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Secure Electronic Commerce: Building the Infrastructure for Digital Signatures and Encryption, 2nd edition
Authors: Warwick Ford, Michael S. Baum
Venue:  (2000)

: "More now than ever, business has a responsibility to understand the trade-offs, costs, benefits and risks involved in choosing any particular type of information security technology. That necessary due diligence begins in Chapter 1 of this book." Spence Abraham, United States Senate Your e-commerce site is only as successful as it is secure Customer confidence is a prerequisite for successful e-commerce, and security is the underpinning of that confidence. To make your e-commerce deployment safe and functional, you need to know not merely the latest security technologies, but also the most current legal strategies. This revised best seller combines the advice of seasoned experts from both the technical and legal fields to help you create a winning business strategy. Traditional business users will learn how e-commerce transactions differ from paper-based commerce, and how to minimize the risks while maximizing the benefits. Technical users will appreciate the extensive coverage of the latest security technologies and how they are applied in the business environment. Internet and security topics: Digital signatures for secure transactions Public-key infrastructure and certification policies Firewalls, virtual private networks, Web and e-mail security Legal and business topics: Legal principles and practices to achieve enforceability Regulations and guidelines in the U.S. and internationally Non-repudiation and the role of trusted third-parties Newcomers will appreciate the clear explanations of theorigins and development of secure e-commerce. More experienced developers can move straight to the detailed technical material. Anyone who is involved in e-commerce design, management, or operation needs Secure Electronic Commerce.
A communication architecture for massive multiplayer games
Authors: Stefan Fiedler, Michael Wallner, Michael Weber
Venue: Proceedings of the 1st workshop on Network and system support for games (2002)

In this paper we present an approach for a communication architecture based on the publisher/subscriber model. The key issues considered here are scalability, ease of programming and dynamic system evolution. The division of the communication load into distinctive channels allows decoupling the domains of the game enabling the overall system to scale flexibly with the underlying network infrastructure, map size or number of players simultaneously online. Thus our approach is suitable to realize especially huge game-worlds as used in massive multiplayer online games. The underlying publisher/subscriber communication layer provides a high level of abstraction with a lean API therefore dramatically simplifying network programming in the game engine. Due to the fact that the communication is content-based, there is no fixed correlation between the game players and the game backend servers. This permits the dynamic evolution of the system by removing or adding not only players but also game servers and game content on the fly.
Mobile Cellular Telecommunications: Analog and Digital Systems, 2nd edition
Authors: William C.Y. Lee
Venue:  (1995)

:Here's the second edition of the classic reference in the field,Mobile Cellular Telecommunications Systems. From highly respected industry pioneer William Lee,this thoroughly updated reference provides a complete technical description of the design,analysis,and maintenance of cellular systems. To reflect the many changes cellular technology has undergone in the past five years,the second edition features new chapters on the CDMA standard,microcell systems,and digital cellular systems,along with updated coverage of the practical concepts,design techniques,and operation of mobile cellular systems for telecommunications engineers and technicians.
Implementing a small business information resource management course
Authors: Dušan Lesjak
Venue: ACM SIGCPR Computer Personnel (1999)

This describes the implementation of an Information Resources Management course in a Small Business Management program at the School of Business and Economics, University of Maribor, Slovenia. The aim of the course is to provide students with knowledge and experience to deal with information technology in small business from a managerial perspective. The theoretical part of the course is conducted in a classroom and the practical part is experienced in mentor firms. Thus students have an opportunity to compare, combine and verify "theory" and "practice" instantly and develop capability to transfer the acquired knowledge and skills into practice.
The Extreme Searcher's Guide to Web Search Engines: A Handbook for the Serious Searches, 1st edition
Authors: Randolph Hock
Venue:  (1999)

:Hock gives an "under-the-hood" look at such popular search engines as AltaVista, Yahoo!, HotBot, Dogpile, Northern Light, and more. In addition to information on how search engines work, what to realistically expect from a search engine, and search engine add-ons, there are tips and techniques for efficient and effective searching on every page.
Numerical Solution of Implicit Neutral Functional Differential Equations
Authors: Yunkang Liu
Venue: SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis (1999)

