Developments in Antenna Analysis and Design presents recent developments in antenna design and modeling techniques for a wide variety of applications, chosen because they are contemporary in nature, have been receiving considerable attention in recent years, and are crucial for future developments.

Developments in Antenna Analysis and Design presents recent developments in antenna design and modeling techniques for a wide variety of applications, chosen because they are contemporary in nature, have been receiving considerable attention in recent years, and are crucial for future developments.

Designed for ICT professionals involved in the planning, design, development, testing and operation of network services, this book is ideal for self-teaching. It will help readers evaluate a network situation and identify the most important aspects to be monitored and analysed.

This book describes how smart cities can be designed with data at their heart, moving from a broad vision to a consistent city-wide collaborative configuration of activities.

This book introduces the theoretical concept, analysis, design methodology and implementation of negative group delay (NGD). The NGD concept is a recent topic in electrical and electronic engineering research based on an unconventional function; the generation of an output signal seemingly in time-advance of the input signal.

The book provides thorough and systematic coverage of enhanced-functionality devices and their use in proof-of-concept circuits and architectures. The theory and materials science behind these devices are addressed in detail, and various experimental fabrication techniques are explored.

This book describes the concept, architecture and technologies of Autonomous Decentralized Systems (ADS) and their applications in intelligent control, information and service systems, with a focus on transport.

This book presents an innovative, unique and holistic approach to modeling and simulation approaches in healthcare management. From system architecture to modeling methodology, this book shows how to improve patient health and costs of care via the design and implementation of an efficient infrastructure.

This book presents a comprehensive introduction to the principals involved in the use of narrowband and broadband PLC technologies in the SG, and to using these technologies particularly when intermittent renewable energies sources are employed.

Fault Diagnosis for Robust Inverter Power Drives focuses on early diagnosis, prognosis, and intrinsic reliability of inverter power drives and their applications. Topics include material degradation, materials, semiconductors, inverter topologies, and early diagnosis as well as fault tolerant software strategies.

Industrial machines, automobiles, airplanes, robots, and machines are among the myriad possible hosts of embedded systems. This book has been prepared for those who seek to easily develop and design embedded systems for control purposes in robotic vehicles.

Road pricing is increasingly being implemented around the world to combat congestion, curb carbon and other polluting emissions, compensate for falling revenues from fuel duty, improve the efficiency of the existing transport infrastructure, and fund new transport projects. This book outlines some of the economic theory behind these schemes.

This book explores electromagnetic compatibility in the context of automotive electronics, with a close relation to functional safety as required by ISO 26262.

This book explores promising scenarios for 5G Satellite Communications (SatCom), novel paradigms for satellite-terrestrial integration and emerging technologies for the next generation of satellite systems and hybrid/integrated satellite-terrestrial systems, and focuses on recent research efforts towards 5G and beyond.

Hand-based biometrics identifies users by unique features in their hands, such as fingerprints, palmprints, hand geometry, and finger and palm vein patterns. This book explores the range of technologies and methods under development and in use for hand-based biometrics, with evaluations of the advantages and performance of each.

This book outlines key emerging trends in information security from the foundations and technologies in biometrics, cybersecurity, and big data security to applications in hardware and embedded systems security, computer forensics, the Internet of Things security, and network security.

System Design with Memristor Technologies explores design solutions for memristors, covering research and development trends in memristor technology, fabrication, modelling, and applications, and the design and implementation of arithmetic units using memristors.

This is the first book to combine speckle imaging and video filtering and tracking, and their applications. It provides different levels of material to researchers interested in developing imaging and video systems with better quality by limiting the corruption of speckle noise in their systems.

Semiconductor lasers possess unique features in terms of performance, size and impact, and user-friendliness. From a team of international experts this book provides readers with a solid reference of the fundamentals of these devices through to the technologies and applications in bio-optics and biophotonics.

This book focuses on high-confidence medical software in the growing field of e-health, telecare services and health technology. It covers the development of methodologies and engineering tasks together with standards and regulations for medical software.

This book covers the very latest in theory and technology for Wireless Power Transfer (WPT), for both coupling as well as radiative WPT. It describes the theory as well as the technology and applications.

This book brings together topics on the emerging area of community energy technology, covering key areas from generation through to considerations for the entire system, with an emphasis on the popular energy sources of wind power and solar power.

This timely overview of silicon solar cell surface passivation, written by the leading experts in the field, is a key read for students and researchers working with silicon solar cells, as well as solar cell manufacturers.

With the rapid growth of wind energy worldwide, challenges in the operation and control of wind turbine systems are becoming increasingly important. This book conveys up to date theoretical and practical techniques applicable to the control of wind turbine systems.

This book describes the systems and equipment used for measuring and controlling boilers and heat-recovery steam-generators used in land and marine power plant and in process industries. It provides a practical guide to the design, installation, operation and maintenance of these systems.

