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A volume in the BookWare Companion Series, this book has been developed as a supplement to traditional core texts in DSP for instructors and students who wish to make MATLAB an integral part of their study of DSP topics and concepts. The books in this new series are designed to promote studentsU problem solving and critical thinking skills through the use of MATLAB as a TTvirtual laboratory.UT A 3.5UT disk of MATLAB data files is available. ... Read more

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Beginners' Tutorial for MATLAB / GNU Octave (any version)
MATLAB is an excellent tool for learning digital signal processing (DSP).

This book is also good for beginners who want to learn MATLAB for applications other than DSP.

There are many sample codes, and they are reasonably concise, not too onerous to type. I have tested the code in Chapter 2 using GNU Octave for Windows version 3.0.3; they all work perfectly. The only correction is that keyword "end" should be appended at the end of every function. For example, in p.8,

function[x,n]=impseq(n0,n1,n2)
n=[n1:n2]; x=[(n-n0)==0];
end

Best of the Best
If you want a really good book to understand DSP using Matlab , there isno other book that even comes close to this. Lucidly written, with plentyof examples, this book brings you the utter joy of learning DSP by usingit.

It is really fortunate that DSP has such a good stream of books formthe likes of Richard Lyons to the venerable Oppenheim to the practicalProakis.

This is the one book that has really earned its price.

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Excellent to really understand DSP principles
The only way to really understand DSP is having a book like this athand.It's plenty of clear explanations of almost every topic in DigitalSignal Processing. ... Read more

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Although DSP has long been considered an EE topic, recent developments have also generated significant interest from the computer science community. DSP applications in the consumer market, such as bioinformatics, the MP3 audio format, and MPEG-based cable/satellite television have fueled a desire to understand this technology outside of hardware circles. Designed for upper division engineering and computer science students as well as practicing engineers, Digital Signal Processing Using Matlab and Wavelets emphasizes the practical applications of signal processing. Over 100 Matlab projects and wavelet techniques provide the latest applications of DSP, including image processing, games, filters, transforms, networking, parallel processing, and sound. The book also provides the mathematical processes and techniques needed to ensure an understanding of DSP theory. Designed to be incremental in difficulty, the book will benefit readers who are unfamiliar with complex mathematical topics or those limited in programming experience. Beginning with an introduction to Matlab programming, it moves through filters, sinusoids, sampling, the Fourier transform, the Z transform and other key topics. An entire chapter is dedicated to the discussion of wavelets and their applications. A CD-ROM (platform independent) accompanies the book and contains source code, projects, and Microsoft® PowerPoint slides. ... Read more

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ok primer
text is not incrediblythourough or rigorous. Introduces some concepts like FFT without explaining them fully, leaving that for later sections. If buying for a class you've not much choice, if buying for reference or personal study I'd look elsewhere.

Great intro to DSP
Digital Signal Processing using MATLAB and Wavelets provides a gentle introduction to topics in DSP and gives easy MATLAB examples to get you up and running right away.The thing I like best is that it is written in plain English with a liberal amount of diagrams to help you follow.The author's voice comes through and you get the sense that you're being guided through the subject instead of reading a mathematical reference.

Extremely basic : Good only for beginners
If you know something about MATLAB and DSP, you will not learn anything from this book.
It is very elementary. The title should be have been "DSP using MATLAB for dummies"!
It is only useful for the people who are just beginning to learn MATLAB/DSP

rating without the book
Hi!
I've purchased this book on 30/11/08 , today is 6/01/09 and I still haven't received it yet, so do not ask me about my opinion!!!
Andrew

about 'digital signal processing with matlab'
The book is on a very elementary level.It reads as if it were written for second graders.However, if you are just starting out with the subject the book does supply some good insight into the subjects covered.I would consider it a good first step towards a more sophisticated treatment of DSP, MATLB, and wavelets. ... Read more

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This supplement to any standard DSP text is one of the first books to successfully integrate the use of MATLAB? in the study of DSP concepts. In this book, MATLAB? is used as a computing tool to explore traditional DSP topics, and solve problems to gain insight. This greatly expands the range and complexity of problems that students can effectively study in the course. Since DSP applications are primarily algorithms implemented on a DSP processor or software, a fair amount of programming is required. Using interactive software such as MATLAB? makes it possible to place more emphasis on learning new and difficult concepts than on programming algorithms. Interesting practical examples are discussed and useful problems are explored. This updated second edition includes new homework problems and revises the scripts in the book, available functions, and m-files to MATLAB? V7. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (13)

Good MATLAB examples, high learning curve
I'm 6 weeks into a graduate course on DSP with this book.This is not a good intro to DSP book.It is a book focused on some previous knowledge of DSP and progressing on to use MATLAB to evaluate the subject.The problem is that the MATLAB examples are good, but theory examples are not varied enough and do not line up well with the homework problems, i.e. you will often be very hard pressed to apply the examples to the homework.

