Wavelets and Subband Coding (Prentice Hall Signal Processing Series) (Paperback)

by Martin Vetterli (Author), Jelena Kovacevic (Author)

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A contral goal of signal processing is to describe real life signals, be it for computation, compression, or understanding. This book presents a unified view of wavelets and subband coding with a signal processing perspective. Covers the discrete-time case, development of wavelets, continuous wavelet and local Fourier transforms, efficient algorithms for computations, and signal compression.

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A central goal of signal processing is to describe real-time signals, be it for computation, compression, or understanding. This book presents a unified view of wavelets and subband coding with a signal processing perspective. Covers the discrete-time case, or filter banks; development of wavelets; continuous wavelet and local Fourier transforms; efficient algorithms for filter banks and wavelet computations; and signal compression.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 488 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR (April 21, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0130970808
• ISBN-13: 978-0130970800
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.9 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,161,506 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The faithful shall be rewarded, July 6, 2000

By	Julius Kusuma (Cambridge, MA, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Martin Vetterli is the foremost researcher in the area of wavelets in signal processing, and one of the best presenters whom I've met. That may be sufficient to convince some people to buy this book, but may discourage others from buying this book.

One thing to keep in mind while reading this book is the following: The faithful shall be rewarded. If you're uninitiated, this book can be very intimidating, and Martin goes through the first parts (considered to be review) a little bit hurriedly, all the way through the end of Chapter 3.

But once you get into Chapter 4, you will be treated with an excellent coverage of why wavelets are so great, and the state-of-the-art of its research and application. This is where the two authors truly work their magic in their writing.

Even as you try to get past Chapter 3, there are many gems to be discovered, for example the proof of the ambiguity function in time-frequency analysis.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Engineering, CS, programming, math..., February 12, 2003

By	Palle E T Jorgensen "Palle Jorgensen" (Iowa City, Iowa United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

There are few books that sucessfully cover the interface of diverse fields, and yet this lovely book represents a subject that thrives on the interconnections. It is a great textbook, and it works well for selfstudy. The two subjects wavelets and subband filtering [from signal processing] are quite different, and have distinct and independent lives, they have different aims, and different histories. And yet, it is the happy marriage of the two that enriches the the union to an extraordinary degree. Multiresolutions are the bread and butter of wavelet algorithms, and they thrive on methods from signal processing, the quadrature-mirror filter construction, for example. One reason some books in the subject miss the target is that most authors know one of the subjects well, but not the others. Diverse subjects have quite different languages, and different terminology. The present authors are indeed on target, and they know it all. They come from engineering, but they know all the math;--the connections are made. And they strike a balance: Engineers can find what they want for the practical problems, and the mathematicians will not be disappointed. Programmers can pick up what is needed in their world. The book has been tested in courses, including mine. If you pick it for a course, the authors have material on their web pages that serves as a wonderful supplement. Lovely!

5.0 out of 5 stars Wavelets and Sub-band Coding, February 23, 2006

By	D. Lucani "Vidar" (Caracas) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

It is an excelent book for anyone interested in wavelets from a Discrete Time Signal Processing point of view.
It has a good introduction and review of basic topics, concepts and definitions necessary to grab the basis of DSP in the first chapters. Therefor, it provides a good framework to study wavelets without having studied DSP.
However, it is better if you have studied DSP prior to reading this book. You will enjoy it much more!