This book provides an accessible introduction to signals and systems by beginning with an early introduction to cound and image applications, as opposed to circuits, that motivate readers to learn the theory. The book is accompanied by a robust website with detailed notes and illustrative applets for most every topic. An accessible introduction to the topic that assumes no background in circuits. Starts by presenting applications, which successfully motivates students learn the theory. An appropriate presentation for computer engineers and computer scientists students. Includes extensive web material for students and instructors with dynamic, illustrative applets for most topics. Incorporates lab material that ties the theory of the text into real-world applications of signals and systems. Based on many years of successful class-testing at the authors' university. This book is designed for students taking an introductory signals and systems course, as well as engineers looking for a fresh coverage of this important topic.

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Structure and Interpretation of Signals and Systems

By Edward A. Lee, Pravin Varaiya

Edition: illustrated

Published by Addison-Wesley, 2002

ISBN 0201745518, 9780201745511

700 pages

Signal analysis wavelets, filter banks, time-frequency transforms and applications-Mertins A. Wiley

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OFDM, Rayleigh fading, IEEE, CDMA, channel estimation, fading channels, MIMO, Turbo Codes, path loss, AWGN, subcarriers, transmit diversity, space-time coding, Spread-Spectrum, constellation, antenna, diversity gain, spatial multiplexing, eigenvalues, M-QAM

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Signal Processing for Mobile Communications Handbook[

edited by Mohamed Ibnkahla

Published by CRC Press, 2005

ISBN 084931657X, 9780849316579

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statistically independent, covariance matrix, sufficient statistic, eigenvalues, likelihood ratio test, minimum mean-square error, power spectral density, eigenvectors, Wiener process, integral equation, stationary process, wide-sense stationary, characteristic function, Wiener filter, Estimation Theory, risk function, MAP estimate, likelihood function, Kalman filter, probability density function

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Signal Detection and Estimation

By Mourad Barkat

Edition: illustrated

Published by Artech House, 1991

Original from the University of Michigan

Digitized Dec 7, 2007

ISBN 0890064547, 9780890064542

434 pages

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Stabilization, Safety, and Security of Distributed Systems (formerly Symposium on Self-Stabilizing Systems), SSS 2006, held in Dallas, TX, USA in November 2006.

The 36 revised full papers and 12 revised short papers presented together with the extended abstracts of 2 invited lectures were carefully reviewed and selected from 155 submissions. The papers address all aspects of self-stabilization, safety and security, recovery oriented systems and programing, from theoretical contributions, to reports of the actual experience of applying the principles of self-stabilization to static and dynamic systems.

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Stabilization, Safety, and Security of Distributed Systems: 8Th International Symposium, SSS 2006, Dallas, TX, USA, November 17-19, 2006 : Proceedings

By Ajoy K Datta, Tex ) Sss 2006 (2006: Dallas, Maria Gradinariu, 2006 SSS <8,>

Contributor Ajoy K Datta

Published by Springer, 2006

ISBN 3540498230, 9783540498230

Signal Analysis explores methods that offer an insight into the properties of signals and stochastic processes. This comprehensive and authoritative book provides an introduction to the fundamental theory of signal analysis. It bridges the gap between the basic knowledge in system theory and the specialist knowledge in various fields of signal processing and provides a complete overview of current applications. Features include:

• Focus on both classical and modern approaches to transforms, such as the KarhunenLove transform and the discrete Fourier transform
• Enhancement of the understanding and relation of transform theory
• Discussion of recent and emerging topics, including filter banks with perfect reconstruction time-frequency and wavelets.