A good intro to DSP with MATLAB
This Book is a Good Introduction to MATLAB based DSP.To round out one's introduction, I also recommend Lyons' book on DSP as a companion.If one does not have MATLAB at home there are a couple of open source options that will work with this book.I chose SciCosLab GTK, but Octave from SourceForge also will work.SciCosLab GTK lets one do many of the exercises from the publishers website with little or no modification.

Frustrating
I have an expensive version of Matlab with the DSP toolkit. I was excited to learn how to use it from this book. What a let down. The first functions that I found were unusable making the examples worthless. Then I noticed a web site where I could download these functions that were created by the author(sited in the text): the link no longer exists (surprise!) rendering this book worth less than the paper it was printed on! Besides the link to the non-existent site the author gives no more incite into how to enable Matlab to work with this text. Don't buy this book!

Perfect but aging companion to Discrete Time Signal Processing
This book does exactly what it purports to do - it teaches the reader how to perform signal processing tasks using Matlab. It starts out with signals and systems and moves on to the DTFT, the Z Transform, the DFT, digital filter structures including both IIR and FIR design, and finally covers some advanced topics in adaptive signal processing and communications. It even contains full-blown projects using Matlab on adaptive channel equalization, binary spread spectrum communications, and system identification. The reader should use another text such as Oppenheim's "Discrete Time Signal Processing" to get the theory, and come to this book on how to implement that theory in Matlab. The one drawback is that the book is older, so it is using Matlab 5. Also, another reviewer mentioned that much of the book is inaccessible to users who do not have the rather expensive signal processing toolkit at their disposal. Fortunately, thanks to the open source movement, this last problem has been solved. Octave, now on SourceForge, an open source code repository, has many of the matlab functions available for free that you need to do signal processing.
In conclusion, I highly recommend this book to signal processing students and professionals who wish to incorporate Matlab into their work.

Excellent for review of DSP Mathematics....
Great companion book to "Understanding Digital Signal Processors" by Lyons and "Digital Signal Processors" by Hayes. I would recommend this book strictly for a companion book. It doesn't go into in-depth detail or explanation of Laplace, z-transforms, or Fourier Transforms but displays a good foundation for MatLab DSP routines. ... Read more

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Clear and concise explanations of practical DSP techniques. Written for scientists and engineers needing the power of DSP, but not the abstract theory and detailed mathematics. ... Read more

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Intro book on DSP
This is a very good book, specially for someone new to the field or who hasn't work in it for a while. I recommend to check from the authors website for some exercises and extra info.

Help for the Rest Of Us
Steve Smith does a great job in explaining the concepts of Digital Signal Processing (DSP) in language almost anyone can understand.He does reference some equations but carefully explains them so you can use them.

Good basic intro to DSP
I've had some theory classes on filtering and digital signal processing, but they always went right into the math to start with.Next they would provide a very simplistic example, then they would move to the next subject.This book goes the other way.It has a little bit of math and then goes into great detail on how to apply the math to a problem.Since most people don't spend their days doing math proofs, they need to solve a real world problems, this book has already done the heavy lifting by presenting applications of digital signal conditioning that can be used directly.

Yes everyone complains about the BASIC programing in the book, but that is not a big deal since the programs can be easily converted to your favorite code or simulation tool.

It is a joy to read.
The author knows his stuff; instead of hiding behind equations and leaving it up to you to work out what it all means; he tells you what in means and gives you the equations.

