http://www.freebookspot.es Latest books added today en-us http://www.freebookspot.es/logorss.jpg http://www.freebookspot.es 160 43 http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=380304 Signal analysis gives an insight into the properties of signals and stochastic processes by methodology. Linear transforms are integral to the continuing growth of signal processes as they characterize and classify signals. In particular, those transforms that provide time-frequency signal analysis are attracting greater numbers of researchers and are becoming an area of considerable importance. The key characteristic of these transforms, along with a certain time-frequency localization called the wavelet transform and various types of multirate filter banks, is their high computational efficiency. It is this computational efficiently which accounts for their increased application. This book provides a complete overview and introduction to signal analysis. It presents classical and modern signal analysis methods in a sequential structure starting with the background to signal theory. Progressing through the book the author introduces more advanced topics in an easy to understand style. Including recent and emerging topics such as filter banks with perfect reconstruction, time frequency and wavelets. With great accuracy and technical merit, this book makes a useful and original contribution to the current literature. Review "...excellent and interesting reading for digital signal processing engineers and designers and for postgraduate students in electrical and computer faculties." (Mathematical Reviews, 2002d) Read more...
]]> Wed, 15 May 2013 20:22:17 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=380212 This book is devoted to the theory and practice of signal compression i.e. data compression applied to signals such as speech, audio, images and video signals. The emphasis is on the conversion of analog waveforms into efficient digital representations and on the compression of digital information into the fewest possible bits. Both operations should yield the highest possible reconstruction fidelity subject to constraints on the bit rate and implementation complexity. The conversion of signals into such efficient digital representations has several goals: to minimize the communication capacity required for transmission of high quality signals such as speech and images or, equivalently, to obtain the best possible fidelity over an available communication channel to minimize the storage capacity required for saving such information in fast storage media and in archival data bases or, equivalently, to obtain the best possible quality for the largest amount of information stored in a given medium to provide the simplest possible accurate descriptions of a signal so as to minimize the subsequent complexity of signal processing algorithms such as classification, transformation and encryption. In addition to these common goals of communication, storage, and signal processing systems, efficient coding of both analog and digital information is intimately connected to a variety of other fields such as pattern recognition, image classification, speech recognition, cluster analysis r Read more...
]]> Wed, 15 May 2013 14:02:36 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=380072 Handbook for Sound Engineers is the most comprehensive reference available for audio engineers. All audio topics are explored: if you work on anything related to audio you should not be without this book! The 4th edition of this trusted reference has been updated to reflect changes in the industry since the publication of the 3rd edition in 2002 -- including new technologies like software-based recording systems such as Pro Tools and Sound Forge digital recording using MP3, wave files and others mobile audio devices such as iPods and MP3 players. Over 40 topics are covered and written by many of the top professionals for their area in the field, including Glen Ballou on interpretation systems, intercoms, assistive listening, and image projection Ken Pohlmann on compact discs and DVDs David Miles Huber on MIDI Dr. Eugene Patronis on amplifier design and outdoor sound systems Bill Whitlock on audio transformers and preamplifiers Pat Brown on fundamentals and gain structures Ray Rayburn on virtual systems and digital interfacing and Dr. Wolfgang Ahnert on computer-aided sound system design and acoustics for concert halls. Read more...
]]> Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:22 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=379770 Ultra-Wideband Pulse-based Radio lays the foundations of a new radio transceiver architecture, based on the Ultra-Wideband pulse-based radio principle. Instead of a continuous-time modulated carrier, the pulse-based radio system uses short electromagnetic pulses with a wide spectral footprint. This has considerable advantages for the reliability of a wireless link in an indoor environment. However, what is not accounted for in most high-level theoretical perspectives, is that a wide transmission bandwidth opens up a Pandora’s box of many complications at receiver side. A real-world wireless channel, for example, suffers from multipath reflections: multiple, delayed versions of the same signal arrive at the receive antenna and start to interfere with one another, an effect that is known as intersymbol interference. Also, a wide transmission band is a wide open door for in-band interfering signals, caused by other transmitters in the same frequency band. Read more...
]]> Tue, 14 May 2013 13:53:03 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=379381 Compiled from papers of the 4th Biennial Workshop on DSP (Digital Signal Processing) for In-Vehicle Systems and Safety this edited collection features world-class experts from diverse fields focusing on integrating smart in-vehicle systems with human factors to enhance safety in automobiles. Digital Signal Processing for In-Vehicle Systems and Safety presents new approaches on how to reduce driver inattention and prevent road accidents. The material addresses DSP technologies in adaptive automobiles, in-vehicle dialogue systems, human machine interfaces, video and audio processing, and in-vehicle speech systems. The volume also features recent advances in Smart-Car technology, coverage of autonomous vehicles that drive themselves, and information on multi-sensor fusion for driver ID and robust driver monitoring. Digital Signal Processing for In-Vehicle Systems and Safety is useful for engineering researchers, students, automotive manufacturers, government foundations and engineers working in the areas of control engineering, signal processing, audio-video processing, bio-mechanics, human factors and transportation engineering. Read more...
