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Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft Windows Me in 10 Minutes, 1st edition
Authors: Jennifer Fulton
Venue:  (2000)

:Sams Teach Yourself Windows Millennium Edition in 10 Minutes serves as a reference guide that allows the reader to find what they need quickly and then get straight to work. The book's 28 task-based chapters quickly guide the reader through the Windows desktop, file management, networking, accessing the Internet, and more. The book covers all the basics of Windows Millennium Edition, and it will include tips and tricks for advanced and new features - such as: Home networking, Sharing files and folders, Securing files and folders, Using Outlook Express, Using Internet Explorer 5.5 and the Active Desktop, and Controlling hardware settings.
Radiowave Propagation and Antennas for Personal Communications
Authors: Kazimierz Siwiak
Venue:  (1995)

:Communication engineers gain a better understanding of the propagation and antenna problems associated with personal communications with this new book. It demystifies the complicated engineering details behind fixed-site antennas, and personal communications device (PCD) antennas near to the human body--and includes the propagation characteristics associated with various new protocols. sections on multipath wave propagation, and RF exposure standards.
Information Warfare in the Age of Chaos: Preparing for 2020
Authors: DIANE Publishing Company
Venue:  (1995)

:Includes three articles: Weapons of Mass Destruction: Nonlethality, Information Warfare, and Airpower in the Age of Chaos; Information Warfare; and a Theory of Information Warfare: Preparing for 2020. Illustred. The ACM Portal is published by the Association for Computing Machinery. Copyright © 2010 ACM, Inc. Terms of Usage Privacy Policy Code of Ethics Contact Us Useful downloads: Adobe Acrobat QuickTime Windows Media Player Real Player
SIMPLIcity: Semantics-Sensitive Integrated Matching for Picture LIbraries
Authors: James Z. Wang, Jia Li, Gio Wiederhold
Venue: IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (2001)

The need for efficient content-based image retrieval has increased tremendously in many application areas such as biomedicine, military, commerce, education, and Web image classification and searching. We present here SIMPLIcity (Semantics-sensitive Integrated Matching for Picture LIbraries), an image retrieval system, which uses semantics classification methods, a wavelet-based approach for feature extraction, and integrated region matching based upon image segmentation. As in other region-based retrieval systems, an image is represented by a set of regions, roughly corresponding to objects, which are characterized by color, texture, shape, and location. The system classifies images into semantic categories, such as textured-nontextured, graph-photograph. Potentially, the categorization enhances retrieval by permitting semantically-adaptive searching methods and narrowing down the searching range in a database. A measure for the overall similarity between images is developed using a region-matching scheme that integrates properties of all the regions in the images. Compared with retrieval based on individual regions, the overall similarity approach 1) reduces the adverse effect of inaccurate segmentation, 2) helps to clarify the semantics of a particular region, and 3) enables a simple querying interface for region-based image retrieval systems. The application of SIMPLIcity to several databases, including a database of about 200,000 general-purpose images, has demonstrated that our system performs significantly better and faster than existing ones. The system is fairly robust to image alterations.
Mac OS 8 Revealed: A Technical Tour of the New Mac OS
Authors: Tony Francis
Venue:  (1996)

:Providing the first authoritative information on this new operating system, this book is an essential resource for Macintosh developers who need to study the new architecture in order to make their software Copland-compatible and for system administrators who mustplan for the upgrade of their network of Macintoshes. The ACM Portal is published by the Association for Computing Machinery. Copyright © 2010 ACM, Inc. Terms of Usage Privacy Policy Code of Ethics Contact Us Useful downloads: Adobe Acrobat QuickTime Windows Media Player Real Player
Paul Mcfedries Windows 95, with CD-ROM (Unleashed), 1st edition
Authors: Paul McFedries
Venue:  (1996)