Good reference - and its free.
I am a mechanical engineer, but lately I have been doing a lot of signal processing and data analysis using MatLab.This book was a great way to get back up to speed.Its clear and concise without geting too bogged down in theory - lots of directly applicable tips and info.
Its also free for download on the author's website, www.dspguide.com, and from Analog Devices website in their training materials area, [...]. ... Read more

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In a field as rapidly expanding as digital signal processing, even the topics relevant to the basics change over time both in their nature and their relative importance. It is important, therefore, to have an up-to-date text that not only covers the fundamentals, but that also follows a logical development that leaves no gaps readers must somehow bridge by themselves.Digital Signal Processing with Examples in MATLAB® is just such a text. The presentation does not focus on DSP in isolation, but relates it to continuous signal processing and treats digital signals as samples of physical phenomena. The author also takes care to introduce important topics not usually addressed in signal processing texts, including the discrete cosine and wavelet transforms, multirate signal processing, signal coding and compression, least squares systems design, and adaptive signal processing. He also uses the industry-standard software MATLAB to provide examples of signal processing, system design, spectral analysis, filtering, coding and compression, and exercise solutions.For basic DSP, it is quite simply the only book you need. ... Read more

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Phd in DSP
This is a nice text in Digital Signal Processing. It is ideal for Junior or Senior level undergraduates who have not been previously exposed to the subject. The combination of mathematical theory with Matlab examples allows students to gain confidence in their work and quickly visualize results.

Digital Signal Processing with Examples in MATLAB -short review
The book is very good as a background for beginners in DSP, when they are going to use MATLAB, as a tool. The readers may undesrtand the text, without very sophisticated knowledge in mathematics and MATLAB procedures. However, it would be better, if the author could write more about several, used frequently, areas of modern DSP applications - new methods of time-frequency analysis (for example wavelets etc.), dynamic 3D image analyses, with many typical examples using MATLAB.

Misleading
I bought this text as a self-study aid, primarily because the book is advertised as including the solutions to the problems at the end of each chapter.I was very disappointed to find that the answers are provided, but the zip files for the solutions are password protected and made available to only universities.What a shamocary.Other than that, the book has proved to be very light in the discussion section and heavy in the problem sets - so the solutions are very much needed to derive any good use from the material.

Great Practical DSP Book loaded with Matlab examples
I used this book for a first course on DSP. This book is very practical. It is loaded with Matlab algorithms that will make your discrete signal processing simulation development enjoyable and challenging.
The Matlab examples cover just about every thing encountered in DSP development. It covers statistical signal analysis, adaptive filter design, FIR, IIR and other important topics.

Readers of this book should download the entire code examples used in this book off the website assigned to this book. ... Read more

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08910-2 Use computer-aided engineering software to design DSPs for digital control systems. DSPs can be used to implement controllers designed with classical frequency-domain techniques as well as more contemporary state-variable methods. Computer-aided analysis and design tools bring the whole process up to date. Digital Control Using Digital Signal Processing provides complete coverage of the field, including:* Full, up-to-date coverage of digital controls analysis and design. * The role of DSPs in implementing digital controllers. * Integration of MATLAB(R) and MATRIX(R) and other CAE software packages in analysis and design. * An extensive variety of examples and study problems.Digital Control Using Digital Signal Processing begins with a review of digital control systems and their design. Basic mathematical concepts are presented early, including difference equations, the z-transform and state-variable methods, leading to a thorough treatment of classical compensator design. The fundamentals of digital signal processors are then applied to digital control systems.The latest state-space techniques are covered, including pole placement, state estimation, and optimal linear quadratic regulation. Advanced topics include chaos in nonlinear control systems and fuzzy logic control. Eight appendices provide practical information about useful formulas, software tools, and sample programs. Practicing engineers will find Digital Control Using Digital Signal Processing an invaluable resource, as will upper-division and graduate students. Some background in linear systems theory and linear algebra is required. Familiarity with CAE, MATLAB, and MATRIXx software packages will aid in implementing the analysis and design discussed here. ... Read more

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Bad Investment
This is a very poorly written book. The book is randomly written with no flow.It seems like the author picked up examples and ideas from various places and notes and put it together and published it.I do not recommend this book to anybody.

A Great Book for Understanding DSP/Control Fundamentals
This is the first book to cover the topic of Control Systems and DSP with practical applications. It is very comprehensive, yet easy to understand through several examples. The book is an asset to graduate students or practicing engineers in Control Systems and/or DSP field.

A Great Book to Cover the Topic
This is the first book to cover the topic of Control Systems and DSP with practical applications. It is very comprehensive, yet easy to understand through several examples. The book is an asset to graduate students or practicing engineers in Control Systems and/or DSP field.