]]> Mon, 13 May 2013 15:52:02 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=378468 This text deals with signal processing as an important aspect of electronic communications in its role of transmitting information, and the language of its expression. It develops the required mathematics in an interesting and informative way, leading to confidence on the part of the reader. The first part of the book focuses on continuous-time models, and contains chapters on signals and linear systems, and on system responses. Fourier methods, so vital in the study of information theory, are developed prior to a discussion of methods for the design of analogue filters. The second part of the book is directed towards discrete-time signals and systems. There is full development of the z- and discrete Fourier transforms to support the chapter on digital filter design. All preceding material in the book is drawn together in the final chapter on some important aspects of speech processing which provides an up-to-date example of the use of the theory. Topics considered include a speech production model, linear predictive filters, lattice filters and cepstral analysis, with application to recognition of non-nasal voiced speech and formant estimation. In addition to course requirement for undergraduates studying electrical engineering, applied mathematics, and branches of computer science involving such signal processing as speak synthesis, computer vision and robotics, this book should provide a valuable reference source for post-graduate research work in industry and academia. Pr Read more...
]]> Fri, 10 May 2013 15:10:46 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=375604 Product Description: Many and ever more mobile users wish to enjoy a variety of multimedia services, in very diverse geographical environments. The growing number of communication options within and across wireless standards is accommodating the growing volume and heterogeneity in wireless wishes. On the other hand, advancement in radio technologies opening much more flexibility, a.o. through Software Defined Radios, opens up the possibility to realize mobile devices featuring multi-mode options at low cost and interesting form factors. It is crucial to manage the new degrees of freedom opened up in radios and standards in a smart way, such that the required service is offered at satisfactory quality as efficiently as possible. Efficiency in energy consumption is clearly primordial for battery powered mobile terminals specifically, and in the context of growing ecological concerns in a broader context. Moreover, efficient usage of the spectrum is a growing prerequisite for wireless systems, and coexistence of different standards puts overall throughput at risk. The management of flexibility risks bringing about intolerable complexity and hamper the desired agility. A systematic approach, consisting of anticipative preparing for smooth operation, allows mastering this challenge. Case studies show that already today, this approach enables smart operation of radios realizing impressive efficiency gains without hampering Quality-of-Service. In the future wireless co Read more...
]]> Thu, 02 May 2013 23:03:26 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=374877 If you are working in digital signal processing, control or numerical analysis, you will find this authoritative analysis of quantization noise (roundoff error) invaluable. Do you know where the theory of quantization noise comes from, and under what circumstances it is true? Get answers to these and other important practical questions from expert authors, including the founder of the field and formulator of the theory of quantization noise, Bernard Widrow. The authors describe and analyze uniform quantization, floating-point quantization, and their applications in detail. Key features include: * Analysis of floating point round off * Dither techniques and implementation issues analyzed * Offers heuristic explanations along with rigorous proofs, making it easy to understand 'why' before the mathematical proof is given Book Description Authoritative analysis of quantization (roundoff error), ideal for those working in digital signal processing, control or numerical analysis. Includes uniform, and floating-point, quantization. Written by expert authors, including the founder of the field and formulator of quantization noise theory, Bernard Widrow. Additional resources available through www.cambridge.org/9780521886710. Read more...
]]> Tue, 30 Apr 2013 23:45:11 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=374281 The Most Complete, Modern, and Useful Collection of DSP Recipes: More Than 50 Practical Solutions and More than 30 Summaries of Pertinent Mathematical Concepts for Working Engineers Notes on Digital Signal Processing is a comprehensive, easy-to-use collection of step-by-step procedures for designing and implementing modern DSP solutions. Leading DSP expert and IEEE Signal Processing Magazine associate editor C. Britton Rorabaugh goes far beyond the basic procedures found in other books while providing the supporting explanations and mathematical materials needed for a deeper understanding. Rorabaugh covers the full spectrum of challenges working engineers are likely to encounter and delves into crucial DSP nuances discussed nowhere else. Readers will find valuable, tested recipes for working with multiple sampling techniques Fourier analysis and fast Fourier transforms window functions classical spectrum analysis FIR and IIR filter design analog prototype filters z-transform analysis multirate and statistical signal processing bandpass and quadrature techniques and much more. Notes on Digital Signal Processing begins with mapping diagrams that illuminate the relationships between all topics covered in the book. Many recipes include examples demonstrating actual applications, and most sections rely on widely used MATLAB tools. [list][*][b]DSP fundamentals: [/b]ideal, natural, and instantaneous sampling delta functions physical signal reconstruction Read more...
]]> Mon, 29 Apr 2013 14:32:34 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=373616 Robust Control Design with MATLAB® (second edition) helps the student to learn how to use well-developed advanced robust control design methods in practical cases. To this end, several realistic control design examples from teaching-laboratory experiments, such as a two-wheeled, self-balancing robot, to complex systems like a flexible-link manipulator are given detailed presentation. All of these exercises are conducted using MATLAB® Robust Control Toolbox 3, Control System Toolbox and Simulink®. By sharing their experiences in industrial cases with minimum recourse to complicated theories and formulae, the authors convey essential ideas and useful insights into robust industrial control systems design using major H-infinity optimization and related methods allowing readers quickly to move on with their own challenges. The hands-on tutorial style of this text rests on an abundance of examples and features for the second edition: • rewritten and simplified presentation of theoretical and methodological material including original coverage of linear matrix inequalities • new Part II forming a tutorial on Robust Control Toolbox 3 • fresh design problems including the control of a two-rotor dynamic system and • end-of-chapter exercises. Electronic supplements to the written text that can be downloaded from extras.springer.com/isbn include: • M-files developed with MATLAB® help in understanding the essence of robust control system design portrayed in text-based examples • MDL- Read more...
