Fractal Imaging

Fractal image compression technology, one of the major digital image compression techniques, has been a well kept secret for many years. While there are many books written on other technologies, such as DCT/JPEG and wavelet theory, few books touch the sub...

 Scattering, Natural Surfaces and Fractals

An elegant and clear treatment of a rigorous topic with informative prose and realistic illustrations of scattering Provides readers with a solid background in interpretation, classification, and thematization of microwave images The only book availab...

 Soil Microbiology, Ecology and Biochemistry

New to this edition: New section on Ecology integrated with biochemistry and microbiology Sections on exciting new methodology such as tracers, molecular analysis and computers that will allow great advances in this field Six new chapters: bioremed...

 Biostatistics A Guide to Design, Analysis, and Discovery

Today, mathematics, biology, medicine, and statistics are closing the interdisciplinary gap in an unprecedented way and many of the important unanswered questions now emerge at the interface of these disciplines. Now in its Second Edition, this user-frien...

 Oil Spill Environmental Forensics Fingerprinting and Source Identification

Oil Spill Environmental Forensics provides a complete view of the various forensic techniques used to identify the source of an oil spill into the environment. The forensic procedures described within represent various methods from scientists throughout t...

 Handbook of Fiber Optic Data Communication

This book is an important reference source for today's communications professionals. The book offers an overview of data communication using both fiber optics and optoelectronics. In addition, the book offers guidance regarding all the industry standards,...

 Nonlinear Fiber Optics

Since the 3rd edition appeared, a fast evolution of the field has occurred. The fourth edition of this classic work provides an up-to-date account of the nonlinear phenomena occurring inside optical fibers. The contents include such important topics as se...

 Multimedia Security Technologies for Digital Rights Management

Security is a major concern in an increasingly multimedia-defined universe where the Internet serves as an indispensable resource for information and entertainment. Digital Rights Management (DRM) is the technology by which network systems protect and pro...

 Remote Sensing Models and Methods for Image Processing

Remote sensing is a technology that engages electromagnetic sensors to measure and monitor changes in the earth's surface and atmosphere. Normally this is accomplished through the use of a satellite or aircraft. This book, in its 3rd edition, seamlessly c...

 Basics of Interferometry

Optical interferometry is used in communications, medical imaging, astonomy, and structural measurement. With the use of an interferometer engineers and scientists are able to complete surface inspections of micromachined surfaces and semiconductors. Medi...

 Video Coding For Mobile Communications Efficiency, Complexity, and Resilience

This book concentrates on three main challenges of video coding for mobile communications: higher coding efficiency, reduced computational complexity, and improved error resilience. Unlike other high level books and articles that focus on individual aspec...

 Specialty Optical Fibers Handbook

This book is a comprehensive contributed volume that aims to describe and explain the design, fabrication, operating characteristics, and specific applications of the most popular and useful types of specialty optical fibers. These specialty fibers includ...

 Multilingual Speech Processing

Tanja Schultz and Katrin Kirchhoff have compiled a comprehensive overview of speech processing from a multilingual perspective. By taking this all-inclusive approach to speech processing, the editors have included theories, algorithms, and techniques that...

 Wireless Networks From the Physical Layer to Communication, Computing, Sensing and Control

This multidisciplinary volume originates from lectures presented at a short course on wireless communications in Capri, Italy. This globally attended conference has produced an exceptional book written by pioneers in the field. Lecturers at Capri included...

 Face Processing Advanced Modeling and Methods

Major strides have been made in face processing in the last ten years due to the fast growing need for security in various locations around the globe. A human eye can discern the details of a specific face with relative ease. It is this level of detail th...