:Windows 96 Unleashed empowers readers to truly unleash all that is Windows, including installation, the Internet, customizatino, optimization, networking, multimedia, and plug-and-play, and the new features of Microsoft Exchange for communications. It provides many how-tos and whys, tips, tricks, and ways to avoid traps.
Using Support Vector Machines to Enhance the Performance of Elastic Graph Matching for Frontal Face Authentication
Authors: Anastasios Tefas, Constantine Kotropoulos, Ioannis Pitas
Venue: IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (2001)

A novel method for enhancing the performance of elastic graph matching in frontal face authentication is proposed. The starting point is to weigh the local similarity values at the nodes of an elastic graph according to their discriminatory power. Powerful and well-established optimization techniques are used to derive the weights of the linear combination. More specifically, we propose a novel approach that reformulates Fisher's discriminant ratio to a quadratic optimization problem subject to a set of inequality constraints by combining statistical pattern recognition and Support Vector Machines. Both linear and nonlinear Support Vector Machines are then constructed to yield the optimal separating hyperplanes and the optimal polynomial decision surfaces, respectively. The method has been applied to frontal face authentication on the M2VTS database. Experimental results indicate that the performance of morphological elastic graph matching is highly improved by using the proposed weighting technique.
Tagged semaphores
Authors: Baowen Xu
Venue: ACM SIGOPS Operating Systems Review (2000)

This paper introduces a new kind of semaphores, i.e., tagged semaphores. Tagged semaphores are the generalization of standard semaphores, and have more powerful describing capability than the latter.
HTML 3 Interactive Course: Master HTML and Earn a Certificate of Achievement
Authors: Kent Cearley
Venue:  (1996)

:Anyone can create a home page on the World Wide Web in a matter of hours with this innovative interactive program. An A to Z explanation of both fundamental presentations and advanced interaction methods using HTML, the book is divided into eight sections, each focusing on a single HTML topic. The book begins with a review of the medium's history and capabilities, then delves into how to use HTML. The ACM Portal is published by the Association for Computing Machinery. Copyright © 2010 ACM, Inc. Terms of Usage Privacy Policy Code of Ethics Contact Us Useful downloads: Adobe Acrobat QuickTime Windows Media Player Real Player
QoS provisioning and tracking fluid policies in input queueing switches
Authors: Vahid Tabatabaee, Leonidas Georgiadis, Leandros Tassiulas
Venue: IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (TON) (2001)

The concept of tracking fluid policies by packetized policies is extended to input queueing switches. It is considered that the speedup of the switch is one. One of the interesting applications of the tracking policy in TDMA satellite switches is elaborated. For the special case of 2 &times; 2 switches, it is shown that a tracking nonanticipative policy always exists. It is found that, in general, nonanticipative policies do not exist for switches with more than two input and output ports. For the general case of N &times; N switches, a heuristic tracking policy is provided. The heuristic algorithm is based on two notions: port tracking and critical links. These notions can be employed in the derivation of other heuristic tracking policies as well. Simulation results show the usefulness of the heuristic algorithm and the two basic concepts it relies on.
Uncovering the new wireless interaction paradigm
Authors: Heiko Sacher, Gareth Loudon
Venue: interactions (2002)

The always connected, mobile consumer is closer to reality than ever before. Ericsson expects the world-wide number of mobile phones to exceed landline phones by 2002 and that there will be more mobile Internet subscribers than fixed Internet subscribers by 2003 (Ericsson Annual Report, 2000). The potential of advanced wireless networks far surpasses today's mobile extensions of PC and Internet applications. But these new applications are not yet clear. Leveraging competence in customer research and interaction design, the human-computer interaction (HCI) community is, therefore, in the perfect position to address a key need of this industry: new application discovery.
Active Server Pages 3.0 by Example
Authors: Bob Reselman
Venue:  (2000)

:ASP by Example assumes a basic knowledge of VBScript and teaches you how to create dynamic web sites quickly and easily. Using real-world examples, ASP 3 by Example teaches proper, accepted coding techniques that will cause fewer problems and allow you to apply your knowledge to more than simply the task at hand. Topics include: ASP, objects, cookies, applications, and database access.
Graphics, Animation, and Interactivity with Flash 4.0
Authors: James L. Mohler
Venue:  (1999)