]]> Sun, 28 Apr 2013 07:25:34 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=373490 In this book, the authors provide insights into the basics of adaptive filtering, which are particularly useful for students taking their first steps into this field. They start by studying the problem of minimum mean-square-error filtering, i.e., Wiener filtering. Then, they analyze iterative methods for solving the optimization problem, e.g., the Method of Steepest Descent. By proposing stochastic approximations, several basic adaptive algorithms are derived, including Least Mean Squares (LMS), Normalized Least Mean Squares (NLMS) and Sign-error algorithms. The authors provide a general framework to study the stability and steady-state performance of these algorithms. The affine Projection Algorithm (APA) which provides faster convergence at the expense of computational complexity (although fast implementations can be used) is also presented. In addition, the Least Squares (LS) method and its recursive version (RLS), including fast implementations are discussed. The book closes with the discussion of several topics of interest in the adaptive filtering field. Read more...
]]> Sat, 27 Apr 2013 20:42:36 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=373468 [list][*] Trellis and turbo coding are used to compress and clean communications signals to allow greater bandwidth and clarity [*] Presents the basics, theory, and applications of these techniques with a focus on potential standard state-of-the art methods in the future [*] Provides a classic basis for anyone who works in the area of digital communications [/list] Read more...
]]> Sat, 27 Apr 2013 17:41:48 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=373333 This book describes medical imaging systems, such as X-ray, Computed tomography, MRI, etc. from the point of view of digital signal processing. Readers will see techniques applied to medical imaging such as Radon transformation, image reconstruction, image rendering, image enhancement and restoration, and more. This book also outlines the physics behind medical imaging required to understand the techniques being described. The presentation is designed to be accessible to beginners who are doing research in DSP for medical imaging. Matlab programs and illustrations are used wherever possible to reinforce the concepts being discussed. Read more...
]]> Sat, 27 Apr 2013 13:07:08 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=371187 New Advances in Intelligent Signal Processing Read more...
]]> Mon, 22 Apr 2013 06:35:08 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=370672 Nonlinear signal and image processing methods are fast emerging as an alternative to established linear methods for meeting the challenges of increasingly sophisticated applications. Advances in computing performance and nonlinear theory are making nonlinear techniques not only viable, but practical.This book details recent advances in nonlinear theory and methods and explores an array of modern signal and image processing applications. The first several chapters focus on nonlinear signal processing theory, targeting three critical areas: filter analysis, nonlinear filter class design, and signal analysis. The remaining chapters explore nonlinear approaches across the broad spectrum of applications with signal processing components, from data traffic modeling and image enhancement to cutting edge applications in genomics. All of the chapters were contributed by well-known theorists and application-driven researchers who explore current and emerging nonlinear methods from their theoretical background and practical algorithms through the potential of these methods for solving important open questions. Nonlinear Signal and Image Processing: Theory, Methods, and Applications thus provides a singular opportunity to build a strong, fundamental understanding of nonlinear theory and methods and a foundation upon which to approach many of today's most interesting and challenging signal processing problems Read more...
]]> Sat, 20 Apr 2013 15:07:53 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=370281 New to this edition is an introduction to embedded operating systems for SOPC designs. The µClinux OS is configured for Altera's DE1 and DE2 boards and is provided on a DVD along with several application programs. Read more...
]]> Fri, 19 Apr 2013 15:33:42 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=370266 This book delivers a course module for advanced undergraduates, postgraduates and researchers of electronics, computing science, medical imaging, or wherever the study of identification and classification of objects by electronics-driven image processing and pattern recognition is relevant. Object analysis first uses image processing to detect objects and extract their features, then identifies and classifies them by pattern recognition. Its manifold applications include recognition of objects in satellite images which enable discrimination between different objects, such as fishing boats, merchant ships or warships machine spare parts e.g. screws, nuts etc. (engineering) detection of cancers, ulcers, tumours and so on (medicine) and recognition of soil particles of different types (agriculture or soil mechanics in civil engineering). Read more...
]]> Fri, 19 Apr 2013 14:37:21 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=370264 This book is directed primarily at the specialist working in the field, on transmitters and transmission equipment, network planning, studio technology, playout centers and multiplex center technology and in the development departments for entertainment electronics or TV test engineering. Since the intire field of electrical communications technology is traversed in a wide arc, those who are students in this field are not excluded either. Read more...
]]> Fri, 19 Apr 2013 14:31:42 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=369121 This authoritative book, highly regarded for its intellectual quality and contributions provides a solid foundation and life-long reference for anyone studying the most important methods of modern signal and system analysis. The major changes of the revision are reorganization of chapter material and the addition of a much wider range of difficulties. Read more...
]]> Tue, 16 Apr 2013 17:04:07 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=369050 Signals, Systems, and Transforms, Fourth Edition is ideal for electrical and computer engineers. The text provides a clear, comprehensive presentation of both the theory and applications in signals, systems, and transforms. It presents the mathematical background of signals and systems, including the Fourier transform, the Fourier series, the Laplace transform, the discrete-time and the discrete Fourier transforms, and the z-transform. The text integrates MATLAB examples into the presentation of signal and system theory and applications. Read more...
]]> Tue, 16 Apr 2013 15:22:59 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=368770 Reflecting LabViews new MathScripting feature, the new edition of this book combines textual and graphical programming to form a hybrid programming approach, enabling a more effective means of building and analyzing DSP systems. The hybrid programming approach allows the use of previously developed textual programming solutions to be integrated into LabVIEWs highly interactive and visual environment, providing an easier and quicker method for building DSP systems. Features * The only DSP laboratory book that combines both textual and graphical programming * 12 lab experiments that incorporate C/MATLAB code blocks into the LabVIEW graphical programming environment via the new MathScripting feature. * Lab experiments covering basic DSP implementation topics including sampling, digital filtering, fixed-point data representation, frequency domain processing. * Interesting applications using the hybrid programming approach, such as a keypad phone system, a software-defined radio system, and a cochlear implant simulator system * A CD-ROM providing all the lab codes Read more...