With its great accuracy and technical merit, Signal Analysis is essential reading for signal processing engineers, researchers, undergraduates, postgraduates and lecturers of electrical and computer engineering

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Signal Analysis: Wavelets, Filter Banks, Time-Frequency Transforms and Applications

By Alfred Mertins

Edition: illustrated

Published by J. Wiley, 1999

ISBN 0471986267, 9780471986263

317 pages

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Schaum's Outline of Theory and Problems of Digital Signal Processing

By Monson H. Hayes

Edition: illustrated

Published by McGraw-Hill Professional, 1999

ISBN 0070273898, 9780070273894

432 pages

For Image and Computer Vision, Image Processing, and Computer Vision courses. This is the first text that provides a balanced treatment of image processing fundamentals and an introduction to software principles used in the practical application of image processing. A seamless integration of material from the leading text, Digital Image Processing by Gonzalez and Woods and the Image Processing Toolbox from Mathworks, Inc. This text works in the MATLAB computing environment; the Toolbox provides a stable, well-supported set of software tools capable of addressing a broad spectrum of applications in digital image processing. The major areas covered include intensity transformations, linear and nonlinear spatial filtering, filtering in the frequency domain, image restoration and registration, color image processing, wavelets, image data compression, morphological image processing, image segmentation, regions and boundary representation and description, and object recognition.

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Digital Image Processing Using MATLAB: using Matlab

By Rafael C. Gonzalez, Richard Eugene Woods, Steven L. Eddins

Contributor Richard Eugene Woods, Steven L. Eddins

Edition: illustrated

Published by Pearson Prentice Hall, 2004

ISBN 0130085197, 9780130085191

609 pages

This text surveys a vast array of signal and image processing tools for biomedical applications, providing a working knowledge of the technologies addressed while showcasing valuable implementation procedures, common pitfalls, and essential application concepts. This volume relies heavily on MATLAB( problems and examples. Accompanied by CD.

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Biosignal and Biomedical Image Processing: MATLAB-based Applications

By John L. Semmlow

Edition: illustrated

Published by CRC Press, 2004

ISBN 0824748034, 9780824748036

423 pages

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• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: SitePoint; 1 edition (March 9, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0975841971
• ISBN-13: 978-0975841976

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CSS-based design doesn't need to be boring. The Art & Science of CSS brings together a talented collection of designers who will show you how to take the building blocks of your web site's design (such as headings, navigation, forms, and more) and bring them to life with fully standards-compliant CSS.

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Beginning Web Programming with HTML, XHTML and CSS

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• Paperback: 840 pages
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (6 Aug 2004)
• Language English
• ISBN-10: 0764570781
• ISBN-13: 978-0764570780

What is this book about?

Beginning Web Programming with HTML, XHTML, and CSS teaches you how to write Web pages using HTML, XHTML, and CSS. It follows standards–based principles, but also teaches readers ways around problems they are likely to face using (X)HTML.

While XHTML is the "current" standard, the book still covers HTML because many people do not yet understand that XHTML is the official successor to HTML, and many readers will still stick with HTML for backward compatibility and simpler/informal Web pages that don′t require XHTML compliance.

The book teaches basic principles of usability and accessibility along the way, to get users into the mode of developing Web pages that will be available to as many viewers as possible from the start. The book also covers the most commonly used programming/scripting language — JavaScript — and provides readers with a roadmap of other Web technologies to learn after mastering this book to add more functionality to their sites.

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As the Web has evolved, tools and methods for creating Web pages have also changed and matured. This book teaches you to create Web sites using a combination of new and mature technologies and shows you the best practices that have emerged for using these technologies.

In these pages you will learn to build Web sites with traditional HTML and its successor XHTML. You will see how CSS can be used to make your Web pages more attractive by controlling the presentation and formatting of pages, and how to use JavaScript™ to enhance the power of your pages. Along the way you will learn how to make your pages work in several generations of Web browsers, including new Web–enabled devices such as mobile phones. You′ll also learn techniques that make your site more usable and accessible.

What you will learn from this book

• How to create Web sites using established standards
• The differences between HTML and its successor XHTML
• How to include images and links in your pages
• Methods of collecting information from visitors to your site using forms
• Ways to control the appearance of your pages (such as fonts, colors, and backgrounds) using CSS
• How to use tables, frames, and CSS to control page layout
• Design issues such as creating simple navigation and usable forms
• How to deliver Web pages to a wide range of devices
• The basics of using JavaScript in your pages

Who this book is for

This book is for anyone who wants to understand the language of the Web and learn to create Web pages. You should know how to access and view Web pages with a browser, but previous programming experience is not necessary.

