This is the first book to explain and demonstrate the tremendous ability of Pulse-Coupled Neural Networks (PCNNs) when applied to the field of image processing. PCNNs and their derivatives are biologically inspired models that are powerful tools for extracting texture, segments, and edges from images. As these attributes form the foundations of ...
JavaTech is a practical introduction to the Java programming language with an emphasis on the features that benefit technical computing. After presenting the basics of object-oriented programming in Java, it examines introductory topics such as graphical interfaces and thread processes. It goes on to review network programming and develops Web ...
At the beginning of a new century and amidst the turmoil of a new democracy, we need more than ever a historical perspective on modern Indonesia. This innovative economic history connects back to the colonial era and helps to explain why the transition from colonialism to Independence and from the New Order to democracy has been so difficult and ...
Jakarta, Sambas, Poso, the Moluccas, West Papua. These simple geographical names have recently been associated with mass killing, like Aceh and East Timor, where large-scale violence has flared up again. The contributors to this volume try to explain violence in Indonesia by looking at it in historical perspective.
This is the first book-length study of foreign direct investment in Southeast Asia during both the late colonial period and in the contemporary period. It covers all major countries receiving foreign investment in the region and embraces the entire twentieth century. Pioneering under the protective umbrella of European colonialism is depicted with ...
The spectacular economic development in eastern Asia at the end of last century brought international watchers to despair twice: first the growth, later the crisis. They could not explain both phenomena. This book tries to fill the gap. The authors use the term "International capital flow" as the key. They see the quick growth and the sudden ...
This monograph is the first book-length study of foreign direct investment in Southeast Asia during both the late colonial period and in the contemporary period. It examines the leading Southeast Asian countries receiving foreign investment this century. The arrival of today's Asian investors, from Japan and the four Asian NICs, is described after ...
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