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Picking alignments from (steiner) trees
Authors: Lior Pachter, Fumei Lam
Venue: Proceedings of the sixth annual international conference on Computational biology (2002)

The application of Needleman-Wunsch alignment techniques to biological sequences is complicated by two serious problems when the sequences are long: the running time, which scales as the product of the lengths of sequences, and the difficulty in obtaining suitable parameters that produce meaningful alignments. The running time problem is often corrected by reducing the search space, using techniques such as banding, or chaining of high scoring pairs. The parameter problem is more difficult to fix, partly because the probabilistic model, which Needleman-Wunsch is equivalent to, does not capture a key feature of biological sequence alignments, namely the alternation of conserved blocks and seemingly unrelated non-conserved segments. We present a solution to the problem of designing efficient search spaces for pair hidden Markov models that align biological sequences by taking advantage of their associated features. Our approach leads to an optimization problem, for which we obtain a 2-approximation algorithm, and that is based on the construction of Manhattan networks, which are close relatives of Steiner trees. We describe the underlying theory and show how our methods can be applied to alignment of DNA sequences in practice, succesfully reducing the Viterbi algorithm search space of alignment PHMMs by three orders of magnitude.
Special Edition Using Microsoft Visual Basic .Net
Authors: Brian Siler, Jeff Spotts
Venue:  (2001)

: Microsoft's .NET initiative created drastic changes in the Visual Studio line of products, and as a result a lot of Visual Basic developers feel like they are beginners all over again. Special Edition Using Visual Basic.NET will offer in-depth explorations of new features so that both experienced programmers and novices will feel comfortable making the transition to .NET. Although a major portion of the book is devoted to Internet applications, the book covers more general topics than many other books. Features of Visual Basic that will be explained include database access, controls, and best coding and practices. These features will be explored in detail, with extensive use of example programs and screen captures.
On the Relations between ILUs and Factored Approximate Inverses
Authors: Matthias Bollhöfer, Yousef Saad
Venue: SIAM Journal on Matrix Analysis and Applications (2002)

This paper discusses some relationships between ILU factorization techniques and factored sparse approximate inverse techniques. While ILU factorizations compute approximate LU factors of the coefficient matrix A, approximate inverse techniques aim at building triangular matrices Z and W such that $W^\top AZ$ is approximately diagonal. The paper shows that certain forms of approximate inverse techniques amount to approximately inverting the triangular factors obtained from some variants of ILU factorization of the original matrix. A few useful applications of these relationships will be discussed.
Dreamweaver 2 Bible, 1st edition
Authors: Joseph W. Lowery
Venue:  (1999)

:Whether readers are taking their first steps towards creating Web pages in HTML or desiring to integrate dynamic HTML for use on all browser platforms, "Dreamweaver 2.0 Bible" is a comprehensive guide that they can reference again and again. The CD-ROM includes a trial version of Dreamweaver 2.0 and a built-in library of JavaScript behaviors, objects, techniques, style sheets, and resources.
Interconnecting Heterogeneous Information Systems
Authors: Athman Bouguettaya, Ahmed K. Elmagarmid, Boualem Benatallah
Venue:  (1998)

:Interconnecting Heterogeneous Information Systems covers the underlying principles and infrastructures needed to realize truly global information systems. The book discusses technologies related to Middleware, the Web, Workflows, Transactions and Data Warehousing. It also overviews architectures with a discussion of critical issues. The book also gives an overview of systems that can be viewed as learning platforms. While these systems do not translate to successful commercial realities, they push the envelope in terms of research. Successful commercial systems have benefited from the experiments conducted in these prototypes. The book includes two case studies based on the authors' own work.
The Official Pendragon Forms for Palm Starter Kit with Cdrom, 1st edition
Authors: Debra Sancho, Ivan Phillips
Venue:  (1999)

:Pendragon Forms software lets you transform a Palm OS organizer into a powerful mobile datacollection device. This complete guide, written by two senior executives at Pendragon Software, gives you all the inside tips and tricks you need to create robust forms and scripts that are tailored to your specific needs - from expense reports and work orders to merchandise inventories and data from the field. You'll discover how to automate with bar code readers, link Pendragon forms to external databases, and more - all with no programming skill required.
AutoCAD 2002 Professional, 1st edition
Authors: Bill Burchard, David Pitzer
Venue:  (2001)

