Delta Modulation Systems -- Linear Arithmetic Operations -- Basic Ternary Logic Circuits -- Multivalued Arithmetic Operations -- Nonlinear Arithmetic Operations -- Mixed Processing of ?-?M Sequences -- Decoding of First-Order ?-?M Sequences -- PCM — ?-?M Converters -- Stochastic Processing Using ?-?M -- Measurements Based on ?-?M -- LP?-?M and BP?-?M Circuits.This book is intended for student…
Speech research overview -- Speech production and synthesis -- The voice source -- Speech analysis and features -- Speech perception -- Prosody.The overall aim of the book is to provide an integrated view of the separate stages of the speech chain, covering the production process, speech data analysis and speech perception. Analysis of information bearing elements of the speech signal have foun…
Adaptive Filtering -- Linear Systems and Stochastic Processes -- Modelling -- Optimisation and Least Squares Estimation -- Parametric Signal and System Modelling -- Classical Filters and Spectral Analysis -- Optimum Wiener Filter -- Optimum Kalman Filter -- Power Spectral Density Analysis -- Adaptive Filter Theory -- Adaptive Finite Impulse Response Filters -- Frequency Domain Adaptive Filters …
1 Approximation with Polynomials -- 1.1 Approximation of a function on an interval -- 1.2 Weierstrass’ theorem -- 1.3 Taylor’s theorem -- 1.4 Exercises -- 2 Infinite Series -- 2.1 Infinite series of numbers -- 2.2 Estimating the sum of an infinite series -- 2.3 Geometric series -- 2.4 Power series -- 2.5 General infinite sums of functions -- 2.6 Uniform convergence -- 2.7 Signal transmissio…
Motivation and Introduction -- Quality of Human-Machine Interaction over the Phone -- Assessment and Evaluation Methods -- Speech Recognition Performance over the Phone -- Quality of Synthesized Speech over the Phone -- Quality of Spoken Dialogue Systems -- Final Conclusions and Outlook.Quality of Telephone-Based Spoken Dialogue Systems is a systematic overview of assessment, evaluation, and pr…
Channel Codes -- Direct-Sequence Systems -- Frequency-Hopping Systems -- Code Synchronization -- Fading of Wireless Communications -- Code-Division Multiple Access -- Detection of Spread-Spectrum Signals.Originally adopted in military networks as a means of ensuring secure communication when confronted with the threats of jamming and interception, spread-spectrum systems are now the core of com…
Modern Antennas, 2nd edition provides a complete and rigorous treatment of the theory and practice of modern antenna design and use. Written by a team of experienced engineers, the text is presented in a simple and understandable manner which guides the reader progressively through the stages of the design process. The book is aimed at practising engineers and graduate-level students, and inclu…
Shape and Population Modeling -- A Unified Information-Theoretic Approach to Groupwise Non-rigid Registration and Model Building -- Hypothesis Testing with Nonlinear Shape Models -- Extrapolation of Sparse Tensor Fields: Application to the Modeling of Brain Variability -- Bayesian Population Modeling of Effective Connectivity. -- Diffusion Tensor Imaging and Functional Magnetic Resonance -- Fib…
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