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Lala, P. K. (2019). Quantum computing : a beginner's introduction (First). McGraw-Hill Education.


Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. A self-contained, reader-friendly introduction to the principles and applications of quantum computing  Especially valuable to those without a prior knowledge of quantum mechanics, this electrical engineering text presents the concepts and workings of quantum information processing systems in a clear, straightforward, and practical manner. The book is written in a style that helps readers who are not familiar with non-classical information processing more easily grasp the essential concepts; only prior exposure to classical physics, basic digital design, and introductory linear algebra is assumed. Quantum Computing: A Beginner's Introduction presents each topic in a tutorial style with examples, illustrations, and diagrams to clarify the material. Written by an experienced electrical engineering educator and author, this is a self-contained resource, with all the necessary pre-requisite material included within the text. Coverage includes:  * Complex Numbers, Vector Space, and Dirac Notation  * Basics of Quantum Mechanics  * Matrices and Operators  * Boolean Algebra, Logic Gates and Quantum Information Processing  * Quantum Gates and Circuit  * Tensor Products, Superposition and Quantum Entanglement  * Teleportation and Superdense Coding  * Quantum Error Correction  * Quantum Algorithms  * Quantum Cryptography

Lala, P. K. (2009). An introduction to logic circuit testing (Ser. Synthesis lectures on digital circuits and systems, #17). Morgan & Claypool. https://doi.org/10.2200/S00149ED1V01Y200808DCS017


An Introduction to Logic Circuit Testing provides a detailed coverage of techniques for test generation and testable design of digital electronic circuits/systems. The material covered in the book should be sufficient for a course, or part of a course, in digital circuit testing for senior-level undergraduate and first-year graduate students in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. The book will also be a valuable resource for engineers working in the industry. This book has four chapters. Chapter 1 deals with various types of faults that may occur in very large scale integration (VLSI)-based digital circuits. Chapter 2 introduces the major concepts of all test generation techniques such as redundancy, fault coverage, sensitization, and backtracking. Chapter 3 introduces the key concepts of testability, followed by some ad hoc design-for-testability rules that can be used to enhance testability of combinational circuits. Chapter 4 deals with test generation and response evaluation techniques used in BIST (built-in self-test) schemes for VLSI chips.Table of Contents: Introduction / Fault Detection in Logic Circuits / Design for Testability / Built-in Self-Test / References

Lala, P. K. (2007). Principles of modern digital design. Wiley-Interscience.

A major objective of this book is to fill the gap between traditional logic design principles and logic design/optimization techniques used in practice. Over the last two decades several techniques for computer-aided design and optimization of logic circuits have been developed. However, underlying theories of these techniques are inadequately covered or not covered at all in undergraduate text books. This book covers not only the "classical" material found in current text books but also selected materials that modern logic designers need to be familiar with.

Lala, P. K. (2003). Digital system design using programmable logic devices. BSP.

Lala, P. K. (2001). Self-checking and fault-tolerant digital design. Morgan Kaufmann.

With VLSI chip transistors getting smaller and smaller, today's digital systems are more complex than ever before. This increased complexity leads to more cross-talk, noise, and other sources of transient errors during normal operation. Traditional off-line testing strategies cannot guarantee detection of these transient faults. And with critical applications relying on faster, more powerful chips, fault-tolerant, self-checking mechanisms must be built in to assure reliable operation. Self-Checking and Fault-Tolerant Digital Design deals extensively with self-checking design techniques and is the only book that emphasizes major techniques for hardware fault tolerance. Graduate students in VLSI design courses as well as practicing designers will appreciate this balanced treatment of the concepts and theory underlying fault tolerance along with the practical techniques used to create fault-tolerant systems.

Lala, P. K. (1997). Digital circuit test and testability. Academic Press.

Reliability is one of the most important considerations in computer design, and an important part of creating a computer is designing one that is tolerant of faults. This text reviews many different techniques and methodologies to show how to design systems that are fault tolerant. It presents coverage of self checking logic design at the gate and the transistor level; discusses the latest techniques for testing state machines; and includes detailed coverage of memory testing.

Lala, P. K. (1996). Fault tolerant and fault testable hardware design. Sung Kung.

Lala, P. K. (1996). Practical digital logic design and testing. Prentice Hall.

