New Books

Raymond Yeung

Discrete Stochastic Processes,

by Robert G. Gallager. Kluwer, 1995, 288 pp., $61, ISBN 0-7923-9583-2.
Contents:
Introduction and Probability Review; The Poisson Counting Process; Renewal Processes; Finite State Markov Chains; Markov Chains with Countably Infinite State Spaces; Markov Processes with Countable State Spaces; Random Walks and Martingales; Bibliography; Index.

Introduction to Symbolic Dynamics and Coding,

by Douglas Lind and Brian Marcus. Cambridge University Press, 1995, $59.95 (Hardcover), $27.95 (Paperback), ISBN 0-521-55124-2 (Hardcover), 0-521-55900-6 (Paperback).
Contents:
Shift Spaces; Shifts of Finite Type; Sofic Shifts; Entropy; Finite-State Codes; Shifts as Dynamical Systems; Conjugacy; Finite-to-one Codes and Finite Equivalence; Degrees of Codes and Almost Topological Conjugacy; Embeddings and Factorings; Realization; Equal Entropy Factors; Guide to Advanced Topics.

Communication and Computer Networks: Modeling with Discrete-Time Queues,

by Michael E. Woodward. IEEE Computer Society Press, 1994, 216 pp., $39 (IEEE Member Price), $49 (List Price), ISBN 0-8186-5172-5.
Contents:
Networks, Queues, and Performance; Probability, Random Variable, and Distributions; Stochastic Processes and Markov Chains; Discrete-Time Queues; Discrete-Time Queueing Networks; Satellite Networks; Local Area Networks; Appendix; References; Index.

Digital Video,

Edited by Theodore Rzeszewski. IEEE Press, 1995, 592 pp.,$56 (IEEE Member Price), $69.95 (List Price), ISBN 0-7803-1099-3.

Discrete Neural Computation: A Theoretical Foundation,

by Kai-Yeung Siu, Vwani Roychowdhury and Thomas Kailath. Prentice-Hall, 1995, ISBN 0-13-300708-1.

SDH/SONET: An Overview of Synchronous Networking,

Edited by Curtis A. Siller and Mansoor Shafi. IEEE Press, 1995, 400 pp., $56 (IEEE Member Price), $69.95 (List Price), ISBN 0-7803-1092-6.

Understanding Digital Television: The Route to HDTV,

by Brian T. Evans. IEEE Press, 1995, 256 pp., $20 (IEEE Member Price), $24.95 (List), ISBN 0-7803-1082-9.