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Essential Statistics, Regression, and Econometrics

Academic Press, 2011

Essential Statistics, Regression, and Econometrics provides students with a readable, deep understanding of the key statistical topics they need to understand in an econometrics course. It is innovative in its focus, including real data, pitfalls in data analysis, and modeling issues (including functional forms, causality, and instrumental...

Dictionary of Plant Lore

Academic Press, 2007

Sadly, this book is published posthumously. It results from the author’s interest in plant and tree lore and ethnobotanical studies developed over several decades of research and teaching. Although the author was checking the first print at the time of his death, any inaccuracies or omissions would undoubtedly have been rectified...

Switch-Mode Power Converters: Design and Analysis

Academic Press, 2005

An innovative and analytical approach to Power Electronics!

This book introduces an innovative, highly analytical approach to symbolic, closed-form solutions for switched-mode power converter circuits. This is a highly relevant topic to power electronics students and professionals who are involved in the design and analysis...

Practical Handbook of Photovoltaics, Second Edition: Fundamentals and Applications

Academic Press, 2011

As part of the growing sustainable and renewable energy movement, the design, manufacture and use of photovoltaic devices is increasing in pace and frequency. The Handbook of Photovoltaics will be a 'benchmark' publication for those involved in the design, manufacture and use of these devices.

The Handbook covers the...

Design of Medical Electronic Devices

Academic Press, 2002

Most of the advances in medicine today are related to medical technology. On one hand, we have the pharmaceutical companies with their efforts to develop new drugs and treatments for many kinds of diseases. These efforts have been for the most part very lucrative since pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies have for many years enjoyed...

Physics in Biology and Medicine, Fourth Edition (Complementary Science)

Academic Press, 2012

Physics in Biology and Medicine, Fourth Edition explores concepts in physics as they apply to living systems. The discussion is organized into 18 chapters encompassing thermodynamics, electricity, optics, sound, solid mechanics, fluid mechanics, and atomic and nuclear physics. Each chapter provides a brief review of the background physics...

Artificial Vision: Image Description, Recognition, and Communication (Signal Processing and its Applications)

Academic Press, 1996

Artificial vision is a rapidly growing discipline, aiming to build computational models of the visual capabilites in humans, as well as the machines that emulate them. Recent research work suggests that vision is a complex functionality, involving active sensing and attentional mechanisms, and is strictly related to cognitive processes like...

Power Electronics Handbook, Second Edition: Devices, Circuits and Applications (Engineering)

Academic Press, 2006

Power electronics, which is a rapidly growing area in terms of research and applications, uses modern electronics technology to convert electric power from one form to another, such as ac-dc, dc-dc, dc-ac, and ac-ac with a variable output magnitude and frequency. Power electronics has many applications in our every day life such as...

Computational Finance Using C and C# (Quantitative Finance)

Academic Press, 2008

In Computational Finance Using C and C# George Levy raises computational finance to the next level using the languages of both standard C and C#. The inclusion of both these languages enables readers to match their use of the book to their firms internal software and code requirements. Levy also provides derivatives pricing information for:
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Introduction to Forestry and Natural Resources

Academic Press, 2013

Introduction to Forestry and Natural Resources presents a broad overview of the profession of forestry. The book details several key fields within forestry, including forest health, economics, policy, utilization, and forestry careers. Chapters deal specifically with forest products and harvesting, recreation, wildlife habitats, tree...

Diagnosing Wild Species Harvest: Resource Use and Conservation

Academic Press, 2013

Diagnosing Wild Species Harvest bridges gaps of knowledge fragmented among scientific disciplines as it addresses this multifaceted phenomenon that is simultaneously global and local. The authors emphasize the interwoven nature of issues specific to the ecological, economic, and socio-cultural realms of wild species harvest.

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Computer Vision and Applications: A Guide for Students and Practitioners (With CD-ROM)

Academic Press, 2000

Computer Vision and Applications, Concise Edition, offers a fresh approach to computer vision by regarding the whole process from image formation to measuring, recognition, or reacting as an integral process. Computer vision is understood as the host of techniques used to acquire, process, analyze, and understand complex,...

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