A great book to cover the topic
This is the first book to cover the topic of Control Systems and DSP with practical applications. It is very comprehensive, yet easy to understand through several examples. The book is an asset to graduate students or practicing engineers in Control Systems and/or DSP field.

A great book to cover the topic
This is the first book to cover the topic of Control Systems and DSP with practical applications. It is very comprehensive, yet easy to understand through several examples. The book is an asset to graduate students or practicing engineers in Control Systems and/or DSP field. ... Read more

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This excellent Senior undergraduate/graduate textbook offers an unprecedented measurement of science perspective on DSP theory and applications, a wealth of definitions and real-life examples making it invaluable for students, while practical.

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This innovative text and CD-ROM focuses on the fundamentals of digital signal processing with an emphasis on practical applications. In order to motivate students, many of the examples illustrate the processing of speech and music. This theme is also a focus of the course software that features facilities for recording and playing sound on a standard PC. The accompanying CD-ROM contains a comprehensive MATLAB software package called the Fundamentals of Digital Signal Processing (FDSP) toolbox. The FDSP toolbox includes chapter GUI modules, an extensive library of DSP functions, all computational examples that appear in the text, the text figures, solutions to selected problems, and online help documentation. Using the interactive GUI modules, students can explore, compare, and directly experience the effects of signal processing techniques without any need for programming. ... Read more

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This is a comprehensive introduction to digital signal processing, a growing and important area for the aspiring electronics or communications engineer. The aim of the book is to provide an introduction to the fundamental DSP operations of filtering, estimation and analysis. The book will be supported with a website of MATLAB experiments. Lecturer support will also be available via an on-line solutions manual (available via a password). Hardcopy solutions are also available. This work is intended primarily for undergraduate electrical/electronic/communications engineers, but should also be useful for some professional "short courses" that bring engineers educated only in analogue techniques up to scratch in the digital world. ... Read more

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In addition to its thorough coverage of DSP design and programming techniques, Smith also covers the operation and usage of DSP chips. He uses Analog Devices' popular DSP chip family as design examples. Also included on the CD-ROM is technical info on DSP processors from the four major manufacturers (Analog Devices, Texas Instruments, Motorola, and Lucent) and other DSP software.

*Covers all major DSP topics
*Full of insider information and shortcuts
*Basic techniques and algorithms explained without complex numbers ... Read more

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An excellent introduction, and more
This is an excellent introduction to digital signal processing.

The book is very thorough in the topics it covers, and the author ties the concepts to reality very well by using examples, and tells why these concepts are important.Terms are defined and explained well.

The book isn't mathematically rigorous; it uses enough math to explain DSP, but for a more complete mathematical treatment, other, more advanced books would be better.Nevertheless, this book is much more than just a beginner's book.

Many small computer programs are given to illustrate some of the computation methods.These are very adequate for their purpose of explanation, but since programming is not the subject of the book, the programs are not at all advanced.

DSP can be a difficult subject for a non-electrical engineer who did not learn about it in school.There are books on the subject that are complete, but so filled with advanced mathematics that a beginner can easily get lost in the first chapter.On the other hand, there are books that are so simplified that they present nothing but banal generalities about DSP.

So I was very happy to discover this book.It has enough math to explain the subject, but not too much.Most importantly though, the author repeatedly ties the DSP concepts to reality, so that I can picture what an algorithm has to do, rather than presenting equations whose meaning I don't understand.The author does a great job of explaining the powerful abstractions of DSP using concretes that I can understand and visualize.

Finally, the author's enthusiasm for the subject really shows in the book - and results in a book that is written in a lucid style.

DSP for dummies?
this is one of the worst books i ever forced myself to read. in spite of this, i give it two stars because it actually had the information i was looking for, and its pretty darn cheap. its also a quick read, more like reading a novel than studying. you can probably breeze throught the text in about a week. the bad part is the presentation.

the authors use of figures is horrific. most explanations are conveyed through the figures without much support in the text. he makes a habit of placing the figures so that you need to turn a page or two to see what he is referring to. often in his textual discussion he assigns letters to different parts of a figure, but he fails to actually place the letters in the figure itself! (for instance, he will refer to "figure 10-3(c)", but figure 10-3 is a just a bunch of graphs without any letters telling you which one is (c))

it can be said that one of the highlights of the book is that the author dispenses with mathematical rigor and derivations. however, he goes far beyond that and makes several statements that either make no sense or are downright false. for instance, in discussing the discrete fourier transform, he says "if x[n] <--> mag(f) & phase(f) then x[n+s] <--> mag(f) & phase(f) + 2pisf". he wants to say that a time shift transforms into a phase shift, but he is implying that each time corresponds to a single frequency.

