Computer Engineering category: 1617 books

The area of content-based video retrieval is a very hot area both for research and for commercial applications. In order to design effective video databases for applications such as digital libraries, video production, and a variety of Internet applications, there is a great need to develop effective...

In this book we will show you how to get the most from your BlackBerry, whether youre using a Storm, Bold, Curve, Pearl or Torch. From overviews of all the built-in apps, to step-by-step guides showing you how to use WordPress, watch movies, edit photos and much more, theres something for every level...

This book shows amateur astronomers how to use one-shot CCD cameras, and how to get the best out of equipment that exposes all three color images at once. Because this book is specifically devoted to one-shot imaging, "One-Shot Color Astronomical Imaging" begins by looking at all the basics...

A guide on the use of SVMs in pattern classification, including a rigorous performance comparison of classifiers and regressors. The book presents architectures for multiclass classification and function approximation problems, as well as evaluation criteria for classifiers and regressors. Features:...

As the iPhone continues to develop, it can be a challenge to keep up with its new releases and impressive features. Revolutionary developments introduced by iOS 5 and the iPhone 4S mean its often difficult to know where to start. The 101 Essential Tips & Tricks is here to make your life a little easier,...

Dedicated to showing you how the get the most out of your smartphone, The Android Book offers a wealth of features and guides to help you extend the functionality of your phone. With overviews of all the default Android applications and tutorials focusing on lifestyle, productivity and entertainment,...

Your ultimate guide to Android, this book brings you everything you need to know about the hugely popular operating system. With step-by-step tutorials showing you how to master your handset and all the hottest apps to extend your phones capabilities, all the secrets of Android are revealed.

Dedicated to showing you how to get the most out of your smartphone, The iPhone Book offers a wealth of features and guides to help you extend the functionality of your phone. With overviews of all the default iPhone applications and tutorials focusing on lifestyle, productivity and entertainment, theres...

This book is divided into projects that are explained in a step-by-step format, with practical instructions that are easy to follow. If you want to build your own home automation systems wirelessly using the Arduino platform, this is the book for you. You will need to have some basic experience in Arduino and general programming languages, such as C and C++ to understand the projects in this book.

Modeling Enterprise Architecture with TOGAF explains everything you need to know to effectively model enterprise architecture with The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF), the leading EA standard. This solution-focused reference presents key techniques and illustrative examples to help you model...

This book introduces the concepts of soft errors in FPGAs, as well as the motivation for using commercial, off-the-shelf (COTS) FPGAs in mission-critical and remote applications, such as aerospace. The authors describe the effects of radiation in FPGAs, present a large set of soft-error mitigation...

A unique feature of this textbook is to provide a comprehensive introduction to the fundamental knowledge in embedded systems, with applications in cyber-physical systems and the Internet of things. It starts with an introduction to the field and a survey of specification models and languages for...

This book gives a comprehensive introduction to the design challenges of MPSoC platforms, focusing on early design space exploration. It defines an iterative methodology to increase the abstraction level so that evaluation of design decisions can be performed earlier in the design process. These techniques...

This book is great for users, developers, and consultants who know the basic functions and processes of GIS but want to learn to use QGIS to analyze geospatial data and create rich mapping applications. If you want to take advantage of the wide range of functionalities that QGIS offers, then this is the book for you.