it] teaches some hard lessons from the design trenches. … The editors put enormous effort in orchestrating the content for uniformity and in minimizing overlaps between chapters, while maintaining a solid logical flow. … a much needed ‘how-to’ guide and an ideal stepping stone for the next ten years of NoC evolution.”

—From the Foreword by Luca Benini, Università di Bologna and STMicroelectronics, Italy

This volume provides a how-to guide for designers of current NoCs as well as designers involved with 2015 computing platforms. It cohesively brings together fundamental design issues, alternative design paradigms and techniques, and the main design tradeoffs—consistently focusing on topics most pertinent to real-world NoC designers.

Features • Presents the foundations of NoC technology, emphasizing industrial applicability • Covers established and alternative design principles and guidelines • Explores design techniques that meet the requirements of emerging research and development, such as vertical integration and variation-tolerant design • Illustrates the techniques through real design examples, including those from the semiconductor industry in the CMP and MPSoC domains

Science, Technology, and Applications Edited by

Addressing the growing demand for larger capacity in information technology, this book explores the science and technology of micro/nano-scale photonics and integration for broad-scale and chip-scale very large scale integration (VLSI) photonics. Quite possibly the first book to focus on VLSI photonics, it discusses various technological and scientific issues as well as evolutionary and revolutionary challenges, including miniaturization, interconnection, and integration of photonic devices at micron, submicron, and nanometer scales.

With its “disruptive creativity” and unparalleled coverage of the photonics revolution in information technology, the text offers a comprehensive overview of the science and engineering of micro/nanophotonics and photonic integration.

It presents a full perspective from an integration viewpoint, covering the benefits and advantages of VLSI-scale photonic integration.

Selected Contents: Introduction. Scientific and Engineering Issues.

Integrated Photonic Technologies: Microring Structures. Integrated Photonic Technologies: Photonic Crystals and Integrated Circuits.

Integrated Photonic Technologies: Plasmonics and Integration. Integrated Photonic Technologies: Quantum Devices and Integration. Integrated Photonic Technologies: Planar Lightwave Circuits. Integrated Photonic Technologies: Optical-Printed Circuit Boards.

Technologies for Emerging Applications: Renewable Energy Generation. Technologies for Emerging Applications: Photonic DNA Computing. Technologies for Emerging Applications: Sensing Applications. Index.

Catalog no. DK4378, January 2011, 632 pp.

ISBN: 978-1-57444-729-3, $139.95 / £89.00 Also available as an eBook

Catalog no. K11679, January 2011, 528 pp.

ISBN: 978-1-4398-3710-8, $99.95 / £63.99 Also available as an eBook

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Nano & Microelectonics Coming soon!

Coming soon!

Computational Nanotechnology

Systems Engineering for Micro and Nano Scale Technologies

Modeling and Applications with MATLAB® Edited by

Ann Garrison Darrin

Sarhan M. Musa

Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, Maryland, USA

Prairie View A&M University, Houston, Texas, USA

Exploring the challenges and opportunities associated with the development of next-generation nanoscale computational nanotechnology, this book covers a broad range of technical information, research ideas, and practical knowledge regarding applications in this area. It presents a thought-provoking perspective on the developments that are poised to revolutionize the field, including both existing and future nanotechnology applications.

Features • Includes numerous MATLAB® codes and mathematical formulae that can be used in computational nanotechnology • Covers computational methods associated with molecular magnetism and semiconductor quantum dots as well as the modeling of nanoparticles • Deals with micromagnetics and finite element analysis of nano-sized magnetic materials • Addresses system-level modeling of N/MEMS and numerical integration for continuum equations of surface growth and erosion • Explores configuration optimizations and photophysics simulations of single-wall nanotubes of carbon, silicon-carbide, and carbon-nitride • Presents MATLAB applications in behavioral analysis of systems and in nanoscale transistor modeling

Selected Contents: Introduction to Computational Methods in Nanotechnology. Computational Modeling of Nanoparticles. Micromagnetics: Finite Element Analysis of Nano-Sized Magnetic Materials Using MATLAB. System-Level Modeling of N/MEMS.

Janet L. Barth NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA

Micro-scale and nano-scale technology developments have the potential to revolutionize smart and small systems. The application of systemsengineering methodologies that integrate standalone, small-scale technologies and interface them with macro-technologies to build useful systems is critical to realizing the potential of these technologies.

Contributing to the knowledge base on SE principles for micro- and nano-technology integration, this book offers new approaches for developing smart systems. Along with exploring future trends, it provides practical knowledge about the capabilities of micro- and nanotechnologies and how they interface with each other and with macro systems. Examples and applications are included from various engineering disciplines.

Selected Contents: Introduction. Introduction to Systems Engineering Principles. Systems Engineering at the Micro-Nano Scale. Systems Engineering in Technology Development Phases. From Macro to Micro: Understanding Scaling in the Small World. Introduction to MEMS. Introduction to Nanotechnologies. Micro Electro Mechanical Systems and Systems Engineering. Nano Scale Systems—Bottom Up Assembly. Nano Scale Systems—Top Down Assembly. Modeling and Simulation in the Small World. Interface Controls and Risk Studies for Micro-Nano Scale.

Interfacing the Macro and Micro—A Hardware and Risk Perspective. Developing Protocols in Quality and Reliability. Vision for the Future.

Catalog no. K11692, September 2011, c. 432 pp.

ISBN: 978-1-4398-3732-0, $129.95 / £82.00

Catalog no. K11943, July 2011, c. 598 pp.

