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The components that make up electro-optical information and communication systems are advancing in capability and function. This work discusses techniques for flat display design and extension of communications techniques developed for the lower electromagnetic frequencies into the optical domains.
Realization of the semiconductor laser diodes (LDs) operating in the blue wavelength region had been a 'dream' for a long time for the scientists working on widegap materials until just a few years ago. Quite remarkable progress has been made in the last few years the dream has come true. The first ZnSe-based blue/green LD was fabricated about four years ago and its officially reported life-time in CW operation exceeds 100 hours now; it is quickly approaching a practical use level. Further, GaN-based blue LDs have also been realized. In this way, the progress in these research fields is quite rapid. The work includes articles on bulk growth, epitaxy, doping and characterization, blue LDs and LEDs, and future prospects in both ZnSe-based and GaN-based areas.
It is rare for a complete biography of an Australian scientist, particularly of an Australian woman scientist, to be published. It is rarer for such a book to be co-authored by an American. Although scientists have written discourses on the history of their discipline, it is most unusual for a scientist to write a full length biography of a colleague in his ?eld. It is also uncommon for a man to write about an Australian woman scientist; most of the work on Australian women scientists has been done by other women. However, these authors, both distinguished researchers in the ?eld of radio astr- omy, became so interested in the history of their discipline and in the career of the pioneer radio astronomer Ruby Payne-Scott that they spent some years bringing this book to fruition. Until relatively recently, Ruby Payne-Scott had been the only woman scientist mentioned brie?y in histories of Australian science or of Australian radio astronomy. This book will be an invaluable resource for anyone interested in these disciplines. Being scientists themselves, the authors explain Payne-Scott’s scienti?c work in detail; therefore, the value and importance of her contributions can, for the ?rst time, be recognised, not only by historians but also by scientists.
Leading researchers in signal processing and neural computation present work aimed at promoting the interaction and cross-fertilization between the two fields. Signal processing and neural computation have separately and significantly influenced many disciplines, but the cross-fertilization of the two fields has begun only recently. Research now shows that each has much to teach the other, as we see highly sophisticated kinds of signal processing and elaborate hierachical levels of neural computation performed side by side in the brain. In New Directions in Statistical Signal Processing, leading researchers from both signal processing and neural computation present new work that aims to promote interaction between the two disciplines.The book's 14 chapters, almost evenly divided between signal processing and neural computation, begin with the brain and move on to communication, signal processing, and learning systems. They examine such topics as how computational models help us understand the brain's information processing, how an intelligent machine could solve the "cocktail party problem" with "active audition" in a noisy environment, graphical and network structure modeling approaches, uncertainty in network communications, the geometric approach to blind signal processing, game-theoretic learning algorithms, and observable operator models (OOMs) as an alternative to hidden Markov models (HMMs).
Accurately forecasting the building works is vital to the survival of any business or organization. Building consists of many elements that need to be properly priced. Building estimation is useful for owner and consultant to determine the project scope; while for contractor it is normally used for bidding or tendering process. This book provides a simple guideline in doing elementary estimation of building works. It consists of 12 chapters giving example calculations of various building elements covering from excavation and earthwork until rainwater disposal system. Besides students in the construction environment, this book is also relevant for practitioners in the construction related industries such as building contractors, subcontractors, consultants or clients and also individual who are looking for knowledge related to building costing. Globalization era in higher education system and a great demand on construction related programmes in Malaysia has contributed to the publication of this book. Thus, this book is purposely written in English for the benefit of local and international students. Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia