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  • Image Super-Resolution and Applications
    Fathi E. Abd El-Samie / Mohiy M. Hadhoud / Said E. El-Khamy
    Image super-resolution is the process by which a single HR image is obtained from multiple degraded LR images. Image super-resolution can be carried out with or without a priori information. The problem of super-resolution reconstruction of images can be solved in successive steps: image registration, multi-channel image restoration, image fusion, and, finally, image interpolat...
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    105,81 €

  • Personnel Recovery in the AFRICOM Area of Responsibility
    Adam R. Grissom / Adam RGrissom / Christopher A. Mouton / Christopher AMouton / Edward W. Chan / Edward WChan
    The mission of rescuing injured personnel in Africa is uniquely challenging for a variety of reasons, including the limited scale yet widely distributed nature of U.S. Africa Command’s (AFRICOM’s) operations and the uncertain security conditions in much of the continent. This report identifies the most cost-effective options for improving rescue capabilities in AFRICOM’s area o...
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    24,34 €

  • Development of Standardized and Best Practices for the USCG Boats Acquisition Program
    Aaron C. Davenport / Brendan Toland / Michael Vasseur
    The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) depends on its fleet of more than 1,600 boats to conduct its most critical operations, which span all 11 of the USCG’s statutory missions. This report contains a review of the USCG boats acquisition program and the programs of similar organizations inside and outside the USCG, possible funding and structural strategies, and recommendations for USCG l...
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    24,21 €

  • Conflict in the 21st Century
    Nicholas Sambaluk
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    141,01 €

  • Distributed Operations in a Contested Environment
    Alan J. Vick / Alan JVick / Jacob L. Heim / Jacob LHeim / Miranda Priebe
    Due to increasing air and missile threats to air bases, the Air Force is developing concepts to operate from several small operating locations in a conflict with a near-peer competitor. The authors identify capabilities the Air Force needs to carry out distributed operations in a contested environment. They then assess whether the current force presentation model can provide th...
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    50,32 €

  • Designing a Capability Development Framework for Home Affairs
    Jennifer D. P. Moroney / Jennifer DPMoroney / Kate Cameron / Peter Dortmans
    The Australian Department of Home Affairs and the Australian Border Force are seeking to establish an auditable, transparent and evidence-based approach to capability lifecycle management. In this report, RAND researchers review domestic and international practices for capability development, define principles for the establishment and implementation of such an approach, propos...
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    58,91 €

  • Warning about War
    Chiara De Franco / Christoph O. Meyer / Christoph OMeyer / Florian Otto
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    153,32 €

  • Main Command Post-Operational Detachments (MCP-ODs) and Division Headquarters Readiness
    Christopher M. Schnaubelt / Christopher MSchnaubelt / Michael E. Linick / Michael ELinick / Stephen Dalzell
    Researchers identify the effects of the Main Command Post-Operational Detachment on division headquarters (HQ) readiness. The authors reviewed Army history, doctrine, and documents to assess HQ deployment; interviewed participants in multicomponent HQs; analyzed how staffs prepare combined forces for employment as a single HQ; and developed a model to illustrate when a division...
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    45,79 €

  • An Assessment of Gaps in Business Acumen and Knowledge of Industry Within the Defense Acquisition Workforce
    John A. Ausink / John AAusink / Laura Werber / Lindsay Daugherty
    RAND researchers assessed gaps in business acumen and knowledge of industry present within the U.S. defense acquisition workforce. They identified apparent knowledge gaps, possible reasons for their existence, and potential approaches to closing them. The report also addresses the role of industry and external educators in helping to close the gaps and includes recommendations ...
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    46,00 €

  • A Stated Preference Analysis of the Determinants of Unit and Soldier Operational Effectiveness
    Craig A. Bond / Craig ABond / M. Wade Markel / MWade Markel / Olesya Tkacheva
    After more than ten years of war, there have been no studies that assess the relative capabilities of Regular Army and reserve component units of the same type. This study assesses the importance of component status relative to a number of potential determinants of operational effectiveness, including but not limited to unit type, training level, experience in country, and asso...
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    31,76 €

  • Securing Europe after Napoleon
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    153,32 €

  • Sun Tzu On The Art Of War
    Sun Tzu / Lionel Giles
    This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature.In an attempt to preserve, improve and recreate the original content, we have worked towards:1. Type-setting & Reformatting: The complete work has been re-designed via professional layout, formatting and type-setting tools to re-create the sa...
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    12,22 €

  • A Throughput-Based Analysis of Army Active Component/Reserve Component Mix for Major Contingency Surge Operations
    Igor Mikolic-Torreira / Katharina Ley Best / Michael E. Linick / Michael ELinick
    This report examines how well the processes and timeline for generating ready forces from the Army reserve component (RC) units align with a need for rapid deployment to a future major conflict overseas. The report focuses on how the dynamics of the mobilization process for Army RC units can, or should, affect decisionmaking about force mix, as well as how policy and resourcing...
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    23,75 €

  • Photojournalism Disrupted
    Helen Caple
    Photojournalism Disrupted addresses the unprecedented disruptions in photojournalism over the last decade, with a particular focus on the Australian news media context.   ...
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    88,72 €

