This text is targeted at the fundamentals of robot design, implementation, and application. As robots are used in a substantial number of functions, this book only scratches the surface of their applications. However, it does provide a firmbasis for engineers and scientists interested in either fabrication or utilizing robotic systems. The first part of this handbook presents a number of design issues thatmust be considered in building and utilizing a robotic system. Both issues related to the entire robot, such as control and trajectory planning and dynamics are discussed. Critical concepts such as precision control of rotary and linear axes are also presented at they are necessary to yield optimal performance out of a robotic system.The book then continues with a number of specialized applications of robotic systems. In these applications, such as the medical arena, particular design and systems considerations are presented that are highlighted by these applications but are critical in a significant cross-section of areas. It was a pleasure to work with the authors of the various sections. They are experts in their areas, and in reviewing their material, I have improvedmy understanding of robotic systems. I hope that the readers will enjoy reading the text asmuch as I have enjoyed reading and assembling it. I anticipate that future versions of this book will incorporate more applications as well as advanced concepts in robot design and implementation.
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Robots are machines that have interested the general population throughout history. In general, they are machines or devices that operate automatically or by remote control. Clearly people have wanted to use such equipment since simple devices were developed. The word robot itself comes from Czech robota, “servitude, forced labor,” and was coined in 1923 (from dictionary.com). Since then robots have been characterized by the media as machines that look similar to humans. Robots such as “Robby the Robot” or Robot from the Lost in Space television series defined the appearance of robots to several generations. However, robots are more than machines that walk around yelling “Danger!” They are used in a variety of tasks from the very exciting, such as space exploration (e.g., the Mars Rover), to the very mundane (e.g., vacuuming your home, which is not a simple task). They are complex and useful systems that have been employed in industry for several decades. As technology advances, the capability and utility of robots have increased dramatically. Today, we have robots that assemble cars, weld, fly through hostile environments, and explore the harshest environments from the depths of the ocean, to the cold and dark environment of the Antarctic, to the hazardous depths of active volcanoes, to the farthest reaches of outer space. Robots take on tasks that people do not want to perform. Perhaps these tasks are too boring, perhaps they are too dangerous, or perhaps the robot can outperform its human counterpart.
This text is targeted at the fundamentals of robot design, implementation, and application. As robots are used in a substantial number of functions, this book only scratches the surface of their applications. However, it does provide a firmbasis for engineers and scientists interested in either fabrication or utilizing robotic systems. The first part of this handbook presents a number of design issues thatmust be considered in building and utilizing a robotic system. Both issues related to the entire robot, such as control and trajectory planning and dynamics are discussed. Critical concepts such as precision control of rotary and linear axes are also presented at they are necessary to yield optimal performance out of a robotic system.The book then continues with a number of specialized applications of robotic systems. In these applications, such as the medical arena, particular design and systems considerations are presented that are highlighted by these applications but are critical in a significant cross-section of areas. It was a pleasure to work with the authors of the various sections. They are experts in their areas, and in reviewing their material, I have improvedmy understanding of robotic systems. I hope that the readers will enjoy reading the text asmuch as I have enjoyed reading and assembling it. I anticipate that future versions of this book will incorporate more applications as well as advanced concepts in robot design and implementation.
This text is targeted at the fundamentals of robot design, implementation, and application. As robots are used in a substantial number of functions, this book only scratches the surface of their applications. However, it does provide a firmbasis for engineers and scientists interested in either fabrication or utilizing robotic systems. The first part of this handbook presents a number of design issues thatmust be considered in building and utilizing a robotic system. Both issues related to the entire robot, such as control and trajectory planning and dynamics are discussed. Critical concepts such as precision control of rotary and linear axes are also presented at they are necessary to yield optimal performance out of a robotic system.The book then continues with a number of specialized applications of robotic systems. In these applications, such as the medical arena, particular design and systems considerations are presented that are highlighted by these applications but are critical in a significant cross-section of areas. It was a pleasure to work with the authors of the various sections. They are experts in their areas, and in reviewing their material, I have improvedmy understanding of robotic systems. I hope that the readers will enjoy reading the text asmuch as I have enjoyed reading and assembling it. I anticipate that future versions of this book will incorporate more applications as well as advanced concepts in robot design and implementation.