]]> Mon, 15 Apr 2013 23:57:56 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=368425 Digital Image Processing Using MATLAB is the first book to offer a balanced treatment of image processing fundamentals and the software principles used in their implementation. The book integrates material from the leading text, Digital Image Processing by Gonzalez and Woods, and the Image Processing Toolbox from The MathWorks, Inc., a leader in scientific computing. The Image Processing Toolbox provides a stable, well-supported software environment for addressing a broad range of applications in digital image processing. A unique feature of the book is its emphasis on showing how to enhance those tools by developing new code. This is important in image processing, an area that normally requires extensive experimental work in order to arrive at acceptable application solutions. [b]Some Highlights: [/b] (1) This new edition is an extensive upgrade of the book. (2) Over 120 new MATLAB image processing functions are developed, a 40 % increase over existing functions in the Image Processing Toolbox. (3) Algorithms and MATLAB functions in the mainstream of digital image processing are discussed and implemented, including: Intensity transformations spatial filtering fuzzy image processing filtering in the frequency domain image restoration and reconstruction geometric transformations and image registration color image processing wavelets image and video compression morphology image segmentation image representation and description and object recognition. (4) Read more...
]]> Sun, 14 Apr 2013 23:49:45 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=368286 From industrial and teaching experience the authors provide a blend of theory and practice of digital signal processing (DSP) for advanced undergraduate and post-graduate engineers reading electronics. This fast-moving, developing area is driven by the information technology revolution. It is a source book in research and development for embedded system design engineers, designers in real-time computing, and applied mathematicians who apph DSP techniques in telecommunications, aerospace (control systems), satellite communications, instrumentation, and medical technology (ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging). The book is particularly useful at the hardware end of DSP, with its emphasis on practical I)SP devices and the integration of basic processes with appropriate software. It is unique to find in one volume the implementation of the equations as algorithms, not only in \IATLAB but right up to a working DSP-based scheme. Other relevant architectural features include number representations, multiply-accumulate, special addressing modes, zero overhead iteration schemes. and single and multiple nlicroprocessors which will allow the readers to compare and understand both current processors and future DSP developments. Fundamental signal processing procedures are introduced and developed: also convolution. correlation, the Discrete Fourier Transform and its fast computation algorithms. Then follo finite impulse response (FIR) filters, infinite impulse response (IlR) filters Read more...
]]> Sun, 14 Apr 2013 19:09:53 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=368283 This text deals with signal processing as an important aspect of electronic communications in its role of transmitting information, and the language of its expression. It develops the required mathematics in an interesting and informative way, leading to confidence on the part of the reader. The first part of the book focuses on continuous-time models, and contains chapters on signals and linear systems, and on system responses. Fourier methods, so vital in the study of information theory, are developed prior to a discussion of methods for the design of analogue filters. The second part of the book is directed towards discrete-time signals and systems. There is full development of the z- and discrete Fourier transforms to support the chapter on digital filter design. All preceding material in the book is drawn together in the final chapter on some important aspects of speech processing which provides an up-to-date example of the use of the theory. Topics considered include a speech production model, linear predictive filters, lattice filters and cepstral analysis, with application to recognition of non-nasal voiced speech and formant estimation. In addition to course requirement for undergraduates studying electrical engineering, applied mathematics, and branches of computer science involving such signal processing as speak synthesis, computer vision and robotics, this book should provide a valuable reference source for post-graduate research work in industry and academia. Pr Read more...
]]> Sun, 14 Apr 2013 19:02:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=367729 Compressed sensing or compressive sensing is a new concept in signal processing where one measures a small number of non-adaptive linear combinations of the signal. These measurements are usually much smaller than the number of samples that define the signal. From these small numbers of measurements, the signal is then reconstructed by non-linear procedure. Compressed sensing has recently emerged as a powerful tool for efficiently processing data in non-traditional ways. In this book, we highlight some of the key mathematical insights underlying sparse representation and compressed sensing and illustrate the role of these theories in classical vision, imaging and biometrics problems. Read more...