ISBN: 978-1-4398-4176-1, $139.95 / £89.00

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Nano & Microelectonics Computational Electronics Semi-Classical and Quantum Device Modeling and Simulation D. Vasileska and S.M. Goodnick Arizona State University, Tempe, USA

Nanoparticle Engineering for ChemicalMechanical Planarization Fabrication of Next-Generation Nanodevices

G. Klimeck

Ungyu Paik and Jea-Gun Park

Birck Nanotechnology Center, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA

Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea

Covering classical and quantum transport approaches, this work examines simulation methods for proper modeling of nanoscale devices. The first part of the text is dedicated to semiclassical transport methods. Details regarding numerical implementation and sample code are provided as templates for sophisticated simulation software. With a focus on quantum transport approaches, the second part introduces the density gradient method and quantum hydrodynamics.

Catalog no. 64835, 2010, 782 pp.

ISBN: 978-1-4200-6483-4, $119.95 / £49.99 Also available as an eBook

Electronic devices with high performance and efficiency can be realized through the advent of nanoparticle technology. This book explains the physicochemical properties of nanoparticles according to each step in the chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) process, including dielectric CMP, shallow trend isolation CMP, metal CMP, poly isolation CMP, and noble metal CMP. The authors provide a detailed guide to nanoparticle engineering of novel CMP slurry for next-generation nanoscale devices below the 60nm design rule.

New!

Catalog no. 59114, 2009, 221 pp.

ISBN: 978-1-4200-5911-3, $154.95 / £99.00 Also available as an eBook

Integration with Silicon-Based Microelectronics

Quantum Error Correction and Fault Tolerant Quantum Computing

Edited by

Frank Gaitan

Tingkai Li, Michael Mastro, and Armin Dadgar

Laboratory for Physical Sciences, College Park, Maryland, USA

III–V Compound Semiconductors

A discussion of recent advances, this book covers the scientific and technological exploration of the applications, properties, and processes of GaN, GaAs, and other III-V compound semiconductor devices within Si-based technology. It covers fundamental material properties and materials integration as well as demonstration and industrial devices. The book also contains discussions of materials and devices, including their basic physical and chemical properties, their mechanisms, how to measure their properties, and how to fabricate them.

Catalog no. K10780, January 2011, 603 pp.

ISBN: 978-1-4398-1522-9, $159.95 / £99.00 Also available as an eBook

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The discovery of quantum error correction ten years ago led to explosive development and research within the field of quantum computation. This book provides a careful explanation of how quantum error correction is possible and how quantum stabilizer codes are constructed.

Using examples throughout, the book demonstrates how fault-tolerant quantum operations can be implemented on encoded quantum information. It presents the accuracy threshold theorem for particular noise models and includes extensive references and homework problems in each chapter.

Catalog no. 7199, 2008, 312 pp.

ISBN: 978-0-8493-7199-8, $102.95 / £48.99 Also available as an eBook

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Circuits & Devices The Circuits and Filters Handbook Third Edition (Five-Volume Set) Edited by

Wai-Kai Chen Retired, Freemont, California, USA

In its third edition, this groundbreaking bestseller surveys current accomplishments in the field while providing researchers and designers with the comprehensive detail they need for continued research and design. All five volumes have been extensively updated to provide current information in the fields of analog and digital circuits and filters.

With contributions from more than 150 leading international experts, the set includes key mathematical formulas, concepts, definitions, and derivatives required by those involved with cuttingedge research and design. It eschews extensively detailed theory to concentrate on professional applications with numerous examples provided throughout. The set also includes more than 2500 illustrations and hundreds of references.

Catalog no. 55275, 2009, 3364 pp., ISBN: 978-1-4200-5527-6, $205.95 / £131.00 Also available as an eBook

Also available as individual volumes Fundamentals of Circuits and Filters Focusing on mathematics basics; circuit elements, devices, and their models; and linear circuit analysis, this volume examines Laplace transformation, Fourier methods for signal analysis and processing, z-transform, and wavelet transforms. New sections cover operational and high-frequency amplifiers, frequency-domain methods, and symbolic analysis.

Catalog no. 58878, 2009, 925 pp.

ISBN: 978-1-4200-5887-1, $102.95 / £65.99 Also available as an eBook

Passive, Active, and Digital Filters This volume provides an introduction to the characteristics of analog filters and a review of the design process and the tasks that need to be undertaken to translate a set of filter specifications into a working prototype. It covers the basic building blocks involved in low- and highorder filters, limitations and practical design considerations, and a brief discussion of low-voltage circuit design.

Catalog no. 58851, 2009, 836 pp.

ISBN: 978-1-4200-5885-7, $102.95 / £65.99 Also available as an eBook

Analog and VLSI Circuits This book contains four new sections covering such topics as RF communication circuits and digital systems.

With a focus on analog integrated circuits, the first part presents monolithic device models, analog circuit cells, high performance analog circuits, RF communication circuits, and PLL circuits. The second half of the book offers findings on VLSI circuits, including digital systems, data converters, and systolic arrays.

Catalog no. 58916, 2009, 702 pp.

ISBN: 978-1-4200-5891-8, $102.95 / £65.99 Also available as an eBook

Feedback, Nonlinear, and Distributed Circuits A complete discussion of feedback amplifier theory and configurations, this book covers a wide range of approximation techniques and circuit design styles for discreet and monolithic circuits. It then explores circuit modeling in the frequency domain of uniform MTL based on the Telegrapher’s equations and frequency and time domain experimental characterization techniques for uniform and nonuniform multiconductor structures.