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… FAIMS is the first of many possible techniques based on nonlinear ion motion, and others should emerge as nonlinear IMS science matures and the progress of electronics and miniaturization of hardware enable faster and more elaborate manipulation of electric fields in time and space. …
—From the Preface
Pacific Northwest Laboratory, Richland, WA USA
… FAIMS is the first of many possible techniques based on nonlinear ion motion, and others should emerge as nonlinear IMS science matures and the progress of electronics and miniaturization of hardware enable faster and more elaborate manipulation of electric fields in time and space. …
—From the Preface
The first book on the subject, Differential Ion Mobility Spectrometry explores a new analytical technology that separates and characterizes ions by the difference between their mobility in gases at high and low electric fields. It also covers the novel topics of higher-order differential IMS and IMS with alignment of dipole direction. Incorporating some of his own unpublished research, the author integrates the fundamental physics of high-field ion mobility with practical considerations of FAIMS implementation. He presents extensive FAIMS work from the Russian literature, including material previously unavailable in English.
About the AuthorPacific Northwest Laboratory, Richland, WA USA
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The responsibilities of the system engineer are many and varied, especially as they relate to facility design and construction. Successful execution of these responsibilities requires an understanding of the underlying technologies, the applicable quality standards, and the proper methods for achieving them. The Communications Facility Design Handbook is dedicated to providing and supporting that understanding. It examines the tasks and functions of the system engineer and establishes a foundation for designing, installing, operating, and maintaining audio, video, computer, and radio frequency systems and facilities.Unique in its scope and its approach, The Communications Facility Design Handbook describes the important steps required to take a project from basic design to installation and completion. From the fundamental principles of electronics to details on wiring, from budget analysis to safety considerations, this is your one-stop reference for planning, building, renovating, and operating all types of electronics facilities.
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In recent years, intelligent control has emerged as one of the most active and fruitful areas of research and development. Until now, however, there has been no comprehensive text that explores the subject with focus on the design and analysis of biological and industrial applications. Intelligent Control Systems Using Soft Computing Methodologies does all that and more. Beginning with an overview of intelligent control methodologies, the contributors present the fundamentals of neural networks, supervised and unsupervised learning, and recurrent networks. They address various implementation issues, then explore design and verification of neural networks for a variety of applications, including medicine, biology, digital signal processing, object recognition, computer networking, desalination technology, and oil refinery and chemical processes.The focus then shifts to fuzzy logic, with a review of the fundamental and theoretical aspects, discussion of implementation issues, and examples of applications, including control of autonomous underwater vehicles, navigation of space vehicles, image processing, robotics, and energy management systems. The book concludes with the integration of genetic algorithms into the paradigm of soft computing methodologies, including several more industrial examples, implementation issues, and open problems and open problems related to intelligent control technology.Suited as both a textbook and a reference, Intelligent Control Systems explores recent advances in the field from both the theoretical and the practical viewpoints. It also integrates intelligent control design methodologies to give designers a set of flexible, robust controllers and provide students with a tool for solving the examples and exercises within the book.
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Technology is progressing at an astounding pace, and many organizations are working so hard to implement the technologies they need to survive need to understand how their network security policies and procedures regimen fits into the picture.
As with all technology nowadays, the next significant change is already beginning to happen. As Service Oriented Architectures become the new reality and compliance regimes mature, the role of security as a portion of the enterprise as a whole will become more and more critical.
Ultimately, however, is the requirement for senior executives to understand how everything fits together. In the end, it is not enough to know you've deployed XYZ solution, but that the security regime as a whole in your organization is effective, how it aids in compliance, and how it impacts your business processes. By synthesizing communication, Enterprise Architecture and technology into a single volume, I have attempted to paint as complete a picture as possible about the security environment of the modem organization. I hope it contributes to the discussion on the subject.
As with all technology nowadays, the next significant change is already beginning to happen. As Service Oriented Architectures become the new reality and compliance regimes mature, the role of security as a portion of the enterprise as a whole will become more and more critical.
Ultimately, however, is the requirement for senior executives to understand how everything fits together. In the end, it is not enough to know you've deployed XYZ solution, but that the security regime as a whole in your organization is effective, how it aids in compliance, and how it impacts your business processes. By synthesizing communication, Enterprise Architecture and technology into a single volume, I have attempted to paint as complete a picture as possible about the security environment of the modem organization. I hope it contributes to the discussion on the subject.
