Author: M Lockie Publisher: Elsevier ISBN: 008051877X Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 228
Book Description
Biometrics - the physiological and/or behavioural characteristics that can be used to verify the identity of an individual - are no longer just being used in high security locations; they are now in use in major, mainstream government and commercial applications. Since September 11, the heightened awareness of security issues is driving forward the adoption of biometrics within numerous application environments. Coupled with a dramatic decrease in the price of such systems and the formulation of comprehensive industry standards, the market looks set for rapid growth over the next 5 years. The second edition of The Biometric Industry Report - Forecasts and Analysis to 2006 examines the current use and future growth of biometrics. It analyses the trends in markets, technologies and industry structure and profiles the major players. The report provides key market statistics and forecasts essential for companies to plot their future growth strategies. For a PDF version of the report please call Sarah Proom on +44 (0) 1865 843181 for price details.
Author: Mark Lockie Publisher: Elsevier Advanced Technology ISBN: 9781856173766 Category : Biometry Languages : en Pages : 178
Book Description
This report uses Elsevier's well-developed market forecasting expertise to give you a complete overview of the biometrics industry for the next three years. It will also give an accurate picture of where the industry is today and reveal how it has emerged from being a fledgling industry to a fast-growing business in just two years. The main body of the report gives a complete revenue breakdown of the industry by technology, application area and by global distribution. The report also analyses major industry drivers and detractors and reveals other useable statistics, such as research and development spending levels, average company sizes, industry growth rates and a benchmark study of employee performance.In addition, the report gives over 20 in-depth profiles of leading companies, a three year technical projection, an overview of hot industry topics, such as privacy, public acceptance and testing, and a directory of over 200 biometric companies. An introduction to biometrics appendix also helps to bring newcomers to the industry up to speed on the workings of the technology and industry.Overall the report should give prospective users of biometrics enough information to put together a viable action plan. Vendors, developers and integrators should be able to plan allocation for future effort and resources to best serve the market as well as having the latest market figures to present to potential investors. It also makes a valuable training resource for new people to the biometrics business.
Author: OECD Publisher: OECD Publishing ISBN: 9264107746 Category : Languages : en Pages : 158
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With the market for security goods and services having expanded rapidly since 9/11, this study examines the potential costs of major disruptions, the trade-offs between tighter security and economic efficiency, and the implications of tighter security for privacy and other democratic liberties.
Author: Wendy Atkins Publisher: Elsevier ISBN: 0080519008 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 324
Book Description
The definitive guide to the smart card industry. • Will help you to keep track of the major issues affecting the market. • Will enable you to identify new business opportunities. • Includes profiles of key players, assesses market trends and drivers, comprehensive technology review. Completely revised and updated, the 8th edition of The Smart Card Report examines the smart card market and major end-use sectors, identifying their needs for smart cards, assessing growth prospects and highlighting market opportunities. The study looks at the structure of the industry, profiles key players, assesses market trends and drivers, discusses industry issues and investigates usage by geographical region and application area. A comprehensive technology review is also included. We have drawn on the expertise from our existing portfolio, Card Technology Today newsletter and ID Smart: Cards for Governement & Healthcare conference to bring you vital information, analysis and forecasts that cannot be found anywhere else. For a PDF version of the report please call Sarah Proom on +44 (0) 1865 843181 for price details.
Author: Constantine Stephanidis Publisher: CRC Press ISBN: 9781420064995 Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 1034
Book Description
In recent years, the field of Universal Access has made significant progress in consolidating theoretical approaches, scientific methods and technologies, as well as in exploring new application domains. Increasingly, professionals in this rapidly maturing area require a comprehensive and multidisciplinary resource that addresses current principles, methods, and tools. Written by leading international authorities from academic, research, and industrial organizations and nonmarket institutions, The Universal Access Handbook covers the unfolding scientific, methodological, technological, and policy issues involved in the process of achieving universal access in the information society. In a collection of 61 chapters, the book discusses how to systematically apply universal design principles to information technologies. It explains the various dimensions of diversity in the technological platforms and contexts of use, including trends in mobile interaction and ambient intelligence environments. The implications of Universal Access on the development life cycle of interactive applications and services are unfolded, addressing user interface architectures and related components. Novel interaction methods and techniques for Universal Access are analyzed, and a variety of applications in diverse domains are discussed. The book reflects recent developments, consolidates present knowledge, and points towards new perspectives for the future. A quick glance through the contents demonstrates not only the breadth and depth of coverage but also the caliber of the contributions. An indispensible source of information for interdisciplinary and cross-thematic study, the book provides a baseline for further in-depth studies, as well as an important educational tool in an increasingly globalized research and development environment.
