**Meet the editor**

Dr. R. Sudhakar is currently a professor and the head of the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Dr. Mahalingam College of Engineering and Technology, Pollachi, India. He is an editorial board member of three international journals, namely, *International Journal of Computer Theory and Engineering*, *International Journal of Computer and Electrical Engineering*, and

*International Arab Journal of Information Technology*. He is a reviewer of 16 international journals, namely, *IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems* by IEEE; *International Arab Journal of Information Technology* coming from Zarqa University, Jordan; *International Journal of Computer and Electrical Engineering* published by International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology Press (IACSIT); *International Journal of Computer Theory and Engineering* published by International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology Press (IACSIT); *Journal of Electrical and Electronics Engineering Research*; *Iranian Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering* published by Iranian Research Institute for Electrical Engineering, JD, Iran; *Journal of Optical Engineering* published by SPIE, USA; *Journal of Electronic Imaging* published by SPIE, USA; *The Imaging Science Journal* published by Taylor & Francis Group; *International Journal of Computational Science and Engineering (IJCSE)* published by Inderscience; *International Journal of Image Mining (IJIM)* published by Inderscience; *International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Technology (IJBET)* published by Inderscience; journal for *Image Analysis & Stereology* from the International Society for Stereology; *ETRI Journal* from Korea; *AEU—International Journal of Electronics and Communications* by Elsevier; and *IET Image Processing*. He wrote two books titled *Research Issues in Image Compression Using Wavelet Variants* published by Lambert Academic Publishing (LAP), Germany (2010), and *Practicing Signals and Systems Laboratory Using MAT-LAB* published by Lambert Academic Publishing (LAP), Germany (2010), and two book chapters titled "Wavelet-Based Image Compression" in the book titled *Computational Intelligence Techniques in Handling Image Processing and Pattern Recognition* published by Lambert Academic Publishing (LAP), Germany (2010), and "Analysis of Hand Vein Images Using Hybrid Techniques" in *Hybrid Intelligence Techniques for Image Analysis and Understanding* published by Wiley. He edited three books titled *Effective Video Coding for Multimedia Applications*, *Applications of Digital Signal Processing through Practical Approach*, and *Recent Advances in Image and Video Coding* all published by InTech, Croatia (2011, 2015, and 2016). He has published 95 papers in international and national journals and conference proceedings. His areas of research include digital image processing, image analysis, wavelet transforms, and digital signal processing.

Contents

**Preface VII**

Chapter 1 **Introductory Chapter: Understanding Wavelets 3**

**Single-Trial Oscillatory Brain Waves 15**

Seedahmed S. Mahmoud and Jusak Jusak

Chapter 2 **Wavelet Correlation Analysis for Quantifying Similarities and**

Chapter 4 **Empirical Support for Fundamental, Factor Models Explaining**

**Major Capital Markets Using Wavelets 67**

Chapter 5 **An Application of Wavelets to Finance: The Three-Factor**

Chapter 6 **A Comparative Performance of Discrete Wavelet Transform Implementations Using Multiplierless 111** Husam Alzaq and Burak Berk Üstündağ

**Real-Time Estimates of Information Encoded or Decoded in**

Takaaki Sato, Riichi Kajiwara, Ichiro Takashima and Toshio Iijima

Sudhakar Radhakrishnan

**Section 2 Wavelets in Bio-medical Application 13**

Chapter 3 **Wavelets in ECG Security Application 43**

**Section 3 Wavelets in Finance Application 65**

Michaela M. Kiermeier

**Fama/French Model 81** Bruce D. McNevin and Joan Nix

**Section 4 Wavelets in Contemporary Application 109**

**Section 1 Introduction 1**