]]> Sat, 13 Apr 2013 01:48:51 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=367529 Given the rapid software and hardware developments in DSP, it is vital for students to complement their theoretical learning with practical applications. Each chapter consists of a brief section on theory to explain the underlying mathematics and principles, a problem solving section, and a computer laboratory section with programming examples and exercises using MATLAB and Simulink. Applicable chapters include a hardware laboratory section composed of exercises using test and measuring equipment. This text offers a concise, easily understood presentation that makes the information accessible to students while building their proficiency with the software, the hardware, and the theory of DSP. Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Apr 2013 17:38:28 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=367511 LabVIEW (Laboratory Virtual Instrumentation Engineering Workbench) developed by National Instruments is a graphical programming environment. Its ease of use allows engineers and students to streamline the creation of code visually, leaving time traditionally spent on debugging for true comprehension of DSP. This book is perfect for practicing engineers, as well as hardware and software technical managers who are familiar with DSP and are involved in system-level design. With this text, authors Kehtarnavaz and Kim have also provided a valuable resource for students in conventional engineering courses. The integrated lab exercise create an interactive experience which supports development of the hands-on skills essential for learning to navigate the LabVIEW program. Digital Signal Processing System-Level Design Using LabVIEW is a comprehensive tool that will greatly accelerate the DSP learning process. Its thorough examination of LabVIEW learnes no question unanswered. LabVIEW is the program that will demystify DSP and this is the book that will show you how to master it. * A graphical programming approach (LabVIEW) to DSP system-level design * DSP implementation of appropriate components of a LabVIEW designed system * Providing system-level, hands-on experiments for DSP lab or project courses Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:35:23 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=367484 Signal processing—the concept of frequency often referred to as spectral concepts—is the focal point of this collection of essays. Discussing parametric methods, with specific focus on time-series models, Capon's method, and notions of sub-spaces, as well as the popular and traditional analog methods, this text also addresses the quests for better frequency resolution in spectral concepts with advancements in digital tools. Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:55:07 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=367482 Continuous Signals and Systems with MATLAB is the first undergraduate text fully focused on continuous systems. It presents all of the material needed to master the subject and its related MATLAB problem-solving techniques. The authors cover all of the traditional topics and include chapters on system design, state-space techniques, linearizing nonlinear systems, and the design and analysis of analog filters. They also discuss the five representations of continuous systems and explain how to go from one representation to another. Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:46:01 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=367480 Practical methods for the optimal analysis of multispectral and hyperspectral image data The field of remote sensing is a cross-disciplinary one, involving professionals ranging from signal processing engineers to earth science researchers to private and public sector practitioners, in nearly every region of the globe. The Signal Theory Approach offers powerful methods for analyzing the complex data involved in this field–methods which may not be familiar to many in non-engineering fields. In contrast to previous broad surveys of the subject, Signal Theory Methods in Multispectral Remote Sensing focuses on the practical knowledge data users of all types must have to optimally analyze multispectral and hyperspectral image data. Both a textbook and self-teaching reference for professionals in the field, this book covers the fundamentals of the analysis of multispectral and hyperspectral image data from the point of view of signal processing engineering. Avoiding topics common to general treatments of remote sensing but not germane to practical applications, it offers concise discussions of: Pattern recognition methods as applied to the analysis of multivariate remotely sensed data The scene and sensor parts of a passive optical remote sensing system The statistical approach, including first-and second-order decision boundaries, error estimation, feature selection, and clustering Spectral feature design, the incorporation of spatial variations, noise in remote sensing Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:41:05 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=367477 This text enables students of electrical and computer engineering to grasp and apply the principles of digital signal processing (DSP) through real-time implementation of experiments and projects. The author, internationally respected for his DSP courses, seminars, and textbooks, presents easy-to-follow theoretical discussion that is immediately followed by representative examples using Texas Instruments' TMS320C6713-based DSP Starter Kit (DSK). Examples using the C6416 DSK are included in Appendix I. In total, one hundred and four programming examples are providedmost using C code, but some using assembly codethat demonstrate how the TMS320C6x processor is used in applications such as communications, controls, and speech processing. The final chapter of the text provides readers with twenty-two projects on which they can expand. Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:29:42 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=367475 Signal integrity has become the key issue in most high-performance digital designs. Now, from the foremost experts in the field, this book leverages theory and techniques from non-related fields such as applied physics, communications, and microwave engineering and applies them to the field of high-speed digital design. This approach creates an optimal combination of theory and practice that is meaningful to practicing engineers and graduate students alike. Review: Heck and Hall have done a fantastic job in summarizing both the theory and practice of solving today's SI issues. The math behind topics such as linear network theory, frequency-dependent dielectric effects and filter design for equalization is rigorous, yet ample space is set aside for practical guidance as well. Of particular note is their thorough treatment of hot PCB SI topics as dielectric loss and surface roughness modeling, and preservation of causality in transmission line models. Transmitter and receiver equalization (DFE and CTLE) are well-described, as are analysis techniques such as peak distortion and bit-error rate. Finally, their summary of response surface modeling (RSM) approaches to desgn of experiments (DOE) is perhaps the first and certainly the most comprehensive overview of those methods as applied to PCB SI design available today. A book well worth purchasing if you are involved in SI modeling, SI simulation or PCB design. Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:25:14 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=367473 As demand for applications working in extended frequency ranges increases, classical Digital signal processing (DSP) techniques, not protected against aliasing, are becoming less effective. Digital alias-free signal processing (DASP) is a technique for overcoming the problems of aliasing at extended frequency ranges. Based on non-uniform or randomised sampling techniques and the development of novel algorithms, it creates the capacity to suppress potential aliasing crucial for high frequency applications and to reduce the complexity of designs. This book provides practical and comprehensive coverage of the theory and techniques behind alias-free digital signal processing. Key features: Analyses issues of sampling, randomised and pseudo-randomised quantisation and direct and indirectly randomised sampling. Examines periodic and hybrid sampling, including information on processing algorithms and potential limitations imposed by signal dynamics. Sets out leading methods and techniques for complexity reduced designs, in particular designs of large aperture sensor arrays, massive data acquisition and compression from a number of signal sources and complexity-reduced processing of non-uniform data. Presents examples of engineering applications using these techniques including spectrum analysis, waveform reconstruction and the estimation of various parameters, emphasising the importance