the authors worst mistake is assuming that his readers are really really stupid. he makes statements such as "i know it doesnt make sense. just memorize it." and "dont try to think about this one or your head will explode." why does he have to be so condescending? the title even states that it is written for "engineers and scientists". his ineffable wisdom also decided that we are incapable of using complex arithmetic. i dont know about you, but i was taught complex arithmetic in like the 7th grade. the complex dft is considerably simpler than the real dft, yet he pretty much puts it in an appendix at the back because he considers it too hard for us.

the author again manifests his lack of faith in his readers, and his utter ignorance, by chosing to describe the algorithms using BASIC! for instance, convolution can be expressed as a simple summation, but he chooses to explain it using a BASIC program about a dozen pages before he gives the mathematical formula. i dont know why he felt compelled to use a formal language anyway, but the reason he's using BASIC is obvious: we're a bunch of dummies and with a name like BASIC it must be comprehensible to us.

very readable book that explains very well complex things
i like the fact that this book uses examples and narrative to explain things rather than using math stuff everywhere like other books do. From the very beginning this book introduces program examples on how programs are implemented to create the discrete functions that describe signals and processing and explains how they are related with the continuous or analog world. I highly recommend this book for everyone who wants to understand concepts without having to understand all the math that is involved. i have not finished the book but it indicates it also contains the math stuff at the very end for those who like or understand things that way too.

Excelent, practical, elegant presentation of deep concepts.
For anyone who wants to get up and running quickly with DSP algorithms without wading through overwhelming quantity of math and theory first, I can't recommend this highly enough.The author did a great job presenting the concepts in an intuitive way, so you gain a good intuitive grasp of what is going on.He also provides actual some actual code and algorithms to help you get up and running quickly, and provides the key math without all the unnecessary proofs.And he does this without sacrificing the beautiful concepts underlying the theory.
This book gave me more capability and intuitive understanding for real-world signal processing algorithms than my undergraduate DSP class did.Not that my class was bad; it was... well, academic-a lot of theory without gut-level intuitive understanding.This book is the opposite, and a good compliment to the academic approach.
I already had the free version but bought this anyway to support the author and to have a full printed version.It's that good.

The best in DSP
I have already known this book by its free pdf version available on the web. The book is amazingly "strait to the point" and covers in a simple way the normal complexity in DSP. This book is excellent and mandatory to be added to "Oppenheim" and any other that cover the DSP math. Congratulations to the author! ... Read more

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This book combines textual and graphical programming to form a hybrid programming approach, enabling a more effective means of building and analyzing DSP systems. The hybrid programming approach allows the use of previously developed textual programming solutions to be integrated into LabVIEW's highly interactive and visual environment, providing an easier and quicker method for building DSP systems. This book is an ideal introduction for engineers and students seeking to develop DSP systems in quick time.

Features

. The only DSP laboratory book that combines textual and graphical programming
. 12 lab experiments that incorporate C/MATLAB code blocks into the LabVIEW graphical programming environment via the MathScripting feature
. Lab experiments covering basic DSP implementation topics including sampling, digital filtering, fixed-point data representation, frequency domain processing
. Interesting applications using the hybrid programming approach, such as a software-defined radio system, a 4-QAM Modem, and a cochlear implant simulator
. CD providing all the lab codes

Nasser Kehtarnavaz is Professor of Electrical Engineering at University of Texas at Dallas. He has written numerous papers and five other books pertaining to signal and image processing, and regularly teaches digital signal processing laboratory courses, for which this book is intended. Among his many professional activities, he is Coeditor-in-Chief of Journal of Real-Time Image Processing, and Chair of the Dallas Chapter of the IEEE Signal Processing Society. Dr. Kehtarnavaz is a Fellow of SPIE, a Senior Member of IEEE, and a Professional Engineer.