Power transformers are a key asset for electricity utilities. However, aging populations of power transformers require monitoring and diagnostics techniques to extend their lifetime and minimise the possibility of failure. This book describes the most popular power transformer condition monitoring techniques from principles to practice.

This new edition of the classic on electromagnetic transient (EMT) simulation gives an up-to-date overview of the area. Thoroughly revised, it covers new topics including: simulation of very large networks; modelling of power electronic devices; integration of renewable energy sources; and real-time simulation of complex systems.

Power Market Transformation is based on the most recent developments in the energy sector and brings together all the initiatives that interact physically through the common network and financially through the energy market.

This book describes the principles of solving various problems in power engineering via the application of selected metaheuristic optimization methods including genetic algorithms, particle swarm optimization, and the gravitational search algorithm.

This book describes the supporting technologies that can turn conventional passive electricity delivery networks into the active networks of the future, with a focus on electricity utilization in the industrial environment.

This book examines the key requirements, considerations, complexities and constraints relevant to the task of high voltage power network construction, from design, finance, contracts and project management to installation and commissioning, with the aim of providing an overview of the holistic end to end construction task in a single volume.

In an era of increasing contributions from intermittent renewable resources, energy storage is becoming more important to ensure a resilient/reliable electricity supply. This book presents the technology, integration and market aspects of energy storage in the various generation, transmission, distribution, and customer levels of the grid.

Diagnosis and Fault Tolerance of Electrical Machines, Power Electronics and Drives describes techniques for fault analysis, diagnostics, condition monitoring methods, reconfiguration, remedial operating strategies and fault tolerance in electrical machines, power electronics and variable speed drives.

This book provides an overview of recent research activities in the control, protection and architectural design of a number of different types of DC distribution systems and microgrids. Practical requirements and implementation details of several types of DC distribution systems used in real world industrial applications are also given.

This book is an authoritative overview of Wide Bandgap (WBG) device characterization providing essential tools to assist the reader in performing both static and dynamic characterization of WBG devices, particularly those based on using silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN) power semiconductors.

Bifacial Photovoltaics: Technology, applications and economics provides an overview of the history, status and future of bifacial PV technology with a focus on crystalline silicon technology, covering the areas of cells, modules, and systems. In addition, topics like energy yield simulations and bankability are addressed.

This book introduces technologists to the essential elements of persistent surveillance of tactical targets from both a hardware and software point of view, using simple Mathcad, Excel and Basic examples with real data.

Slotted Waveguide Array Antennas is the first comprehensive treatment of these antennas from an engineering perspective. It provides readers with a thorough foundation in applicable theories as well as hands-on instruction for practical analysis, design, manufacture and use of important types of waveguide slot arrays.

This book addresses the growing conflict over use of the radio-frequency spectrum by different systems, such as civil and security applications of radar and consumer use for wireless communications. The increasing demand for this finite resource is driving innovation into new ways in which these diverse systems can cohabit the spectrum.

In this book, the editors and authors report recent advances and technology breakthroughs in exoskeleton developments. It will be of interest to engineers and researchers in academia and industry as well as manufacturing companies interested in developing new markets in wearable exoskeleton robotics.

The aim of this book is to present the theoretical and practical aspects of embedded robust control design and implementation with the aid of MATLAB® and SIMULINK®. It covers methods suitable for practical implementations, combining knowledge from control system design and computer engineering to describe the entire design cycle.

This book presents the basic principles and current algorithms and methods of well-known swarm intelligence algorithms and efficient improvements from typical particle swarm optimisation (PSO), ant colony optimisation (ACO) and fireworks algorithm (FWA) as well as other swarm intelligence algorithms for swarm robotics.

This book includes 17 chapters and covers front-edge research with novel and newly proposed algorithms and methods of swarm intelligence.

This book includes 27 chapters and presents a great number of real-world applications of swarm intelligence algorithms and related evolutionary algorithms.

This book introduces signal processing and machine learning techniques for BMI/BCI and outline their practical and future applications in neuroscience, medicine, and rehabilitation, with a focus on EEG-based BMI/BCI methods and technologies.

This book deals with the sensing of sheet products for a variety of properties including dimensions, moisture, electrical properties and curing state among others through the use of open microwave resonators.

This book focuses on electromagnetic NDT methods and more specifically on the motion induced eddy current testing and evaluation (MIECTE) techniques used for conductive materials via electromagnetic methods, focusing on the Lorentz force eddy current testing (LET) method which was introduced recently.

This book addresses the design challenges of developing and implementing novel integrated fault diagnosis and control technologies for complex linear systems.

SysML for Systems Engineering: A model-based approach provides a comprehensive overview on how to implement SysML and Model-based Systems Engineering (MBSE) in an organisation in order to model real projects effectively and efficiently.