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• Publisher: Springer
• Number Of Pages: 545
• Publication Date: 2005-05-03
• Sales Rank: 2239112
• ISBN / ASIN: 3211249346
• EAN: 9783211249345
• Binding: Paperback
• Manufacturer: Springer
• Studio: Springer

The papers in this volume present theoretical insights and report practical applications both for neural networks, genetic algorithms and evolutionary computation. In the field of natural computing, swarm optimization, bioinformatics and computational biology contributions are no less compelling. A wide selection of contributions report applications of neural networks to process engineering, robotics and control. Contributions also abound in the field of evolutionary computation particularly in combinatorial and optimization problems. Many papers are dedicated to machine learning and heuristics, hybrid intelligent systems and soft computing applications. Some papers are devoted to quantum computation. In addition, kernel based algorithms, able to solve tasks other than classification, represent a revolution in pattern recognition bridging existing gaps. Further topics are intelligent signal processing and computer vision.

• Publisher: Springer
• Number Of Pages: 377
• Publication Date: 2006-08-01
• Sales Rank: 623204
• ISBN / ASIN: 0387322000
• EAN: 9780387322001
• Binding: Hardcover
• Manufacturer: Springer
• Studio: Springer

Partial differential equations (PDEs) and variational methods were introduced into image processing about fifteen years ago. Since then, intensive research has been carried out. The goals of this book are to present a variety of image analysis applications, the precise mathematics involved and how to discretize them.

Thus, this book is intended for two audiences. The first is the mathematical community by showing the contribution of mathematics to this domain. It is also the occasion to highlight some unsolved theoretical questions. The second is the computer vision community by presenting a clear, self-contained and global overview of the mathematics involved in image processing problems. This work will serve as a useful source of reference and inspiration for fellow researchers in Applied Mathematics and Computer Vision, as well as being a basis for advanced courses within these fields.

During the four years since the publication of the first edition, there has been substantial progress in the range of image processing applications covered by the PDE framework. The main goals of the second edition are to update the first edition by giving a coherent account of some of the recent challenging applications, and to update the existing material. In addition, this book provides the reader with the opportunity to make his own simulations with a minimal effort. To this end, programming tools are made available, which will allow the reader to implement and test easily some classical approaches.

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• Publisher: The MIT Press
• Number Of Pages: 480
• Publication Date: 2005-06-01
• Sales Rank: 990197
• ISBN / ASIN: 0262025779
• EAN: 9780262025775
• Binding: Hardcover
• Manufacturer: The MIT Press
• Studio: The MIT Press

The continuing development of implantable neural prostheses signals a new era in bioengineering and neuroscience research. This collection of essays outlines current advances in research on the intracranial implantation of devices that can communicate with the brain in order to restore sensory, motor, or cognitive functions. The contributors explore the creation of biologically realistic mathematical models of brain function, the production of microchips that incorporate those models, and the integration of microchip and brain function through neuron-silicon interfaces. Recent developments in understanding the computational and cognitive properties of the brain and rapid advances in biomedical and computer engineering both contribute to this cutting-edge research.

The book first examines the development of sensory system prostheses -- cochlear, retinal, and visual implants -- as the best foundation for considering the extension of neural prostheses to the central brain region. The book then turns to the complexity of neural representations, offering, among other approaches to the topic, one of the few existing theoretical frameworks for modeling the hierarchical organization of neural systems. Next, it examines the challenges of designing and controlling the interface between neurons and silicon, considering the necessity for bidirectional communication and for multiyear duration of the implant. Finally, the book looks at hardware implementations and explores possible ways to achieve the complexity of neural function in hardware, including the use of VLSI and photonic technologies.

• Publisher: Springer
• Number Of Pages: 376
• Publication Date: 2003-01-01
• Sales Rank: 31620
• ISBN / ASIN: 0387954686
• EAN: 9780387954684
• Binding: Hardcover
• Manufacturer: Springer
• Studio: Springer

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• Publisher: Springer
• Number Of Pages: 145
• Publication Date: 2005-11-21
• Sales Rank: 1747659
• ISBN / ASIN: 0387276343
• EAN: 9780387276342
• Binding: Hardcover
• Manufacturer: Springer
• Studio: Springer

With the ever increasing use of computers for critical systems, computer security that protects data and computer systems from intentional, malicious intervention, continues to attract attention. Among the methods for defense, the application of a tool to help the operator identify ongoing or already perpetrated attacks (intrusion detection), has been the subject of considerable research in the past ten years. A key problem with current intrusion detection systems is the high number of false alarms they produce. Understanding Intrusion Detection through Visualization presents research on why false alarms are, and will remain a problem; then applies results from the field of information visualization to the problem of intrusion detection. This approach promises to enable the operator to identify false (and true) alarms, while aiding the operator to identify other operational characteristics of intrusion detection systems. This volume presents four different visualization approaches, mainly applied to data from web server access logs.

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• Publisher: Springer
• Number Of Pages: 202
• Publication Date: 2005-04-13
• Sales Rank: 1034709
• ISBN / ASIN: 038723697X
• EAN: 9780387236971
• Binding: Hardcover
• Manufacturer: Springer
• Studio: Springer

Cross-layer design seeks to enhance the capacity of wireless networks significantly through the joint optimization of multiple layers in the network, primarily the physical (PHY) and medium access control (MAC) layers. Although there are advantages of such design in wireline networks as well, this approach is particularly advantageous for wireless networks due to the properties (such as mobility and interference) that strongly affect performance and design of higher layer protocols. This unique monograph is concerned with the issue of cross-layer design in wireless networks, and more particularly with the impact of node-level multiuser detection on such design. It provides an introduction to this vibrant and active research area insufficiently covered in existing literature, presenting some of the principal methods developed and results obtained to date. Accompanied by numerous illustrations, the text is an excellent reference for engineers, researchers and students working in communication networks.

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Number Of Pages: 336
• Publication Date: 1998-03-20
• Sales Rank: 70545
• ISBN / ASIN: 0471197130
• EAN: 9780471197133
• Binding: Paperback
• Manufacturer: John Wiley & Sons
• Studio: John Wiley & Sons

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• Publisher: Springer
• Number Of Pages: 367
• Publication Date: 2005-12-19
• Sales Rank: 943221
• ISBN / ASIN: 3540265961
• EAN: 9783540265962
• Binding: Hardcover
• Manufacturer: Springer
• Studio: Springer

"Number Theory in Science and Communication" is a well-known introduction for non-mathematicians to this fascinating and useful branch of applied mathematics . It stresses intuitive understanding rather than abstract theory and highlights important concepts such as continued fractions, the golden ratio, quadratic residues and Chinese remainders, trapdoor functions, pseudoprimes and primitive elements. Their applications to problems in the real world are one of the main themes of the book. This revised fourth edition is augmented by recent advances in primes in progressions, twin primes, prime triplets, prime quadruplets and quintruplets, factoring with elliptic curves, quantum factoring, Golomb rulers and "baroque" integers.

From reviews of earlier editions –

"I continue to find [Schroeder’s] Number Theory a goldmine of valuable information. It is a marvellous book, in touch with the most recent applications of number theory and written with great clarity and humor.’ Philip Morrison (Scientific American)

"A light-hearted and readable volume with a wide range of applications to which the author has been a productive contributor – useful mathematics outside the formalities of theorem and proof." Martin Gardner