Wrox Beginning guides are crafted to make learning programming languages and technologies easier than you think, providing a structured tutorial format that will guide you through all the techniques involved.

CSS Instant Results

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• Paperback: 383 pages
• Publisher: Wrox (April 17, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 047175126X
• ISBN-13: 978-0471751267

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CSS Instant Results helps you quickly master and implement the diverse web applications CSS enables for web designers. The book is centered around ten ready-to-use projects with all the code for all the projects included on the books CD-ROM - that you can use immediately. CSS Instant Results dives into working code so you can learn it rapidly. The book and code projects are written for web developers and designers who are looking to learn how to use CSS for better, faster design and markup. Some previous JavaScript use is helpful.

Each of the 10 project features step-by-step set-up instructions with a description of each project that enables you to understand and then modify it so you can reuse it in different situations.

The code has been tested with several browsers including Mozilla Firefox 1.0, Opera 8, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 for Windows, and Safari 1.3 for Mac OS X. The 10 projects covered in the book with complete source-code on the CD are:

• Tab-based navigation
• Multi-column layouts
• Dynamic dropdown menus
• A different approach to the dropdown menu
• Web-based slideshow
• Custom borders and rounded corners
• Applying CSS to a webmail application
• Styling input forms
• User interface for a web-based file viewer
• Styling a web-based calendar

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With the latest generation of modern browsers expanding support for CSS 3, it is an exciting time in the CSS world. Featuring ten ready-to-use projects on the book's CD-ROM, this helpful reference dives into working code so you can rapidly master the increasingly diverse applications web designers can use with CSS, including some that previously could be done only with JavaScript.

Featuring in-depth explanations, these ten ready-to-use projects are easy to implement in your own projects. The description of each project enables you to understand and then modify it so you can reuse it in different situations. The code has been tested with several browsers including Mozilla Firefox 1.0, Opera 8, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 for Windows, and Safari 1.3 for Mac OS X.

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CSS Web Design For Dummies

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• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: For Dummies (March 18, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764584251
• ISBN-13: 978-0764584251

Product Description

• Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is a Web markup standard that allows Web designers to define the appearance and position of a Web page using special dynamic effects
• This book is the perfect beginner reference, showing those new to CSS how to design Web pages and implement numerous useful CSS effects available
• Seasoned For Dummies author Richard Mansfield explains how CSS can streamline and speed up Web development
• Explains how to take control of the many elements in a Web page, integrate CSS into new or existing sites, choose the best coding techniques, and execute advanced visual effects such as transitions
• U Features a special discussion on browser incompatibility issues involving CSS and how to solve potential problems

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A step-by-step guide for stepping up from plain HTML

Create Web sites that grab attention, remain consistent, and are easy to update

Attention Web designers! CSS can be your secret weapon, and this book shows you how to use it. CSS helps you create dynamic visual effects, unify the look of your site, and deliver your site's content in a professional way that gets noticed. It even makes updates and changes a breeze. Here's what you need to get up to speed!

Discover how to

• Create practical style sheets
• Format pages that are visually pleasing
• Manage details such as colors and backgrounds
• Handle lists and tables
• Render complex documents

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• Paperback: 528 pages
• Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.; 2nd edition (January 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0596005253
• ISBN-13: 978-2952143417

Cascading Style Sheets can put a great deal of control and flexibility into the hands of a Web designer--in theory. In reality, however, varying browser support for CSS1 and lack of CSS2 implementation makes CSS a very tricky topic. Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide is a comprehensive text that shows how to take advantage of the benefits of CSS while keeping compatibility issues in mind.

The book is very upfront about the spotty early browser support for CSS1 and the sluggish adoption of CSS2. However, enthusiasm for the technology spills out of the pages, making a strong case for even the most skeptical reader to give CSS a whirl and count on its future. The text covers CSS1 in impressive depth--not only the syntactical conventions but also more general concepts such as specificity and inheritance. Frequent warnings and tips alert the reader to browser-compatibility pitfalls.

