River Publishers imprint: 15 books
The Internet of Women
Accelerating Culture Change
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2016
Female scientists, technologists, engineers, and mathematicians worldwide are making historic contributions to their fields. The modern workforce is closer to gender-equal than it has ever been, and many efforts are in place to support further progress. The Internet of Women provides an exciting look...
An Introduction to Robophilosophy
Cognition, Intelligence, Autonomy, Consciousness, Conscience and Ethics
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2016
Modern robots have arrived at a very matured state both in their mechanical / control aspects and their mental aspects. An Introduction to Robophilosophy explores the philosophical questions that arise in the development, creation, and use of mental – anthropomorphic and zoomorphic- robots that...
by Kamran Iqbal
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2017
Control systems are pervasive in our lives. Our homes have environmental controls. Appliances we use at home such as the washing machine, microwave, etc. have embedded controllers. We fly in airplanes and drive automobiles, which make extensive use of control systems. The increase of automation in...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2018
Although more than 70% of the globe is covered with water, only a small portion is suitable for direct human use, making the scarcity of freshwater one of our planet's most serious challenges. In this context, desalination, defined as "the separation of salts from water," is one of the possible...
Computational Electrodynamics
A Gauge Approach with Applications in Microelectronics
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2017
Computational electrodynamics is a vast research field with a wide variety of tools. In physics, the principle of gauge invariance plays a pivotal role as a guide towards a sensible formulation of the laws of nature as well as for computing the properties of elementary particles using the lattice...
by William J. Buchanan
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2017
Cryptography has proven to be one of the most contentious areas in modern society. For some, it protects the rights of individuals to privacy and security. For others, it puts up barriers against the protection of our society. This book aims to develop a deep understanding of cryptography and provide...
A Short History of Circuits and Systems
From Green, Mobile, Pervasive Networking to Big Data Computing
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2016
After an overview of major scientific discoveries of the 18th and 19th centuries, which created electrical science as we know and understand it and led to its useful applications in energy conversion, transmission, manufacturing industry and communications, this Circuits and Systems History book fills...
Key Factors in Postgraduate Research Supervision
A Guide for Supervisors
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2016
Key Factors in Postgraduate Research Supervision: A Guide for Supervisors is designed to inform and support university academics and researchers who are taking on the responsibilities of postgraduate research student supervision. It is aimed at early career professionals, who may be undertaking supervision...
Sustainable Business
Integrating CSR in Business and Functions
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2016
The developments in our environment and society have made it clear that the way we run our businesses and govern our nations is not sustainable in the long run. This is also why more and more companies and organizations are pursuing sustainable business through various Corporate Social Responsibility...
by Dinesh Kumar
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
A PhD is the start of a research career, and these students are the backbone of universities and research institutions. It is the opportunity for youthful energy and creativity to make a global impact and train future researchers to make a difference. However, the candidature can also be a period...
Circuit Design - Anticipate, Analyze, Exploit Variations
Statistical Methods and Optimization
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2017
Circuit Design = Science + Art! Designers need a skilled “gut feeling” about circuits and related analytical techniques, plus creativity, to solve all problems and to adhere to the specifications, the written and the unwritten ones. You must anticipate a large number of influences, like temperature...
Digital Signal Processing
A Breadth-First Approach
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2016
The subject of Digital Signal Processing (DSP) is enormously complex, involving many concepts, probabilities, and signal processing that are woven together in an intricate manner. To cope with this scope and complexity, many DSP texts are often organized around the “numerical examples” of a communication...
by Marcelo Sampaio de Alencar, Thiago Tavares de Alencar
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2017
Style is a distinctive manner of expression, in writing or speech. The word evolved from Latin stilus, an instrument for writing, marking, or incising, such as something used by the ancients in writing on clay or waxed tablets. It is the way in which something is said or done, as distinguished from...
by Forouhar Farzaneh, Ali Fotowat, Mahmoud Kamarei
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2018
Over the past decade, tremendous development of wireless communications has changed human life and engineering. Considerable advancement has been made in design and architecture of related RF and microwave circuits. Introduction to Wireless Communication Circuits focuses on special circuits dedicated...
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