Computer Performance Engineering

Contributors mostly from computer science and electrical engineering, but also several medical fields explore technology designed to support people with functional diversity in daily life, education,

The LNICST series constitutes the publication platform for conferences, symposia and workshops sponsored by the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering (

International contributors in education, psychology, technology, and telecommunications engineering describe recent theory and applications in the field of computer supported collaborative learning (C

Since the original publication of this book, available computer power has increased greatly. Today, scientific computing is playing an ever more prominent role as a tool in scientific discovery and engineering analysis. In this second edition, the key addition is an introduction to the finite element method. This is a widely used technique for solving partial differential equations (PDEs) in complex domains. This text introduces numerical methods and shows how to develop, analyse, and use them. Complete MATLAB programs for all the worked examples are now available at www.cambridge.org/Moin, and more than 30 exercises have been added. This thorough and practical book is intended as a first course in numerical analysis, primarily for new graduate students in engineering and physical science. Along with mastering the fundamentals of numerical methods, students will learn to write their own computer programs using standard numerical methods.

Most of today's electrical engineering and computer engineering graduates lack a critically important skill the analysis of transmission lines. They need this basic knowledge in order to be able to d

Since the original publication of this book, available computer power has increased greatly. Today, scientific computing is playing an ever more prominent role as a tool in scientific discovery and engineering analysis. In this second edition, the key addition is an introduction to the finite element method. This is a widely used technique for solving partial differential equations (PDEs) in complex domains. This text introduces numerical methods and shows how to develop, analyse, and use them. Complete MATLAB programs for all the worked examples are now available at www.cambridge.org/Moin, and more than 30 exercises have been added. This thorough and practical book is intended as a first course in numerical analysis, primarily for new graduate students in engineering and physical science. Along with mastering the fundamentals of numerical methods, students will learn to write their own computer programs using standard numerical methods.

Matlab® can be used to execute many mathematical and engineering calculations as well as a handheld computer can---if not better. Moreover, like many other computer languages, it can perform t

Written by an international group of authors with diverse backgrounds including ergonomics, psychology, architecture, computer science, engineering, and sociology, Advances in Cognitive Ergonomics pr

The LNICST series constitutes the publication platform for conferences, symposia and workshops sponsored by the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering (

Lab-on-a-chip, as Ghallab (PhD, electrical engineering, U. of Calgary, Canada) and Badawy (electrical and computer engineering, U. of Calgary, Canada) explain in their introduction, is a device that i

International contributors in computer science, engineering, and computer-aided manufacturing provide an overview of virtual reality concepts and technologies being used in sectors such as manufacturi

Topics and FeaturesProvides a thorough discussion of several tasks for image processing, pattern recognition, computer vision, robotics and computer graphics using the geometric algebra frameworkIntr

Distributed systems are a continuously expanding area of computer science and computer engineering. This book addresses the need for literature on modeling and simulation techniques for distributed sy

The LNICST series constitutes the publication platform for conferences, symposia and workshops sponsored by the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering (

The LNICST series constitutes the publication platform for conferences, symposia and workshops sponsored by the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering (

Advanced Digital Design with the Verilog HDL, 2e, is ideal for an advanced course in digital design for seniors and first-year graduate students in electrical engineering, computer engineering, and co

Studies of pedestrian behaviour have recently gained a lot of attention in a variety of disciplines, including urban planning, transportation, civil engineering, computer science/artificial intelligen

The book will contain contributions from the fields of anthropology, biomedical engineering, computer science, neuroscience, nursing, prosthetics and orthotics, psychology, and rehabilitative medicin

Ghannouchi (electrical and computer engineering, U. of Calgary) and Mohammadi (electrical engineering, Amirkabir U. of Technology) describe an approach to analyzing the design of microwave and wireles

Semiotics, the science of signs, has long been recognised as an important discipline for understanding information and communications. Moreover it has found wide application in other areas of computer science, as it offers an effective insight into organisations and the computer systems that support them. An organisation may be viewed as a system of information and communication in which human actors, with the assistance of information technology, are able to process, represent, store and consume information. Computer systems that fit into an organisation and that support and enhance its performance and competitiveness, can be better delivered if semiotic principles are understood and applied. In this book, first published in 2000, semiotic methods are introduced and illustrated through three major case studies, which demonstrate how information systems can be developed to meet business requirements and support business objectives. It will appeal to academics, systems developers and an

