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For some time, all branches of the military have used a wide range
of sensors to provide data for many purposes, including
surveillance, reconnoitring, target detection and battle damage
assessment. Many nations have also attempted to utilise these
sensors for civilian applications, such as crop monitoring,
agricultural disease tracking, environmental diagnostics,
cartography, ocean temperature profiling, urban planning, and the
characterisation of the Ozone Hole above Antarctica. The recent
convergence of several important technologies has made possible
new, advanced, high performance, sensor based applications relying
on the near-simultaneous fusion of data from an ensemble of
different types of sensors. The book examines the underlying
principles of sensor operation and data fusion, the techniques and
technologies that enable the process, including the operation of
'fusion engines'. Fundamental theory and the enabling technologies
of data fusion are presented in a systematic and accessible manner.
Applications are discussed in the areas of medicine, meteorology,
BDA and targeting, transportation, cartography, the environment,
agriculture, and manufacturing and process control.
For some time, all branches of the military have used a wide range
of sensors to provide data for many purposes, including
surveillance, reconnoitring, target detection and battle damage
assessment. Many nations have also attempted to utilise these
sensors for civilian applications, such as crop monitoring,
agricultural disease tracking, environmental diagnostics,
cartography, ocean temperature profiling, urban planning, and the
characterisation of the Ozone Hole above Antarctica. The recent
convergence of several important technologies has made possible
new, advanced, high performance, sensor based applications relying
on the near-simultaneous fusion of data from an ensemble of
different types of sensors. The book examines the underlying
principles of sensor operation and data fusion, the techniques and
technologies that enable the process, including the operation of
'fusion engines'. Fundamental theory and the enabling technologies
of data fusion are presented in a systematic and accessible manner.
Applications are discussed in the areas of medicine, meteorology,
BDA and targeting, transportation, cartography, the environment,
agriculture, and manufacturing and process control.
Independence from colonial rule did not usher in the halcyon days
many North Africans had hoped for, as the new governments in
Morocco, Tunisia, and Algeria soon came to rely on repression to
reinforce and maintain power. In response to widespread human
rights abuses, individuals across the Maghrib began to form groups
in the late 1970s to challenge the political practices and
structures in the region, and over time these independent human
rights organizations became prominent political actors. The
activists behind them are neither saints nor revolutionaries, but
political reformers intent on changing political patterns that have
impeded democratization. This study, the first systematic
comparative analysis of North African politics in more than a
decade, explores the ability of society, including Islamist forces,
to challenge the powers of states. Locating Maghribi polities
within their cultural and historical contexts, Waltz traces
state-society relations in the contemporary period. Even as Algeria
totters at the brink of civil war and security concerns rise across
the region, the human rights groups Susan Waltz examines implicitly
challenge the authoritarian basis of political governance. Their
efforts have not led to the democratic transition many had hoped,
but human rights have become a crucial new element of North African
political discourse. This title is part of UC Press's Voices
Revived program, which commemorates University of California
Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and
give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to
1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship
accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title
was originally published in 1995.
Independence from colonial rule did not usher in the halcyon days
many North Africans had hoped for, as the new governments in
Morocco, Tunisia, and Algeria soon came to rely on repression to
reinforce and maintain power. In response to widespread human
rights abuses, individuals across the Maghrib began to form groups
in the late 1970s to challenge the political practices and
structures in the region, and over time these independent human
rights organizations became prominent political actors. The
activists behind them are neither saints nor revolutionaries, but
political reformers intent on changing political patterns that have
impeded democratization. This study, the first systematic
comparative analysis of North African politics in more than a
decade, explores the ability of society, including Islamist forces,
to challenge the powers of states. Locating Maghribi polities
within their cultural and historical contexts, Waltz traces
state-society relations in the contemporary period. Even as Algeria
totters at the brink of civil war and security concerns rise across
the region, the human rights groups Susan Waltz examines implicitly
challenge the authoritarian basis of political governance. Their
efforts have not led to the democratic transition many had hoped,
but human rights have become a crucial new element of North African
political discourse. This title is part of UC Press's Voices
Revived program, which commemorates University of California
Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and
give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to
1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship
accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title
was originally published in 1995.
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