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Particle physics is the study of the fundamental constituents of matter and their interactions. However, which particles are regarded as fundamental has changed with time as physicists’ knowledge has improved. Modern theory – called the standard model – attempts to explain all the phenomena of particle physics in terms of the properties and interactions of a small number of particles of three distinct types: two spin– 1 2 families of fermions called leptons and quarks, and one family of spin-1 bosons – called gauge bosons – which act as ‘force carriers’ in the theory. In addition, at least one spin-0 particle, called the Higgs boson, is postulated to explain the origin of mass within the theory, since without it all the particles in the model are predicted to have zero mass. All the particles of the standard model are assumed to be elementary; i.e. they are treated as point particles, without internal structure or excited states.
The most familiar example of a lepton is the electron e− (the superscript denotes the electric charge), which is bound in atoms by the electromagnetic interaction, one of the four fundamental forces of nature.Asecond well-known lepton is the electron neutrino ve, which is a light, neutral particle observed in the decay products of some unstable nuclei (the so-called β-decays). The force responsible for the β-decay of nuclei is called the weak interaction.
The most familiar example of a lepton is the electron e− (the superscript denotes the electric charge), which is bound in atoms by the electromagnetic interaction, one of the four fundamental forces of nature.Asecond well-known lepton is the electron neutrino ve, which is a light, neutral particle observed in the decay products of some unstable nuclei (the so-called β-decays). The force responsible for the β-decay of nuclei is called the weak interaction.
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During the last several years there has been a significant coalescence of interest in Open Source Geospatial (OSG) or, as it is also known and referred to in this book, Free and Open Source for Geospatial (FOSS4G) software technology. This interest has served to fan embers from pre-existing FOSS4G efforts, that were focused on both standalone desktop geographic information systems (GIS), such as GRASS, libraries of geospatial utilities, such as GDAL, and Web-based mapping applications, such as MapServer. The impetus for the coalescence of disparate and independent project-based efforts was the formal incorporation on February 27th, 2006 of a non-profit organization known as the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo). Full details concerning the foundation, including its mission statement, goals, evolving governance structure, approved projects, Board of Directors, journal, and much other useful information are available through the Foundation’s website (http://www.osgeo.org).
This book is not about OSGeo, yet it is difficult to produce a text on FOSS4G approaches to spatial data handling without, in some way or another, encountering the activities and personalities of OSGeo. Of the current books published on this topic the majority are written by authors with very close connections to OSGeo. For example, Tyler Mitchell who is the Executive Director of the Foundation, is author of one of the first books on FOSS4G approaches (‘Web Mapping Illustrated’ (2005)). Another member of the Board of Directors of the Foundation, Markus Neteler, is co-author of the book ‘Open Source GIS: a GRASS approach’ (2007), which is in its third edition.
This book is not about OSGeo, yet it is difficult to produce a text on FOSS4G approaches to spatial data handling without, in some way or another, encountering the activities and personalities of OSGeo. Of the current books published on this topic the majority are written by authors with very close connections to OSGeo. For example, Tyler Mitchell who is the Executive Director of the Foundation, is author of one of the first books on FOSS4G approaches (‘Web Mapping Illustrated’ (2005)). Another member of the Board of Directors of the Foundation, Markus Neteler, is co-author of the book ‘Open Source GIS: a GRASS approach’ (2007), which is in its third edition.
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An essential reference for optical sensor system design
This is the first text to present an integrated view of the optical and mathematical analysis tools necessary to understand computational optical system design. It presents the foundations of computational optical sensor design with a focus entirely on digital imaging and spectroscopy. It systematically covers:
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Coded aperture and tomographic imaging
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Sampling and transformations in optical systems, including wavelets and generalized sampling techniques essential to digital system analysis
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Geometric, wave, and statistical models of optical fields
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The basic function of modern optical detectors and focal plane arrays
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Practical strategies for coherence measurement in imaging system design
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The sampling theory of digital imaging and spectroscopy for both conventional and emerging compressive and generalized measurement strategies
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Measurement code design
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Linear and nonlinear signal estimation
The book concludes with a review of numerous design strategies in spectroscopy and imaging and clearly outlines the benefits and limits of each approach, including coded aperture and imaging spectroscopy, resonant and filter-based systems, and integrated design strategies to improve image resolution, depth of field, and field of view.
Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy is an indispensable textbook for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in optical sensor design. In addition to its direct applicability to optical system design, unique perspectives on computational sensor design presented in the text will be of interest for sensor designers in radio and millimeter wave, X-ray, and acoustic systems.