:Graphics, Animation, and Interactivity with Flash 4.0 demonstrates how using Macromedia Flash will enable you to create a web site with maximum effect and a limited file size. Macromedia Flash is explained in a straightforward and easy-to-understand manner including examples of the most common functions used when applying this program. In addition to complete coverage of vector animation commonly associated with Flash, ad banners, buttons, and animated corporate logos are also addressed. Learn how to integrate sound with animation, create vector images with transparency, and create quick loading animated sequences to play while the rest of the web content downloads. This thorough explanation of Flash is perfect as a learning tool and desk reference for anyone involved with web design.
Eye tracking in web search tasks: design implications
Authors: Joseph H. Goldberg, Mark J. Stimson, Marion Lewenstein, Neil Scott, Anna M. Wichansky
Venue: Proceedings of the 2002 symposium on Eye tracking research & applications (2002)

An eye tracking study was conducted to evaluate specific design features for a prototype web portal application. This software serves independent web content through separate, rectangular, user-modifiable portlets on a web page. Each of seven participants navigated across multiple web pages while conducting six specific tasks, such as removing a link from a portlet. Specific experimental questions included (1) whether eye tracking-derived parameters were related to page sequence or user actions preceding page visits, (2) whether users were biased to traveling vertically or horizontally while viewing a web page, and (3) whether specific sub-features of portlets were visited in any particular order. Participants required 2-15 screens, and from 7-360+ seconds to complete each task. Based on analysis of screen sequences, there was little evidence that search became more directed as screen sequence increased. Navigation among portlets, when at least two columns exist, was biased towards horizontal search (across columns) as opposed to vertical search (within column). Within a portlet, the header bar was not reliably visited prior to the portlet's body, evidence that header bars are not reliably used for navigation cues. Initial design recommendations emphasized the need to place critical portlets on the left and top of the web portal area, and that related portlets do not need to appear in the same column. Further experimental replications are recommended to generalize these results to other applications.
Internet appliances
Authors: Ray Rischpater
Venue:  (2001)

Offering unprecendented access to the Internet in a limitless variety of settings, Internet Appliances (IAs) provide practicable, low-cost solutions to an array of business challenges. At the same time, the burgeoning IA market is opening up exciting business opportunities for companies across industry sectors. With IA use doubling annually in homes and businesses worldwide, no company can afford to remain in the dark about this next big wave in digital technology.
Automatic generation and compaction of March Tests for memory arrays
Authors: Kamran Zarrineh, Shambhu J. Upadhyaya, Sreejit Chakravarty
Venue: IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems (2001)

Given a set of memory array faults the problem of computing a compact March test that detects all specified memory array faults is addressed. In this paper, we propose a novel approach in which every memory array fault is modeled by a set of primitive memory faults. A primitive March test is defined for each primitive memory fault. We show that March tests that detect the specified memory array faults are composed of primitive March tests. A method to compact the March tests for the specified memory array faults is described. A set of examples to illustrate the approach is presented. Experimental results demonstrate the productivity gained using the proposed framework.
A Laplace transform algorithm for the volume of a convex polytope
Authors: Jean B. Lasserre, Eduardo S. Zeron
Venue: Journal of the ACM (JACM) (2001)

We provide two algorithms for computing the volume of the convex polytope &Omega; : = {x &isin; &#x211D;n+ | Ax &le; b}, for A, &isin; &#x211D;m&times;n, b &isin; &#x211D;n. The computational complexity of both algorithms is essentially described by nm, which makes them especially attractive for large n and relatively small m, when the other methods with O(mn) complexity fail. The methodology, which differs from previous existing methods, uses a Laplace transform technique that is well suited to the half-space representation of &Omega;.
On the Internal Nuclei of Sets in PG(n,q), q is Odd
Authors: István Kovács
Venue: Designs, Codes and Cryptography (2001)