* The only DSP project book that combines textual and graphical programming
* 12 Lab projects that incorporate MATLAB code blocks into the LabVIEW graphical programming environment via the MathScripting feature.
* Interesting applications such as the design of a cochlear implant simulator and a software-defined radio system. ... Read more

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This professional reference provides thorough coverage of digital signal processing techniques and all essential theory—extensively supported by examples, but not dependent on calculus. Motivated learners (even those several years out of school) will be able to master the major DSP methods presented here with step-by-step explanations. The book contains a variety of interesting and in-depth DSP explorations to help establish the link between theory and practice—and give readers a sense of how DSP is used, and an introduction to hardware and software for digital signal processors. For Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Electronics Technologists, Electronics Engineering Technologists, Computer Engineering Technologists, and Researchers.

Customer Reviews (7)

Fundamentals of Digital Signal Processing
This book is not as lucid as some of the other reviews have been ranting about on the internet. You really have to submerge yourself in reading as if you were a reading a novel to fully pinpoints some of the imperative formulas and vital methods in understand the author's intention. Posing as an advanced digital signal processing book without answers to check at the end of chapter's questions is just a loss for words; and very careless. Even if you have bought the hardcover edition that comes with the CD is nearly useless, unless you are an instructor and can benefit from the quizzes, samples of wave files, and lab works. The CD, however, does not provide step-by-step solution nor does it have the answers to the end of chapter's questions. My point is not to get answers but, it would be nice to know if I am on the right track after spending 2 hours figuring out the problems and not to mention the reading time. I do not recommend this book on its own. This book is for serious readers that can absorb the concepts and methods from reading or someone with great understand of digital signal processing and just need a supplemental book.

Almost perfect
The book looks really nice with hard cover except that it doesn't come with the CD

dsp book
quick processing and fast shipment.

However, this book has NO answers in the back...which is crucial.Keep this in mind.

Great text for introducing DSP
This text is very reader friendly. I have used this book in college and enjoyed it because of the fact that it is very clear and provides many illustrative examples to clarify certain concepts. I do agree with one reviewer in that its too bad it does not have solutions to the end of chapter problems, and for that I give it 4 stars instead of 5.

If you want to get a clear concept and understanding of DSP without the complicated and exhaustive mathematics from other books, then purchase this one and keep it in your personal library.

It's worth no more than 20 dollars
This is one of the worst books I have ever come across. DSP is not an easy subject, and this book tries to explain it with abudant words and very few examples. You can not even try on your own and check your results, because this book does not have solved roblems like most books do. It's your choice, but you will be wasting your time and Money if you buy it. ... Read more

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Disucsses the theory associated with the processing of digital signals, including new material on implementation details of digital filters. For advanced level students in electrical engineering and for computer and electrical engineering professionals. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (6)

An important book for some of its content
This is a very good book for covering some topics related to approximation by fixed and floating point filters, including orthogonal filter structures; I don't know any other book which covers this as well.

It can be an introductory book, but it's not the easiest; this probably explains the two poor reviews. It's nice to have the introductory material so the more advanced reader can easily refer to how Mullis and Roberts do things.

If someone has a better, perhaps more recent, survey that includes the material in the second half of Mullis and Roberts, I'd like to know about it.

Digital Signal Processing
The book do cover interesting topics, but most of the really useful things on it are as homeworks assignments. Therefore to get something out of it you got to work (cough** suffer) with it's exercises. It would be nice to see the solutions manual of it to get 100% of its material understood.
Books like these i score them with 1 point. If an author writes a book he should put everything on it, not holding back information.

Has potential, but needs major rewrite
The book is neither for beginner nor advanced studies. The book weaves its way in and out of many topics in the theory of linear systems, filter design, spectral estimation, stochastic processes, parameter estimation, system identification, algorithm design, etc. confusing the reader with a superficial treatment of each topic. This is not a unified treatment: Each topic is introduced with some hints to fundamental results (inadequately explained) and then forgotten. The only topic adequately addressed is the theory of finite register effect. In a nut shell, if you already have mastered the topics treated in this book, then you can see what the authors are talking about without increasing your understanding, but I feel sorry for anyone who tries to learn these topics form this textbook. If I may suggest a different title for this book: "Mysteries of signal processing not revealed."

Best filter design text
This is the best DSP reference for filter design.It is especially strong in state variable techiniques.It is not a good first book, but rather one to fill out one's knowledge of DSP.Great book, no hand waving.

