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Modulation and Coding Techniques in Wireless Communications
Krouk Evgenii
The high level of technical detail included in standards specifications can make it difficult to find the correlation between the standard specifications and the theoretical results. This book aims to cover both of these elements to give...
Mobile Agents in Networking and Distributed Computing
Cao Jiannong
The book focuses on mobile agents, which are computer programs that can autonomously migrate between network sites. This text introduces the concepts and principles of mobile agents, provides an overview of mobile agent technology, and focuses...
Sweeteners and Sugar Alternatives in Food Technology
Kearsley Malcolm
This book provides a comprehensive and accessible source of information on all types of sweeteners and functional ingredients, enabling manufacturers to produce low sugar versions of all types of foods that not only taste and perform as well as...
VANET. Vehicular Applications and Inter-Networking Technologies
Laberteaux Kenneth
This book provides an invaluable introduction to inter-vehicular communications, demonstrating the networking and communication technologies for reducing fatalities, improving transportation efficiency, and minimising environmental impact. This...
Sustainable Masonry. Stability and Behavior of Structures
Ciblac Thierry
This book covers the impact of sustainable masonry on the environment, touting the many benefits of utilizing local and/or low embodied energy materials in the construction of sustainable buildings.
Vehicular Networks. Models and Algorithms
Labiod Houda
Over the last few years vehicular networks have been receiving a lot of attention from academia, industry, standardization bodies, and the various transportation agencies and departments of many governments around the world. It is envisaged in...
Cognitive Communications. Distributed Artificial Intelligence (DAI), Regulatory Policy and Economics, Implementation
Zhang Honggang
This book discusses in-depth the concept of distributed artificial intelligence (DAI) and its application to cognitive communications In this book, the authors present an overview of cognitive communications, encompassing both cognitive radio...
Electronic Processes in Organic Semiconductors. An Introduction
B?ssler Heinz
The first advanced textbook to provide a useful introduction in a brief, coherent and comprehensive way, with a focus on the fundamentals. After having read this book, students will be prepared to understand any of the many multi-authored books...
Chalcogenide Photovoltaics. Physics, Technologies, and Thin Film Devices
Schock Hans-Werner
This first comprehensive description of the most important material properties and device aspects closes the gap between general books on solar cells and journal articles on chalcogenide-based photovoltaics. Written by two very renowned authors...
Thermal Infrared Sensors. Theory, Optimisation and Practice
Budzier Helmut
The problems involved in designing optimal infrared (IR) measuring systems under given conditions are commensurately complex. The optical set-up and radiation conditions, the interaction between sensor and irradiation and the sensor itself,...
Antioxidant Polymers. Synthesis, Properties, and Applications
Iemma Francesca
Antioxidant Polymers is an exhaustive overview of the recent developments in the field of polymeric materials showing antioxidant properties. This research area has grown rapidly in the last decade because antioxidant polymers have wide industry...
Dried Fruits. Phytochemicals and Health Effects
Alasalvar Cesarettin
Dried fruits serve as important healthful snack items around the world. They provide a concentrated form of fresh fruits, prepared by different drying techniques. With their unique combination of taste/aroma, essential nutrients, fibre, and...
Biobased Lubricants and Greases. Technology and Products
Honary Lou
Due to the rise in petroleum prices as well as increasing environmental concerns, there is a need to develop biochemicals and bioproducts that offer realistic alternatives to their traditional counterparts; this book will address the lack of a...
Computational Optimal Control. Tools and Practice
Subchan Dr Subchan
Computational Optimal Control: Tools and Practice provides a detailed guide to informed use of computational optimal control in advanced engineering practice, addressing the need for a better understanding of the practical application of optimal...
Sparidae. Biology and aquaculture of gilthead sea bream and other species
Mylonas Constantinos
The Sparidae, commonly known as breams and porgies, is a family of fishes of the order Perciformes, and includes about 115 species of mainly marine coastal fish of high economic value, exploited and farmed for human consumption, as well as for...
Organic Electronics. Emerging Concepts and Technologies
Cicoira Fabio
An overview of the tremendous potential of organic electronics, concentrating on those emerging topics and technologies that will form the focus of research over the next five to ten years. The young and energetic team of editors with an...
