Product Description

Offers the detailed interdisciplinary information needed to understand, design and implement advanced intelligent transportation systems. The text presents principles and practices that can be applied to a wide range of vehicle location and navigation systems - placing special emphasis on the vehicle side of the system - and synthesizes information scattered among different engineering fields. The technologies covered include fuzzy-logic-based algorithms, the field-emitter display (FED), and a software technology for 3-D map displays.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1734191 in Books
• Published on: 1997-03-31
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 368 pages

From the Author
The Latest ITS (Intelligent Transportation Systems) Book
This is the first book to provide a detailed description of both the principles and practices of modern vehicle location and navigation systems in a single source. It combines information scattered among many different engineering fields into a single volume, a comprehensive introduction to the highly interdisciplinary field of ITS. It permits a broad audience to learn about this fast-growing field without any prior knowledge. The concepts and algorithms are applicable to a broad range of location and navigation systems and form the foundation needed to understand, design, and implement advanced ITS.

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About the Author
Yilin Zhao is a senior research and development engineer at the IVHS division of Motorola, Inc. A graduate of the Dalian University of Technology in China, he earned his Ph.D. in electrical engineering and computer science at the University of Michigan. Dr. Zhao is a member of the IEEE TAB Intelligent Transportation Systems Committee.

Customer Reviews

A must-read for engineers developing car navigation systems
It is a very well-written book covering in-depth all the related topics in vehicle navigation, a timely primer for people new to the subject and a comprehensive reference for researchers/engineers working in this field. I like its balanced treatment of fudamental theory and practical techniques. The book discusses many state-of-the-art development in the current car navigation systems such as the 3-D birdeye view of the maps, multi-sensor fusion for map matching, dynamic routing with real-time traffic info, and the wireless technology that keeps driver connected. In addition, the book also discusses a variety of techniques to locate the mobile phone caller (A FCC mandatory requirement for wireless communications services).The references to related web sites also prove to be very useful.