Catalog no. 58819, 2009, 466 pp.

ISBN: 978-1-4200-5881-9 $102.95 / £65.99 Also available as an eBook

Computer Aided Design and Design Automation This volume addresses the modeling of circuit performances, symbolic analysis methods, numerical analysis methods, design by optimization, statistical design optimization, and physical design automation. It also covers RF CAD, high performance simulation, formal verification, RTK behavioral synthesis, system-level design, an Internet-based micro-electronic design automation framework, performance modeling, and embedded computing systems design.

Catalog no. 59181, 2009, 435 pp.

ISBN: 978-1-4200-5918-2 $102.95 / £65.99 Also available as an eBook

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Embedded Systems Embedded Multiprocessors Scheduling and Synchronization, Second Edition Sundararajan Sriram Texas Instruments, Palo Alto, California, USA

Shuvra S. Bhattacharyya University of Maryland, College Park, USA

“… examples are given that concretely demonstrate how these concepts can be applied in practical hardware architectures. Moreover, there is very little overlap with other books on parallel processing. … I believe that this book defines a new discipline. It gives a systematic approach to problems that engineers previously have been able to tackle only in an ad hoc manner.”

Multi-Core Embedded Systems Edited by

Georgios Kornaros TEI of Crete, Greece

With numerous case studies, this volume presents an introduction to the fundamental aspects of developing modem embedded systems utilizing many cores. It provides insight into the main problems, limitations, possibilities and future growth. The book also covers hardware and software resource management, multithreading, and multi-core programming challenges.

Review questions and a bibliography are included at the end of each chapter.

—Edward A. Lee, University of California, Berkeley, USA

Features

Showing how to design multiprocessor computer systems that are streamlined for multimedia applications, this work presents architectures and design methodologies for parallel systems in embedded DSP applications. Along with several examples of practical applications, it provides unique techniques for optimizing communication and synchronization. This second edition updates the background material on existing embedded multiprocessors and summarizes the research on dataflow models for signal processing that has been carried out since the publication of the first edition.

• Addresses the trend of customizing with application-specific integrated processors (ASIPs) and application-specific MPSoCs

Selected Contents: Application-Specific Multiprocessors.

Background Terminology and Notation.

DSP-Oriented Dataflow Models of Computation. Multiprocessor Scheduling Models. IPC-Conscious Scheduling Algorithms.

The Ordered-Transactions Strategy. Analysis of the Ordered-Transactions Strategy. Extending the OMA Architecture. Synchronization in SelfTimed Systems. Resynchronization. LatencyConstrained Resynchronization. Integrated Synchronization Optimization. Future Research Directions. Bibliography. Index.

Catalog no. 48015, 2009, 380 pp.

ISBN: 978-1-4200-4801-8, $133.95 / £85.00 Also available as an eBook

• Covers system-level power analysis of SoC and on-chip communications • Details how to produce a high-level environment for debugging SoCs at various levels of abstraction and execution granularities • Presents case studies on the importance of efficient interconnect and successful automated methodologies

Selected Contents: Multi-Core Architectures for Embedded Systems. Application-Specific Customizable Embedded Systems, Power Optimization in Multi-Core System-on-Chip. Routing Algorithms for Irregular Mesh-Based Networkon-Chip. Debugging Multi-Core Systems-onChip. System-Level Tools for NoC-Based Multi-Core Design. Compiler Techniques for Application Level Memory Optimization.

8 Programming Models for Multi-Core Embedded Software. Operating System Support for Multi-Core Systems-on-Chips.

Autonomous Power Management in Embedded Multi-Cores. Multi-Core System-on-Chip in Real-World Products. Embedded Multi-Core Processing for Networking. Index.

Catalog no. K10585, 2010, 501 pp.

ISBN: 978-1-4398-1161-0, $139.95 / £89.00 Also available as an eBook

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Embedded Systems New! Coming soon!

Time-Triggered Communication Edited by

Roman Obermaisser Vienna University of Technology, Austria

Presenting key concepts, properties, and algorithms, this book offers a conceptual foundation of time-triggered communication. Contributions from experts help readers understand the various time-triggered communication protocols, including their differences and commonalities.

Communication protocols covered include TTP, FlexRay, TTEthemet, SAFEbus, TTCAN, and LIN. Protocols range from low-cost time-triggered fieldbus networks to ultra-reliable time-triggered networks for safety-critical applications. The text also presents information about the use of FlexRay in cars, TTP in railway and avionic systems, and TTEthemet in aerospace applications.

Features • Addresses cross-domain applications, including automotive, aerospace, and railway • Uses industrial applications to demonstrate the application of time-triggered communication and the importance of properties • Evaluates the advantages and disadvantages of time-triggered communication • Covers the most significant protocols, including FlexRay, TTE, and TTCAN

Real-Time Embedded Systems Optimization, Synthesis, and Networking Meikang Qiu and Jiayin Li University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA

Taking a systems-level approach, this book describes the three major trends in current embedded system design. It examines optimization in terms of scheduling algorithms in multicore embedded systems and describes synthesislevel scheduling algorithms for phase change memory and scratch pad memory as well as thermal-aware multiprocessor synthesis technology. The book also explores scheduling in a wireless sensor network and cloud computing.

