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This book provides the fundamentals and recent advances in nano and micromachining for modern manufacturing engineering. It begins by outlining nanomachining before discussing various advances in field and machining processes.
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Describes a wide variety of technologies and concepts of non-standard antenna systems - reconfigurable, integrated, terahertz, deformable, ultra-wideband, using metamaterials, or... Læs mere
With communication networks and computer systems becoming extremely complex, the statistical resource sharing induced by the random behavior of users and the underlying protocols and algorithms may affect Quality of Service.
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This book examines multicast technology and will be a key text for undergraduate engineering students and master students in networks and telecoms. However, it will be equally useful for a wide range of professionals in this research field.