After a quick survey of the famous pioneers of human movement analysis and the actual needs in different domains, this book presents the main types of systems available on the market (with the pros an
Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks (VANETs) play a key role to develop Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) aiming to achieve road safety and to guaranty needs of drivers and passengers, in addition to imp
System virtualization has become increasingly common in distributed systems because of its functionality and convenience for the owners and users of these infrastructures. In Scheduling of Large-scale
This book shows how dispersion engineering in two dimensional dielectric photonic crystals can provide new effects for the precise control of light propagation for integrated nanophotonics.Dispersion
This book presents digital encoders for data communications. After an introduction on data communications and different sequences, the authors present the frey encoder as a digital filter followed by
An ideal resource for students, industrial engineers, and researchers, Signal Processing with Free Software Practical Experiments presents practical experiments in signal processing using free softwar
In order to enable general understanding and to foster the implementation of necessary support measures in organizations, this book describes the fundamental and conceptual aspects of cyberspace abuse
Focus: The Classical Music of India in Global Perspective provides an in-depth look at the Hindustani musical tradition in India. The first section of the book presents the cultural history of South A
Based on a convergence of network technologies, the Next Generation Network (NGN) is being deployed to carry high quality video and voice data. In fact, the convergence of network technologies has bee
Drivers of motorized two-wheeled vehicles are considered as the most vulnerable road users. Indeed, the number of motorbike accidents has been constantly increasing over the last few years. In additio
This book presents classical asymptotic models used to describe the electromagnetic wave scattering from rough surfaces. It focuses on the case of random rough surfaces, which can be described statist
Resource allocation and power optimization is a new challenge inmultimedia services in cellular communication systems. Toprovide a better end-user experience, the fourth generation (4G)standard Long
The classic approach in Automatic Control relies on the use of simplified models of the systems and reformulations of the specifications. In this framework, the control law can be computed using deter
This book presents correct-by-design control techniques for switching systems, using different methods of stability analysis. Switching systems are increasingly used in the electronics and mechanical
In this book, the Method of Moments (MoM) is applied to compute the field scattered by scatterers such that canonical objects (cylinder or plate) or a randomly rough surface, and also by an object abo
This book addresses the field of geographic information extraction and retrieval from textual documents. Geographic information retrieval is a rapidly emerging subject, a trend fostered by the growing
Focus: Choral Music in Global Perspective introduces the little-known traditions and repertoires of the world’s choral diversity, from the prison choirs of Thailand and the gay and lesbian choral orga
Proportionate-type normalized least mean square (PtNLMS) algorithms are developed and analyzed. PtNLMS algorithms offer low computational complexity and fast convergence times, for sparse impulse resp
We will present in this book the principles of securization of software-based equipment. At first, we will present the definition principles of security objectives. Secondly, we will show how it is po