Features • Highlights the three major trends in current embedded system design: optimization, synthesis, and networking • Examines optimization in terms of scheduling algorithms in multi-core embedded systems, safeguards against inaccurate information, and the challenges of heterogeneous optimization • Describes synthesis-level scheduling algorithms for phase change memory and scratch pad memory

• Provides a theoretical foundation as well as real-world case studies and examples

• Looks at networking with a focus on scheduling in a wireless sensor network and cloud computing

Selected Contents:

Selected Contents:

Basic Concepts and Principles of TimeTriggered Communication. Properties of Time-Triggered Communication Systems. Core Algorithms. Time-Triggered Communication Protocols. Industrial Applications. Development Tools.

Introduction to Real-Time Embedded Systems.

Optimization for Real-Time Embedded Systems.

Multi-Core Embedded Systems Design.

Resource Allocation with Inaccurate Information. Heterogeneous Parallel Computing. Scheduling for Phase Change Memory with Scratch Pad Memory. Task Scheduling in Multiprocessor to Reduce Peak Temperature. Networked Sensing and Monitoring Systems. Battery-Aware Scheduling for Wireless Sensor Network. Adaptive Resource Allocation in Cloud Systems. Bibliography.

Catalog no. K12092, August 2011, c. 541 pp.

ISBN: 978-1-4398-4661-2, $129.95 / £82.00

Catalog no. K10914, May 2011, c. 240 pp.

ISBN: 978-1-4398-1760-5, $99.95 / £63.99

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Computer Languages

Model-Based Design for Embedded Systems Gabriela Nicolescu Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Pieter J. Mosterman MathWorks, Natick, Massachusetts, USA, and McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

A compilation of work from internationally renowned authors, Model-Based Design for Embedded Systems elaborates on related practices and addresses the main facets of heterogeneous system design. Illustrating a broad and diverse spectrum of applications in the automotive, aerospace, health care, consumer electronics industries, the book provides designers with readily adaptable modeling solutions for their own practice. Each chapter presents cutting-edge results that have helped establish model-based design and continue to expand its parameters.

Catalog no. 67842, 2010, 766 pp.

ISBN: 978-1-4200-6784-2, $144.95 / £92.00 Also available as an eBook

What Every Engineer Should Know About Developing Real-Time Embedded Products Kim R. Fowler Consultant, Windsor Mill, Maryland, USA

Classical FORTRAN Programming for Engineering and Scientific Applications, Second Edition Michael Kupferschmid Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, USA

This text teaches learn how to write computer programs in the Classical dialect of the FORTRAN language. Along with numerous updates and revisions throughout, this second edition includes an additional case study on file I/O, new sections on CPU timing on Pentium processors, and more information about the g77 compiler and Linux.

Features • Requires no previous background in programming • Illustrates a practical, systematic approach to program design and construction • Devotes a chapter to program development in the Unix environment • Explains the measurement and optimization of execution speed as well as several methods for parallel processing • Describes traditional FORTRAN memory management techniques • Covers archaic, unusual, and dangerous usages, providing practical advice on how to deal with troublesome legacy codes • Contains a selection of handy utility routines and end-of-chapter exercises

Selected Contents:

Developing real-time embedded products requires understanding the interaction between different disciplines, such as circuit design, power, cooling, packaging, software, and the human interface. This book provides the knowledge and insight needed to evaluate self-contained embedded systems and understand the interactions between subsystems. Real-world case studies illustrate each topic in the text and offer a clear guide for preparing and developing project plans. The book also offers downloadable schedule and estimation templates.

Hello, World! Expressions and Assignment Statements. Conditionals and Branching. Scalar Data Types. Arrays and DO Loops.

Subprograms. Adjustable Dimensions and EXTERNAL. COMMON. Input and Output.

Character Variables. Memory Management Techniques. Design, Documentation, and Coding Style. Archaic, Unusual, and Dangerous Usages. UNIX Issues. Measuring and Maximizing Serial Execution Speed. Vector and Parallel Processing. Modern Fortran and HPF. Some Utility Routines. Bibliography. Index.

Catalog no. 7959, 2008, 496 pp., Soft Cover ISBN: 978-0-8493-7959-8, $57.95 / £36.99 Also available as an eBook

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Computer Languages

ARM Assembly Language Fundamentals and Techniques William Hohl ARM, Inc, Austin, Texas, USA

Assuming some background in high-level programming, this work focuses on compiling for ARM and explores situations that programmers will ultimately encounter. An evaluation version of the RealView Microcontroller Development Kit from Keil accompanies the text.

Features • Presents text, diagrams, and training materials produced by ARM • Reviews computing systems in general, with a brief history of ARM included in the discussion of RISC architecture • Details load and store instructions as well as methods for passing parameters to functions • Covers all required arithmetic operations, including an optional section on fractional notation • Provides a summary of all of the Version 4T instructions • Supplies a wide range of invaluable case studies and examples throughout the text, in addition to a wealth of material available online • Provides access to a fully functional evaluation version of the RealView Microcontroller Development Kit

Computer Arithmetic and Verilog HDL Fundamentals Joseph Cavanagh Santa Clara University, California, USA

“… a very large work on the topics of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. … The student who completes a course based on this work will have achieved a great deal. Summing Up: Recommended.”

—CHOICE, June 2010 Comprehensive and self-contained, this text covers the design of various arithmetic circuits using Verilog HDL for fixed-point, decimal, and floating-point number representations. It contains examples using different algorithms for both combinational and clocked sequential arithmetic circuits. The text presents topics in computer arithmetic and features Verilog HDL projects to illustrate complete functional design operation. All designs are carried through to completion.

