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Distributed Real-Time Systems - Theory and Practice (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019): K. Erciyes Distributed Real-Time Systems - Theory and Practice (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)
K. Erciyes
R2,132 Discovery Miles 21 320 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This classroom-tested textbook describes the design and implementation of software for distributed real-time systems, using a bottom-up approach. The text addresses common challenges faced in software projects involving real-time systems, and presents a novel method for simply and effectively performing all of the software engineering steps. Each chapter opens with a discussion of the core concepts, together with a review of the relevant methods and available software. This is then followed with a description of the implementation of the concepts in a sample kernel, complete with executable code. Topics and features: introduces the fundamentals of real-time systems, including real-time architecture and distributed real-time systems; presents a focus on the real-time operating system, covering the concepts of task, memory, and input/output management; provides a detailed step-by-step construction of a real-time operating system kernel, which is then used to test various higher level implementations; describes periodic and aperiodic scheduling, resource management, and distributed scheduling; reviews the process of application design from high-level design methods to low-level details of design and implementation; surveys real-time programming languages and fault tolerance techniques; includes end-of-chapter review questions, extensive C code, numerous examples, and a case study implementing the methods in real-world applications; supplies additional material at an associated website. Requiring only a basic background in computer architecture and operating systems, this practically-oriented work is an invaluable study aid for senior undergraduate and graduate-level students of electrical and computer engineering, and computer science. The text will also serve as a useful general reference for researchers interested in real-time systems.

Modern Communications Jamming Principles and Techniques, Second Edition (Hardcover, Unabridged edition): Richard Poisel Modern Communications Jamming Principles and Techniques, Second Edition (Hardcover, Unabridged edition)
Richard Poisel
R4,175 Discovery Miles 41 750 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Finding ways to interfere with or jam communication signals is an essential area of electronic warfare (EW). In modern EW systems, anti-jam technology has been employed to overcome signal jamming. Recently, electronic warfare R&D has focused on creating methods to disrupt these anti-jam systems. This newly revised and greatly expanded edition of the popular Artech House book, "Modern Communications Jamming Principles and Techniques", provides an up-to-date, exhaustive treatment of the techniques and methods available to create countermeasures against anti-jam, over-the-air communications. The Second Edition features a wealth of new material on urban warfare, including a computer simulation of EW architecture alternatives for land-based forces based on urban constraints. This unique resource is dedicated to showing professionals how to design and build jammers specifically targeted at anti-jam communications. Moreover, practitioners find assistance in evaluating the expected performance of jamming systems against modern communications systems.

Spectrums Wars - The Policy and Technology Debate (Hardcover): Jennifer A. Manner Spectrums Wars - The Policy and Technology Debate (Hardcover)
Jennifer A. Manner
R2,198 Discovery Miles 21 980 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Because the wireless industry is less capital intensive than others sectors in the telecommunications marketplace, it is expected to enjoy continued profitability. With survival at stake, telecommunications companies must ready themselves for battle to win access and operations rights in the wireless communications spectrum. This book maps out the strategies required to fight this battle by explaining how a telecommunications company should structure its entry and operations in the spectrum.

Digital Signal Processing and Telecommunications (Hardcover): Edmond Thor Digital Signal Processing and Telecommunications (Hardcover)
Edmond Thor
R3,061 R2,776 Discovery Miles 27 760 Save R285 (9%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Signal Processing in Electronic Communications - For Engineers and Mathematicians (Paperback): M.J. Chapman, D P Goodall, N.C.... Signal Processing in Electronic Communications - For Engineers and Mathematicians (Paperback)
M.J. Chapman, D P Goodall, N.C. Steele
R1,418 Discovery Miles 14 180 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This text deals with signal processing as an important aspect of electronic communications in its role of transmitting information, and the language of its expression. It develops the required mathematics in an interesting and informative way, leading to confidence on the part of the reader. The first part of the book focuses on continuous-time models, and contains chapters on signals and linear systems, and on system responses. Fourier methods, so vital in the study of information theory, are developed prior to a discussion of methods for the design of analogue filters. The second part of the book is directed towards discrete-time signals and systems. There is full development of the z- and discrete Fourier transforms to support the chapter on digital filter design.
All preceding material in the book is drawn together in the final chapter on some important aspects of speech processing which provides an up-to-date example of the use of the theory. Topics considered include a speech production model, linear predictive filters, lattice filters and cepstral analysis, with application to recognition of non-nasal voiced speech and formant estimation.
In addition to course requirement for undergraduates studying electrical engineering, applied mathematics, and branches of computer science involving such signal processing as speak synthesis, computer vision and robotics, this book should provide a valuable reference source for post-graduate research work in industry and academia.
An elementary knowledge of algebra (e.g. partial fractions) is a prerequisite, and also calculus including differential equations. A knowledge of complex numbers and of the basic concept of a function of a complex variable is also needed.
Deals with signal processing as an important aspect of electronic communications in its role of transmitting information, and the language of its expressionTopics considered include a speech production model, linear predictive filters, lattice filters and cepstral analysis, with application to recognition of non-nasal voiced speech and formant estimation

