This book provides a thorough understanding of the microwave circuit model and its limitations.

The book is in five parts: Part 1: Introduction to polymers and electrical breakdown. Part 2: Treeing degradation in polymers. Part 3: Deterministic mechanisms of breakdowns. Part 4: The stochastic nature of breakdown. Part 5: Engineering considerations for breakdown testing and degradation assessment.

This book covers algorithms and applications of techniques from the artificial intelligence community in CAD for VLSI.

This book concentrates upon the work of Lord Kelvin (William Thomson) in three phases; discovery of the fundamental concepts and coding them into universal laws, leading the adoption of the metric system, and securing worldwide use of units and standards (now the IEC system).

An uninterrutible power supply (UPS) can avoid potentially catastrophic havoc caused by electricity supply line disturbances. This book is a comprehensive guide to the various types of UPS systems available, showing how they may be specified and applied effectively.

This book sets out statistical methods which can be used in the preparation, execution, evaluation and interpretation of experiments in high-voltage engineering, of a random nature.

An update of the well-received Power System Economics (IEE, 1983) this title offers additional consideration of issues such as short-term programmes, the effect of the markets, the use of spot or real-time pricing, consumer and demand response, privatisation, and conservation and environmental maintenance.