Author Description

In this special collection of over 304 peer-reviewed papers, are to be found some original ideas and angles on every aspect of Automation, Communication, Architectonics and Materials. Researchers here exchange their innovative ideas and new perspectives. The book will provide invaluable guidance to scientists, physicists, chemists and teachers concerning the topics covered.Volume is indexed by Thomson Reuters CPCI-S (WoS). Nearly 300 papers explore such topics as measuring and processing complex Internet topology, an improved realization of the digital multiplexer based on electric power carrier communication, an algorithm for constructing software cost estimation models based on rough sets, price-game-based spectrum sharing in cognitive radio networks, a multi-information integrated method for extracting text from videos, image segmentation based on wavelet transforms, power quality treatment solutions for electrified railways, and the suitable water-sand combination used to control the environmentally abnormal variation in the Lower Yellow River. The two volumes are paged consecutively; subject and author indexes for both are in the second volume.