Optical wireless communications is a dynamic area of research and development. Combining fundamental theory with a broad overview this book is an ideal reference for anyone working in the field as well as a valuable guide for self-study. It begins by describing important issues in optical wireless theory including coding and modulation techniques for optical wireless wireless optical CDMA communication systems equalization and Markov chains in cloud channels and optical MIMO systems as well as explaining key issues in information theory for optical wireless channels. The next section describes unique channels that could be found in optical wireless applications such as NLOS UV atmospheric scattering channels underwater communication links and a combination of hybrid RF/optical wireless systems. The final section describes applications of optical wireless technology such as quantum encryption visible light communication IR links and sensor networks with step-by-step guidelines to help reduce design time and cost.

Recent technological advances have enabled comprehensive determination of the molecular composition of living cells. The chemical interactions between many of these molecules are known giving rise to genome-scale reconstructed biochemical reaction networks underlying cellular functions. Mathematical descriptions of the totality of these chemical interactions lead to genome-scale models that allow the computation of physiological functions. Reflecting these recent developments this textbook explains how such quantitative and computable genotype-phenotype relationships are built using a genome-wide basis of information about the gene portfolio of a target organism. It describes how biological knowledge is assembled to reconstruct biochemical reaction networks the formulation of computational models of biological functions and how these models can be used to address key biological questions and enable predictive biology. Developed through extensive classroom use the book is designed to provide students with a solid conceptual framework and an invaluable set of modeling tools and computational approaches.

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This book introduces the concept of a domain-specific aspect language called a Distribution Definition Language that generalizes the distribution and distribution recovery concerns. This approach simplifies distributed systems and autonomics development.

Active Braking Control Design for Road Vehicles focuses on two main brake system technologies: hydraulically-activated brakes with on-off dynamics and electromechanical brakes tailored to brake-by-wire control. The physical differences of such actuators enjoin the use of different control schemes so as to be able fully to exploit their characteristics. The authors show how these different control approaches are complementary each having specific peculiarities in terms of either performance or of the structural properties of the closed-loop system. They also consider other problems related to the design of braking control systems namely: - longitudinal vehicle speed estimation and its relationship with braking control system design; - tire-road friction estimation; - direct estimation of tire-road contact forces via in-tire sensors providing a treatment of active vehicle braking control from a wider perspective linked to both advanced academic research and industrial reality.