About the Author
David J. Brady, PhD, received a BA in physics and mathematics from Macalester College and MS and PhD degrees in applied physics from California Institute of Technology. Dr. Brady is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the Pratt School of Engineering at Duke University, where he directs the Duke Imaging and Spectroscopy Program. Dr. Brady is the architect of numerous computational imaging and spectroscopy systems, including multimodal multiplex spectroscopy and coded aperture snapshot spectral imaging. His current work focuses on multiple aperture lens system design and optical coherence measurement. He is a Fellow of the Optical Society of America, SPIE, and IEEE.
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Online social networks are part of modern life. Long gone are the days when MySpace, Facebook, and LinkedIn were a remote notion. Being a member of a social network has become an incredible way to connect (and reconnect) with other people who share your interests.
Until Ning was created, social networks offered members a space on the Internet that either looked all the same on every page (as in the case of Facebook or LinkedIn) or lent itself to a bit of a chaotic visual experience (as in the case of MySpace). Ning acknowledged the gap in between and started giving people the power and the platform to easily create, manage, and even make money running a social network dealing with any subject they want to share.
From school groups to scientists, from music fans to health patients . . . there can be a network on Ning for anything. You can either become a member of one or many social networks on Ning or start your own.
Until Ning was created, social networks offered members a space on the Internet that either looked all the same on every page (as in the case of Facebook or LinkedIn) or lent itself to a bit of a chaotic visual experience (as in the case of MySpace). Ning acknowledged the gap in between and started giving people the power and the platform to easily create, manage, and even make money running a social network dealing with any subject they want to share.
From school groups to scientists, from music fans to health patients . . . there can be a network on Ning for anything. You can either become a member of one or many social networks on Ning or start your own.
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Most of the papers in this book were originally presented at a June 2003 Progress & Freedom Foundation conference entitled, "Net Neutrality or Net Neutering: Should Broadband Internet Services Be Regulated." As we now publish the suitably updated collection of papers, along with two others, the title remains entirely appropriate. For while calls to mandate rights of access to the broadband networks of cable operators, telephone companies, and other facilities-based broadband providers might ebb and flow, as we write this, the tide is running high. So persistent are calls for mandatory network access rights in the communications world that a book that explores the various facets of Net Neutrality is not likely to be soon outdated.
The Policy Statement released by the Federal Communications Commission in September 2005 in its long-running proceedings to establish an appropriate regulatory framework for cable operator and telephone companyprovided broadband services describes the bundle of "rights" commonly understood to be encompassed under the rubric of Net Neutrality: (1) consumers are entitled to access the lawful Internet content of their choice; (2) consumers are entitled to run applications and services of their choice; (3) consumers are entitled to connect their choice of legal devices that do not harm the network; and (4) consumers are entitled to competition among network providers, application and services providers, and content providers.
The Policy Statement released by the Federal Communications Commission in September 2005 in its long-running proceedings to establish an appropriate regulatory framework for cable operator and telephone companyprovided broadband services describes the bundle of "rights" commonly understood to be encompassed under the rubric of Net Neutrality: (1) consumers are entitled to access the lawful Internet content of their choice; (2) consumers are entitled to run applications and services of their choice; (3) consumers are entitled to connect their choice of legal devices that do not harm the network; and (4) consumers are entitled to competition among network providers, application and services providers, and content providers.
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"Every now and then, a book comes along that tries to put it all together. Waskan's book is eminently readable and well informed, and taught me a lot about stuff I thought I already knew. It is an accessible text and a thoroughly original contribution, all in one."
—Robert Cummins, Department of Philosophy and Beckman Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
"Finally, there is a book that puts explanation in its place: in cognition. Intrinsic Cognitive Models (ICMs) denote the way people understand phenomena by thinking in terms of the mechanisms by which the phenomena may be produced. In Models and Cognition, Waskan explores this most promising idea."
—Peter Machamer, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh
Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2007.
In this groundbreaking book, Jonathan Waskan challenges cognitive science's dominant model of mental representation and proposes a novel, well-devised alternative. The traditional view in the cognitive sciences uses a linguistic (propositional) model of mental representation. This logic-based model of cognition informs and constrains both the classical tradition of artificial intelligence and modeling in the connectionist tradition. It falls short, however, when confronted by the frame problem—the lack of a principled way to determine which features of a representation must be updated when new information becomes available. Proposed alternatives, including the imagistic model, have not so far resolved this problem. Waskan proposes instead the Intrinsic Cognitive Models (ICM) hypothesis, which argues that representational states can be conceptualized as the cognitive equivalent of scale models.
