This Code of Practice is an excellent reference for practitioners on the safe, effective and competent application of electrical energy storage systems. It provides detailed information on the specification, design, installation, commissioning, operation and maintenance of an electrical energy storage system.

This book presents the main advanced signal processing techniques for fault detection and diagnosis in electromechanical systems. It focuses on presenting these advanced tools from time-frequency representation and time-scale analysis to demodulation techniques, including innovative and recently developed approaches.

This guide provides additional information specific to those involved with installing electric vehicle charging equipment in filling station locations.

Written by an international team of researchers, this book focuses on traffic information processing and signal control using emerging types of traffic data. Traffic Information and Control is a valuable resource for researchers and engineers working in the field of traffic information and control, and intelligent transport systems.

Presenting a comprehensive view of blockchain technologies for network security from principles to core technologies and applications, this book offers unprecedented insights into recent advances and developments in these areas, and how they can make blockchain technologies associated with networks more secure and fit-for-purpose.

This edited book examines the application of blockchain technology and machine learning algorithms in various healthcare settings. This book covers the basic concepts of Blockchain and Machine Learning, and explores these issues with an eye on improving clinical outcomes and improving the patient's experience.

Edited by two recognised experts, this book provides a comprehensive overview of integrated optics, from modelling to fabrication, materials to integration platforms, and characterization techniques to applications. Chapters provide a broad context that addresses a range of current and potential future research and development trends.

Edited by two recognised experts, this book provides a comprehensive overview of integrated optics, from modelling to fabrication, materials to integration platforms, and characterization techniques to applications. Chapters provide a broad context that addresses a range of current and potential future research and development trends.

Written by an acknowledged expert in the field, this book focuses on approaches for designing secure hardware accelerators for digital signal processing and image processing. State-of-the art security and optimization algorithms are presented, and their roles in the design of secured hardware accelerators explored.

This book introduces advanced sparsity-driven models and methods and their applications in radar tasks such as detection, imaging and classification. It is based on research from the last decade, with a particular focus on applying compressed-sensing-based models and algorithms to solve practical problems in radar.

Novel deep learning models are achieving state-of-the-art accuracy in the area of radar target recognition, sometimes exceeding human-level performance. The book provides an introduction to the key aspects of machine learning that any radar engineer seeking to apply deep learning to radar signal processing ought to be aware of.

This book offers state of the art information about a novel range of applications for electromagnetic reverberation chambers. It is written by international experts in electromagnetic theory, electromagnetic compatibility (EMC), and antenna design and measurement. Each chapter addresses the general concepts and recent advances in its field.

This book covers radio wave propagation in the vehicular environment. It comes at a timely moment in the development of connected and automated vehicles, as they move from concept and system design studies to actual demonstrations and pilot projects.

This edited book brings together research from laboratories across the world, offering a global perspective on advances in prosthetic hand control. State-of-the-art control of prosthetics in laboratories and clinical spaces are presented and challenges discussed, and effects of user training on control of prosthetics are also highlighted.

Providing an overview of modelling and understanding lightning-related effects on complex power and telecommunications systems, this book explores both traditional transmission-line theory as well as the state-of-the art finite difference time-domain (FDTD) method.

This Code of Practice assists duty-holders (electrical testers, managers and buildings managers or maintenance staff) in carrying out and managing what is typically referred to as portable appliance testing (PAT) but may include any type of electrical equipment.

This text describes several UWB surveillance radar prototypes, including Multiple Antenna Surveillance Radar, Multibeam Synthetic Radar, and Geoscience SAR. These illustrate the recent development of multi-mode capabilities and based on the results of these prototypes, a novel multi-mode, multi-channel radar is presented.

This book covers the fundamental principles of ESA antennas including basic design approaches and inherent design limitations. These insights will enable better appreciation of existing and planned ESA systems including their application to earth observation.

Technologies for traffic and travel information (TTI) have been evolving rapidly in recent years. This book focuses on an emerging generation of machine to machine communication, covering gathering information from automated sensors, digital processing and transmission, and its use by increasingly intelligent agents and vehicles.

Intelligent infrastructure has the potential to revolutionise traffic management, and to play a key role in the future automation of vehicles. The book systematically covers the key elements of intelligent infrastructure for an audience of researchers, practitioners and advanced students.

The energy crisis, growth in data traffic and increasing network complexity are driving the development of energy-efficient architectures, technologies and networks. This edited book presents research from theory to practice, plus methods and technologies for designing next generation green wireless communication networks.

This book addresses the major challenges in realizing Wireless Medical Sensor Networks in forthcoming IoT-based eHealth systems, including cost, energy efficiency, security and service quality. Addressing both design and implementation, the book provides a valuable overview for researchers, scientists and engineers on this evolving field.

This book provides a comprehensive review of emerging security threats and privacy protection issues, and the versatile state-of-the-art hardware-based security countermeasures proposed by the hardware security community. It serves as an advanced reference for researchers on current hardware security problems, challenges and solutions.

This book covers the use of SAR for maritime surveillance applications. It provides a comprehensive source of material on the subject, intended for SAR system engineers, private and public corporations, oceanographers, and remote-sensing researchers and end-users.