Electromagnetic Waves in Chiral and Bi-isotropic Media (Hardcover): Ismo V. Lindell, Ari Sihvola, Sergei A. Tretyakov, Ari J.... Electromagnetic Waves in Chiral and Bi-isotropic Media (Hardcover)
Ismo V. Lindell, Ari Sihvola, Sergei A. Tretyakov, Ari J. Viitanen
R2,942 Discovery Miles 29 420 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

For scientists, research engineers, physicists and postgraduate students, this work introduces the essential aspects of electromagnetic waves in chiral and bi-isotropic media, to give the practical working knowledge necessary for new application development. It includes sections on effective methods of measurement, how chiral and BI media affect electromagnetic fields and wave propagation, and how to apply the theory to basic problems in waveguide, antenna and scattering analysis.

Systems Modeling: Methodologies and Tools (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019): Antonio Puliafito, Kishor S. Trivedi Systems Modeling: Methodologies and Tools (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)
Antonio Puliafito, Kishor S. Trivedi
R2,691 Discovery Miles 26 910 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This book covers ideas, methods, algorithms, and tools for the in-depth study of the performance and reliability of dependable fault-tolerant systems. The chapters identify the current challenges that designers and practitioners must confront to ensure the reliability, availability, and performance of systems, with special focus on their dynamic behaviors and dependencies. Topics include network calculus, workload and scheduling; simulation, sensitivity analysis and applications; queuing networks analysis; clouds, federations and big data; and tools. This collection of recent research exposes system researchers, performance analysts, and practitioners to a spectrum of issues so that they can address these challenges in their work.

Encountering Technology - The Tech Evolution I Have Seen (Hardcover): George Gerstman Encountering Technology - The Tech Evolution I Have Seen (Hardcover)
George Gerstman
R925 Discovery Miles 9 250 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Computational Intelligence and Sustainable Systems - Intelligence and Sustainable Computing (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019): H.... Computational Intelligence and Sustainable Systems - Intelligence and Sustainable Computing (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)
H. Anandakumar, R Arulmurugan, Chow Chee Onn
R3,139 Discovery Miles 31 390 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This book features research related to computational intelligence and energy and thermal aware management of computing resources. The authors publish original and timely research in current areas of power, energy, temperature, and environmental engineering as and advances in computational intelligence that are benefiting the fields. Topics include signal processing architectures, algorithms, and applications; biomedical informatics and computation; artificial intelligence and machine learning; green technologies in information; and more. The book includes contributions from a wide range of researchers, academicians, and industry professionals. The book is made up both of extended papers presented at the International Conference on Intelligent Computing and Sustainable System (ICICSS 2018), September 20-21, 2018, and other accepted papers on R&D and original research work related to the practice and theory of technologies to enable and support Intelligent Computing applications.

Computational Electromagnetics (Hardcover): Konada Umashankar, Allen Taflove Computational Electromagnetics (Hardcover)
Konada Umashankar, Allen Taflove
R4,902 Discovery Miles 49 020 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

A self-study tutorial which presents the fundamental principles and rigorous numerical validations of a major contemporary branch in frequency-domain computational electromagnetics.

