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Information Science in Theory and Practice

K. G. Saur, 2004

It is nowadays a commonplace that we are living in an ‘information society’. The practical importance of information to problem solving, decision making, and just plain coping with life is clear to all. The communication of information in society is an immensely variegated and complex phenomenon, and the more understanding of it we can...

Controlling Energy Demands in Mobile Computing Systems (Synthesis Lectures on Mobile and Pervasive Computing)

Morgan and Claypool Publishers, 2007

This lecture provides an introduction to the problem of managing the energy demand of mobile devices. Reducing energy consumption, primarily with the goal of extending the lifetime of battery-powered devices, has emerged as a fundamental challenge in mobile computing and wireless communication. The focus of this lecture is on a systems approach...

Modern Image Quality Assessment (Synthesis Lectures on Image, Video, & Multimedia Processing)

Morgan and Claypool Publishers, 2006

This book is about objective image quality assessment—where the aim is to provide computational models that can automatically predict perceptual image quality. The early years of the 21st century have witnessed a tremendous growth in the use of digital images as a means for representing and communicating information. A considerable percentage...

Essentials of Radio Wave Propagation (The Cambridge Wireless Essentials Series)

Cambridge University Press, 2008

If you need to maximize efficiency in wireless network planning, this quick reference guide to an increasingly complex and difficult topic is for you. Using real-world case studies, practical problems and minimum mathematics, the author explains simply and clearly how to predict signal strengths in a variety of situations. More sophisticated...

Expert .NET Micro Framework

Apress, 2008

The Microsoft .NET Micro Framework is a small and efficient .NET runtime environment used to run managed code on devices that are too small and resource constrained for Windows CE and the Compact Framework.

Expert .NET Micro Framework will teach you everything you need to know in order to use the .NET Micro Framework to create effective...

Discourse Analysis and the Study of Classroom Language and Literacy Events: A Microethnographic Perspective

Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2004

With this book, Bloome et al. bring to bear powerful, dynamic theoretical and methodological lenses that, through careful discussion and analysis, serve to extend the fields of literacy studies and educational ethnography in terms of both clarity of terminology and warranted methodology....this volume is one starting point to look at power...

Expression in Speech: Analysis and Synthesis

Oxford University Press, 2006

"Extremely useful as a guide to anyone working on the interface between emotion in speech and speech synthesis. Tatham and Morton offer a far-sighted perspective to this topic and make explicit many issues the developer of synthesis systems might not think about at all. In this sense the book is also a very good example of how the linguist and...

Embedded Security in Cars: Securing Current and Future Automotive IT Applications

Springer, 2005

Most innovations in the car industry are based on software and electronics, and IT will soon constitute the major production cost factor. It seems almost certain that embedded IT security will be crucial for the next generation of applications. Yet whereas software safety has become a relatively well-established field, the protection of automotive...

Human Factors and Voice Interactive Systems (Signals and Communication Technology)

Springer, 2007

Human Factors and Voice Interactive Systems, Second Edition provides in-depth information on current topics of major interest to speech application developers, and updates material from chapters that appeared in the previous edition.

The first nine chapters of the book cover issues related to interactive voice response systems,...

Computers and Education: Towards Educational Change and Innovation

Springer, 2007

This volume contains a selection of papers covering the latest research and experiences on the application of Information and Communication Technologies in the field of Education, especially in the Ibero-American space.

Areas covered include:

- Design, development and evaluation of innovative educational environments
-...

Ethical and Social Issues in the Information Age (Texts in Computer Science)

Springer, 2007

As I wrote in my second edition preface, since the publication of the second edition in 2003, there have been tremendous changes in the fields of computer science and information sciences. During this period, we have become more dependent on computer and telecommunication technology than ever before. As we, individually and as nations, become more...

Advanced Computational Intelligence Paradigms in Healthcare - 2 (Studies in Computational Intelligence)

Springer, 2007

Computational intelligence paradigms offer many advantages in maintaining and enhancing the field of healthcare. This volume presents seven chapters selected from the rapidly growing application areas of computational intelligence to healthcare systems, including intelligent synthetic characters, man-machine interface, menu generators, analysis of...

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