Features • Illustrates the design module, the test bench module, outputs obtained from simulation, and the waveforms obtained from simulation • Offers the complete Verilog code for download for all examples • Compares conventional methods with Verilog HDL

Selected Contents:

An Overview of Computing Systems. The ARM7 TDMI Programmer’s Model. First Programs. Assembler Rules and Directives.

Loads, Stores and Addressing. Constants and Literal Pools. Logic and Arithmetic. Loops and Branches. Tables. Subroutines and Stacks.

Exception Handling. Memory-Mapped Peripherals. Thumb. Mixing C and Assembly.

Appendices.

Number Systems and Number Representations.

Logic Design Fundamentals. Introduction to Verilog HDL. Fixed-Point Addition. Fixed-Point Subtraction. Fixed-Point Multiplication. FixedPoint Division. Decimal Addition. Decimal Subtraction. Decimal Multiplication. Decimal Division. Floating-Point Addition. Floating-Point Subtraction. Floating-Point Multiplication.

Floating-Point Division. Additional FloatingPoint Topics. Additional Topics in Computer Arithmetic. Appendices. Index.

Catalog no. K10302, 2009, 371 pp.

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Computer Systems Engineering New!

Location-Based Information Systems Developing Real-Time Tracking Applications Miguel A. Labrador and Alfredo J. Perez University of South Florida, Tampa, USA

Pedro M. Wightman Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia

Drawing on the authors’ more than six years of R&D experience in location-based information systems (LBISs) as well as their participation in defining the Java ME Location API 2.0, this text describes the technical components needed to create location-based services with an emphasis on nonproprietary, freely available solutions that work across different technologies and platforms.

Each chapter presents a general real-time tracking system example that can be easily adapted to target any application domain and that can incorporate other sensor data to make the system “participatory sensing” or “human-centric sensing.”

Features • Takes a systems approach that integrates all the necessary pieces to build an LBIS • Covers cellular phone programming, positioning technologies, and cellular networks • Illustrates each topic with a real-time tracking system example • Includes code examples and instructions for creating your own system and setting up your entire development environment • Provides software packages, PowerPoint slides, lab examples, and more on a companion website

Models of Network Reliability Analysis, Combinatorics, and Monte Carlo Ilya B. Gertsbakh Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel

Yoseph Shpungin Shamoon College of Engineering, Beer Sheva, Israel

“… a concise and compact book on the subject of how to compute k-terminal reliability of a given communication network, where the edges or links can fail. … helps in understanding the intricacies involved in the problem of computing network reliability. … students and teachers pursuing reliability of communication reliability will find this book of interest. …very useful for reliability engineers and those dealing with design of communication networks … .”

—Krishna B. Misra, Performability Engineering, May 2011, Vol. 7, No. 3

Catalog no. K10902, 2010, 217 pp.

ISBN: 978-1-4398-1741-4, $82.95 / £52.99 Also available as an eBook

Reconfigurable System Design and Verification Pao-Ann Hsiung and Chun-Hsian Huang National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi, Taiwan

Marco D. Santambrogio Politecnico di Milano, Italy

The Mobile Phone. The Java Platform Micro Edition (Java ME). MIDlet Development. Other Important Programming Aspects. Obtaining the User’s Position. Storing and Retrieving the Data: The Database. Sending and Receiving Data: Communications. Java ME Web Services.

System Administration. Data Visualization.

Processing the Data. Appendix. Bibliography.

Index.

Focusing on system-level design and verification techniques, this text starts with an overview of reconfigurable computing architectures and platforms and demonstrates how to develop reconfigurable systems. This sets up the discussion of the hardware, software, and system techniques that form the core of the text. The authors classify design and verification techniques into primary and secondary categories.

The techniques discussed range from system modeling and system-level design to co-simulation and formal verification. Case studies illustrate real-world applications.

Catalog no. K12176, January 2011, 287 pp.

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Computer Systems Engineering New!

Grid Computing

Computer Network Time Synchronization

Infrastructure, Service, and Applications

The Network Time Protocol on Earth and in Space, Second Edition

Edited by

David L. Mills

University of Manchester, UK

Lizhe Wang Rochester Institute of Technology, New York, USA

Wei Jie

University of Delaware, Newark, USA

Jinjun Chen

Written by the original developer of the Network Time Protocol (NTP), this book explores the technological infrastructure of time dissemination, distribution, and synchronization. The author addresses the architecture, protocols, and algorithms of NTP. Along with updating all original chapters, this edition includes four new chapters covering new algorithms and timekeeping in space missions.

Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia

Features • Describes design network configuration options appropriate for public and private NTP networks • Demonstrates how to predict and calibrate performance based on statistics from NTP clients and servers • Provides a basis to evaluate the cryptanalytic strengths and vulnerabilities of the NTP model • Explains the operating principles of NTP and how the protocol works in practice

Selected Contents: Basic Concepts. How NTP Works. In the Belly of the Beast. Clock Discipline Algorithm. NTP System Engineering and Configuration. NTP Performance in the Internet. Primary Servers and Reference Clocks. Kernel Timekeeping Support. Cryptographic Authentication.

Identity Schemes. Analysis of Errors. Modeling and Analysis of Computer Clocks. Metrology and Chronometry of the NTP Timescale. NTP Reference Implementation. Precision System Clock Architecture. NTP Interleaved Modes.

Time Transfer for Space Data Links. Time Transfer for Deep-Space Missions. Technical History of NTP. Catalog no. K10753, January 2011, 494 pp.