Waskan argues further that the proposal that humans harbor and manipulate these cognitive counterparts to scale models offers the only viable explanation for what most clearly differentiates humans from other creatures: their capacity to engage in truth-preserving manipulation of representations. The ICM hypothesis, he claims, can be distinguished from sentence-based accounts of truth preservation in a way that is fully compatible with what is known about the brain.
Waskan also develops a new account of explanation, grounded in the ICM hypothesis, as an alternative to the traditional deductive-nomological model—which, he claims, suffers the same shortcomings as other sentence-based accounts of representation and inference. Waskan's "Model model" of explanation resolves these problems in a way that no other account of explanation can.
About the Author
Jonathan A. Waskan is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a member of the Beckman Institute Cognitive Science Group.
—Robert Cummins, Department of Philosophy and Beckman Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
"Finally, there is a book that puts explanation in its place: in cognition. Intrinsic Cognitive Models (ICMs) denote the way people understand phenomena by thinking in terms of the mechanisms by which the phenomena may be produced. In Models and Cognition, Waskan explores this most promising idea."
—Peter Machamer, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh
Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2007.
In this groundbreaking book, Jonathan Waskan challenges cognitive science's dominant model of mental representation and proposes a novel, well-devised alternative. The traditional view in the cognitive sciences uses a linguistic (propositional) model of mental representation. This logic-based model of cognition informs and constrains both the classical tradition of artificial intelligence and modeling in the connectionist tradition. It falls short, however, when confronted by the frame problem—the lack of a principled way to determine which features of a representation must be updated when new information becomes available. Proposed alternatives, including the imagistic model, have not so far resolved this problem. Waskan proposes instead the Intrinsic Cognitive Models (ICM) hypothesis, which argues that representational states can be conceptualized as the cognitive equivalent of scale models.
Waskan argues further that the proposal that humans harbor and manipulate these cognitive counterparts to scale models offers the only viable explanation for what most clearly differentiates humans from other creatures: their capacity to engage in truth-preserving manipulation of representations. The ICM hypothesis, he claims, can be distinguished from sentence-based accounts of truth preservation in a way that is fully compatible with what is known about the brain.
Waskan also develops a new account of explanation, grounded in the ICM hypothesis, as an alternative to the traditional deductive-nomological model—which, he claims, suffers the same shortcomings as other sentence-based accounts of representation and inference. Waskan's "Model model" of explanation resolves these problems in a way that no other account of explanation can.
About the Author
Jonathan A. Waskan is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a member of the Beckman Institute Cognitive Science Group.
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As Microsoft’s bestselling database manager, SQL Server is highly flexible and customizable, and has excellent support—the 2008 version offers several significant new capabilities. This book offers accurate and expert coverage on the updates to SQL Server 2008 such as its enhanced security; the ability to encrypt an entire database, data files, and log files without the need for application changes; a scalable infrastructure that can manage reports and analysis of any size and complexity; and its extensive performance data collection.
Harness the Powerful New Features of SQL Server 2008
Whether you're a database administrator or application developer, this in-depth guide is your key to delivering improved data collection, storage, reporting, and security with SQL Server 2008. Mastering SQL Server 2008 brings you up to speed on architecture, installation, and configuration essentials, before moving to the step-by-step instruction you need for more advanced topics such as procedural programming, query optimization, how to use spatial data, SQL Server in the .NET world, and more.
You'll master the extensive toolset, explore useful third-party tools, and most importantly, find out how to choose and use the right SQL Server features for the specific tasks you have.
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Installing and configuring SQL Server 2008
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Understanding SQL Server's place within the Microsoft architecture
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Making data reliably and efficiently available to your consumers
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Securing your data with SQL Server 2008's new Transparent Data Encryption feature
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Integrating XML technology into SQL Server
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Creating index architectures for maximum benefit and minimum cost
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Exploring new geometry and geography data types for today's businesses
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Maximizing data warehousing and business intelligence tools
Michael Lee, MCT, MCITP, MCPD, SCJP, has been teaching SQL Server since 1995. Over the last 13 years, Michael has provided trainingand consulting services in SQL Server and Enterprise Data Architecture to companies across the U.S. and Europe. Gentry Bieker, MCT, MCITP, MCDBA, MCSE, has been a consultant, mentor, and trainer since 1998. He has been architecting, developing, and administering SQL Server databases since version 6.0.
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