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An introduction to recent results of Japanese research and development in the fields of speech synthesis.

This text demonstrates how to solve difficult practical problems involving ordinary and partial differential equations and boundary value problems using the software package Mathematica (4.X).

No doubt one of the most important research tools for vinaya studies. This work covers both primary and secondary sources in Sanskrit, Pali, Tibetan, and Chinese as well as modern sources in

This volume provides a comprehensive and practical treatment of such rapidly evolving areas as Fast Ethernet, ATM networks, FDDI networks and many others. It analyzes practical LANs and WANs, and deals with

This book presents an accessible introduction to the history, principles and techniques of GIS, with a unique focus on socioeconomic applications. With frequent reference to illustrations, this non-technical overview of GIS explores

What exactly is digital media, and where is our "digital revolution" leading us? Tony Feldman, in An Introduction to Digital Media, lays the groundwork for clear understanding of the changing technology embedded

Based on a conference held at Brunel University, this assessment examines all facets of teleworking. Contributors explore many issues including: conceptualizing teleworking; the management of spatial, temporal and cultural boundaries; and the

This book deals with finite element analysis of structures and will be of value to students of civil, structural and mechanical engineering at final year undergraduate and post-graduate level. Practising structural engineers

This book is prepared specifically for all those working in or servicing the building industry world-wide and for those training to become construction industry professionals. A step-on from the plethora of guides

A study into the consideration of the temporal dimension of computerized spatial data handling using GIS. The book describes the use of historical and time-variable data as explicit components of the modelling

This text comprises selected and peer-reviewed papers from the ESF European Science Foundation and NCGIA National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis Summer School.

Targetted at intermediate undergraduates, this text is designed for students of computer science who have already been introduced to databases and are beginning to specialize at the senior level.

Domain Oriented Systems Development is the sixth volume in the Advanced Information Processing Technology series of the Information Processing Society of Japan. It draws together a collection of research papers on domain

Drawing from theories by Donna Haraway and Sherry Turkle, and using tools of feminist epistemology, Adam provides a sustained critique of AI.

The Visible Human Project examines how the VHP provides visual access to every organ of the body, viewable from every angle and capable of being manipulated to simulate living processes like respiration.

The Analogue Alternative tracks the development, commercialisation and ultimate decline of the electronic analogue computer in the USA and Britain.

This collection addresses the many ways video games are reshaping the face of entertainment and our relationship with technology. In the volume, leading media studies scholars develop theoretical tools and concepts to