Rapid prototyping, Micromachining, and Electronic apparatus and appliances--Design and construction

Direct-Write Technologies covers applications, materials, and the techniques in using direct-write technologies. This book provides an overview of the different direct write techniques currently available, as well as a comparison between the strengths and special attributes for each of the techniques. The techniques described open the door for building prototypes and testing materials. The book also provides an overview of the state-of-the-art technology involved in this field. Basic academic researchers and industrial development engineers who pattern thin film materials will want to have this text on their shelves as a resource for specific applications. Others in this or related fields will want the book to read the introductory material summarizing isuses common to all approaches, in order to compare and contrast different techniques. Everyday applications include electronic components and sensors, especially chemical and biosensors. There is a wide range of research and development problems requiring state-of-the-art direct write tools. This book will appeal to basic researchers and development engineers in university engineering departments and at industrial and national research laboratories. This text should appeal equally well in the United States, Asia, and Europe. Both basic academic researchers and industrial development engineers who pattern thin film materials will want to have this text on their shelves as a resource for specific applications.An overview of the different direct write techniques currently availableA comparison between the strengths and special attributes for each of the techniquesAn overview of the state-of-the-art technology involved in this field

Engineering design--Computer-aided design and Engineering design--Computer-aided design--Case studies

This is the second part of a four part series that covers discussion of computer design tools throughout the design process. Through this book, the reader will......understand basic design principles and all digital design paradigms....understand CAD/CAE/CAM tools available for various design related tasks....understand how to put an integrated system together to conduct All Digital Design (ADD)....understand industrial practices in employing ADD and tools for product development. Provides a comprehensive and thorough coverage of essential elements for product manufacturing and cost estimating using the computer aided engineering paradigmCovers CAD/CAE in virtual manufacturing, tool path generation, rapid prototyping, and cost estimating; each chapter includes both analytical methods and computer-aided design methods, reflecting the use of modern computational tools in engineering design and practiceA case study and tutorial example at the end of each chapter provides hands-on practice in implementing off-the-shelf computer design toolsProvides two projects at the end of the book showing the use of Pro/ENGINEER® and SolidWorks® to implement concepts discussed in the book

Distributed databases and Computer networks

Database and Data Communication Network Systems examines the utilization of the Internet and Local Area/Wide Area Networks in all areas of human endeavor. This three-volume set covers, among other topics, database systems, data compression, database architecture, data acquisition, asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) and the practical application of these technologies. The international collection of contributors was culled from exhaustive research of over 100,000 related archival and technical journals. This reference will be indispensable to engineering and computer science libraries, research libraries, and telecommunications, networking, and computer companies. It covers a diverse array of topics, including:• Techniques in emerging database system architectures• Techniques and applications in data mining• Object-oriented database systems• Data acquisition on the WWW during heavy client/server traffic periods• Information exploration on the WWW• Education and training in multimedia database systems• Data structure techniques in rapid prototyping and manufacturing• Wireless ATM in data networks for mobile systems• Applications in corporate finance• Scientific data visualization• Data compression and information retrieval• Techniques in medical systems, intensive care units

Management information systems, Local area networks (Computer networks), and Business--Data processing

Corporate Planning and LAN: Information Systems as Forums provides information pertinent to the Forum Information System (FIS), a conceptual basis for all corporate planning. This book presents an information system which, by means of LAN, organizational development style prototyping, and organizational learning utilization, can open communications among managers, executives, owners, and employees in a corporate setting.Organized into 10 chapters, this book begins with an overview of the four phases to the eventual use of the FIS in a corporate setting. This text then explores FIS as part of a paradigm shift in corporate information systems, which began with the introduction of the use of computers. Other chapters consider the actual creation of the LAN-based FIS, the technical details of implementation, the programming, and the hardware configuration. This book discusses as well the organizational learning that occurs when using the system.This book is a valuable resource for executives, managers, employees, and corporate decision makers.

Computer programming--Congresses, Computer algorithms--Congresses, and Computational complexity--Congresses

Perspectives in Computing, Volume 15: Discrete Algorithms and Complexity provides an understanding of discrete algorithms and complexity. This book covers a variety of topics, including discrete logarithm algorithms, parallel bubbling, electronic prototyping, number theoretic complexity, and linear programming.Organized into 27 chapters, this volume begins with an overview of the basic solutions of the primal and dual that can be characterized in graph-theoretic terms. This text then explores the principal partition of vertex-weighted graphs, which is utilized to solve certain assignment problems or flow problems that are formulated using such graphs. Other chapters consider a polynomial-time algorithm for finding the geodesic center of a simple polygon. This book discusses as well the three efficient algorithms for the routing problems around a rectangle. The final chapter deals with a snoopy cache multiprocessor system wherein each processor has a cache in which it stores blocks of data.This book is a valuable resource for mathematicians and researchers.