Learn IT - Books tags defence

Crowd Simulation

Springer, 2007

There has been a growing interest in crowd simulation particularly in the commercial sector where it is used in security, defence, entertainment and the movie industry. This field is now reaching maturity and there is a need for a book that focuses entirely on methods and techniques for crowd simulation, this book fills that gap.

The topics...

Higher Engineering Mathematics, Fifth Edition

Newnes, 2007

Includes: * 1,000 Worked Examples * 1,750 Further Problems * 19 Assignments

John Bird's approach, based on numerous worked examples and interactive problems, is ideal for students from a wide range of academic backgrounds, and can be worked through at the student's own pace. Basic mathematical theories are explained in the simplest of...

RFID Handbook: Fundamentals and Applications in Contactless Smart Cards, Radio Frequency Identification and Near-Field Communication

John Wiley & Sons, 2010

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 (EPC) and the EPC global network, and explains near-field communication (NFC) in...

Plant-Pathogen Interactions: Methods and Protocols (Methods in Molecular Biology)

Humana Press, 2014

Plant-Pathogen Interactions: Methods and Protocols, Second Edition expands upon the first edition with current, detailed protocols for the study of plant pathogen genome sequences. It contains new chapters on techniques to help identify and characterize effectors and to study their impacts on host immunity and their roles in pathogen...

Immunology: Mucosal and Body Surface Defences

John Wiley & Sons, 2011

2012 PROSE Award, Clinical Medicine: Honorable Mention

The vast majority of medically important pathogens infect their host across a body surface such as the skin, or across a mucosal tissue such as the respiratory tract or intestines, as these sites are the ones exposed to the external environment. By focusing on...

Trust and Security in Collaborative Computing (Computer and Network Security)

World Scientific Publishing, 2008

Computer networks are compromised by various unpredictable factors, such as hackers, viruses, spam, faults, and system failures, hindering the full utilization of computer systems for collaborative computing one of the objectives for the next generation of the Internet. It includes the functions of data communication, resource sharing, group...

Programming for Peace: Computer-Aided Methods for International Conflict Resolution and Prevention

Springer, 2006

From its beginning in the fifties of the last century, Artificial Intelligence was heavily supported by “defence agencies” in order to make “better warfare”.

But, if an AI researchers assumes that her/his discipline really can deliver results—otherwise s/he would be a dishonest researcher—then why not...

The Handbook of Human-Machine Interaction

Ashgate, 2011

"The Handbook of Human-Machine Interaction" features 20 original chapters and a conclusion focusing on human-machine interaction (HMI) from analysis, design and evaluation perspectives. It offers a comprehensive range of principles, methods, techniques and tools to provide the reader with a clear knowledge of the current academic...

Contemporary Issues Shaping Chinas Civil Aviation Policy

Ashgate, 2009

The emergence of China as a future major participant in international aviation raises some interesting questions, especially from a strategic policy perspective. The progressive shift from a command to a mixed market economy under the central leadership of the Beijing administration now finds itself faced with the needs to balance a strategic...

Electrical Engineering: Know It All

Newnes, 2008

The latest technologies - the leading experts - proven real-world design solutions - together in one must-have volume!

The Newnes Know It All Series takes the best of what our authors have written to create hard-working desk references that will be an engineer's first port of call for key information, design techniques and...

Health and the Good Society: Setting Healthcare Ethics in Social Context (Issues in Biomedical Ethics)

Oxford University Press, 2005

In this book I explore some of the implications of looking at healthcare ethics in social context. My starting point is the contention that clinical ethics cannot be insulated from questions in public-health ethics; and the book is in large part an elaboration and defence of that contention. My purpose is partly substantive and...

France and the World since 1870 (International Relations and the Great Powers)

Arnold, 2001

Here, John Keiger examines the subtle forces that have shaped France's international relations, from material aspects such as geography, demography, and economics, to more abstract features of France's national identity such as the notion of state and the impulse to spread French culture. The
first study of its kind in English, the book is...

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