ISBN: 978-1-4398-1463-5, $119.95 / £76.99 Also available as an eBook

The field of grid computing has made rapid progress in the last few years, developing and evolving in almost all key areas. A comprehensive discussion of advances in grid computing, this book summarizes the concepts, methods, technologies, and applications in this area.

Unlike other recent books on the subject that deal only with parts of grid computing, this one covers the entire field. With chapters based on the recent research of grid experts, it covers important topics such as philosophy, middleware, architecture, services, and applications.

The book also includes technical details to demonstrate how grid computing works in the real world.

Features • Reflects the advances of grid computing since 2003 • Covers important research aspects of grid computing, including the philosophy, middleware, architecture, services, and applications • Provides technical details to demonstrate how grid computing works in the real world, including the ChinaGrid project and an Australian workflow enactment engine • Contains a large number of references and technical reports

Selected Contents: Grid Infrastructure and Middleware. Crown.

Grid Services. Grid Applications. Wisdom.

Index.

Catalog no. 67664, 2009, 528 pp.

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Computer Systems Engineering Analysis and Synthesis of Fuzzy Control Systems A Model-Based Approach Gang Feng City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon

Written by a well-known expert who has published more than 100 papers in top international journals, this book gives insight into the latest approaches for the analysis and synthesis of fuzzy systems. It systematically presents design techniques applied to the Takagi–Sugeno class of fuzzy controllers widely used in successful practical applications. The book covers issues of robustness, stability, and conformity along with other state-of-the-art control techniques, such as model predictive control.

Catalog no. 92642, 2010, 299 pp.

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Reinforcement Learning and Dynamic Programming Using Function Approximators Lucian Busoniu, Robert Babuska, Bart De Schutter, and Damien Ernst While dynamic programming (DP) has helped solve control problems involving dynamic systems, its value was limited by algorithms that lacked practical scale-up capacity. In recent years, developments in reinforcement learning (RL)— DP’s model-free counterpart—have changed this. Focusing on continuous-variable problems, this unparalleled work introduces classical RL and DP and presents current methods in RL and DP with approximation. Combining algorithm development with theoretical guarantees, it offers illustrative examples that readers will be able to adapt to their own work.

Catalog no. K11117, 2010, 280 pp.

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New!

Data Flow Analysis Theory and Practice

Design of Low-Power Coarse-Grained Reconfigurable Architectures

Uday Khedker, Amitabha Sanyal, and Bageshri Sathe

Yoonjin Kim

IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India

Rabi N. Mahapatra

“… a very decent and quite balanced coverage of the topic from a formal perspective. It is well written and nicely organized, containing many examples which definitely help to clarify the rather technical content. … This book also comes with a live web page … that contains slides with some additional material, [an updated] Errata section … and the analyzer software.

This book includes an introduction to GCC, a rich list of references, and an index.”

—Zhjzhang Shen, Plymouth State University

Catalog no. 2880, 2009, 395 pp.

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Sookmyung Women’s University, Seoul, South Korea Texas A&M University, College Station, USA

Helping you understand the issues involved in designing and constructing embedded systems, this book offers new frameworks for optimizing the architecture of components in embedded systems in order to decrease area and save power. Real application benchmarks and gatelevel simulations substantiate these frameworks.

The first half of the text explains how to reduce power in the configuration cache. The second half focuses on the design of a cost-effective processing element array to reduce area and power consumption.

Catalog no. K11194, January 2011, 223 pp.

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Computer Systems Engineering Microcontrollers Fundamentals and Applications with PIC Fernando E. Valdes-Perez Universidad de Oriente, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba

Ramon Pallas-Areny EPSC-UPC, Castelldefels, Spain

This book gives users the information necessary to understand the architecture and programming of microcontrollers. Each topic is described using a reader-centered, top-bottom approach.

The authors first describe the concepts that are common to any microcontroller. Each of the topics is then detailed for PIC microcontrollers.

Practical applications supplement the topics to provide further clarity. The book does not limit itself to a digital view of microcontrollers.

Instead, it includes aspects of analog signals such as the acquisition and processing of external analog signals.

Features • Offers a complete and well-organized resource for those interested in developing designs with PIC microcontrollers • Focuses on current topics of interest to electronic designers and experimenters • Provides clarity for those just beginning to experiment with microcontrollers, as well as the depth of information needed for more advanced users • Covers aspects of analog signals, including acquisition and processing of external signals • Describes uses for a wide variety of applications

System Level Design with .Net Technology Edited by

El Mostapha Aboulhamid Universite de Montreal, Canada

Frederic Rousseau TIMA Lab, France

Constituting a software-based approach to design modeling verification and simulation, this is the first book to harness the power of .NET for system design. World class developers who have been at the forefront of system design for decades explain how to tap into the power of this dynamic programming environment for more effective management of metadata—and introspection and interoperability between tools. Using readily available technology, the text details how to capture constraints and requirements at high levels and describes how to percolate them during the refinement process. This cutting-edge reference also includes the open source environment ESys.NET so readers can experiment with new ideas, algorithms, and design methods.

Features • Presents a software-oriented approach to design modeling verification and simulation environments • Explains how to harness the power of the .NET framework • Contains worked examples and end-of-chapter references • Addresses the new market of system compilation

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Selected Contents:

Introduction to Microcontrollers. PIC Microcontrollers. Memory in Microcontrollers.

Instruction Set and Assembler Language Programming. Parallel Input and Output.

Timers. Interrupts. Serial Input and Output.

