Learn IT - Books tags military

Practical Antenna Handbook

McGraw-Hill, 2001

The Antenna Builder’s Bible – Updated and Better Than Ever!

Design and construct your own antennas with step-by-step instructions and plans. Joseph J. Carr’s Practical Antenna Handbook, Fourth Edition, is an update of the most popular book on antennas ever written. This empowering guide blends theoretical concepts that...

Machine Learning with the Raspberry Pi: Experiments with Data and Computer Vision (Technology in Action)

Apress, 2019

Using the Pi Camera and a Raspberry Pi board, expand and replicate interesting machine learning (ML) experiments. This book provides a solid overview of ML and a myriad of underlying topics to further explore. Non-technical discussions temper complex technical explanations to make the hottest and most complex topic in the...

Statistics and Data with R: An applied approach through examples

John Wiley & Sons, 2008

R, an Open Source software, has become the de facto statistical computing environment. It has an excellent collection of data manipulation and graphics capabilities. It is extensible and comes with a large number of packages that allow statistical analysis at all levels – from simple to advanced – and in numerous fields...

Gamification by Design: Implementing Game Mechanics in Web and Mobile Apps

O'Reilly, 2011

Gamification may be a new term, but the idea of using game-thinking and game mechanics to solve problems and engage audiences isn’t exactly new. The military has been using games and simulations for hundreds (if not thousands) of years, and the U.S. military has been a pioneer in the use of video games across branches. Three...

Augmented Vision Perception in Infrared: Algorithms and Applied Systems (Advances in Pattern Recognition)

Springer, 2008

Spurred by security and safety challenges, research efforts in thermographic sensors have advanced greatly, resulting in better performance in remote surveillance, object recognition, guidance and so on.

This comprehensive survey provides a thorough account of the recent deployment of infrared sensors in modern applications of...

Pro iOS 5 Augmented Reality

Apress, 2011

Welcome to Pro iOS 5 Augmented Reality. Augmented reality (AR) has existed in sci-fi movies for decades, is used in the military for head-up displays (HUDs), and until recently, has been a thing of the future. With the upswing in mobile applications since the introduction of the iPhone and the Android operating system, applications...

Developments and Challenges for Autonomous Unmanned Vehicles: A Compendium

Springer, 2010

It is widely anticipated that autonomous vehicles will have a transformational impact on military forces and will play a key role in many future force structures. As a result, many tasks have already been identified that unmanned systems could undertake more readily than humans. However, for this to occur, such systems will need to be agile,...

Professional Java, JDK 5 Edition

Wrox Press, 2005

Java continues to be the dominant language for building server applications, and the latest update to the Java platform—JDK 5—boasts many new features, including a metadata facility, generics, autoboxing, and improved user interface performance. Building upon Ivor Horton's Beginning Java, this book provides insight into these...

The Next Wave in Computing, Optimization, and Decision Technologies

Springer, 2004

Brown et al. (2004) (see also Reed 1994 and Skroch 2004) model the
completion of an adversarial nation’s nuclear-weapons program using
general techniques of PERT. (See PERT 1958 and Malcolm et al. 1959
for the original descriptions of PERT, and see Moder et al. 1983 for a
comprehensive review.) Brown et al. (2004) ask the...

The Truth About Being a Leader

FT Press, 2006

Praise for The Truth About Being a Leader

“If you ever met Dr. Otazo, you certainly would read her new Truth book. She is as she writes—engaging, pithy, memorable. Take ‘Truth 33: Questions Unite; Answers Divide.’ Now ain’t that the truth....

Introduction to Electronic Defense Systems, Second Edition (Artech House Radar Library)

SciTech Publishing, 2006

In my government position I am responsible for military research and technology for the Italian armed forces. During my coordination work with the Western European Armament Group: Panel I1 (Research and Technology), discussions have often been of a highly technical nature. It is certainly easier to make management decisions with an adequate...

The Art of the Data Center: A Look Inside the World's Most Innovative and Compelling Computing Environments

Prentice Hall, 2012

Today, data centers are the beating hearts of the companies they serve. Data centers process billions of Internet transactions every day. It's therefore critical for companies and IT organizations to understand the state-of-the-art in data center design. Narrow aspects - such as cooling, wiring, or power usage - are often the subject of...

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