6LoWPAN. The Wireless Embedded Internet
Shelby Zach
It is stunningly thorough and takes readers meticulously through the design, configuration and operation of IPv6-based, low-power, potentially mobile radio-based networking. Vint Cerf, Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist, Google This...
Vehicle Powertrain Systems. Integration and Optimization
Mashadi Behrooz
The powertrain is at the heart of vehicle design; the engine – whether it is a conventional, hybrid or electric design – provides the motive power, which is then managed and controlled through the transmission and final drive components. The...
Advanced Wireless Networks. Cognitive, Cooperative & Opportunistic 4G Technology
Lorenzo Beatriz
With 40% new material the new edition of Advanced Wireless Networks provides a comprehensive representation of the key issues in 4G wireless networks. Focussing on cognitive, cooperative and opportunistic paradigms to provide further increase in...
Electropolymerization. Concepts, Materials and Applications
Karyakin Arkady
Providing extensive coverage, including conducting, insulating and electroactive films, this handbook and ready reference deals with introductory topics and fundamentals as well as advanced insights. Clearly structured, in the first part of the...
Electrical Energy Efficiency. Technologies and Applications
Sumper Andreas
The improvement of electrical energy efficiency is fast becoming one of the most essential areas of sustainability development, backed by political initiatives to control and reduce energy demand. Now a major topic in industry and the electrical...
Energy Geostructures. Innovation in Underground Engineering
Laloui Lyesse
Energy geostructures are a tremendous innovation in the field of foundation engineering and are spreading rapidly throughout the world. They allow the procurement of a renewable and clean source of energy which can be used for heating and...
Baugruben. Berechnungsverfahren
Hettler Achim
The book deals with the structural design of temporary excavation support and the dimensioning of excavation support walls and their individual components. Completely calculated examples explain the application of the procedures described in the book.
Aquaculture, Resource Use, and the Environment
McNevin Aaron
Aquaculture, Resource Use, and the Environment places aquaculture within the larger context of global population growth, increased demand for sustainable, reliable sources of food, and the responsible use of natural resources. Aquaculture...
Microstrip and Printed Antennas. New Trends, Techniques and Applications
Antar Yahia M.M.
This book focuses on new techniques, analysis, applications and future trends of microstrip and printed antenna technologies, with particular emphasis to recent advances from the last decade Attention is given to fundamental concepts and...
Practical Food Safety. Contemporary Issues and Future Directions
Bhat Rajeev
The past few years have witnessed an upsurge in incidences relating to food safety issues, which are all attributed to different factors. Today, with the increase in knowledge and available databases on food safety issues, the world is...
Smart Grids
Sabonnadi?re Jean-Claude
On a worldwide basis, the development of SmartGrids is a consistent answer to the problem of an efficient and sustainable delivery of electric energy through distribution grids. SmartGrids are a combination of information and communication...
Rockfall Engineering
Lambert St?phane
Rockfall Engineering is an up-to-date, international picture of the state of the art in rockfall engineering. The three basic stages of rockfalls are considered: the triggering stage, the motion stage, and the interaction with a structure stage;...
Corrosion Chemistry
Cicek Volkan
Corrosion Chemistry details the scientific background of the corrosion process and contemporary applications for dealing with corrosion for engineers and scientists, covering the most recent breakthroughs and trends. Corrosion is in essence a...
Electrical Distribution Networks
Sabonnadi?re Jean-Claude
This book describes the fundamental aspects of the new generation of electrical distribution grids, taking as its starting point the opportunities that exist for restructuring existing infrastructure. It emphasizes the incorporation of renewable...
Practical Reliability Engineering
O'Connor Patrick
With emphasis on practical aspects of engineering, this bestseller has gained worldwide recognition through progressive editions as the essential reliability textbook. This fifth edition retains the unique balanced mixture of reliability theory...
Engineering Project Appraisal
Duffy Aidan
In most cases of civil engineering development, a range of alternative schemes meeting project goals are feasible, so some form of evaluation must be carried out to select the most appropriate to take forward. Evaluation criteria usually include...
Bioactive Compounds in Foods
Gilbert John
Inherent toxicants and processing contaminants are both non-essential, bioactive substances whose levels in foods can be difficult to control. This volume covers both types of compound for the first time, examining their beneficial as well as...
Functional Food Product Development
Charter Edward
According to an August 2009 report from PricewaterhouseCoopers, the United States market for functional foods in 2007 was US$ 27 billion. Forecasts of growth range from between 8.5% and 20% per year, or about four times that of the food industry...