Analog Input and Outputs: Signal Acquisition and Distribution. Appendix. Bibliography.

Introduction. Modeling and Specification.

Simulation. Verification. Synthesis and Implementation. Conclusion. References. Index.

Catalog no. K10610, 2010, 320 pp.

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Catalog no. 77678, 2009, 300 pp.

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Bioinformatics New!

Bioinformatics High Performance Parallel Computer Architectures Edited by

Bertil Schmidt Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Written by internationally renowned experts, this book introduces emerging parallel architectures, their corresponding programming paradigms, and their bioinformatics applications.

Two introductory chapters supply necessary background on sequential bioinformatics algorithms and parallel architectures, such as multicores, Cell B.E., GPUs, and FPGAs. The book then presents parallelization strategies and performance evaluations for numerous state-of-the-art bioinformatics algorithms and tools, including pairwise and multiple sequence alignment, BLAST, motif finding, and pattern matching. The text also covers sequence assembly, hidden Markov models, molecular dynamics, and evolutionary tree reconstruction.

Features • Offers an overview of the range of available parallel architectures, such as many-cores, multi-cores, and FPGAs, and their corresponding programming paradigms— helping readers choose the most suitable approach for their own work • Presents parallelization strategies and performance evaluations for a variety of state-of-the-art bioinformatics algorithms and tools • Provides the necessary background knowledge on bioinformatics algorithms • Includes case studies on parallel genomic sequence comparison using many-cores, multi-core, and FPGA technologies, phylognetic tree computation on a variety of parallel architectures, and processing mass spectrometric data for proteomics on FPGAs Catalog no. K10768, January 2011, 370 pp.

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Systems Biology and Bioinformatics A Computational Approach Kayvan Najarian, Christopher N. Eichelberger, Siamak Najarian, and Shahriar Gharibzadeh This text reviews the basic principles of molecular and cell biology using a system-oriented approach. It also provides a brief description of the high-throughput biological experiments that produce databases. The authors present techniques to discover genes, perform nucleotide and amino acid sequence matching, estimate static gene dynamic pathways, and predict the behavior of biological systems for important applications.

Features • Provides methods to integrate high-level imaging data and molecular-level measurements to model biological systems • Presents the necessary biological and mathematical background • Includes practical examples and experiments with real data • Covers the computational approach and advanced mathematical methods

Selected Contents: Cell Biology. Bioassays. Review of Some Computational Methods. Computational Structural Biology: Protein Structure Prediction.

Computational Structural Biology: Protein Sequence Analysis. Genomics and Proteomics.

Methods for Identification of Differentially Expressed Genes or Proteins. Binary and Bayesian Networks as Static Models of Regulatory Pathways. Metabolic Control Theory for Static Modeling of Metabolic Pathways.

System Identification and Control Theory for Dynamic Modeling of Biological Pathways.

Gene Silencing for Systems Biology. Simulation and Systems Biology. Software, Databases, and Other Resources for Systems Biology. Future Directions. Index.

Catalog no. 46500, 2009, 190 pp.

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Resources for Every Computer Engineer’s Library

New!

The Electronics Handbook Second Edition

Intelligent Instrumentation

Edited by

Principles and Applications

Jerry C. Whitaker

Manabendra Bhuyan

Technical Press, Morgan Hill, California, USA

“… easy to use and can be useful for engineers and technicians involved in the design, production, installation, operation, and maintenance of electronic devices and systems.”

—Giuseppe Di Cataldo, IEEE Circuits & Devices Magazine, March/April 2006, Vol. 22, No. 2

Completely updated and expanded, the second edition of this bestselling handbook presents the key concepts, models, and equations necessary to analyze, design, and predict the behavior of complex electrical devices, circuits, instruments, and systems. With 23 sections that encompass the entire electronics field, from classical devices and circuits to emerging technologies and applications, the book not only covers engineering aspects, but also includes sections on reliability, safety, and engineering management.

Selected Contents: Fundamental Electrical Theory. Properties of Materials and Components. Properties of Passive Components. Passive Electrical Circuit.

Electron Vacuum Devices. Microwave Vacuum Devices. Semiconductor Devices and Circuits.

Microelectronics. Optoelectronics. Power Supplies and Regulation. Packaging Electronic Systems. Communication Principles.

Electromagnetic Radiation. Information Recording and Storage. Wired Communications Systems. Wireless Communications Systems.

Radar and Radionavigation. Control and Instrumentation Technology. Computer Systems. Signal Measurement, Analysis, and Testing. Reliability Engineering. Safety.

Engineering Management, Standardization, and Regulation. Index.

Catalog no. 8890, 2005, 2640 pp.

ISBN: 978-0-8493-1889-4, $189.95 / £121.00 Also available as an eBook

Tezpur Central University, Assam, India

Evaluating current topics in instrumentation and sensor engineering, this book employs principles-based explanations to delineate the technology. Using commercial devices and technology to support theoretical bases, the author provides solid answers to questions such as, what makes a sensor intelligent, what are the various ways to classify them, how can a classical instrumentation system be provided with the intelligent features, and what are the recent technologies of II/SS. The book includes illustrations, photographs, numerical problems, and case studies to explain the theory.

Features • Emphasizes basic design principles and applications of intelligent sensors using case studies and numerical examples • Discusses signal processing operations, such as linearization, calibration, and compensation, on which intelligent sensors rely • Investigates artificial intelligence as a critical component of intelligent sensors in real world applications • Uses MATLAB® programs to validate design approaches

Selected Contents: Background of Instrumentation. Sensor Performance Characteristics. Signals and System Dynamics. Intelligent Sensors.