This comprehensive book is intended to be both a tutorial on flexible and cognitive radio access technologies for 5G and beyond and an advanced overview for technical professionals and managers in the communications industry, as well as researchers in academia and industry.

This edited book focuses on the nine pillars of technology supporting the transition to Industry 4.0 and smart manufacturing, incorporating the internet of things, cloud computing, autonomous and robotics systems, big data analytics, augmented reality, cyber security, simulation, system integration, and additive manufacturing.

This work, written by researchers with broad expertise and a successful publication record, provides a systematic overview of a modern power system with renewable energy. It summarizes renewable energy and storage, and describes the system working with technologies, including EV and cyber security.

This edited book explores novel concepts and cutting-edge research and developments towards designing fully automated advanced digital systems. Fostered by technological advances in artificial intelligence and machine learning, such systems potentially have a wide range of applications in robotics, human computing, sensing and networking.

This book presents state-of-the-art solutions for increasing the resilience of computing systems, both at single levels of abstraction and multi-layers. It is a valuable resource for researchers, postgraduate students and professional computer architects focusing on the dependability of computing systems.

5G and beyond technologies will bring much higher bandwidth and connectivity to billions of devices. In this book, the authors explore new approaches for exploiting challenging propagation channels and the development of efficient, cost-effective, scalable, and reliable antenna systems and solutions.

Information, mobile and networking applications foster information exchange and cooperation in the humanitarian and emergency management fields. This edited book covers developments, innovations, and research outcomes for the creation and deployment of ICT technologies and solutions supporting humanitarian services.

The transformation of the electricity sector is highly complex, including integration of large shares of renewables, storage, forecasting and modelling, biofuels, and electricity markets. This book provides clarity on the interlinked processes of the transformation towards 100 percent renewable power.

Power devices are key to modern power systems, performing functions such as inverting and changing voltages, buffering and switching. Following a device-centric approach, this book covers power electronic applications, semiconductor physics, materials science, application engineering, and key technologies such as MOSFET, IGBT and WBG.

This book describes a fast, accurate and flexible modelling methodology for PCBs. With its systematic approach to addressing tensorial analysis of networks (TAN) modelling methods, the book provides information and solutions to the designers and manufacturers of analogue, RF, digital and mixed signal electronic circuits and systems.

This book covers developments in radar micro-Doppler signatures and non-cooperative target recognition of moving targets including signatures of small drones and birds, automotive radar, passive radar for indoor applications, novel signal processing approaches using sparsity and deep learning, and Ultra Wide Band and FMCW radar chips.

The revised and updated second edition of this textbook teaches students to create computer codes used to engineer antennas, microwave circuits, and other critical technologies for wireless communications and other applications of electromagnetic fields and waves. Worked code examples are provided for MATLAB technical computing software.

This book provides researchers with a concise overview of the status of thin-film solar cell technology and characterization. Chapters describe material systems and their properties, and then provide an in-depth look at relevant characterization methods and the learning facilitated by each of these.

This book provides valuable insights for ICTs engineers, scientists, researchers, developers and practitioners who are involved in developing and implementing edge and cloud-based solutions ranging from sensors and actuators to cloud-based back-end systems.

This edited book explores the use of mobile technologies such as phones, drones, robots, Apps, and wearable monitoring devices for improving access to healthcare for socially disadvantaged populations in remote, rural or developing regions.

As electronics continue to become faster, smaller and more efficient, development and research around clocking signals and circuits has accelerated to keep pace. This book bridges the gap between the classical theory of clocking circuits and recent technological advances.

This book provides an overview of radar waveform synthesis obtained as the result of computational optimization processes and covers the most challenging application fields. The book balances a practical point of view with a rigorous mathematical approach corroborated with a wealth of numerical case studies and some real experiments.

This book presents cutting-edge research advances in the rapidly growing areas of nanoantennas and plasmonics as well as their related enabling technologies and applications.

This book provides an overview of key dielectric materials for capacitor technology. It covers preparation and characterization of state-of-the art dielectric materials including ceramics, polymers and polymer nanocomposites, for popular applications including energy storage, microwave communication and multi-layer ceramic capacitors.

This book addresses the emerging concepts, methodologies and applications of wide area monitoring, control and protection in power systems with integrated large scale renewables. Chapters cover monitoring, modelling and validation, control, and data mining with an emphasis on synchrophasor technology, and experiences with real power grids.

Based on scientific understanding and empirical evidence of how humans understand and interact with robotic and autonomous systems, this book reviews the concerns that have been raised around the deployment of AI and robots in human society, and the potential for disruption and harm.

Robotic systems have experienced exponential growth thanks to their incredible adaptability. Modern robots require an increasing level of autonomy, safety and reliability. This book addresses the challenges of increasing and ensuring reliability and safety of modern robotic and autonomous systems.

This book focuses on the challenges of rural electrification, particularly in poorer regions. It covers low voltage DC distribution system for various applications including charging of electric vehicles (EV).

