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Multidimensional Signal, Image, and Video Processing and Coding gives a concise introduction to both image and video processing, providing a balanced coverage between theory, applications and standards.

Este libro propone la clave fundamental para el desarrollo agrario: la creatividad y la innovación en el manejo de la empresa agropecuaria.

This comprehensive and state-of-the art approach to video processing gives engineers and students a comprehensive introduction and includes full coverage of key applications: wireless video, video networks, video indexing and retrieval and use of video in speech processing.

- Treats joint source and channel decoding in an integrated way- Gives a clear description of the problems in the field together with the mathematical tools for their solution- Contains many detailed examples useful for practical applications of the theory to video broadcasting over mobile and wireless networksTraditionally, cross-layer and joint source-channel coding were seen as incompatible with classically structured networks but recent advances in theory changed this situation.

While there is no such thing as a perfect match in the field of forensic comparative science, Forensic Comparative Science: Qualitative Quantitative Source Determination of Unique Impressions, Images, and Objects provides the experience, understanding, and judgment, necessary for concluding whether two unique images share common origin from a unique and persistent source.

1988 marked the first centenary of Recursion Theory, since Dedekind's 1888 paper on the nature of number.

Partial Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems with Maple, Second Edition, presents all of the material normally covered in a standard course on partial differential equations, while focusing on the natural union between this material and the powerful computational software, Maple.

Mathematical optimization is used in nearly all computer graphics applications, from computer vision to animation.

This volume is the cumulative subject index for volumes 1-32 of Experimental Methods in Physical Sciences.

These two volumes cover the principal approaches to constructivism in mathematics.

A Litigator's Guide to DNA educates both criminal law students and forensic science students about all aspects of the use of DNA evidence in criminal and civil trials.

Forensic Art Essentials teaches artists to extract information from a witness or victim about a face they have seen, and produce an image good enough to lead detectives to the criminal being described.

This monograph presents mathematical theory of statistical models described by the essentially large number of unknown parameters, comparable with sample size but can also be much larger.

Risk model validation is an emerging and important area of research, and has arisen because of Basel I and II.

The Newnes Know It All Series takes the best of what our authors have written to create hard-working desk references that will be an engineer's first port of call for key information, design techniques and rules of thumb.

In the field of forensics, there is a critical need for genetic tests that can function in a predictive or inferential sense, before suspects have been identified, and/or for crimes for which DNA evidence exists but eye-witnesses do not.

Rice is cultivated throughout the world under submerged conditions.

Since its inception in the famous 1936 paper by Birkhoff and von Neumann entitled "e;The logic of quantum mechanics quantum logic, i.

Forensic Neuropathology provides superior visual examples of the more commonly encountered conditions in forensic neuropathology and answers questions that arise regarding neuropathological findings.

The field of soft computing is emerging from the cutting edge research over the last ten years devoted to fuzzy engineering and genetic algorithms.

In the study of the computational structure of biological/robotic sensorimotor systems, distributed models have gained center stage in recent years, with a range of issues including self-organization, non-linear dynamics, field computing etc.

Making Sense of Inner Sense'Terra cognita' is terra incognita.

Rapid molecular identification and typing of micro-organisms is extremely important in efforts to monitor the geographical spread of virulent, epidemic or antibiotic-resistant pathogens.

Wahrheit, Lüge & Vernunft - Über die Macht der ManipulationWir alle sind Fakten und Emotionen ausgesetzt und nicht immer sind die Grenze zwischen Wahrheit und Täuschung klartrennbar.

Measurement, Judgment, and Decision Making provides an excellent introduction to measurement, which is one of the most basic issues of the science of psychology and the key to science.

The Guide to Human Genome Computing is invaluable to scientists who wish to make use of the powerful computing tools now available to assist them in the field of human genome analysis.

Fundamental Data Compression provides all the information students need to be able to use this essential technology in their future careers.

The second edition of this highly successful text focuses on the major changes that have taken place in this field in recent times.

The problems of constructing covering codes and of estimating their parameters are the main concern of this book.

In einer Welt, die zunehmend von digitalen Innovationen geprägt ist, gewinnen zwei Technologien besonders an Bedeutung: Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) und Künstliche Intelligenz (KI).

Information processing in sensor networks is a rapidly emerging area of computer science and electrical engineering research.

In order for wireless devices to function, the signals must be coded in standard ways so that the sender and the receiver can communicate.

The Psychology of Stalking is the first scholarly book on stalking ever published.

Systems Analysis and Modeling presents a fresh, new approach to systems analysis and modeling with a systems science flavor that stimulates systems thinking.

Quantitative methods have revolutionised the area of trading, regulation, risk management, portfolio construction, asset pricing and treasury activities, and governmental activity such as central banking.

The Haifa 2000 Workshop on "e;Inherently Parallel Algorithms for Feasibility and Optimization and their Applications"e; brought together top scientists in this area.

Leading technologists, historians, and journalists reveal the stories behind the computer coding that touches all aspects of life-for better or worseFew of us give much thought to computer code or how it comes to be.

Based on the highly successful 3-volume reference Handbook of Computer Vision and Applications, this concise edition covers in a single volume the entire spectrum of computer vision ranging form the imaging process to high-end algorithms and applications.

In life, time is money, and on the Internet, the size of data is money.

Digital watermarking is a key ingredient to copyright protection.

'To interlace or not to interlace' is a hot issue currently.

Quantum Computation and Quantum Information (QIP) deals with the identification and use of quantum resources for information processing.

The need to understand how to design and set up an investigative experiment is nearly universal to all students in engineering, applied technology and science, as well as many of the social sciences.

Written for professionals in financial services with responsibility for IT and risk management, Dimitris Chorafas surveys the methodology required and IT systems and structures to support it according to Basel II.

Crime Laboratory Management is the first book to address the unique operational, administrative, and political issues involved in managing a forensic laboratory.

Introduction to Environmental Forensics helps readers unravel the complexities of environmental pollution cases.

Forensic Investigation of Stolen-Recovered and Other Crime-Related Vehicles provides unique and detailed insights into the investigations of one of the most common crime scenes in the world.

This volume contains the proceedings of Analysis and Design of Hybrid Systems 2006: the 2nd IFAC Conference on Analysis and Design of Hybrid Systems, organized in Alghero (Italy) on June 7-9, 2006.

Trace Evidence Analysis continues and builds upon the tradition of its successful companion title Mute Witnesses (2000).

The Handbook of Forensic Drug Analysis is a comprehensive chemical and analytic reference for the forensic analysis of illicit drugs.