Disaster Recovery Planning for Communications and Critical Infrastructure (Hardcover): Leo A. Wrobel, Sharon M. Wrobel Disaster Recovery Planning for Communications and Critical Infrastructure (Hardcover)
Leo A. Wrobel, Sharon M. Wrobel
R2,684 Discovery Miles 26 840 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Addressing the vulnerabilities in today's critical infrastructure to natural disasters and terrorism, this practical book describes what public safety and other officials need to do to protect should be doing to pipelines, power plants, telecommunications, and other essential services before the unthinkable happens. The book explains how to maintain command and control in any disaster, and how to predict the probability of those disasters. Written by two highly regarded experts in the field, this one-of-a-kind guidebook shows how to simplify risk assessments and emergency response procedures to disasters affecting our critical national and local infrastructure.

Secure Electronic Transactions - Introduction and Technical Reference (Hardcover): Larry Loeb Secure Electronic Transactions - Introduction and Technical Reference (Hardcover)
Larry Loeb
R2,050 Discovery Miles 20 500 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This detailed volume and accompanying CD-ROM focus on the set electronic transaction (SET) system and review the fundamentals through to practical instruction on how to develop and implement the entire SET system. Topics addressed include: electronic commerce and the various payment and security systems that have led to online credit card commerce; cryptographic extensions utilized by the SET system; and the technical details behind SET, from purchase initiation, through certificate management, to data transport protocols. Actual programming examples and computer code to construct and roll out the SET system are also included. The book should be of interest to business executives as well as engineers.

Telecommunications and Network Engineering (Hardcover): Kevin Merriman Telecommunications and Network Engineering (Hardcover)
Kevin Merriman
R2,922 R2,655 Discovery Miles 26 550 Save R267 (9%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Using Cross-Layer Techniques for Communication Systems (Hardcover): Habib F. Rashvand, Yousef S. Kavian Using Cross-Layer Techniques for Communication Systems (Hardcover)
Habib F. Rashvand, Yousef S. Kavian
R4,946 Discovery Miles 49 460 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Although the existing layering infrastructure--used globally for designing computers, data networks, and intelligent distributed systems and which connects various local and global communication services--is conceptually correct and pedagogically elegant, it is now well over 30 years old has started create a serious bottleneck. Using Cross-Layer Techniques for Communication Systems: Techniques and Applications explores how cross-layer methods provide ways to escape from the current communications model and overcome the challenges imposed by restrictive boundaries between layers. Written exclusively by well-established researchers, experts, and professional engineers, the book will present basic concepts, address different approaches for solving the cross-layer problem, investigate recent developments in cross-layer problems and solutions, and present the latest applications of the cross-layer in a variety of systems and networks.

Principles of Digital Audio and Video (Hardcover): Arch Luther Principles of Digital Audio and Video (Hardcover)
Arch Luther
R3,068 Discovery Miles 30 680 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Aims to teach the reader of the underlying principles and practical applications of digital A/V, and to show where technology is heading in the 21st century. The book shows how to screen and select A/V system components, and how to choose the best design approaches for a particular system. Broadcast and computer system-design engineers should find this a useful text for an understanding of analogue-digital conversion, video cameras, digital transmission and processing, compression, recording and storage, post-production, and more.

Digital Control and Signal Processing Systems and Techniques, Volume 78 - Advances in Theory and Applications (Hardcover):... Digital Control and Signal Processing Systems and Techniques, Volume 78 - Advances in Theory and Applications (Hardcover)
Cornelius T. Leondes
R3,944 Discovery Miles 39 440 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Praise for the Series:
"This book will be a useful reference to control engineers and researchers. The papers contained cover well the recent advances in the field of modern control theory."
--IEEE Group Correspondence
"This book will help all those researchers who valiantly try to keep abreast of what is new in the theory and practice of optimal control."
--Control

Atlas of AI - Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence (Paperback): Kate Crawford Atlas of AI - Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence (Paperback)
Kate Crawford
R455 Discovery Miles 4 550 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The hidden costs of artificial intelligence—from natural resources and labor to privacy, equality, and freedom.

What happens when artificial intelligence saturates political life and depletes the planet? How is AI shaping our understanding of ourselves and our societies? Drawing on more than a decade of research, award‑winning scholar Kate Crawford reveals how AI is a technology of extraction: from the minerals drawn from the earth to the labor pulled from low-wage information workers to the data taken from every action and expression.

