New Books

Raymond Yeung

Elements of Signal Detection and Estimation
by Carl W. Helstrom, Prentice-Hall, 1995, 586 pages
$63.00
ISBN 0-13-808940-X

Contents: The Statistical Foundation; Detection of a Known Signal; Narrowband Signals and Their Detection; Detection in Multiple Observations; Evaluating Signal Detectability; Estimation of Signal Parameters; Detection of Signals with Unknown Parameters; Detectiion of Signals under Conditions of Uncertainty; Sequential Detection; Signal Resolution; Stochastic Signals; Detection of Optical Signals; Problems; 11 appendices; Bibliography; Index.

Nonnegative Matrices in the Mathematical Sciences,
by Abraham Berman and Robert J. Plemmons. SIAM, 1994, 340 pages, $25.75,
ISBN 0-89871-321-8.
Contents:
Preface to the Classics Edition; Preface; Matrices which Leaves a Cone Invariant; Nonnegative Matrices; Semigroups of Nonnegative Matrices; Symmetric Nonnegative Matrices; Generalized Inverse-Positivity; M-Matrices; Iterative Methods for Linear Systems; Finite Markov Chains; Input-Output Analysis on Economics; The Linear Complementarity Problem; Supplementary 1979-1993; Reference; Index.

Smart Highways, Smart Cars,
by Richard Whelan. Artech House, 1995, 248 pages, $71, ISBN 0-89006-765-1.
Contents:
Introduction; Roots of the National IVHS Enterprise; Overview of the National IVHS Enterprise; Advanced Traveler Information Systems (ATIS); Advanced Public Transportation Systems (APTS); Commercial Vehicle Operations (CVO); Advanced Traffic Management Systems (ATMS); Advanced Vehicle Control Systems (AVCS); Advance Rural Transportation Systems (ARTS); National IVHS Development; Europe --- Advanced Transport Telematics; IVHS Activities in Japan.

Personal Communication Systems and Technologies,
Edited by John Gardiner and Barry West. Artech House, 1995, 252 pages, $71,
ISBN 0-89006-588-8.
Contents:
Foreword (R. Kirby); Background and Fundamentals; Implementation --- Some
Real and Emerging Systems; The Way Ahead --- Evolution and Convergence;
Appendices.

Introduction to Error-Correcting Codes,

by Michael Purser. Artech House, 1994, 160 pages, $65, ISBN 0-89006-784-8.

Contents:
Introduction; Linear Codes; Cyclic Codes; BCH Codes; Convolutional Codes.

Asynchronous Transfer Mode Networks: Performance Issues,

by Raif O. Onvural. Artech House, 1994, 259 pages, $78, ISBN
0-89006-662-0.

Contents:
Protocols; Reactive and Preventive Congestion Control Mechanics; Routing
Virtual Paths and Virtual Circuits; Traffic Characteristics of New
Applications; Call Admission Procedures; Bandwidth Allocation; Switching
Requirements.

Smart Cards,

by Jose L.Zoreda and Jose M. Otn.
Artech House, 1994, 244 pages, $76, ISBN 0-89006-687-6.

Contents:
Old Cards and New Cards; Data Storage Cards; Chip Cards; Anatomy of a Smart
Card; The Language of Smart Cards; Programming a Smart Card; Designing Smart
Card Applications; Applications --- The Present; Applications --- New Trends.
Appendices: ISO 7816/2 and 7816/3, ISO 7816/4 and Related EN Standards.

Secure Data Networking,

by Michael Purser. Artech House, 1993, 241 pages, $79, ISBN 0-89006-692-2.

Applied Linear Algebra,

by Richard Barrett, Michael Berry, Tony F.~Chan, James Demmel, June Donato,
Jack Dongarra, Victor Eijkhout, Roldan Pozo, Charles Romine, and Henk van der
Vorst. SIAM, 1993, 112 pages, $18, ISBN 0-89871-328-5.

Theoretical Advances in Neural Computation and Learning,

Edited by Vwani Roychowdhury, Kai-Yeung Siu, and Alon Orlitsky. Kluwer,
1994, $120, ISBN 0-7923-9478-X.

Cellular Radio and Personal Communications,

Edited by Theodore S.~Rappaport. IEEE, $34.95 (IEEE member price),
$39.95 (list price), ISBN 0-7803-2283-5.

Theory and Applications of Spread Spectrum Systems,

by Alex W.~Lam and Sawasd Tantaratana (a self-study course). IEEE, $179
(IEEE member price), $259 (list price), ISBN 0-7803-0374-1.

Satellite Communications Self-Study Course,

by Tim Pratt. IEEE, $149 (IEEE Member Price), $229 (list price), ISBN
0-87942-459-1.

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