of the technique for developing new technologies. Links DASP and traditional technolog Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:20:19 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=367471 Digital signal processing is essential for improving the accuracy and reliability of a range of engineering systems, including communications, networking, and audio and video applications. Using a combination of programming and mathematical techniques, it clarifies, or standardizes the levels or states of a signal, in order to meet the demands of designing high performance digital hardware. Written by authors with a wealth of practical experience working with digital signal processing, this text is an excellent step-by-step guide for practitioners and researchers needing to understand and quickly implement the technology. Split into six, self-contained chapters, Digital Signal Processing: A Practitioner’s Approach covers: basic principles of signal processing such as linearity, stability, convolution, time and frequency domains, and noise descriptions of digital filters and their realization, including fixed point implementation, pipelining, and field programmable gate array (FGPA) implementation Fourier transforms, especially discrete (DFT), and fast Fourier transforms (FFT) case studies demonstrating difference equations, direction of arrival (DoA), and electronic rotating elements, and MATLAB programs to accompany each chapter. A valuable reference for engineers developing digital signal processing applications, this book is also a useful resource for electrical and computer engineering graduates taking courses in signal processing. Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:12:48 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=367470 This textbook presents digital signal processing (DSP) principles, applications, and hardware implementation issues, emphasizing achievable results and conclusions through the presentation of numerous worked examples, while reducing the use of mathematics for an easier grasp of the concepts. Features include: - Real-time implementation of DSP algorithms using DSP processors - MATLAB programs for simulations and C programs for real-time DSP - Coverage of adaptive filtering with applications to noise reduction and echo cancellation - Applications of DSP to multimedia applications - such as u-law and adaptive differential pulse code modulation, sampling rate conversions, transform coding, image and video processing - show the relevance of DSP to a key area in industry This text gives students in electronics, computer engineering and bioengineering an understanding of essential DSP principles and implementation, demonstrating how the subject is fundamental to engineering as practiced today. "Professor Tan has written a comprehensive introduction to DSP, not lacking in theory and yet suitable for tech school as well as senior-level university courses. With this text one can move through all the main areas of modern DSP, learn the theory, and see plenty of illustrations in terms of hardware and software. It's an excellent reference for our present age, in which DSP has applications in practically every area of technology." - Samuel D. Stearns, Research Professor of Ele Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:10:27 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=367130 This three-volume set is a remarkable collection of articles on computer vision and image processing. Although written by a diverse collection of experts, the chapters have been superbly edited to achieve a coherent presentation, with consistent notation and perspective throughout. Spanning most areas in the field of computer vision, its applications and its foundations, most of the individual chapters are self-contained. The editors have also added well-written chapters to provide a solid base of introductory material. Computer vision is an interdisciplinary field of research with many industrial and scientific domains of application. Its foundations are drawn from physics, signal processing, applied mathematics, computer science, electrical engineering, and neuroscience. Applications include mobile robotics, medical image analysis, human-computer interaction, and scientific areas for which computer vision image analysis techniques are becoming a key source of scientific data. Indeed, one of the great strengths of this three-volume set is its focus on both the theoretical foundations of the field and the applications of the techniques. Volume two introduces the mathematical foundations of image processing and computer vision. These chapters cover many core areas of computer vision research (e.g., multiscale image representation, motion, texture, stereo, shape-from-shading, etc) as well as more recent promising developments (e.g., nonlinear diffusion, robust variationa Read more...
]]> Thu, 11 Apr 2013 21:23:35 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=367129 This three-volume set is a remarkable collection of articles on computer vision and image processing. Although written by a diverse collection of experts, the chapters have been superbly edited to achieve a coherent presentation, with consistent notation and perspective throughout. Spanning most areas in the field of computer vision, its applications and its foundations, most of the individual chapters are self-contained. The editors have also added well-written chapters to provide a solid base of introductory material. Computer vision is an interdisciplinary field of research with many industrial and scientific domains of application. Its foundations are drawn from physics, signal processing, applied mathematics, computer science, electrical engineering, and neuroscience. Applications include mobile robotics, medical image analysis, human-computer interaction, and scientific areas for which computer vision image analysis techniques are becoming a key source of scientific data. Indeed, one of the great strengths of this three-volume set is its focus on both the theoretical foundations of the field and the applications of the techniques. The first volume introduces the principles of imaging, which editors of this book are in a unique position to produce. These chapters include detailed introductions to optics, radiometry, reflectance, illumination sources, and sensor technologies. The handbook also extends this introduction to several other imaging modalities, including Read more...
]]> Thu, 11 Apr 2013 21:21:33 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=366342 Reader's review: this book is really good for a signal processing researcher. generally it is difficult for a new researcher to connect math to the signal processing methods. conventional signal processing books only give the bit of math as needed in the signal processing books and this makes it difficult for an inexperienced student. in this book mathematics is explained in more detail and in the introduction of each chapter it is mentioned why and where you would need this math knowledge. at the end of each chapter application sections are provided where problems from signal processing are explained for that particular mathematical method. there are also exercises. however, this book can be difficult for a new graduate without any establishment of signal processing concepts and problems. it is an excellent book for a phd student in my view and it can be a classic. Read more...
]]> Wed, 10 Apr 2013 00:24:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=365459 "Until now, digital signal processing has required at least a high-powered education in mathematics, if not an engineering degree. I've seen books on digital signal processing that you could use for weightlifting. Fortunately, a very practical approach to the subject, which explains the math rather than ignoring it, is a remarkable book by James D. Broesch called Digital Signal Processing Demystified. The book comes with a CD-ROM that contains Windows software (DSP Calculator) which allows you to experiment with some of the concepts in the book, and is good enough for professional use." Nuts and Volts magazine "... the approach is very interactive. The author alternately explains a concept (such as the polynomial series, the Taylor series, convolution, z-transforms, DFTs, and FFTs, FIR filters, and IIR filters) and then challenges the reader to use the interactive software (provided on a CD-ROM provided with the book) to experiment with these concepts. By experimenting with the software, the reader develops an intuitive sense of what is behind the mathematics of DSP." VMEbus Systems magazine "Until now, digital signal processing has required at least a high-powered education in mathematics, if not an engineering degree. I've seen books on digital signal processing that you could use for weightlifting. Fortunately, a very practical approach to the subject, which explains the math rather than ignoring it, is a remarkable book by James D. Broesch called Digital Signal Proce Read more...