This book presents a variety of technologies with applications in telemedicine, originating from the fields of biomedical sensors, wireless sensor networking, computer-aided diagnosis methods, signal and image processing and analysis, automation and control, virtual and augmented reality, multivariate analysis, and data acquisition devices.

This book focuses on recent advances and future trends in the methods and applications of technologies that are used in neuroscience for the evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of neurological diseases and conditions or for the improvement of quality of life.

Written by a team of world-class experts, this book mirrors the situation in industry today and the options provided by advanced electronics and computer technology. This is a key reference for academic and professional researchers and engineers in the energy, process engineering and manufacturing industries.

Distribution systems analysis uses techniques to simulate, analyse, and optimise power distribution systems. Together with automation, these techniques underpin the smart grid. Distribution systems are facing growing challenges, due to increasing demand as well as the rising shares of distributed and volatile renewable energy sources.

This book explores the challenges and opportunities of developing circuits with MEMS resonator filters. The replacement of classical electrical components with electromechanical components is explored in this book, and the specific properties of MEMS resonators required in various frequency ranges are discussed.

This two-volume book provides a comprehensive introduction and explanation of both the theory and practice of all forms of modern antenna measurements, from basic assumptions to detailed application scenarios.

This two-volume book provides a comprehensive introduction and explanation of both the theory and practice of all forms of modern antenna measurements, from basic assumptions to detailed application scenarios.

This book gives a state-of-the-art overview of the hot topic of autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) design and practice. It covers a wide range of AUV application areas such as education and research, biological and oceanographic studies, surveillance purposes, military and security applications and industrial underwater applications.

This Guide is an authoritative guide to all types of cables used in electrical work and good cable management practice. It provides clear information on the classes, sizes and types of cable, detailing appropriate and common applications and information on fire performance, accreditation and cable marking and IP ratings.

The supply of energy from renewables is not constant, and energy storage is essential in enabling higher shares of renewable energy. This 3rd Edition has been thoroughly revised, reviewing different types of renewables and considering possibilities arising from integrating a combination of different storage technologies into a system.

Novel devices with the potential to provide alternatives to existing nanometer CMOS technology are the subject of research in the fields of electronic materials and electronic design automation. This book explores the materials and design requirements of emerging integrated circuit technologies, and outlines their prospective applications.

This book focuses on both the design and implementation aspects for smart city and sensing applications that are enabled and supported by IoT paradigms. Attention is also given to data delivery approaches and performance aspects.

This edited book presents state-of-the-art research on imaging sensors covering a wide frequency range and different sensing modalities and applications.

In this book, the contributors show how brain-signal processing can be used to drive a human-computer interface (HCI) using processing results from a single modality or a combination. They present concrete usage scenarios and applications in multimedia interfaces, drawing on a wide range of examples covering communications and healthcare.

This book provides a holistic view of modelling for analogue, high frequency, mixed signal, and heterogeneous systems for designers working towards improving efficiency, reducing design times, and addressing the challenges of representing aging, variability, and other technical challenges at the nanometre scale.

This book covers essential topics and issues in current Phase-Locked Loop design, from fundamentals to practical design aspects. Both wireless and wireline systems are considered in the design of low noise frequency generation and clocking systems.

This book provides coverage of the major gyrator circuits, simulated inductors and related synthetic impedances. It offers a review of research in this field to date, and includes a wide range and number of circuit examples, along with their relevant design equations, limitations, performance features, advantages and shortcomings.

This book assesses how global lightning may respond to global climate change, provides thorough coverage of the lightning phenomenon and its interaction with various objects, and covers methods for the effective protection of structures and systems.

This book assesses how global lightning may respond to global climate change, provides thorough coverage of the lightning phenomenon and its interaction with various objects, and covers methods for the effective protection of structures and systems.

This authored book investigates network traffic classification solutions by proposing transport-layer methods to achieve better run and operated enterprise-scale networks.

This book explores technologies that aim to revolutionize healthcare access and delivery. Topics underscore a range of innovations in health information systems and big data, artificial intelligence and machine learning, real-time home monitoring tools, smartphone apps, medical robotics and intelligent machines, virtual and augmented realities, genome sequencing, blockchain and gamification in healthcare.

This book discusses innovative ideas in the design, modelling, implementation, and optimization of hardware platforms for neural networks. The book provides an overview of this emerging field, from principles to applications, for researchers, postgraduate students and engineers who work on learning-based services and hardware platforms.

In this revised and expanded second edition, the author looks at sensors and actuators based on a broad area of detection technologies and methods. He takes a general and applications-oriented approach to the topic and makes it discipline-independent to cater for a broad audience.

This two-volume book set explores how sensors and computer vision technologies are used for the navigation, control, stability, reliability, guidance, fault detection, self-maintenance, strategic re-planning and reconfiguration of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS).

This two-volume book set explores how sensors and computer vision technologies are used for the navigation, control, stability, reliability, guidance, fault detection, self-maintenance, strategic re-planning and reconfiguration of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS).

This book covers the development, modelling and simulation for high-voltage DC (HVDC) transmission systems. The title also covers the electromagnetic transient model, electromechanical transient model and the dynamic average model, with the electromagnetic transient model being emphasised.