I have only one pure-DSP reference and this is it
I have scanned other DSP books that are out there and have not found any others which I would add to my library to replace this one.There are others that may supplement it, but none eclipses it.At the same time,this text is not intended for the uninitiated and seems targeted towards agraduate DSP specialty. ... Read more

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Real-time Digital Signal Processing: Implementations and Applications has been completely updated and revised for the 2nd edition and remains the only book on DSP to provide an overview of DSP theory and programming with hands-on experiments using MATLAB, C and the newest fixed-point processors from Texas Instruments (TI). ... Read more

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Bring the power and flexibility of C++ to all your DSP applications

The multimedia revolution has created hundreds of new uses for Digital Signal Processing, but most software guides have continued to focus on outdated languages such as FORTRAN and Pascal for managing new applications. Now C++ Algorithms for Digital Signal Processing applies object-oriented techniques to this growing field with software you can implement on your desktop PC. C++ Algorithms for Digital Signal Processing's programming methods can be used for applications as diverse as:

• Digital audio and video
• Speech and image processing
• Digital communications
• Radar, sonar, and ultrasound signal processing

Complete coverage is provided, including:

• Overviews of DSP and C++
• Hands-on study with dozens of exercises
• Extensive library of customizable source code
• Import and Export of Microsoft WAV and Matlab data files

Multimedia professionals, managers, and even advanced hobbyists will appreciate C++ Algorithms for Digital Signal Processing as much as students, engineers, and programmers. It's the ideal bridge between programming and signal processing, and a valuable reference for experts in either field.

Customer Reviews (9)

I don't recommend this book
I am a computer scientist and I am trying to learn DSP.

I thought getting this book would help me with this process, because it seemed to be a book for computer scientists but it is not.

==This book is intended for those who are already familiar with DSP and want to explore C++.==

If you are a computer scientist and aren't familiar with DSP you will need another book to understand the DSP side of the book.

I got the book with no CD. That was very frustrating. Customer support was really bad. Make sure you get one with a CD.

Once I got the code (I found it on an ftp server somewhere, so I don't know if it is the latest disc, maybe there is a better updated one),I had to change many things. The main problems where:

The majority of projects don't compile in Visual Studio 2008.
The author uses PRE-STANDARD C++. This means that many things he uses don't exist today:
+flags like fstream nocreate don't exist today
+Include preprocessor directives with .h extensions will force you to rewrite things.
+I went through hell to fix(BYTE) errors.
+Some for loops miss variable type declaration.

All in all, this book is completely outdated in the programming side, and very confusing in the theoretical side.

This book does not have a CD
The book is good and to the point. Unfortunately, it is sold with
a cd I have never received.

You have to DOWNLOAD the CD-ROM (207 MB)
The current edition of this book does NOT contain a physical CD-ROM. Instead, Prentice Hall has a link on their website that allows you to download the CD-ROM contents as a single ZIP file. That's a 207 MB ZIP file, folks. They've made no provisions for partial downloads...

This must be Prentice Hall's idea of a good way to increase the profit margin on their books. Recently, I've run across a couple other titles from PH-PTR where the CD-ROM mentioned in the preface is no longer included. In some cases, they haven't made the contents available on the web -- or even bothered to tell the book's author that they're dropping the media from the package.

Don't buy this book
The title promises a lot. But it doesn't deliver. This book is muddled and confused. It begins with a rather high browed treatment of the maths behind DSP then goes on to attempt to provide examples in C++. The examples are poor and unclear. The supplied code compiles under VC++ but not under any other platform without substantial reworking.
Over 100 pages of this 500 page book are devoted to a general discussion of the C++ language. Why? If I wanted this type of material I would consult my C++ manual. Here are C++ programmers who want to tell us the do's and don't's of the language, that feel the need to test newed pointers for NULL after allocating and before deleting!
As far as the rest of the book is concerned I found the examples and text unclear, pedantic and frankly quite useless. I will keep my copy only because I want to use the theoretical material. But this material was written for maths graduates - pages upon pages of proofs and derivations that provide little insight into the underlying principles and serve nothing. Hold off and buy something more usable.

A Must for your DSP library set.
Lots of practical code examples. Practical filtering routines and example code.Includes a general introduction to C /C++ concepts frequently used in DSP algorithm development. A good introduction to image processing is included. The DSP function library and sample code is perhaps the best part of the book. ... Read more

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The Algorithms such as SVD, Eigen decomposition, Gaussian Mixture Model, HMM etc. are scattered in different fields. There is the need to collect all such algorithms for quick reference. Also there is the need to view such algorithms in application point of view. Algorithm Collections for Digital Signal Processing Applications using MATLAB attempts to satisfy the above requirement. Also the algorithms are made clear using MATLAB programs.

