Books published by Imperial College Press

A description of models and algorithms that are capable of performing face recognition in a dynamic setting. The key question is how to design computer-vision and machine-learning algorithms that can operate robustly and quickly under poorly-controlled and changing conditions.

Addresses one of the key problems facing the EU such as: Why is the 'new' EU so much poorer than the 'old', and how will EU enlargement help to solve the problem? Focusing on the productivity problems underlying the East-West gap, this book looks in particular at the role that foreign investment and R&D can play in closing it.

This volume introduces the important methods used in the solution of partial differential equations. Aimed at second-year and final-year students taking physics and engineering courses, it should also be of value to mathematicians studying mathematical methods as part of their course.

Concern about groundwater contamination has focused attention on the processes that influence chemical fate in soil water systems. This work presents estimation techniques and transfer processes of required input data from existing databases in geographic information systems.

Setting out the principles of operation of the semiconductor devices, this work explains clearly and concisely how these devices may be modelled. It also provides a foundation in semiconductor physics, and in circuit models and fabrication processes for diodes, bipolar transistors and MOSFETs.

Examples of interdependent meteorological phenomena in nature and interdependence in medical, social, economic and political aspects of our existence are numerous. This study of dependence concepts and measures requires a modest background in statistics, probability and integral calculus.

A guide to good dissertation and thesis writing. It outlines the rules and conventions of scientific writing and provides practical advice about planning, writing, editing, presenting and submitting a successful dissertation or thesis. The text features cartoons and real-life anecdotes.

Based on material taught to final-year students of theoretical physics, this is an introduction to the essentials of vector spaces and linear operators. It builds bridges between the concepts and mathematics of classical physics, and the mathematical framework employed in quantum mechanics.

Tolerance design techniques are playing an increasingly important role in maximizing the manufacturing yield of mass-produced electronic circuits. This work offers an account of design and analysis methods used to minimize the unwanted effects of component tolerances.