Author: David Wright Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 131791547X Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 422
Book Description
Surveillance in Europe is an accessible, definitive and comprehensive overview of the rapidly growing multi-disciplinary field of surveillance studies in Europe. Written by experts in the field, including leading scholars, the Companion’s clear and up to date style will appeal to a wide range of scholars and students in the social sciences, arts and humanities. This book makes the case for greater resilience in European society in the face of the growing pervasiveness of surveillance. It examines surveillance in Europe from several different perspectives, including: the co-evolution of surveillance technologies and practices the surveillance industry in Europe the instrumentality of surveillance for preventing and detecting crime and terrorism social and economic costs impacts of surveillance on civil liberties resilience in Europe’s surveillance society. the consequences and impacts for Europe of the Snowden revelations findings and recommendations regarding surveillance in Europe Surveillance in Europe's interdisciplinary approach and accessible content makes it an ideal companion to academics, policy-makers and civil society organisations alike, as well as appealing to top level undergraduates and postgraduates.
Author: N. Balakrishnan Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media ISBN: 0387096140 Category : Mathematics Languages : en Pages : 688
Book Description
Along with a review of general developments relating to bivariate distributions, this volume also covers copulas, a subject which has grown immensely in recent years. In addition, it examines conditionally specified distributions and skewed distributions.
Author: Andreas Uhl Publisher: Springer Nature ISBN: 3030277313 Category : Biometric identification Languages : en Pages : 533
Book Description
This open access handbook provides the first comprehensive overview of biometrics exploiting the shape of human blood vessels for biometric recognition, i.e. vascular biometrics, including finger vein recognition, hand/palm vein recognition, retina recognition, and sclera recognition. After an introductory chapter summarizing the state of the art in and availability of commercial systems and open datasets/open source software, individual chapters focus on specific aspects of one of the biometric modalities, including questions of usability, security, and privacy. The book features contributions from both academia and major industrial manufacturers.
Author: Davide Maltoni Publisher: Springer Nature ISBN: 303083624X Category : Computers Languages : en Pages : 541
Book Description
A major new professional reference work on fingerprint security systems and technology from leading international researchers in the field. Handbook provides authoritative and comprehensive coverage of all major topics, concepts, and methods for fingerprint security systems. This unique reference work is an absolutely essential resource for all biometric security professionals, researchers, and systems administrators.
Author: Anne Graham Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1317176766 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 481
Book Description
Transport is an essential element of tourism, providing the vital link between the tourist generating areas and destinations. Good accessibility, which is determined by the transport services provided, is a fundamental condition for the development of any tourist destination. Moreover the transport industry can be a major beneficiary of tourism because of the additional passenger demand that may be generated. Aviation is an increasingly important mode of transport for tourism markets. Whilst geography has meant that, in modern times, air travel has always been the dominant mode for long distance travel and much international tourism, moves towards deregulation, and in particular the emergence of the low cost carrier sector, have also increased aviation's significance for short and medium haul tourism trips. Thus developments in aviation can have very major implications for many leisure and business tourism markets. However the characteristics and needs of leisure travellers are generally so very different from business travellers that this necessitates a separate consideration of these markets if a detailed understanding of the relationship with aviation is to be gained. In spite of the obvious closeness between the aviation and tourism industries, there are very few specialist texts on this subject. Most tourism focused books consider aviation as just one component of the tourism industry which needs to be discussed, whereas aviation specialist texts rarely concentrate on just leisure travel. In addition there is very little literature that gives a detailed appreciation of the complexities and potential conflicts associated with the development of coherent and effective aviation and tourism policies. Therefore it is the aim of this book to fill this important gap which exists with a comprehensive, in-depth study of the relationship between aviation and leisure travel. The book deals exclusively with issues related to the relationship between aviation and leisure travel. It does this with an analysis of the theoretical concepts relevant to the subject area combined with a detailed investigation of current practice within the aviation and tourism industries. Each chapter is illustrated with case study material that will reinforce the understanding of the issues that are being examined.
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Author: Mark Lockie
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