Artech House

Guide to advanced software testing.

Hass, a senior software consultant in Europe, has written this guide to increase awareness about current software testing methods, and how there is room for improvement in protocols. This textbook, which is geared toward computer science students as well as testers in the field, covers such subjects as testing throughout the life cycle of the software, static tests, incident management and how to "scope" the test effort. Emphasis is placed handling failures, mistakes and faults in the software testing process. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Introduction to identity-based encryption.

Practitioner Martin gives professionals who want to understand and implement identity-based encryption (IBE) much more than the fundamentals, providing practical techniques and algorithms, details on how and why certain IBE systems are secure, and numerous worked examples. He explains basic mathematical concepts and properties for novices, then advances as he describes the properties of elliptic curves in cryptography, divisors and the Tate pairing, cryptography and computational complexity, cryptographic algorithms, the Cocks and Boneh-Franklin IBE techniques, Boneh-Boyen and Sakai-Kasahara IBE schemes, hierarchical IBE, master secret sharing and the art of calculating pairings. Martin supplies summaries and references for each chapter and also an appendix with useful test data. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Micro and nanoengineering of the cell microenvironment; technologies and applications.

This book provides an overview of emerging diagnostic and therapeutic technologies and cell-based biomedical applications of micro- and nanoscale systems for controlling the cellular microenvironment of mammalian cells. The first section of the book discusses the various technologies that can be applied to controlling the cellular microenvironment, and the second part of the book looks at applications of various techniques for controlling the cellular microenvironment for different target tissues. Application areas examined include embryonic cell development and fertilization, and neural, vascular, muscle, cartilage, and liver engineering. Khademhosseini teaches medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Modern radar systems, 2d ed.

This is the new edition of a 2001 text introducing the theory and components of radar systems, particularly radar on the ground that detects moving aircraft. Extensively revised and updated, coverage includes description of the function of transmitters, antennae, receivers, matched filters, and signal processors. In addition to amplitude and phase graphs, three-dimensional space curves are shown, which emphasize the vector relationships involved. The author notes the importance of low attenuation and reflection between main radio frequency blocks, including the use of oversized waveguides for long runs. The closing chapters review the relevant mathematics of statistics and transforms. An appendix provides tapering functions. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Signal processing and performance analysis for imaging systems.

Young, Ronald G. Diggers, and Eddie L. Jacobs, all currently or formerly researchers for the US Army, discuss signal and image processing as one component of overall imaging systems as used in military and medical contexts, where the quality of the imaging takes precedence over protecting a company's property rights. After reviewing the basics of imaging and processing, they look at advanced applications such as super resolution, non-uniformity correction and image fusion. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)