In PG(2,q) it is well known that if k is close to q, then any k-arc is contained in a conic. The internal nuclei of a point set form an arc. In this article it is proved that for q odd the above bound on the number of points could be lowered to {{q+1}\over{2}} (or even less), if the arc is obtained as the set of internal nuclei of some point set of proper size. Using this result the internal nuclei of point sets of size q+1 will be studied in higher dimensional spaces, and an application will be presented to so-called threshold schemes.
Communications: How the Future Began, 1st edition
Authors: Anthony Wilson
Venue:  (1999)

:Survey the field of communication in a magnificent introduction to the vast and every-changing modern world. Special features include timelines, glossary, index and a list of related Web sites and resources. Color illustrations throughout. The ACM Portal is published by the Association for Computing Machinery. Copyright © 2010 ACM, Inc. Terms of Usage Privacy Policy Code of Ethics Contact Us Useful downloads: Adobe Acrobat QuickTime Windows Media Player Real Player
Java Message Service API tutorial and reference: messaging for the J2EE platform
Authors: Mark Hapner, Rahul Sharma, Rich Burridge, Joseph Fialli, Kim Haase
Venue: Addison Wesley Java Series (2002)

Java Message Service API Tutorial and Reference provides a clear and complete introduction to the Java Message Service (JMS) API. This book illustrates how to use the JMS API to build applications that create, send, receive, and read messages. Beginning with comprehensive descriptions of fundamental JMS concepts and building blocks, the coverage extends to all aspects of running and creating JMS applications. Each topic area is supported by relevant and well-crafted JMS program examples that demonstrate how to put the technology to work.The JMS API is an integral part of the Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE platform). Developed by Sun Microsystems in close cooperation with enterprise messaging partners, JMS works together with other technologies to provide reliable, asynchronous communication between components in a distributed computing environment. It delivers a new, powerful tool for enterprise messaging--the cornerstone of today's enterprise applications.You will find in-depth coverage on how to: Create and run JMS client programs, Use the JMS API within the J2EE platform, Consume messages asynchronously with a message-driven bean, Produce messages from an application client and from a session bean, Access an entity bean from a message-driven bean, create applications for the J2EE platform that use the JMS API to, consume messages, Produce messages, Access an entity bean. From BytesMessage to Transaction Rolled Back Exception, a useful alphabetical reference provides complete information on all facets of the JMS API.
The anatomy of a context-aware application
Authors: Andy Harter, Andy Hopper, Pete Steggles, Andy Ward, Paul Webster
Venue: Wireless Networks (2002)

We describe a sensor-driven, or sentient, platform for context-aware computing that enables applications to follow mobile users as they move around a building. The platform is particularly suitable for richly equipped, networked environments. The only item a user is required to carry is a small sensor tag, which identifies them to the system and locates them accurately in three dimensions. The platform builds a dynamic model of the environment using these location sensors and resource information gathered by telemetry software, and presents it in a form suitable for application programmers. Use of the platform is illustrated through a practical example, which allows a user's current working desktop to follow them as they move around the environment.
Prelayout estimation of individual wire lengths
Authors: Srinivas Bodapati, Farid N. Najm
Venue: IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems (2001)

We present a novel technique for estimating individual wire lengths in a given standard-cell-based design during the technology mapping phase of logic synthesis. The proposed method is based on creating a black box model of the place and route tool as a function of a number of parameters, which are all available before layout. The place and route tool is characterized, only once, by applying it to a set of typical designs in a certain technology. We also propose a net bounding box estimation technique based on the layout style and net neighborhood analysis. We show that there is inherent variability in wire lengths obtained using commercially available place and route tools -- wire length estimation error cannot be any smaller than a lower limit due to this variability. The proposed model works well within these variability limitations.
The ICON Book: Visual Symbols for Computer Systems and Documentation
Authors: Kenneth John Small
Venue:  (1994)