Entire chapters are devoted to topics like units and values, visual formatting and positioning, and the usual text, fonts, and colors. This attention to both detail and architecture helps readers build a well-rounded knowledge of CSS and equips readers for a future of real-world debugging. Cascading Style Sheets honestly explains the reasons for avoiding an in-depth discussion of the still immature CSS2, but covers the general changes over CSS1 in a brief chapter near the end of the book.

When successfully implemented, Cascading Style Sheets result in much more elegant HTML that separates form from function. This fine guide delivers on its promise as an indispensable tool for CSS coders. --Stephen W. Plain

Topics covered:

• HTML with CSS
• Selectors and structure
• Units
• Text manipulation
• Colors and backgrounds
• Boxes and borders
• Visual formatting principles
• Positioning
• CSS2 preview
• CSS case studies

--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From Library Journal
Although O'Reilly books are not the best place to learn how to use a technology, they are excellent for polishing its finer points. Ethernet and Internet protocols are difficult by nature, but cascading style sheets and MP3s are much more accessible to beginners. All of these books are recommended for university and large public libraries; Cascading Style Sheets and MP3 will also serve well smaller public libraries.
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: New Riders Press (May 6, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0321305256
• ISBN-13: 978-0321305251

Book Description

Cascading Style Sheets enable you to rapidly create web designs that can be shared by hundreds of web pages, accelerating development times and centralizing text and layout information for easy editing and updates. Stylin’ with CSS teaches you everything you need to know start using CSS in your web development work, from the basics of markup of your content and styling text, through to creating multi-column page layouts without the use of tables. Learn how to create interface components, such as drop-down menus, navigation links, and animated graphical buttons, using only CSS – no JavaScript required. Discover how to design code that will work on the latest standard-compliant browsers, while working around the quirks of the older browsers. With a mastery of CSS, your web design capabilities will move to a new level, and everything you need to know to get your started and build your skills is right here in this book. You’ll be stylin’ in no time!

About the Author
Charles Wyke-Smith who has been creating Web sites since 1994, and is currently Director of Production at Nacio, a corporate hosting and development company in Novato, California, that focuses on user experience, information architecture, and interface design. He has worked as a Web design consultant for such companies as Wells Fargo, ESPN Videogames, and The University of San Francisco. Wyke-Smith has also taught multimedia and interface design and spoken at many industry conferences.

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• Paperback: 694 pages
• Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. (December 8, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 059610197X
• ISBN-13: 978-0596101978

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Learn the real secrets of creating Web pages, and why everything your boss told you about HTML tables is probably wrong (and what to do instead). Most importantly, hold your own with your co-worker (and impress cocktail party guests) when he casually mentions how his HTML is now strict, and his CSS is in an external style sheet.


With Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML, you'll avoid the embarrassment of thinking web-safe colors still matter, and the foolishness of slipping a font tag into your pages. Best of all, you'll learn HTML and CSS in a way that won't put you to sleep. If you've read a Head First book, you know what to expect: a visually-rich format designed for the way your brain works. Using the latest research in neurobiology, cognitive science, and learning theory, this book will load HTML, CSS, and XHTML into your brain in a way that sticks.

Ada is the only ISO-standard, object-oriented, concurrent, real-time programming language. It is intended for use in large, long-lived applications where reliability and efficiency are essential, particularly real-time and embedded systems. In this book, Alan Burns and Andy Wellings give a thorough, self-contained account of how the Ada tasking model can be used to construct a wide range of concurrent and real-time systems. This is the only book that focuses on an in-depth discussion of the Ada tasking model. Following on from the authors' earlier title Concurrency in Ada, this book brings the discussion up to date to include the new Ada 2005 language and the recent advances in real-time programming techniques. It will be of value to software professionals and advanced students of programming alike: indeed every Ada programmer will find it essential reading and a primary reference work that will sit alongside the language reference manual.

Subjects

Ada (Computer program language), Parallel programming (Computer science), Real-time programming

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Concurrent and Real-time Programming in Ada 2005

By Alan Burns, Andy Wellings

Edition: 3, illustrated, revised

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2007

ISBN 0521866979, 9780521866972

461 pages