Crawford reveals how this planetary network is fueling a shift toward undemocratic governance and increased inequity. Rather than taking a narrow focus on code and algorithms, Crawford offers us a material and political perspective on what it takes to make AI and how it centralizes power. This is an urgent account of what is at stake as technology companies use artificial intelligence to reshape the world.

Instruction Level Parallelism (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016): Alex Aiken, Utpal Banerjee, Arun Kejariwal, Alexandru Nicolau Instruction Level Parallelism (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
Alex Aiken, Utpal Banerjee, Arun Kejariwal, Alexandru Nicolau
R2,735 Discovery Miles 27 350 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book precisely formulates and simplifies the presentation of Instruction Level Parallelism (ILP) compilation techniques. It uniquely offers consistent and uniform descriptions of the code transformations involved. Due to the ubiquitous nature of ILP in virtually every processor built today, from general purpose CPUs to application-specific and embedded processors, this book is useful to the student, the practitioner and also the researcher of advanced compilation techniques. With an emphasis on fine-grain instruction level parallelism, this book will also prove interesting to researchers and students of parallelism at large, in as much as the techniques described yield insights that go beyond superscalar and VLIW (Very Long Instruction Word) machines compilation and are more widely applicable to optimizing compilers in general. ILP techniques have found wide and crucial application in Design Automation, where they have been used extensively in the optimization of performance as well as area and power minimization of computer designs.

Mobile Networks for Biometric Data Analysis (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016): Massimo Conti, Natividad Martinez Madrid, Ralf Seepold,... Mobile Networks for Biometric Data Analysis (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
Massimo Conti, Natividad Martinez Madrid, Ralf Seepold, Simone Orcioni
R6,197 Discovery Miles 61 970 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This book showcases new and innovative approaches to biometric data capture and analysis, focusing especially on those that are characterized by non-intrusiveness, reliable prediction algorithms, and high user acceptance. It comprises the peer-reviewed papers from the international workshop on the subject that was held in Ancona, Italy, in October 2014 and featured sessions on ICT for health care, biometric data in automotive and home applications, embedded systems for biometric data analysis, biometric data analysis: EMG and ECG, and ICT for gait analysis. The background to the book is the challenge posed by the prevention and treatment of common, widespread chronic diseases in modern, aging societies. Capture of biometric data is a cornerstone for any analysis and treatment strategy. The latest advances in sensor technology allow accurate data measurement in a non-intrusive way, and in many cases it is necessary to provide online monitoring and real-time data capturing to support a patient's prevention plans or to allow medical professionals to access the patient's current status. This book will be of value to all with an interest in this expanding field.

Mobile Telecommunications - Emerging European Markets (Hardcover): Karl Ernst Schenk, Jurgen Muller, Thomas Schnoring Mobile Telecommunications - Emerging European Markets (Hardcover)
Karl Ernst Schenk, Jurgen Muller, Thomas Schnoring
R2,770 Discovery Miles 27 700 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Western and Central Europe contains both strong established and new, emerging markets for US and European mobile communications companies. This book is a comprehensive analysis of the current status and future integration prospects in these markets, with clear, in-depth explanations of standards, regulations and technology. Markets are identified and compared, showing where future growth will happen and when.

Handbook of Visual Communications (Hardcover): Hseuh-Ming Hang, John W. Woods Handbook of Visual Communications (Hardcover)
Hseuh-Ming Hang, John W. Woods
R1,227 Discovery Miles 12 270 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This volume is the most comprehensive reference work on visual communications to date. An international group of well-known experts in the field provide up-to-date and in-depth contributions on topics such as fundamental theory, international standards for industrial applications, high definition television, optical communications networks, and VLSI design. The book includes information for learning about both the fundamentals of image/video compression as well as more advanced topics in visual communications research. In addition, the Handbook of Visual Communications explores the latest developments in the field, such as model-based image coding, and provides readers with insight into possible future developments.
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* Displays comprehensive coverage from fundamental theory to international standards and VLSI design
* Includes 518 pages of contributions from well-known experts
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* Presents state-of-the-art knowledge--the most up-to-date and accurate information on various topics in the field
* Provides an extensive overview of international standards for industrial applications

Advanced Techniques in RF Power Amplifier Design (Hardcover): Steve C. Cripps Advanced Techniques in RF Power Amplifier Design (Hardcover)
Steve C. Cripps
R3,171 Discovery Miles 31 710 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This volume builds on the author's previous work, "RF Power Amplifiers for Wireless Communications", offering experienced engineers a more in-depth understanding of the theory and design of RF power amplifiers. A useful reference tool for RF-, digital- and system-level designers, the book includes discussions on the most critical topics for professionals in the field, including envelope power management schemes and linearization. This book should be of interest to RF- and microwave-design engineers in wireless communications, as well as digital- and system-level engineers in satellite communications.

