[.ca] Radar Systems Analysis and Design Using MATLAB Oach (ISBN 1584881828)

The Best Book Written on the Subject:
This is the best book written on Radar Analysis and Design. What realy makes this book special is that it presents the subject in an easy to follow way. Additionally, the MATLAB routines provided with this book makes it really unique and very useful. Add to all that the end of chapter problems and you have the an execllent reference. I give it five stars all the way.

Powerful radar analysis tool:
What makes this an especially useful book, is the coupling with the MATLAB routines, which are downloaded from the publisher's website. Once on your PC, you can edit them, put your own code into them, integrate them with your other routines, or use them stand-alone. Surprisingly, the download worked exactly as stated in the book, the very first time, without any problems. You are good to go, instantly. The book tells you how to use the downloaded routines, and gives background information on the topic. You can also reproduce the figures in the book, with the routines provided. This is especially useful if you like the graph, but need to adjust it (i.e. edit the routine)to cover your particular problem. If you don't have access to MATLAB, you might like the Richard Curry book "Radar System Performance Modeling", which has radar functions that plug into your Excel spreadsheet as add-in user-defined functions. I have both, and use both, for different applications.

Good Mix of Presentation and Hands On:
I have worked through the first couple of chapters so far and I think this book is great. This book offers good technical derivations and explanations (never thought I would want to see a derivation again after gettting my BSc EE). It also has problems to work through and a good library of m files to work with from the website. My only complaint is that the answers to the end of the chapter questions are not provided (although there are very good examples of other problems in the chapter).

Extremely Useful Radar Resource:
If there is a marathon radar book, this one wins the race. This book is a top-notch radar analysis resource. I reference this text on a weekly (sometimes daily) basis. The MATLAB code this book provides is concise and very useful. I recommend this book to anyone interested in radar at any level. The examples are easy to understand and the review problems further reinforce the text material. From beginning to end, this book covers subjects from the Radar Equation to Clutter to Tracking. Mahafza hits a home run with this one. I only hope there is a follow-up text out soon.

A MUST HAVE FOR ALL RADAR ENGINEERS:
I love this book. It is comprehensive and it presents the material so that any one can make sense out of it. This is a Must Have kind of book. The MATLAB code makes it even more usefull for people like me working in the field. You can download all these programs form the publisher's web site. Have you ever wondered how to re-produce any plot or figure in any other radar book? Well, wonder no more, the code provided with this book allows you to do so, plus you can use it to generate your own outputs that match your needs and requirements.