]]> Sun, 07 Apr 2013 20:32:19 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=362979 A practical and accessible guide to understanding digital signal processing Introduction to Digital Signal Processing and Filter Design was developed and fine-tuned from the author's twenty-five years of experience teaching classes in digital signal processing. Following a step-by-step approach, students and professionals quickly master the fundamental concepts and applications of discrete-time signals and systems as well as the synthesis of these systems to meet specifications in the time and frequency domains. Striking the right balance between mathematical derivations and theory, the book features: * Discrete-time signals and systems * Linear difference equations * Solutions by recursive algorithms * Convolution * Time and frequency domain analysis * Discrete Fourier series * Design of FIR and IIR filters * Practical methods for hardware implementation A unique feature of this book is a complete chapter on the use of a MATLAB(r) tool, known as the FDA (Filter Design and Analysis) tool, to investigate the effect of finite word length and different formats of quantization, different realization structures, and different methods for filter design. This chapter contains material of practical importance that is not found in many books used in academic courses. It introduces students in digital signal processing to what they need to know to design digital systems using DSP chips currently available from industry. With its unique, classroom-tested approach, Intro Read more...
]]> Mon, 01 Apr 2013 21:07:11 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=361247 Ausbildung und Referenz fur Anfanger und Praktiker Digitale Bildverarbeitung bietet einen breiten und gleichzeitig tief gehenden Einblick in die theoretischen und praktischen Grundlagen der digitalen Bildverarbeitung, sowohl aus studentischer, wissenschaftlicher und eben auch praktischer Perspektive. Wohlgemerkt, hierbei geht es um die Verarbeitung im Gegensatz zur Bearbeitung!!! Die Herangehensweise der Autoren ist losungsorientiert und entwickelt sich sowohl aus mathematischer Schreibweise und abstrakten Algorithmen als auch aus konkreten Java-Programmen fur Anwendbarkeit und konkrete Umsetzung. Mathematische Kenntnisse sind hilfreich, ebenso wie grundlegende Programmierkenntnisse, vorzugsweise in Java. Der Aufbau des Buchs eignet sich insbesondere als Studienbegleiter oder -planer, was naturlich auch die Grundlagen fur das Selbststudium beinhaltet. Unterstutzend steht dazu auch die Website zum Buch zur Verfugung. Als Ausgangsprogramm fur das Buch dient das frei verfugbare ImageJ einerseits ein fertiges Werkzeug zur Darstellung und interaktiven Manipulation von Bildern, andererseits lasst es sich extrem einfach durch Softwarekomponenten erweitern. Also Ideal. Die vorgestellten Themen umfassen einen Einstieg in die Grundlagen digitaler Bilder und naturlich ImageJ sowie Histogramme, Punktoperationen, Filter, Kanten und Konturen, das Auffinden von Eckpunkten, Detektion einfacher Kurven, morphologische Filter, Regionen und Binarbilder bis hin zum Bildvergleich. Im Anhan Read more...
]]> Thu, 28 Mar 2013 18:55:03 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=358736 This textbook presents digital signal processing (DSP) principles, applications, and hardware implementation issues, emphasizing achievable results and conclusions through the presentation of numerous worked examples, while reducing the use of mathematics for an easier grasp of the concepts. This text gives students in electronics, computer engineering and bioengineering an understanding of essential DSP principles and implementation, demonstrating how the subject is fundamental to engineering as practiced today. [list][*]Covers DSP principles with emphasis on applications to communications and control. [*]Discusses implementation of DSP algorithms in hardware and software [*]Chapter Objectives, worked examples, and end of chapter exercises aid the reader in grasping key concepts and solving related problems [*]Website with MATLAB programs for simulation and C programs for real-time DSP [/list][b]New to this Edition:[/b] [list][*]MATLAB projects dealing with practical applications added throughout the book [*]New chapter (chapter 13) covering subband coding and wavelet transforms, methods that have become popular in the DSP field [*]New applications included in many chapters, including applications of DFT to seismic signals, electrocardiography data, and vibration signals [*]All real-time C programs revised for the TMS320C6713 DSK [/list] Read more...
]]> Fri, 22 Mar 2013 23:42:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=354545 A key aspect of circuit board design, signal integrity (SI) refers to the measure of the quality of an electrical signal. This unique book provides circuit board designers and technical managers, and project leaders with practical guidance on understanding and interpreting signal integrity performance. Professionals find high-level discussions of important SI concepts presented in a clear and easily accessible format, including question and answer sections and bulleted lists. Read more...
]]> Thu, 14 Mar 2013 06:48:24 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=354495 This book is intended for designers of military and civil systems, such as systems for guiding and control, target acquisition, surveillance, laser range-finding, fiber-optical communications, thermal imaging and the like, as well as for designers of photodetectors for optical signal detection. Read more...
]]> Thu, 14 Mar 2013 03:10:45 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=354118 This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Independent Component Analysis and Signal Separation, ICA 2009, held in Paraty, Brazil, in March 2009. The 97 revised papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 137 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on theory, algorithms and architectures, biomedical applications, image processing, speech and audio processing, other applications, as well as a special session on evaluation. Read more...