:For skilled operators who use AutoCAD regularly, and who want to develop into power users with the expertise required to join the ranks of today's highly skilled and well-paid corporate CAD managers, AutoCAD 2002: Professional is a "must." This one-of-a-kind resource provides its readers with all of the information they need to take full advantage of AutoCAD's most complex and sophisticated tools. Concise, step-by-step explanations offer detailed instruction in how to customize AutoCAD's interface and tools, create powerful custom applications using Visual LISP and Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), and maximize the power of state-of-the-art AutoCAD 2002 Internet tools and features in order to succeed in an increasingly competitive and collaborative business environment. In addition to guiding readers to development of the expert-level AutoCAD skills that will allow them to optimize their software, this book also provides insight into the challenges that office managers face daily, with emphasis on engineering effective solutions for designing and implementing corporate-wide CAD standards, managing workflow, calculating the return on investment (ROI) from expenditures on AutoCAD software and training, and more!
Teach Yourself Visual Basic 6
Authors: Greg M. Perry, Lowell Mauer
Venue:  (1998)

:Three of the bestselling "Teach Yourself . . . in 21 Days" tutorials on the latest version of the hottest development tool: Visual Basic. The CD-ROM includes a special version of Advantageware's "VB Advantage for Visual Basic 6"--it's a subset of one of the bestselling add-ons for VB with more than 20 of the 80 components included in the full retail product.
CMMI distilled: a practical introduction to integrated process improvement
Authors: Dennis M. Ahern, Aaron Clouse, Richard Turner
Venue:  (2001)

CMMI Distilled offers executives, project managers, systems and software engineers, and process improvement pracitioners a concise, authorative, and experience-rich introduction to the CMMI framework. The book first explains key aspects of integrated process improvement. Brief case stuies highlight the experiences of organizations that have pioneered integrated process improvement and reveal potential pitfalls as well as best practices. It then describes the structure and content of CMMI tools and offers concrete, practical implementation guidelines.
Internet Explorer Virtuoso, 2nd edition
Authors: Robert Miller, Elissa Keeler
Venue:  (1997)

:Internet Explorer is quickly becoming a popular World Wide Web browser because of its strong integration with Windows 95. Basic functions are easy to master, but most users never learn the powerful ways that the Windows 95 interface extends the browsers basic functionality. Internet Explorer Virtuoso, Second Edition bridges this knowledge gap between the casual user and the skilled power user. No matter how long youve used Microsofts browser, theres something in this book for you. Instead of simply listing procedures, Internet Explorer Virtuoso, Second Edition provides you with the background to understand how the browsers latest 4.0 features work, as well as practical, real-life tips and examples about how to fine-tune it for your needs. Youll learn about everything from better use of Internet Explorers basic functions such as working with URLs, plug-ins, and favorites lists, to how Microsoft handles encryption for secure transactions and online purchases. After reading this book, you wont just be an Internet Explorer user -- youll be an Internet Explorer virtuoso. Explore new technologies such as Java and ActiveX Learn to set up and work with the best multimedia extensions such as Shockwave, Acrobat, and QuickTime Use the advanced capabilities of Outlook Express Mail and News Manage disk cache, history, and favorites functions for optimum performance Find out what MIME types really are -- and what they mean to you Understand secure transactions, and how to handle firewalls and proxies Learn to develop personal Web pages, including a tutorial on FrontPage Express Learnstrategies for using search engines Explore Microsofts Active Desktop, which combines the browser with the Windows 95 platform
Microsoft Excel 97 Quick Source Guide
Authors: Quick Source Staff
Venue:  (1998)

:With this guide users learn to master the powerful Excel 97. Using graphics and step-by-step instructions, it covers: worksheet basics; working with rows and columns; formatting cells; using formulas; creating charts and graphs; using data maps; printing worksheets; shortcuts; and getting help.Author Biography: Quick Source is a national supplier of training materials to corporations throughout the United States. 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
Ozlab: a simple demonstration tool for prototyping interactivity
Authors: John Sören Pettersson, Joe Siponen
Venue: Proceedings of the second Nordic conference on Human-computer interaction (2002)

A system for testing interaction design without the need for programming is described. This technique has the advantage of paper prototying allowing for rapid prototyping. In the same time it makes a prototype look real why it is possible to test the prototype as if it were a functioning piece of software.
Constraint analysis for DSP code generation
Authors: Bart Mesman, Adwin H. Timmer, Jef L. van Meerbergen, Jochen A. G. Jess
Venue: Readings in hardware/software co-design (2001)

Code generation methods for digital signal-processing (DSP) applications are hampered by the combination of tight timing constraints imposed by the performance requirements of DSP algorithms and resource constraints imposed by a hardware architecture. In this paper, we present a method for register binding and instruction scheduling based on the exploitation and analysis of the combination of resource and timing constraints. The analysis identifies implicit sequencing relations between operations in addition to the preceding constraints. Without the explicit modeling of these sequencing constraints, a scheduler is often not capable of finding a solution that satisfies the timing and resource constraints. The presented approach results in an efficient method to obtain high-quality instruction schedules with low register requirements.
Conceptual-to-internal mappings in commercial database systems
Authors: D. S. Batory
Venue: Proceedings of the 3rd ACM SIGACT-SIGMOD symposium on Principles of database systems (1984)