Physics of Organic Semiconductors
Adachi Chihaya
The field of organic electronics has seen a steady growth over the last 15 years. At the same time, our scientific understanding of how to achieve optimum device performance has grown, and this book gives an overview of our present-day knowledge...
Handbook of Neutron Optics
Utsuro Masahiko
Written by authors with an international reputation, acknowledged expertise and teaching experience, this is the most up-to-date resource on the field. The text is clearly structured throughout so as to be readily accessible, and begins by...
Supramolecular Chemistry of Fullerenes and Carbon Nanotubes
Mart?n Nazario
Collating our current knowledge and the latest developments for enabling breakthrough discoveries, this book focuses on the synthesis and applications of materials that are based on supramolecular assemblies of carbon nanostructures, with an...
Understanding Electric Power Systems. An Overview of the Technology, the Marketplace, and Government Regulations
Casazza Jack
Technological advances and changes in government policy and regulation have altered the electric power industry in recent years and will continue to impact it for quite some time. Fully updated with the latest changes to regulation, structure,...
Introduction to Finite Element Analysis. Formulation, Verification and Validation
Szab? Barna
When using numerical simulation to make a decision, how can its reliability be determined? What are the common pitfalls and mistakes when assessing the trustworthiness of computed information, and how can they be avoided? Whenever numerical...
Wireless Sensor and Actuator Networks. Algorithms and Protocols for Scalable Coordination and Data Communication
Stojmenovic Ivan
A mixture of theory, experiments, and simulations that provide qualitative and quantitative insights into the technology The important new technology of wireless sensor and actuator networks provides radically new communication and networking...
Responsive Materials and Methods. State-of-the-Art Stimuli-Responsive Materials and Their Applications
Tiwari Ashutosh
The development of finely-tuned materials that adjust in a predictable manner by specific environment change is the recent arena of materials research. It is a newly emerging supra-disciplinary field with huge commercial potential....
Fluvial Remote Sensing for Science and Management
Pi?gay Herv?
This book offers a comprehensive overview of progress in the general area of fluvial remote sensing with a specific focus on its potential contribution to river management. The book highlights a range of challenging issues by considering a range...
Mobility Protocols and Handover Optimization. Design, Evaluation and Application
Schulzrinne Henning
This book provides a common framework for mobility management that considers the theoretical and practical aspects of systems optimization for mobile networks. In this book, the authors show how an optimized system of mobility management can...
Transport and Mixing in Laminar Flows. From Microfluidics to Oceanic Currents
Grigoriev Roman
This book provides readers from academia and industry with an up-to-date overview of important advances in the field, dealing with such fundamental fluid mechanics problems as nonlinear transport phenomena and optimal control of mixing at the...
Negotiating Cultural Encounters. Narrating Intercultural Engineering and Technical Communication
Yu Han
Discusses the challenges of intercultural communication in engineering, technical, and related professional fields Given today's globalized technical and engineering environment, intercultural communication is an essential topic for engineers,...
Biochemical Engineering. A Textbook for Engineers, Chemists and Biologists
Katoh Shigeo
Written by renowned professors drawing on their experience gained in the world's most innovative biotechnology market, Japan, this advanced textbook provides an excellent and comprehensive introduction to the latest developments in the field. It...
Mass Transfer Operations for the Practicing Engineer
Theodore Louis
An invaluable guide for problem solving in mass transfer operations This book takes a highly pragmatic approach to providing the principles and applications of mass transfer operations by offering a valuable, easily accessible guide to solving...
Innovative Software Development in GIS
Bucher Benedicte
At a time when people use more and more geographic information and tools, the management of geographical information in software systems still holds many challenges and motivates researchers from different backgrounds to propose innovative...
RFID Handbook. Fundamentals and Applications in Contactless Smart Cards, Radio Frequency Identification and Near-Field Communication
Finkenzeller Klaus
This is the third revised edition of the established and trusted RFID Handbook; the most comprehensive introduction to radio frequency identification (RFID) available. This essential new edition contains information on electronic product code...
Simulation and Modeling of Systems of Systems
Cantot Pascal
Systems engineering is the design of a complex interconnection of many elements (a system) to maximize a specific measure of system performance. It consists of two parts: modeling, in which each element of the system and its performance criteria...