Linearization, Calibration, and Compensation.

Sensors with Artificial Intelligence. Intelligent Sensor Standards and Protocols. Questions.

Index.

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Resources for Every Computer Engineer’s Library New!

PSPICE and MATLAB® for Electronics An Integrated Approach, Second Edition

Adrian B. Biran

John Okyere Attia Prairie View A&M University, Texas, USA

Used collectively, PSPICE and MATLAB® are unsurpassed for circuit modeling and data analysis. PSPICE can perform DC, AC, transient, Fourier, temperature, and Monte Carlo analysis of electronic circuits with device models and subsystem subcircuits. MATLAB can then carry out calculations of device parameters, curve fitting, numerical integration, numerical differentiation, statistical analysis, and two- and threedimensional plots.

Exploring the strong features of PSPICE and the powerful functions of MATLAB for electronic circuit analysis, this second edition continues to provide an introduction to PSPICE and a simple, hands-on overview of MATLAB. It also demonstrates the combined power of PSPICE and MATLAB for solving electronics problems. The author includes short primers on PSPICE and MATLAB and presents worked-out examples of applications that illustrate the use of PSPICE and MATLAB in solving electronics problems.

New to the Second Edition • Updated MATLAB topics • Schematic capture and text-based PSPICE netlists in several chapters • New chapter on PSPICE simulation using the ORCAD schematic capture program • New examples and problems, along with a revised bibliography in each chapter

Selected Contents: ORCAD PSPICE Capture Fundamentals. PSPICE Fundamentals. PSPICE Advanced Features.

MATLAB Fundamentals. MATLAB Functions.

Diode Circuits. Operational Amplifier. Transistor Characteristics and Circuits.

Catalog no. 86588, 2010, 382 pp.

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What Every Engineer Should Know about MATLAB® and Simulink® Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel

Using examples from mathematics, mechanical and electrical engineering, and control and signal processing, this book examines the advantages and limitations of MATLAB® and Simulink®.

The author demonstrates how to visualize the results of calculations in graphical representations, how to write useful script files and functions, how to avoid disastrous computational errors, and how to insert calculations and graphs into technical reports produced by MS Word or LaTeX.

Features • Includes examples from real-life engineering contexts and the implications of approximations or numerical errors • Offers a gradual introduction to MATLAB and Simulink • Shows how calculations carried out in MATLAB can be converted easily into technical reports • Provides companion software with a set of functions and script files online • Contains examples, problems, chapter summaries, an extensive bibliography, and glossaries in English, French, German, and Italian

Selected Contents: INTRODUCING MATLAB: Introduction to MATLAB. Vectors and Matrices. Equations.

Processing and Publishing the Results. PROGRAMMING IN MATLAB: Some Facts about Numerical Computing. Data Types and ObjectOriented Programming. PROGRESSING IN MATLAB: Complex Numbers. Numerical Integration. Ordinary Differential Equations.

More Graphics. An Introduction to Simulink.

Applications in the Frequency Domain. Answers to Selected Questions. Bibliography. Index.

Catalog no. K10511, January 2011, 451 pp.

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The Computer Engineering Handbook Second Edition (Two-Volume Set) Edited by

Vojin G. Oklobdzija University of California, Davis, USA

“Many researchers will appreciate the well-developed indexes. Summing Up: Recommended.”

—J. Beidler, University of Scranton, CHOICE, July 2008, Vol. 45, No. 11

The second edition of this award-winning handbook reemerges with completely updated content and a totally new format. Now offered as a two-volume set, the handbook brings together all aspects of the field. It reflects current issues in low-power design and embedded processors, along with new standards. This edition includes a new section on computer memory and storage as well as several new chapters on such topics as semiconductor memory circuits, stream and wireless processors, and nonvolatile memory technologies and applications.

Features • Provides a comprehensive survey of the entire computer engineering field • Offers fully updated coverage in a reorganized, convenient two-volume format • Includes new chapters covering developments that have occurred in the field since the publication of the previous edition • Presents contributions from key authorities at leading academic and industrial institutions Catalog no. 3860, 2008, 1648 pp.

ISBN: 978-0-8493-8600-8, $172.95 / £110.00 Also available as an eBook

Digital Design and Fabrication

Digital Systems and Applications

This carefully focused work explores advances in computer architecture and design and the technologies used to manufacture and test them. It includes a new section on memory and storage as well as new chapters on semiconductor memory circuits and nonvolatile memory technologies and applications. With updates in every chapter, the book also covers novel developments, trends, standards, and technologies.

This volume focuses on advances in computer system technologies and the applications that are emerging to take advantage of increasingly sophisticated capabilities. It includes new chapters on parallelizing iterative heuristics, stream and wireless processors, and lightweight embedded systems. Nearly every chapter features extensively updated information that reflects recent developments, trends, standards, and technologies.

Selected Contents: Fabrication and Technology. Memory and Storage. Design Techniques. Design for Low Power. Testing and Design for Testability.

Catalog no. 0200, 2008, 656 pp.

ISBN: 978-0-8493-8602-2, $113.95 / £72.99 Also available as an eBook

Selected Contents: Computer Systems and Architecture. Embedded Applications. Signal Processing. Communications and Networks. Input/Output. Operating System.

New Directions in Computing.

Catalog no. 6195, 2008, 992 pp.

ISBN: 978-0-8493-8619-0, $113.95 / £72.99 Also available as an eBook

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