:User-interface icons are much more than on-screen decorations. Icons play an integral role in enhancing end-user productivity and an application's overall success. Written by a seasoned design professional, The Icon Book presents clear, step-by-step guidelines for designing instantly recognizable, fully understandable, and reliably memorable computer icons and icon sets for domestic and international use. You'll find heavily illustrated, research-based accounts on every aspect of the icon design process - from initial planning to refining and testing techniques - plus real-world insights for avoiding problems that can occur in translation to international markets. The Icon Book presents strategies and methods for encoding meaning in icons, developing iconic languages and a consistent design style, using color and other design tools, and achieving management goals; offers suggestions for representing complex, "unpicturable" concepts and indicates when not to use icons; and includes a comprehensive icon glossary. It is a valuable resource for user-interface designers, developers, computer-based trainers, graphic and multimedia designers, and technical writers. The ACM Portal is published by the Association for Computing Machinery. Copyright © 2010 ACM, Inc. Terms of Usage Privacy Policy Code of Ethics Contact Us Useful downloads: Adobe Acrobat QuickTime Windows Media Player Real Player
Producing for the Web
Authors: Jason Whittaker
Venue:  (2000)

:Producing for the Web is a clear and practical guide to the planning, setting up and management of a web site. It gives readers a comprehensive overview of the current technologies available for on-line communications and shows how to use them for maximum effect when planning a web site planning, setting up and management of a web site. The ACM Portal is published by the Association for Computing Machinery. Copyright © 2010 ACM, Inc. Terms of Usage Privacy Policy Code of Ethics Contact Us Useful downloads: Adobe Acrobat QuickTime Windows Media Player Real Player
Generation of random numbers using shape preserving quadratic splines
Authors: D. F. McAllister, J. A. Roulier, M. Evans
Venue: Proceedings of the 16th annual Southeast regional conference (1978)

Let F be an arbitrary continuous cumulative distribution function of a single variable specified by a finite set of points. A (smooth) increasing quadratic spline is constructed which interpolates the data points and preserves the convexity of the data [2]. The spline is compared with Akima's piecewise cubic approximation [1] for several common distributions F.
PC FAQs: Frequently Askedquestions and Answers from COMPAQ Customer..., 1st edition
Authors: Deborah Craig
Venue:  (1995)

:Q: What are PC FAQs? A: They're the questions that PC users ask every day - and that are fielded expertly by Compaq's award-winning Customer Service Department. Now you can have all that expertise right at your fingertips, whenever you need it. PC FAQs is chock-full of ready-to-use solutions and tips to help you get the most out of your PC investment. Plain-English explanations along with a time-saving super-index make PC FAQs an invaluable resource. You'll find answers to questions such as Where do you begin? -- making sense of the plugs and wires so you can get your PC set up and running What do you need? -- choosing among keyboards, monitors, CD-ROM drives, modems, operating systems, and printers for the PC configuration that's right for you How do you get that? -- taking advantage of multimedia and communications capabilities Why is this happening? -- printing documents, unfreezing frozen screens, and deciphering error messages How do you get on the Net? -- connecting to the Internet and the World Wide Web
Strong normalizability of the non-deterministic catch/throw calculi
Authors: Yukiyoshi Kemeyama, Masahiko Sato
Venue: Theoretical Computer Science (2002)

The catch/throw mechanism in Common Lisp provides a simple control mechanism for non-local exits. We study typed calculi by Nakano and Sato which formalize the catch/throw mechanism. These calculi correspond to classical logic through the Curry-Howard isomorphism, and one of their characteristic points is that they have non-deterministic reduction rules. These calculi can represent various computational meaning of classical proofs. This paper is mainly concerned with the strong normalizability of these calculi. Namely, we prove the strong normalizability of these calculi, which was an open problem. We first formulate a non-deterministic variant of Parigot's &lambda;&mu;-calculus, and show it is strongly normalizing. We then translate the catch/throw calculi to this variant. Since the translation preserves typing and reduction, we obtain the strong normalization of the catch/throw calculi. We also briefly consider second-order extension of the catch/throw calculi. Copyright 2002 Elsevier Science B.V