Fifty-nine international academics, researchers, and computer science and engineering professionals contribute 15 chapters addressing the issues of which modeling languages are good for embedded syste

Rondeau (Institute for Defense Analyses' Center for Communications Research at Princeton) and Bostian (electrical and computer engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State U.) describe and ex

· This is an update Text book for beginning graduate students in Mathematics, Probability and Statistics, Engineering, Computer Sciences, Mathematical Economics · It distinguishes from all existing

First published in 1996, this collection of essays by distinguished computer scientists celebrates the achievements of research and speculates about the unsolved problems in computer science that require future investigation. Since the subject stretches from technology in the field, through engineering design to foundations in mathematics, there is a wide variety of concerns and approaches among the authors. The book's purpose is to show that long-term research in computer science is crucial and that it must not be driven solely by commercial considerations. The authors do not shirk the difficult aspects of their topics, but try to expose them in the simplest terms possible without diluting them, in order that the reader can understand the issues involved. Thus the book also represents a broad overview of much of the state of knowledge and future expectations of computer science, illustrating that it is much more than a technology and it is a fully fledged and growing intellectual disc

This book constitutes the post-conference proceedings of the WG2.7/13.4 10th Conference on Engineering Human Computer Interaction (EHCI 2007), the WG 13.2 First Conference on Human Centred Software En

Model checking technology is among the foremost applications of logic to computer science and computer engineering. The model checking community has achieved many breakthroughs, bridging the gap betwe

This is an update Text book for beginning graduate students in Mathematics, Probability and Statistics, Engineering, Computer Sciences, Mathematical Economics. It distinguishes from all existing texts

From engineering fluid mechanics to power systems, information coding theory and other fields, entropy is key to maximizing performance in engineering systems. It serves a vital role in achieving the

With examples from electrical and mechanical engineering, biology and complex network analysis, researcher Michiels (computer science, Katholieke U., Leuven) and practitioner Niculescu explain how to

International contributors, in fields such as computer engineering, information management, industrial engineering, and information systems, explore problems and methods related to enterprise data min

Operations Research (OR) began as an interdisciplinary activity to solve complex military problems during World War II. Utilizing principles from mathematics, engineering, business, computer science,

A senior level undergraduate and graduate textbook for a wide audience of engineering students taking a first course in CFD or Computer Aided Engineering. Fully course matched, with the most extensive

This textbook is intended for an undergraduate/graduate course on computer networks and for introductory courses dealing with performance evaluation of computers, networks, grids and telecommunicatio

This book is for readers with backgrounds in science engineering who have experience in computer programming but who lack training in software engineering. It teaches object-oriented design patterns i

What People Have Said About Human Competence: "Among the ideas bulging from this classic work: performance exemplars, potential for improving performance, behavior-accomplishment distinction, perform

Virtually every four-year electrical and computer engineering program requires a course in electromagnetic fields and waves encompassing Maxwell's equations. Understanding and appreciating the laws of

This survey of fundamental algebraic structures employs techniques applicable to mathematics, physics, engineering, and computer science. Topics include relations between groups and sets, the fundamen

The increasing popularity of wireless networks makes interference and cross-talk between multiple systems inevitable. This book describes techniques for quantifying this, and the effects on the performance of wireless networks operating in the unlicensed bands. It also presents a variety of system-level solutions, obviating the need for new hardware implementations. The book starts with basic concepts and wireless protocols before moving on to interference performance evaluation, interference modeling, coexistence solutions, and concluding with common misconceptions and pitfalls. The theory is illustrated by reference to real-world systems such as Bluetooth and WiFi. With a number of case studies and many illustrations, this book will be of interest to graduate students in electrical engineering and computer science, to practitioners designing new WLAN and WPAN systems or developing new techniques for interference supression, and to general users of merging wireless technologies.

Speech Production: Models, Phonetic Processes and Techniques brings together researchers from many different disciplines - computer science, dentistry, engineering, linguistics, phonetics, physiology,

This textbook makes use of the popular computer program MATLAB as the major computer tool to study mechanics of composite materials. It is written specifically for students in engineering and material