Developing a commercial or specialized database system is an exceedingly costly and time consuming undertaking. A goal of this research is to demonstrate that a significant portion of a DBMS's software, specifically the physical database component, can be developed automatically from a small set of specifications.In this paper, we explain a new method of modeling physical databases and show that it provides a framework for realizing such a software development technology. Unlike any existing method, ours makes conceptual-to-internal mappings explicit. This enables the physical database component of operational DBMSs to be described in a systematic, precise, and simple way. Because our method also extends earlier research, it also provides a means for tieing physical database theory to practice.
An algorithm for stabilising multiple stores
Authors: Ewa Z. Bem, John Rosenberg
Venue: Proceedings of the 9th workshop on ACM SIGOPS European workshop: beyond the PC: new challenges for the operating system (2000)

The algorithm for stabilising multiple stores, which we present in this paper, was developed in the process of designing the global stability and resilience mechanism for Grasshopper, an operating system explicitly designed for experimentation in persistence. Grasshopper's persistent store is divided into multiple logical partitions (local stores) with arbitrary data interdependencies. A global asynchronous checkpoint mechanism is used to ensure the resilience of the store as a whole. In order to eliminate the known deficiencies of such an approach our algorithm takes advantage of the hardware techniques originally developed for fault tolerant systems, ie. mirrored disks and an uninterruptible power source (UPS). We show that these two techniques complement each other resulting in a simple and efficient algorithm where the main cost is the cost of additional hardware. Although developed in the context of the Grasshopper system, the algorithm can be applied to multiple persistent stores in general.
CarNet: a scalable ad hoc wireless network system
Authors: Robert Morris, John Jannotti, Frans Kaashoek, Jinyang Li, Douglas Decouto
Venue: Proceedings of the 9th workshop on ACM SIGOPS European workshop: beyond the PC: new challenges for the operating system (2000)

CarNet is an application for a large ad hoc mobile network system that scales well without requiring a fixed network infrastructure to route messages. CarNet places radio nodes in cars, which communicate using Grid, a novel scalable routing system. Grid uses geographic forwarding and a scalable distributed location service to route packets from car to car without flooding the network. CarNet will support IP connectivity as well as applications such as cooperative highway congestion monitoring, fleet tracking, and discovery of nearby points of interest.
Macworld Ultimate MAC Programming: Methods Of
Authors: David Mark
Venue:  (1994)

:If you're ready to take your Macintosh programming to the next level, Macworld Ultimate Mac Programming is for you. Here, bestselling Mac programming author Dave Mark reveals the secrets of Mac programming and shares his own proven, timesaving techniques.
Peter Norton's Computing Fundamentals, 4th edition
Authors: Peter Norton
Venue:  (2000)

:The result of this approach is students who become empowered, intelligent end-users and who fully prepared to tackle today's information society. 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
On Persistent Excitation for Linear Systems with Stochastic Coefficients
Authors: David Levanony, Peter E. Caines
Venue: SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization (2001)

A Wiener input process is shown to be persistently exciting (PE) for linear stochastic systems with time-varying, convergent, random coefficients, provided asymptotic noise controllability holds a. s. The PE result is in the sense that the minimum eigenvalue of the integrated outer product of the state process is of O(t) (t being the upper time limit of the integral).
Lessons learned from a nationwide CBD promotion project
Authors: Soo Dong Kim
Venue: Communications of the ACM (2002)

Sharing insights gained from a large-scale initiative in an Asian context.
Data Management for Mobile Computing
Authors: Evaggelia Pitoura, George Samaras
Venue:  (1997)

:The focus of Data Management for Mobile Computing is on the impact of mobile computing on data management beyond the networking level. The purpose is to provide a thorough and cohesive overview of recent advances in wireless and mobile data management. The book is written with a critical attitude. This volume probes the new issues introduced by wireless and mobile access to data and what are both their conceptual and practical consequences. Data Management for Mobile Computing provides a single source for researchers and practitioners who want to keep current on the latest innovations in the field. It can also serve as a textbook for an advanced course on mobile computing or as a companion text for a variety of courses including courses on distributed systems, database management, transaction management, operating or file systems, information retrieval or dissemination, and web computing.
The Computer Continuum, 2nd edition
Authors: Kurt F. Lauckner, Mildred D. Lintner
Venue:  (2000)

:This book introduces readers to the fundamental concepts in the fields of information systems and computer science by examining how technology works. It first establishes a theoretical foundation, then introduces applications that put the theory into practice. Computer Hardware Components: CPU, Memory, and I/O. Software. From Stonehenge to the Super Computer: Combining Software & Hardware. Operating Systems: The Genie in the Computer. Network Concepts and Communications. The Internet and the Web: Expanding the Global Community. Multimedia. Databases: Controlling the Information Deluge. Simulation: Modeling the Physical World. Artificial Intelligence and Modeling the Human State. Pushing the Envelope of Human Potential. Ethics, Electronic Spies and Privacy. For anyone interested in learning about computers.
Finite variability interpretation of monadic logic of order
Authors: A. Rabinovich
Venue: Theoretical Computer Science (2002)

