Offers a treatment of the central ideas and applications of Kolmogorov complexity. This book contains the basic requirements from mathematics and computer science. It includes problem sets, comments, source references, and hints to solutions of problems. It covers Omega numbers, Kolmogorov-Loveland [...]
This is a highly practical yet academically rigorous reference for acoustic engineers, especially those working on major projects where noise control is a key issue, such as the design and construction of Heathrow Terminal 5. Including software allowing the user to make noise calculations, this book[...]
International Sport Management is the first comprehensive textbook devoted to the organization, governance, business activities, and cross-cultural context of modern sport on an international level.[...]
Nearly a decade in the making, this will become the definitive guide to Chinese jades from the Ming dynasty through the early twentieth century. This was a particularly rich period in jade production. As this book reveals--based on the most current scholarship--many jade objects previously thought t[...]
Providing readers with a clear, useful framework for systems engineering, this book integrates the Japanese and Western perspectives of Quality Function Deployment (QFD) and relates its unique framework to current, widely adopted philosophies of quality assurance.[...]
Written for students with some exposure to economics concepts and analysis, "Economics of Sport" is ideal for a lower division elective course for economics majors, for master's students in sport management, or for economics professors who are in the process of learning more about the sport industry[...]
Understanding bioavailability is critical to determining the amount of a drug to administer. Integrating physiochemistry with physiology and molecular biology, "Oral Bioavailability" offers a coherent and focused perspective to allow the reader to appreciate all the facets of the complex problem of [...]
Maximum-Likelihood MIMO-OFDM Turbo-Transceivers for LTE, WIFI and WIMAX will provide an up-to-date portrayal of wireless transmission based on OFDM techniques augmented with Space-Time Block Codes (STBCs) and Spatial-Division Multiple Access (SDMA).[...]