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Key articles from Inspec

The series highlights the key articles from periodicals and conference proceedings in subject areas of special relevance to current technology.

Each monthly issue of Key Abstracts presents the reader with a manageable selection of approximately 250 summaries selected from those published in the Inspec database. These are presented in an easy-to-read format, together with a subject index.

Key Abstracts titles

Automation and control series

  • Business automation
  • Factory automation
  • Machine vision
  • Robotics and control

Communications and optics series

  • Antennas and propagation
  • Microwave technology
  • Optoelectronics
  • Telecommunications

Materials and measurement series

  • Advanced materials
  • Electronic instrumentation
  • High-temperature superconductors
  • Measurements in physics

Computing and control series

  • Artificial intelligence
  • Computer communications and storage
  • Human-computer interaction
  • Neural networks
  • Software engineering

Electronics and power series

  • Computing in electronics and power
  • Electronic circuits
  • Microelectronics and printed circuits
  • Power systems and applications
  • Semiconductor devices

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