Published in the Springer Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography this first edition was well received within AGILE and within the European Geoinformation Science com- nity as a whole.

This volume presents the refereed proceedings of the East-European Conference on Advances in Databases and Information Systems and of the International Conference on Database Systems for Advanced Applications, ADBIS-DASFAA 2000, held ...

Looks at commandoes and special forces around the world.

This book examines the latest developments of metaheuristics and their applications in structural engineering, construction engineering and earthquake engineering, offering practical case studies as examples to demonstrate real-world ...

The book is written in simples language and self explanatory, reflects the image of the author's long experience in field and teaching as well. The new edition of the book is a compoite unit, complete in itself.

This new edition also provides an outlook to Release 10,including the overview of Release 10 LTE-Advanced technologycomponents which enable reaching data rates beyond 1 Gbps.

This latest edition of the most internationally respected reference in food chemistry for more than 30 years, Fennema’s Food Chemistry once again meets and surpasses the standards of quality, comprehensive information set by its ...

This book explains fundamental optical principles that apply to photography, cameras, and lenses. It is intended for professionals and serious amateur photographers as well as lens designers and optical engineers.

This book, first published in 2004, is an expanded and thoroughly revised edition of Tom Lee's acclaimed guide to the design of gigahertz RF integrated circuits.

The most comprehensive upstream petroleum dictionary ever published.

The most comprehensive upstream petroleum dictionary ever published.

This book presents a model of Quality Management that combines the theoretical base of Dr. W. Edwards Deming and the practical techniques of the Japanese into a useful application.

The Urban Farmer is a comprehensive, hands-on, practical manual to help you learn the techniques and business strategies you need to make a good living growing high-yield, high-value crops right in your own backyard (or someone else's).

Offering ready-to-use tables, diagrams, graphs, and simplified formulas for at-a-glance guidance in induction heating system design, this book contains numerous photographs, magnetic field plots, temperature profiles, case studies, hands-on ...

El objetivo básico de este libro consiste en proporcionar unos criterios de diseño acústico de los siguientes espacios tipo: espacios de uso comunitario (restaurantes, bibliotecas, estaciones, etc.), salas de conferencias y aulas, ...

This volume presents Professor Cohen's original interpretation of the revolution that marked the beginnings of modern science and set Newtonian science as the model for the highest level of achievement in other branches of science.

This thought-provoking text presents a new framework for understanding the impact of culture on communication and for helping students build intercultural communication competence.

In addition, this book broadly covers crucial aspects of OWC systems: Fundamental principles of OWC Devices and systems Modulation techniques and schemes (including polarization shift keying) Channel models and system performance analysis ...

Instead of buying the myths these compa­nies broadcast, Galloway asks fundamental questions. How did the Four infiltrate our lives so completely that they’re almost impossible to avoid (or boycott)?

A world-leading materials scientist presents an engrossing collection of stories that explain the science and history of materials, from the plastic in our appliances to the elastic in our underpants, revealing the miracles of engineering ...