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New Directions of Modern Cryptography

CRC Press, 2012

Modern cryptography has evolved dramatically since the 1970s. With the rise of new network architectures and services, the field encompasses much more than traditional communication where each side is of a single user. It also covers emerging communication where at least one side is of multiple users. New Directions of Modern...

Advanced Error Control Techniques for Data Storage Systems

CRC Press, 2005

With the massive amount of data produced and stored each year, reliable storage and retrieval of information is more crucial than ever. Robust coding and decoding techniques are critical for correcting errors and maintaining data integrity. Comprising chapters thoughtfully selected from the highly popular Coding and Signal Processing for Magnetic...

The Story of Silver: How the White Metal Shaped America and the Modern World

Princeton Press, 2019

How silver influenced two hundred years of world history, and why it matters today

This is the story of silver’s transformation from soft money during the nineteenth century to hard asset today, and how manipulations of the white metal by American president Franklin D. Roosevelt during the 1930s and by...

Defining Mental Disorder: Jerome Wakefield and His Critics (Philosophical Psychopathology)

MIT Press, 2021

Philosophers discuss Jerome Wakefield's influential view of mental disorder as "harmful dysfunction," with detailed responses from Wakefield himself.

One of the most pressing theoretical problems of psychiatry is the definition of mental disorder. Jerome Wakefield's proposal that mental disorder is...

Eating the IT Elephant: Moving from Greenfield Development to Brownfield

IBM Press, 2008

A Practical, Start-to-Finish Approach to Managing, Evolving, and Transforming Legacy IT Systems

For every IT executive, manager, architect, program leader, project leader, and lead analyst

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Advanced Mathematics and Mechanics Applications Using MATLAB, Third Edition

CRC Press, 2002

This book uses MATLABR to analyze various applications in mathematics and mechanics. The authors hope to encourage engineers and scientists to consider this modern programming environment as an excellent alternative to languages such as FORTRAN or C++. MATLAB1 embodies an interactive environment with a high level programming language...

Nonparametric System Identification

Cambridge University Press, 2008

Presenting a thorough overview of the theoretical foundations of non-parametric system identification for nonlinear block-oriented systems, this books shows that non-parametric regression can be successfully applied to system identification, and it highlights the achievements in doing so. With emphasis on Hammerstein, Wiener systems, and their...

Real-Life X-Files: Investigating the Paranormal

University Press of Kentucky, 2001

"Whoever said that the truth is both stranger and more entertaining than fiction describes this book exactly." -- Skeptical Inquirer

Interest in the paranormal is at an all-time high. Ghosts, UFOs, psychic power and other unexplained phenomena are endlessly fascinating for us. People often seem to accept of...

Network-aware Source Coding and Communication

Cambridge University Press, 2011

An introduction to the theory and techniques for achieving high quality network communication with the best possible bandwidth economy, this book focuses on network information flow with fidelity. Covering both lossless and lossy source reconstruction, it is illustrated throughout with real-world applications, including sensor networks and...

Light-Emitting Diodes

Cambridge University Press, 2006

'Light-Emitting Diodes is an excellent examination of the physics and technology of semiconductor LEDs. The narration is simple and direct, and the book is well referenced for those seeking a deeper understanding of the topic.' Physics Today

Revised and fully up-dated, the second edition of this graduate textbook offers a...

$Guide to Essential Math: A Review for Physics, Chemistry and Engineering Students (Complementary Science)$

Guide to Essential Math: A Review for Physics, Chemistry and Engineering Students (Complementary Science)

Academic Press, 2008

This book reminds students in junior, senior and graduate level courses in physics, chemistry and engineering of the math they may have forgotten (or learned imperfectly) which is needed to succeed in science courses.

This book reminds students in junior, senior and graduate level courses in physics, chemistry and engineering...

The Information System Consultant's Handbook: Systems Analysis and Design

CRC Press, 1998

The Information System Consultant's Handbook familiarizes systems analysts, systems designers, and information systems consultants with underlying principles, specific documentation, and methodologies.Corresponding to the primary stages in the systems development life cycle, the book divides into eight sections:oPrinciplesoInformation Gathering and...

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