Emerging Research on Networked Multimedia Communication Systems (Hardcover): Dimitris Kanellopoulos Emerging Research on Networked Multimedia Communication Systems (Hardcover)
Dimitris Kanellopoulos
R5,010 Discovery Miles 50 100 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Innovations in multimedia technology have truly revolutionized communication, transforming the definitions of text, audio, and visual information through hybrid combinations of these forms. The rise of multimedia systems has generated new methods for high-speed data capturing, processing, editing, storage, and dissemination across wide networks, creating a need for high-level surveillance and quality-monitoring control schemes. Emerging Research on Networked Multimedia Communication Systems provides a comprehensive overview of the most current theoretical frameworks, technological developments, and empirical research findings in the field of electronic media. This timely reference work also investigates numerous issues related to multimedia sharing and optimization over heterogeneous wired and wireless networks, making it a relevant learning tool for scholars, practitioners, and educators in the multimedia research arena. This authoritative resource features a comprehensive collection of research-based articles on topics ranging from fundamental issues in multimedia optimization to breakthrough advancements in the deployment of multimedia systems, including group synchronization control, video coding, video transmission, video broadcasting, and discussions of recent developments in Quality of Experience (QoE), Quality of Service (QoS), and Video over IP (VoIP) services.

Pegasus - The Secret Technology That Threatens The End Of Privacy And Democracy (Paperback): Laurent Richard, Sandrine Rigaud Pegasus - The Secret Technology That Threatens The End Of Privacy And Democracy (Paperback)
Laurent Richard, Sandrine Rigaud
R299 R271 Discovery Miles 2 710 Save R28 (9%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

The gripping, behind-the scenes story of one of the most sophisticated surveillance weapons ever created – and an existential threat to democracy and human rights.

Pegasus is widely regarded as the most powerful cyber-surveillance system on the market – available to any government that can afford its multimillion-dollar price tag. The system’s creator, the NSO group, a private corporation headquartered in Israel, boasts about its ability to thwart terrorists and criminals.

But the Pegasus system doesn’t only catch terrorists and criminals.

Pegasus has been used by repressive regimes to spy on thousands of innocent people around the world: heads of state, diplomats, human rights defenders, lawyers, political opponents, and journalists.

Virtually undetectable, the system can track a person’s daily movement in real time, gain control of the device’s microphones and cameras at will, and capture all videos, photos, emails, texts, and passwords – encrypted or not. Its full reach is not even known.

This is the gripping story of how Pegasus was uncovered, written by Laurent Richard and Sandrine Rigaud, the two intrepid reporters who revealed the scandal in collaboration with an international consortium of journalists. Their findings shook the world.

Tense and compelling, Pegasus reveals how thousands of lives have been turned upside down by this unprecedented threat, and exposes the chilling new ways governments and corporations are laying waste to human rights – and silencing innocent citizens.

Smart Governance for Cities: Perspectives and Experiences (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020): Nuno Vasco Moreira Lopes Smart Governance for Cities: Perspectives and Experiences (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)
Nuno Vasco Moreira Lopes
R3,118 Discovery Miles 31 180 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This book provides theoretical perspectives and practical experiences on smart governance for smart cities. It presents a balanced linkage between research, policies and practices on this area. The authors discuss the sustainability challenges raised by rapid urbanization, challenges with smart governance models in various countries, and a new governance paradigm seen as a capable approach able to overcome social, economic and environmental sustainability problems. The authors include case studies on transformation, adaption and transfers; and country, regional, municipal contextualization. Also included are best practices on monitoring and evaluating smart governance and impact assessment. The book features contributions from researchers, academics, and practitioners in the field. Analyzes smart governance for cities from a variety of perspectives and a variety of sectors - both in theory and in practice Features information on the linkage between United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and smart governance Covers the connection between research, policies and practice in smart governance for smart cities

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