We consider an interpretation of monadic second-order logic of order in the continuous time structure of finitely variable signals. We provide a characterization of the expressive power of monadic logic. As a by-product of our characterization we show that many fundamental theorems which hold in the discrete time interpretation of monadic logic are still valid in the continuous time interpretation.
Interactive Computing Series: Word 2002- Brief, 1st edition
Authors: Kenneth Laudon
Venue:  (2001)

:The Interactive Computing Series is the Visual,Interactive way to develop and apply software skills. This Skills based approach coupled with its highly illustrated,2 page-spread design is ideal for the intro CIS course,the self-paced course or students in non-traditional education settings.
Proceedings of the 17th ACM SIGPLAN conference on Object-oriented programming, systems, languages, and applications
Venue: Conference on Object Oriented Programming Systems Languages and Applications (2002)

Welcome to OOPSLA 2002 in Seattle, Washington, USA, November 4-8, 2002.We bring you the proceedings of the technical papers track of the 17th OOPSLA, whose history has started back in 1986. Despite OOPSLA having been held in the neighboring cities of Portland, Oregon and Vancouver. B.C. several times, this is the first time that OOPLSA has taken a trip to Seattle.Despite recent difficult times, including the tragic events of last year, there were a healthy number of technical track paper submissions - 125 submitted in total, and all the papers were reviewed with stringent acceptance criteria, what OOPSLA has been traditionally reputed for. In fact the reviews were more carefully than previous years - there were 4-5 reviewers assigned to each paper, and the reviewers were asked explicitly to give comprehensive reviews to benefit the authors. During the two full days of the PC meeting, each paper was discussed in detail, and at the end the program committee decided to accept 25 for publication and presentation at OOPSLA 2002.Of the 25, five are PC papers, i.e., papers whose authors include PC members. I must make a note that in fact they were held to higher standard than normal paper acceptance. There were a number of PC papers submitted this year, and steps were taken to assure fairness, so that being on the PC never became an advantage. For example, more reviewers were assigned to PC papers - from 5 reviewers up to 8, and a special session was held during the PC meeting to discuss individual PC submissions in full anonymity. Also, the evaluation criteria itself was held to a higher, more stringent standard; as such the higher number of PC paper acceptance merely exemplifies that the PC members themselves were top, active researchers in the OO field, performing quality work for themselves.The PC meeting was held on the Microsoft Campus during May 3-4th in Redmond, WA, courtesy of Microsoft who provided various administrative as well as financial supports for the PC, to which OOPSLA acknowledges with deepest appreciation for their generosity. It is quite satisfying that one of the top software companies has decided to back OOPSLA in a significant way, demonstrating that OOPSLA is considered to be one of the premiere research and technology forums by the industry.Finally, I must mention that, just before the time of this writing we experienced the unfortunate, consecutive passing of the two Norwegian pioneers of object-oriented computing, namely professors Kristen Nygaard and O.J. Dahl. In fact, they had just received the honorable ACM Turing Award for their achievements, and Professor Nygaard was to present his Turing Award speech as a keynote for OOPSLA 2002. Their work in Simula-67 essentially initiated our field 35 years ago, and their successive work in Beta still influences many of the research presented at OOPSLA today. My deepest condolences to both families as well as many of our colleagues who were closely acquainted with them.
Compact models for estimating microprocessor frequency and power
Authors: William Athas, Lynn Youngs, Andrew Reinhart
Venue: Proceedings of the 2002 international symposium on Low power electronics and design (2002)

This paper describes compact mathematical models for estimat¿ing the frequency performance and power dissipation of a micro¿processor as a function of the supply voltage. The objective is to estimate the frequency and/or power performance across a wide range of supply voltages and operating frequencies using only a small number of configurable parameters and equations. These compact equations are amenable to hand calculations and spread¿sheet manipulation. The configurable parameters are derived from actual measurements of microprocessor chips and are calculated using the least-squares curve-fitting method.
Donkey Kong 64: Prima's Official Strategy Guide
Authors: Jeff Barton, Mario De Govia, Donato Tica
Venue:  (1999)

:The popular arcade game returns, now spectacularly designed for N64. Donkey Kong, Diddy, and a bunch of their friends are back and better than ever as they battle the dreadful Kremlings. Prima's Official Strategy Guide provides walkthroughs, solutions for puzzles, and strategies for defeating every boss. Donkey Kong 64: Prima's Official Strategy Guide is sure to help players defeat the Kremlings in this awesome 3-D adventure from Nintendo.