The third edition of Optical Networks continues to be the authoritative source for information on optical networking technologies and techniques. Componentry and transmission are discussed in detail with emphasis on practical networking issues that affect organizations as they evaluate, deploy, or develop optical networks. New updates in this...
Automatic speech recognition (ASR) systems are finding increasing use in everyday life. Many of the commonplace environments where the systems are used are noisy, for example users calling up a voice search system from a busy cafeteria or a street. This can result in degraded speech recordings and adversely affect the performance of speech...
Leadership recruiting and succession rank as the most pivotal agendas
for today’s growth-minded, change-oriented organizations. Given the
risks and rewards inherent in senior-management recruiting, deciding
who leads is the quintessential challenge faced by boards of directors,
senior corporate officers, and division or...
The field of optical thin films continues to expand at a rapid rate in both
commercial application and technology. As individuals and as a technical
community, we continue to gain new understanding as new tools, techniques,
processes, and experimental results become available. Since the publication of the
first edition, enough...
Microsensors and MEMS (micro-electro-mechanical systems) are revolutionising the semiconductor industry. A microsystem or the so-called "system-on-a-chip" combines microelectronic circuitry with microsensors and microactuators. This emergent field has seen the development of applications ranging from the electronic nose and...
Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 offers exciting new features that enable you
to build and maintain a robust customer relationship management system for
your organization.
This book is your one-stop resource for getting grips with most of the new features of Dynamics CRM 2011. To make learning fun and engaging, we will...
Software arch itects occupy a unique space in the world of IT. They
are expected to know the technologies and software platforms on which their
organizations run as well as the businesses that they serve. A great software
architect needs to master both sides of the architect’s coin: business and technology.
This is no small...
Feedback Amplifiers: Theory and Design deals with feedback and feedback amplifiers. Although this topic has been extensively investigated over the years, theoretically exact and at the same time sufficiently simple and well organized material is not, to the authors' judgement, present today in literature. After describing the fundamental...
A comprehensive treatment of model-based fuzzy control systems
This volume offers full coverage of the systematic framework for the stability and design of nonlinear fuzzy control systems. Building on the Takagi-Sugeno fuzzy model, authors Tanaka and Wang address a number of important issues in fuzzy control systems, including...
This book/eBook package is your guide to getting more interesting and creative photos with the 15.1 megapixel Canon EOS 50D. It discusses every camera setting on this high-quality camera in a clear, well-illustrated style, with many integrated tips and QuickSteps, but it also does much more. You'll also learn the concepts of photography...
A pulse of light spreads in time as it propagates in a fiber due to the physical phenomenon called dispersion. While dispersion can be deleterious in optical communications systems, it can also be exploited to manage the temporal and spectral shapes of pulses and their interactions with other pulses. Much of dispersion control is realized in...
This book fills the need for a thorough and detailed account of ultrafast optics. Written by one of the most preeminent researchers in the field, it sheds new light on technology that has already had a revolutionary impact on precision frequency metrology, high-speed electrical...