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This book provides an introduction to DSPs as well as succinct overviews of linear systems, digital filters, and digital compression.This book is filled with images, figures, tables, and easy to find tips and tricks for the engineer that needs material fast to complete projects to deadline.





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Book helpful for specific kind of reader
This book is good for the practicing engineer trying to recall some of the undergrad signal processing theory. It personally helped me when I went back to grad school and took a DSP class after working for some years... However, one needs to bear in mind that this is a very condensed and brief work, and covers a lot of DSP topics without mathematical rigor.

It is best used in conjunction with a standard signals and systems textbook, as an explainer or reference. Don't expect it to cover all your needs, but do realize that it will help crystallize your understanding of the main text you use - we all know that these texts can be rather cryptic.

A thorough & compact overview of DSP fundamentals
This book is a great introduction to DSP for the practicing engineer or hobbyist who finds himself in the position of needing DSP, yet having no background or knowledge of the subject.

The book's back cover says "a thorough yet compact overview of the fundamental concepts and basic techniques of digital signal processing", and that's exactly what it is.

Instead of spending chapters going into complex math or number theory, the book provides a broad introduction and overview of DSP techniques and applications.

All the DSP 101 usual suspects are covered: sampling, quantization, Nyquist, aliasing, DACs and ADCs, FIR & IIR filters, convolution (very well), Discrete and Fourier Transforms (DFT/FFT), and many applications that are only possible with DSP.

The book is *very* well-written.The language is clear, direct and not overbearing; the diagrams and figures are extremely helpful and plentiful; and the entire layout and organization of the book lends itself to a satisfying and enriching learning experience.

If you need to go from 0 to "using it" with DSP, this is the book for you.It totally removes the intimidation and barriers that normally accompany an introduction to DSP.

The book's "Instant Access" tagline delivers.I hope there are more titles in the "Instant Access" series. ... Read more

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This textbook presents both discrete systems and digital signal processing in a conversational style that relies on a minimum of mathematics. The authors use carefully crafted pedagogy and detailed examples to improve students' problem solving skills, to help them see interrelationships and connections, and to integrate new material with what they have seen in previous chapters. The book also provides a number of computer-based methods for solving problems. ... Read more

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FANTASTIC DSP BOOK
Not only this is the best DSP book I have used , but also the
best written engineering book I have experienced in my career. Subjects are presented clearly and the author prepares you wellfor the next lesson. I have been able to acquire the DSP knowledge I wanted in a few weeks and without any professors.
Strum and Kirk are both great educators.

OK, but lacks depth
I came across this in a "signals & systems" course that was intentionally being kept gentle. This book worked well enough, for students who didn't need real analog analysis.

Despite its title, this is a more of a "First Course" in discrete signals and systems. It does not, in fact, derive much at all from first principles. The Nyquist sampling theorem, for example, not proven but taken as a premise.

If you want a quick view (or review) of digital signals and filter design without having to plod through proofs knee-deep, this might work for you - it works for me. It is not a title for the most serious student, though.

excellent introduction to DSP
This is one of the best DSP books on the market today.As the title "First principles of ..." indicates the focus of the book is on fundamentals, it is designed for the beginning student andthe authors provide many, many clear examples and illustrations to guide the student through the material from discrete systems to more advanced signal processing algorithms.

If you are the unfortunate victim of a course being taught with Oppenheim and Schafer's muddled text do yourself a favor and get this book as a supplement. It is complete with solved problems, questions with answers (to selected problems), it provides a necessary degree of mathematical rigor without becoming tedious and presents general numerical algorithms for solving major signal processing problems.

I took a DSP course from the principal author while he was compiling the notes for this text (and eagerly awaited the publication of his book) and I must say the result isexcellent (so was his course) and very highly recommended.

One unfortunate attribute is the poor quality of this book's construction and the reason I gave it 4 stars instead of 5. I purchased the book 10 years ago and the pages have yellowed very badly and the binding broke almost immediately. Although Addison-Wesley generally produces a superior quality book thisone's binding is more like a typical Prentice Hall cheapo. ... Read more