]]> Wed, 13 Mar 2013 14:29:41 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=352019 Product Description: Digital signal processing plays a central role in the development of modern communication and information processing systems. The theory and application of signal processing is concerned with the identification, modelling and utilisation of patterns and structures in a signal process. The observation signals are often distorted, incomplete and noisy and therefore noise reduction, the removal of channel distortion, and replacement of lost samples are important parts of a signal processing system. The fourth edition of Advanced Digital Signal Processing and Noise Reduction updates and extends the chapters in the previous edition and includes two new chapters on MIMO systems, Correlation and Eigen analysis and independent component analysis. The wide range of topics covered in this book include Wiener filters, echo cancellation, channel equalisation, spectral estimation, detection and removal of impulsive and transient noise, interpolation of missing data segments, speech enhancement and noise/interference in mobile communication environments. This book provides a coherent and structured presentation of the theory and applications of statistical signal processing and noise reduction methods. * Two new chapters on MIMO systems, correlation and Eigen analysis and independent component analysis * Comprehensive coverage of advanced digital signal processing and noise reduction methods for communication and information processing systems * Read more...
]]> Sat, 09 Mar 2013 11:11:34 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=351773 Die Systemtheorie ist die Grundlage vieler Gebiete der Elektro- und Informationstechnik, etwa der Nachrichtentechnik, der Regelungstechnik, der digitalen Signalverarbeitung und der Hochfrequenztechnik. Sie erweist sich als ein machtiges Werkzeug des Ingenieurs sowohl zur Analyse als auch zur Synthese von Systemen und ermoglicht ein Verstandnis durch Abstraktion auf wesentliche Eigenschaften und Zusammenhange. Das vorliegende Buch ist eine elementare Einfuhrung in die Signal- und Systemtheorie und ist in seiner Didaktik auf die Denk- und Vorgehensweise von Ingenieuren ausgerichtet. Problemstellungen werden anhand einfacher Beispiele motiviert und damit die Losungsmethoden hergeleitet. Au?erdem enthalt das Buch viele Zusammenfassungen, Ubersichten und Tabellen in kompakter, ubersichtlicher Darstellung. Dieses Lehrbuch ist daher auch gut zum Nachschlagen und als Formelsammlung geeignet. Read more...
]]> Fri, 08 Mar 2013 20:42:04 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=350162 The explosive growth of network, multimedia and wireless technology is fundamentally changing the way people communicate, fueling demand for reliable real-time transmission of image and video data. This unique text/reference systematically examines the issues in distributed video coding (DVC) and multiple description coding (MDC), two novel techniques designed to address the problems of conventional image and video compression coding. The book begins with a state-of-the-art survey of the topic, before proposing new methods for improving the performance of image and video transmission using DVC and MDC. Covering all fundamental concepts and core technologies, the chapters can also be read as independent and self-sufficient, describing each methodology in sufficient detail to enable readers to repeat the corresponding experiments easily. Topics and features: Provides a broad overview of DVC and MDC, from the basic principles to the latest researchCovers sub-sampling based MDC, quantization based MDC, transform based MDC, and FEC based MDCDiscusses Sleplian-Wolf coding based on Turbo and LDPC respectively, and comparing relative performanceIncludes original algorithms of MDC and DVCPresents the basic frameworks and experimental results, to help readers improve the efficiency of MDC and DVCIntroduces the classical DVC system for mobile communications, providing the developmental environment in detailResearchers and engineers will find this book a useful reference on DVC and MDC t Read more...
]]> Tue, 05 Mar 2013 11:59:13 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=345917 Frustrated With Your Recordings? We Can Help! You've just spent a lot of money on a brand new recording setup and you're becoming frustrated because the tracks you're recording just don't sound anything like your favorite CDs. With the release of "The Interactive Guide to Home recording," Pomona Productions, Inc. is about to give you a big helping hand. This unique, easy-to-use CD-ROM will get you cutting great-sounding tracks in a hurry! "This CD-ROM is an absolute essential for anyone who plans on taking home recording seriously. Obviously nothing can replace real-life, hands-on experience when it comes to recording, but this CD-ROM certainly comes close!" - Eric Bresnick, Recording and Live Sound Engineer, Burlington VT Jam-packed with tips and techniques - never before has this valuable knowledge been available in such an accessible form. With a combination of informative graphics, CD-quality audio samples and an intuitive user interface, you will be taken step-by-step through the recording process. The Interactive Guide to Home Recording" is split into two main sections, Basic Principles and the Instrument Index. Topics covered in the Basic Principles section include: Production and Session Planning Signal Flow Microphone Selection and Placement Level Setting Compression/Limiting Equalization Reverb and Effects 20 Steps to a Great Mix. Read more...
]]> Sat, 23 Feb 2013 16:16:52 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=345308 This book offers an introduction to digital signal processing (DSP) with an emphasis on audio signals and computer music. It covers the mathematical foundations of DSP, important DSP theories including sampling, LTI systems, the z-transform, FIR/IIR filters, classic sound synthesis algorithms, various digital effects, topics in time and frequency-domain analysis/synthesis, and associated musical/sound examples. Whenever possible, pictures and graphics are included when presenting DSP concepts of various abstractions. To further facilitate understanding of ideas, a plethora of MATLABA® code examples are provided, allowing the reader tangible means to connect dots via mathematics, visuals, as well as aural feedback through synthesis and modulation of sound. This book is designed for both technically and musically inclined readers alike folks with a common goal of exploring digital signal processing. Contents: * Acoustics, Hearing Limitations, and Sampling * Time-Domain Signal Processing I * Time-Domain Processes II * Sine Waves * Linear Time-Invariant Systems * Frequency Response * Filters * Frequency-Domain and the Fourier Transform * Spectral Analysis, Vocoders, and Other Goodies Read more...
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