Insight into Wavelets: From Theory to Practice

by K.P. Soman, K.I. Ramachandran, N.G. Resmi

The rapid growth of the theory of wavelets and their application in diverse
areas --- ranging from oil exploration to bioinformatics, and astrophyisc --
has made it imperative that engineers and scientists pursuing these areas have
a working knowledge of wavelets. In the past few years, the study of wavelets
and the exploration of the principles governing their behavior have brought
about sweeping changes in the disciplines of pure and applied mathematics and
sciences. Keeping this in mind, the authors have specifically written this
comprehensive text to fulfill the curriculum requirements of a course on
wavelets. It offers an introduction to wavelet analysis, in an
easy-to-understand style, without mathematical rigor.

Beginning with a description of the origin of wavelets and a discussion on the
recent developments, the book moves on to explain the basic concepts in Fourier
series, continuous wavelet transform, discrete wavelet transform, lifting
scheme and applications of wavelets in image compression, signal denoising and
computer graphics.

Intended primarily as a textbook for postgraduate students of computer
science, electrical/electronics and communication engineering, this book would
also be useful for the practicing engineers and researchers.

448 pages, Paperback

First published January 30, 2010