  • Australia’s Nuclear Policy
    Michael Clarke / Stephan Frühling
    Australia’s Nuclear Policy develops a holistic conception of ’nuclear policy’ that extends across the three distinct but related spheres - strategic, economic and normative - that have arisen from the basic ’dual-use’ dilemma of nuclear technology. Existing scholarship on Australia’s nuclear policy has generally grappled with each of these spheres in isolation. In a fresh evalu...
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    85,40 €

  • British Nuclear Weapons and the Test Ban 1954-1973
    John R. Walker
    In 1962 Dean Acheson famously described Britain as having lost an Empire but not yet found a role. Perhaps nowhere is this more apparent than in the realms of nuclear weapons. An increasingly marginal world power, successive post-war British governments felt that an independent nuclear deterrent was essential if the country was to remain at the top table of world diplomacy. F...
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    81,97 €

  • In Business and Battle
    Nicholas Beale
    Highlights the interaction between top strategic leadership in the commercial, civilian and military spheres. This title demonstrates how, in a globalised world, a multinational, multicultural and multisectoral tactic can provide the golden thread of effective strategy and leadership; how simple insights can be refined from complexity. ...
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    309,05 €

  • Military Outlook
    Dr. Anis I. Milad / DrAnis IMilad
    Military Outlook touches upon the problems in the American civilization. It also talks about the military weaknesses and strengths. ...
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    15,85 €

  • France, The Soviet Union, And The Nuclear Weapons Issue
    Robbin F Laird
    Dr. Laird provides the student of Soviet affairs, international security, and arms control with an understanding of the role of the Soviets in European security by examining the Soviet-French interaction. ...
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    241,43 €

  • Collective Simulation-Based Training in the U.S. Army
    Kathryn Connor / Matthew W. Lewis / Matthew WLewis / Susan G. Straus / Susan GStraus
    The U.S. Army uses various virtual systems to help soldiers learn, practice, and demonstrate proficiency in collective skills. This report examines the fidelity of virtual systems to train U.S. Army platoon- and company-level collective skills and estimates the costs and effectiveness of using simulators with different degrees of fidelity for collective training. ...
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    37,50 €

  • Operating Under a Continuing Resolution
    J. Michael Gilmore / JMichael Gilmore / Stephanie Young
    RAND describes a preliminary investigation of select issues associated with Department of Defense (DoD) operations under a continuing resolution (CR). The authors develop an empirical basis for exploring the extent to which a CR is associated with adverse effects on acquisition programs by comparing projected and actual award dates and unit costs and exploring results of procur...
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    33,02 €

  • Polymer Nanocomposites for Advanced Engineering and Military Applications
    Noureddine Ramdani
    The field of polymer nanocomposites has become essential for engineering and military industries over the last few decades as it applies to computing, sensors, biomedical microelectronics, hard coating, and many other domains. Due to their outstanding mechanical and thermal features, polymer nanocomposite materials have recently been developed and now have a wide range of appli...
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    311,40 €

  • Movement and Maneuver
    Kimberly Jackson / Natasha Lander / S. Rebecca Zimmerman / SRebecca Zimmerman
    This report analyzes the cultural characteristics and competitive strategies and tactics exhibited by the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM). Based on this analysis, the authors assess how each of the services and USSOCOM might adapt and respond if facing major policy shifts in the future, focusing specifically on contingencies in...
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    61,59 €

  • Image and Video Compression for Multimedia Engineering
    Huifang Sun / Yun-Qing Shi
    The latest edition provides a comprehensive foundation for image and video compression, featuring updated chapters and content, along with several new chapters and sections. It adheres to current international standards, including JPEG standard. ...
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    245,69 €

  • Versatile Video Coding
    Humberto Ochoa Dominguez / Kamisetty R. Rao
    Video is the main driver of bandwidth use, accounting for over 80 per cent of consumer Internet traffic. Video compression is a critical component of many of the available multimedia applications, it is necessary for storage or transmission of digital video over today’s band-limited networks. The majority of this video is coded using international standards developed in collabo...
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    131,37 €

  • The Volunteer Force
    Hugh Cunningham
    Originally published in 1975, The Volunteer Force is a study of the part-time military force which came into being to meet the mid-nineteenth century. ...
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    153,36 €

  • Cross-Domain Deterrence
    The complexity of the twenty-first century threat landscape contrasts markedly with the bilateral nuclear bargaining context envisioned by classical deterrence theory. Nuclear and conventional arsenals continue to develop alongside anti-satellite programs, autonomous robotics or drones, cyber operations, biotechnology, and other innovations barely imagined in the early nuclear ...
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    46,75 €

  • Command
    Anthony King
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    40,68 €

  • Polymer Nanocomposites for Advanced Engineering and Military Applications
    Noureddine Ramdani
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    239,01 €

  • Aliens and Space Exploration
    Brian Williams
    This book looks into the size of the universe around us, assesses the probability of aliens’ existence, imagines their likely physical appearance, and finally investigates solutions for exploring the universe and colonializing other planets. Several interesting questions are considered such as: why maternity clinics would be needed on future interplanetary vessels? Why aliens, ...
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    8,13 €


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