Time-Frequency/Time-Scale Analysis, Volume 10 (Wavelet Analysis and Its Applications) [Hardcover]

Patrick Flandrin (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 5, 1998 | ISBN-10: 0122598709 | ISBN-13: 978-0122598708 | Edition: 1

This highly acclaimed work has so far been available only in French. It is a detailed survey of a variety of techniques for time-frequency/time-scale analysis (the essence of "Wavelet Analysis"). This book has broad and comprehensive coverage of a topic of keen interest to a variety of engineers, especially those concerned with signal and image processing. Flandrin provides a discussion of numerous issues and problems that arise from a mixed description in time and frequency, as well as problems in interpretation inherent in signal theory.

Key Features
* Detailed coverage of both linear and quadratic solutions
* Various techniques for both random and deterministic signals

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Praise for the Book
"Nowadays one can say that signal processing offers a forum to numerous disciplines and requires manifold knowledge which can rarely be combined by a single scientist. P. Flandrin takes up this challenge with so much competence and a truly multi-disciplinary vision."
--Preface, TIME-FREQUENCY/Time-Scale Analysis, YVES MEYER, French Academy of Sciences.

Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 386 pages
• Publisher: Academic Press; 1 edition (October 5, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0122598709
• ISBN-13: 978-0122598708
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 3.5 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,407,823 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great reference book., June 4, 2001

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This review is from: Time-Frequency/Time-Scale Analysis, Volume 10 (Wavelet Analysis and Its Applications) (Hardcover)

I do research in time-frequency analysis and have been amazed at the wealth of information in this book. This book covers many of the topics of recent and current research in the field of time-frequency analysis.

Although this is volume 10 in the "Wavelet Analysis and its Applications" series by Academic Press, don't be misled into thinking that this a book on wavelets alone. If you want a wavelet book I recommend the "Wavelets and Subband Coding" by Martin Vetterli and Jelena Kovacevic.

(From the cover) "This book offers a discussion of problems that emerge from a mixed description in time and frequency, and it comprises a detailed construction of the principle classes of admissible solutions (short-time Fourier, wavelets, Wigner-Ville, Cohen's class, affine distributions, etc.) It also addresses numerous issues of interpretation related to such representations and shows how to reformulate several important problems in signal theory by utilizing time-frequency distributions."

A bonus for researchers is that although it not mentioned in the book, Flandrin has a public domain set of Matlab routines to compute many of the techniques described in the book.

Finally, an indication of the scope and thoroughness of the book is that it concludes with a 20 page bibliography.

This book makes a nice companion to the book "Time-Frequency Analysis" by Leon Cohen. Although there is a good deal of overlap in the material they are different enough to warrant owning both.

Highly recommended.