This text presents the essentials of modern logic design. The author conveys key concepts in a clear, informal manner, demonstrating theory through numerous examples to establish a theoretical basis for practical applications. All major topics, including PLD-based digital design, are covered, and detailed coverage of digital logic circuit testing methods critical to successful chip manufacturing, are included. The industry standard PLD programming language ABEL is fully integrated where appropriate. The work also includes coverage of test generation techniques and design methods for testability, a complete discussion of PLD (Programmable Logic Device) based digital design, and coverage of state assignment and minimization explained using computer aided techniques.

Lala, P. K. (1996). Solutions manual to accompany practical digital logic design and testing. Prentice Hall Regents.

Lala, P. K. (1990). Digital system design using programmable logic devices (Ser. Prentice hall series in computer engineering). Prentice Hall.

With the recent flourishing research activities on Web search and mining, social network analysis, information network analysis, information retrieval, link analysis, and structural data mining, research on link mining has been rapidly growing, forming a new field of data mining. Traditional data mining focuses on "flat" or Sisolated data in which each data object is represented as an independent attribute vector. However, many real-world data sets are inter-connected, much richer in structure, involving objects of heterogeneous types and complex links. Hence, the study of link mining will have a high impact in various important applications such as Web and text mining, social network analysis, collaborative filtering, and bioinformatics.Link Mining: Models, Algorithms and Applications focuses on the theory and techniques as well as the related applications for link mining, especially from an interdisciplinary point of view. Due to the high popularity of linkage data, extensive applications ranging from governmental organizations to commercial businesses to people's daily life call for exploring the techniques of mining linkage data. This book provides a comprehensive coverage of the link mining models, techniques and applications. Each chapter is contributed from some well known researchers in the field.Link Mining: Models, Algorithms and Applications is designed for researchers, teachers, and advanced-level students in computer science. This book is also suitable for practitioners in industry.

LALA, P. K. (1985). Fault and fault testable hardware design. Prentice-Hall International.

"Jhangiani, R. S., Chiang, I-C., Cuttler, C., & Leighton, D. C. (2019). Research methods in psychology (4th ed.) Retrieved from https://kpu.pressbooks.pub/
psychmethods4e/ eBook ISBN: 978-1-9991981-0-7 Print ISBN: 978-1-9991981-1-4 http://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/HF7DQ"

A comprehensive textbook for research methods classes. A peer-reviewed inter-institutional project. This adaptation constitutes the fourth edition of this textbook, and builds upon the second Canadian edition by Rajiv S. Jhangiani (Kwantlen Polytechnic University) and I-Chant A. Chiang (Quest University Canada), the second American edition by Dana C. Leighton (Texas A&M University-Texarkana), and the third American edition by Carrie Cuttler (Washington State University) and feedback from several peer reviewers coordinated by the Rebus Community. This edition is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

"Suedfeld, P., Leighton, D. C., & Conway, L. G. III (2006). Integrative complexity and decision making in international confrontations. In M. Fitzduff & C. E. Stout
(Eds.), The psychology of resolving global conflicts: From war to peace. Volume 1, Nature vs. nurture (pp. 211-237). New York: Praeger Security International."

A team of top experts from across the nation and around the world presents issues of war, conflict resolution, and stable peace. They explain how men and women are transformed into perpetrators of genocide, how neighbors become sworn enemies, the cultural and psychological origins of war, and even the neuropsychology of conflict. Considering these elements together allows us to understand more clearly the violent world that surrounds us, and it serves as a precursor for examining models for resolving conflict and building peace. Finally, an exploration of what a successful war means for stakeholders holds profound implications for what a victory in the war against terrorism would look like. These books bring attention to a variety of elements that will inform military studies, psychology, and sociology scholars and students. It will also inform researchers in many fields and at many levels who aim to understand the underlying causes of longstanding and emerging conflicts and the methods that may finally bring resolution and peace.

Winter, D. D., & Leighton, D. C. (2001). Structural violence. In D. J. Christie, R. V. Wagner, & D. D. Winter (Eds.), Peace, conflict, and violence: Peace psychology in the 21st century. New York: Prentice-Hall.

Written for courses in peace studies, peace education, international studies, psychology, political science, anthropology, and sociology, this text on peace, conflict and violence should also be appropriate for any course that addresses conflict (including conflict resolution), violence, and peace.