Security is one of the most significant issues facing the owners and users of computer systems in the Internet age, and recent years have convincingly illustrated that the problems is increasing in both scale and cost.Computer Insecurity : Risking the System approaches its topic from the perspective of vulnerability-how can your system be attached? Covering technical issues and human fa....     View More Details

The book provides a full explanation of the concepts and theories of intelligent agents and agent-based systems. Providing a comprehensive theoretical background, the author covers modern artificial intelligence topics such as ontologies, neural networks, chaos theory, fuzzy logics and genetic algorithms. Finally, the author details how the iJADK toolkit (intelligent Java agent development kit....     View More Details

Many optimization questions arise in economics and finance; an important example of this is the society`s choice of the optimum state of the economy (the social choice problem). Optimization in Economics and Finance extends and improves the usual optimization techniques, in a form the may be adopted for modeling social choice problems. Problems discussed include eg., when is an optimum ....     View More Details

In recent years our understanding of the genetic links to cardiovascular disease has increased dramatically, helping to redefine the etiology and diagnostic criteria for numerous conditions, and allowing the development of novel, individualized treatments. In Principles of Molecular Cardiology leading specialists explore all the latest developments in molecular cardiologic research and ....     View More Details

Through more than a decade of evolution in the field of biomedical informatics, the first and second editions of Biomedical Informatics: Computer Applications in Health Care and Biomedicine have been leading resources for informatics students, researchers, and practitioners. This Third Editions (renamed Biomedical Informatics to reflect wider breadth of the field), heavily update....     View More Details

This volume is an outgrowth of the workshop ``Application of Advanced Control Theory to Robotics and Automation,`` organized in honor of the 70^th birthdays of Peter V. Kokotovic and Salvatore (Turi) Nicosia. Both Petar and Turi have carried out distinguished work in the work in the control community and have long been recognized as mentors, experts, and pioneers in the field of auto....     View More Details

Conventional wisdom of the ``software stack`` approach to building applications may no longer be relevant. Enterprises are pursuing new ways of organizing systems and processes to become service oriented and event-driven. Leveraging existing infrastructural investments is a critical aspect to the success of companies both large and small. Enterprises have to adapt their systems to support freq....     View More Details

The book provides a critical discussion of fuzzy controllers from the perspective of classical control theory. Special emphases are placed on topics that are of importance for industrial applications, like (self) tuning of fuzzy controllers, optimization and stability analysis. The book is written as a textbook for graduate students as well as a comprehensive reference book about fuzzy control....     View More Details

Markov chains are a particularly powerful and widely used tool for analyzing a variety of stochastic (probabilistic) systems over time. This monograph will present a series of Markov models, starting from the basic models and then building up to higher-order models. Included in the higher-order discussions are multivariate models, higher-order multivariate models, and higher-order hidden model....     View More Details

Time Series Analysis and Its Applications, Second Edition, presents a balanced and comprehensive treatment of both time and frequency domain methods with accompanying theory. Numerous examples using non-trivial data illustrate solutions to problems such as evaluating pain perception experiments using magnetic resonance imaging, monitoring a nuclear test ban treaty, evaluating the volatility of....     View More Details

This book is accepted internationally as the standard treatment of the mechanical properties of biological fluids, solids, tissues, and organs. It is used as both a reference and textbook in this rapidly growing field. Biomechanics presents a general outline of the discipline, with applications to bioengineering,physiology, medicine, and surgery. The second edition reflects the broad a....     View More Details

Design of Wireless Autonomous Datalogger IC`s reveals the state of the art in the design of complex dataloggers, with a special focus on low-power consumption. The emphasis is on autonomous dataloggers for stand-alone applications with remote reprogrammability.

The book starts with a comprehensive introduction on the most important design aspects and trade-offs for miniaturized l....     View More Details

Switching theory and logic design provide mathematical foundations and tools for digital system design that is an essential part in the research and development in almost all areas of modern technology. The vast complexity of modern digital systems implies that they can only be handled by computer aided design tools that are built on sophisticated mathematical models. Fundamentals of Switching....     View More Details

In the last few years there has been significant progress in the development of microfluidics and nanofluidics at the application as well as at the fundamental and simulation levels. This book provides a comprehensive summary of these changes describing fluid flow in micro and nano configurations. Whereas in their previous book entitled Microflows: Fundamentals and Simulation the authors cover....     View More Details

From the reviews of previous editions:

``..An excellent reference on undergraduate mathematical computing.``

American Mathematical Monthly

Nearly sixty years ago, the first successful demonstration of  the transistor proved to be the herald of a new era of microelectronics. The ever-increasing complexity and functional speed of microelectronic circuits now containing tens of millions of transistors demand appropriate and rigorous test engineering activities during development and production. Test engineering must also be mor....     View More Details

VLSI-Design for Non-Volatile Memories is intended for electrical engineers and graduate students who want to enter into the integrated circuit design world. Non-volatile memories are treated as an example to explain general design concepts. Practical illustrative examples of non-volatile memories, including flash types, are showcased to give insightful examples of the discussed design approach....     View More Details

BUSINESS ETHICS: The Ethical Revolution of Minority Shareholders is a pioneer and original work in the domain of ethics in the relations between companies and minority shareholders. The book puts into context the motives of the controlling shareholders, who operate in collaboration with the management of their companies, in order to maximize their profits, very often at the expense of t....     View More Details

Digital Signal Processing for Measurement Systems: Theory and Applications covers the theoretical as well as the practical issues which form the basis of the modern DSP-based instruments and measurement methods. It covers the basics of DSP theory before discussing the critical aspects of DSP unique to measurement science.

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• Approaches signal processing throug....     View More Details

Embedded Processor-Based Self-Test is a guide to self-testing strategies for embedded processors. Embedded processors are regularly used today in most System-on-chips (SoCs). Testing of microprocessors and embedded processors has always been a challenge because most traditional testing techniques fail when applied to them. This is due to the complex sequential structure of processor arc....     View More Details