Covers C programming, as well as the implementation of data structures and an analysis of advanced data structure problems.

About the Author

P.S. Deshpande is a faculty member in the Department of Computer Science at Visvesvarya National Institute of Technology. He has acted as a consultant to various government and private organizations in the field of database management, software engineering, data warehousing, WAP, and J2EE design patterns, and has published a number of papers on Oracle, data warehousing, and programming languages. O.G. Kakde is also a faculty member in the Department of Computer Science at Visvesvarya National Institute of Technology. He has done consulting work for the government as well as private organizations in the fields of embedded systems, language translators, WAP, and several programming languages. He is the author of Algorithms for Compiler Design.

Much of the business transacted on the Web today takes place through information exchanges made possible by using documents as interfaces. For example, what seems to be a simple purchase from an online bookstore actually involves at least three different business collaborations — between the customer and the online catalog to select a book; between the bookstore and a credit card authorization service to verify and charge the customer’s account; and between the bookstore and the delivery service with instructions for picking up and delivering the book to the customer. Document engineering is needed to analyze, design, and implement these Internet information exchanges. This book is an introduction to the emerging field of document engineering.

The authors, both leaders in the development of document engineering and other e-commerce initiatives, analyze document exchanges from a variety of perspectives. Taking a qualitative view, they look at patterns of document exchanges as components of business models; looking at documents in more detail, they describe techniques for analyzing individual transaction patterns and the role they play in the overall business process. They describe techniques for analyzing, designing, and encoding document models, including XML, and discuss the techniques and architectures that make XML a unifying technology for the next generation of e-business applications. Finally, they go beyond document models to consider management and strategic issues — the business model, or the vision, that the information exchanged in these documents serves.

A unique system focus that presents specific solutions for specific
appliances This publication presents state-of-the-art power management
techniques for modern electronic appliances that rely on such very
large-scale integration (VLSI) chips as CPUs and DSPs. The author
thoroughly covers all aspects of the field, including semiconductor
manufacturing processes, packages, circuits, functions, and systems. A
unique and significant contribution to the field, the publication
adopts a “system focus” by first presenting the appliance and then
delving into the power management architecture and topologies that best
serve each appliance. In addition to specific techniques and
applications, the publication discusses fundamental physical and
socioeconomic issues. For example, the author examines Moore’s law and
its effect on power management and heat dissipation, which points to a
future breakthrough needed to continue the fast pace of advancement in
the high-tech industry. The author provides a solid technical
foundation and an analysis of popular electronic appliances, including:
Overview of the semiconductor industry Plain-English discussion of
semiconductor processes and packages Step-by-step guide to analog
design building from the transistor to higher-level functions, leading
to the implementation of a complete voltage regulator Popular DC-DC
voltage regulation architectures AC-DC architectures for power
conversion Ultra-portable devices, such as cellular phones, PDAs, and
digital still cameras Desktop and notebook PCs The publication
concludes with a chapter on special power management topics and an
expert forecast of future directions for the field. This is essential
reading for researchers, engineers, and designers in the semiconductor
and integrated circuits industries. With its extensive use of
cross-section drawings as well as transistor circuit schematics, this
is also a recommended textbook for advanced undergraduate and graduate
courses in computer science and electrical engineering.

TAB Electronics is the premier name in amateur robotics. Since the 1987 release of Gordon McComb’s blockbuster Robot Builder’s Bonanza hobbyists have looked to TAB as the source for cutting-edge, how-to robotics titles.

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This authoritative book gives you new perspective on the RF and analog
hardware and systems design aspects of software defined radio. It
delves into the architecture of transmitters and receivers that make
software-defined radio a reality. Covering both the practical aspects
and underpinnings of these architectures, the book details all key RF
and analog baseband components and sub-systems, from the converters
that interface with DSPs and ASICs through to the duplexer feeding the
antenna. It enables you to select the right technique for any
application by providing alternatives for implementing the main system
components.

The book places emphasis on broadband and multi-band
techniques, including broadband quadrature techniques, methods of
dealing with the diplexer issue in transceivers, high-dynamic range and
general coverage receiver techniques, and linearization applied to
LNAs, receiver front-ends, transmitters and PAs. This practical
resource looks at the cost factors of using particular techniques to
ensure that you are creating communications devices that can compete
successfully in the marketplace. Moreover, the book includes a survey
of current technology that guides you in identifying future trends, so
that current designs can be adapted to ever-changing technology and
market demands.