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2 Morgan & Claypool Synthesis Digital Library: Engineering & Computer Science  Short books pages (ISBN)  Organized in series (ISSN)  Sold in collections

3 Synthesis Digital Library

4 Synthesis Series  Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning  Biomedical Engineering  Computer Architecture  Communications  Circuits & Systems  Electromagnetics & Antennas  Energy  Environmental Science  Computer Graphics & Animation  General Engineering & Technology  Information Security  Mobile & Pervasive Computing  Materials & Devices  Measurement & Instrumentation  Power Electronics  RF/Microwaves  Computer Science (General)  Signal Processing  Technology, Management, & Entrepreneurship

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6 Terms  PDF owned by library  Priced FTE Engineering  Unlimited use  Print available

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