This paper is concerned with the numerical solution of implicit neutral functional differential equations. Based on the continuous Runge--Kutta method (for ordinary differential equations) and the collocation method (for functional equations), two general one-step methods are formulated and their uniform order of approximation is discussed. Numerical stability of a class of Runge--Kutta-collocation methods is analyzed. In the case where a neutral equation can be expressed in an explicit as well as an implicit form, the advantage of constructing a numerical scheme directly from the implicit form is explained theoretically and demonstrated by a numerical example.
The Ultimate History of Video Games: From Pong to Pokemon--the Story behind the Craze That Touched Our Lives and Changed the World
Authors: Steven L. Kent
Venue:  (2001)

:With all the whiz, bang, pop and shimmer of a glowing arcade, The Ultimate History of Video Games reveals everything you ever wanted to know and more about the unforgettable games that changed the world, the visionaries who made them, and the fanatics who played them. From the arcade to television and from the PC to the handheld device, video games have entranced kids at heart for nearly 30 years. And author and gaming historian Steven L. Kent has been there to record the craze from the very beginning. This engrossing book tells the incredible tale of how this backroom novelty transformed into a cultural phenomenon. Through meticulous research and personal interviews with hundreds of industry luminaries, you'll read firsthand accounts of how yesterday's games like Space Invaders, Centipede, and Pac-Man helped create an arcade culture that defined a generation, and how today's empires like Sony, Nintendo, and Electronic Arts have galvanized a multibillion-dollar industry and a new generation of gamers. Inside, you'll discover:• The video game that saved Nintendo from bankruptcy• The serendipitous story of Pac-Man's design• The misstep that helped topple Atari's $2 billion-a-year empire• The coin shortage caused by Space Invaders• The fascinating reasons behind the rise, fall, and rebirth of Sega• And much more!Entertaining, addictive, and as mesmerizing as the games it chronicles, this book is a must-have for anyone who's ever touched a joystick.
A proposal for a computer security course
Authors: Jon Ander Elorriaga, Julián Gutiérrez, Jesús Ibáñez, Imanol Usandizaga
Venue: ACM SIGCSE Bulletin (1999)

Computer security is a relatively new subject in computer science curricula. We notice this in a moderate academic incidence or in an incomplete syllabus in most of the computer science teaching. The main goal of this article is to share the two years academic experience of the authors in this matter. The article makes a proposal for a first computer security subject. This proposal discusses theoretical and practical contents and the use of a different didactic methodology. Finally, the article refers to the positive results obtained on the students learning and acceptation of the contents taught and the used methodology. Marks and the results of a test made to the student population have confirmed this.
Simulation with Visual Slam and Awesim, 2nd edition
Authors: A. Alan Pritsker, Jean J. O'Reilly
Venue:  (1999)

:This text presents a process for problem resolution, policy crafting and decision making based on the use of modeling and simulation. Visual SLAM and AweSim are the programs described in this book to support and carry out this process. Input procedures and output reports are described in the 26 examples, 27 illustrations and hundreds of explanations of visual SLAM components. illustrations and 26 examples of Visual SLAM networks.
Effect of rare earth element additions on the microstructure and mechanical properties of tin-silver-bismuth solder
Authors: Zhidong Xia, Zhigang Chen, Yaowu Shi, Nan Mu, Na Sun
Venue: Journal of Electronic Materials (2002)

There are numerous intermetallic compounds (IMCs) with various shapes in a tin-silver-bismuth solder alloy. These IMCs can affect the mechanical properties of the solder and, therefore, the reliability of the joints. In this study, minimal rare earth elements added into the solder were adsorbed at the grain boundary of IMCs. This adsorption behavior changed the relationship between growth velocities of the various crystalline directions of the IMC polycrystalline, which resulted in finer particles and more uniform distribution of the IMC phase. The average size of IMC particles decreased from 0.20 µm to 0.12 µm, while their average distance decreased from 1.25 µm to 0.65 µm. These fine IMC particles made the alloy stronger and more ductile through dispersion strengthening.
MS Internet Explorer 4
Authors: Gary B. Shelly, Kurt A. Jordan, Thomas J. Cashman
Venue:  (1998)

:Part of the highly successful Shelly Cashman Series, this text offers a clear screen-by-screen, step-by-step approach to learning the fundamentals Internet Explorer 4.
Proceedings of the 8th ACM SIGPLAN-SIGACT symposium on Principles of programming languages
Venue: Annual Symposium on Principles of Programming Languages (1981)

The papers in this volume were presented at the Eighth Annual ACM Symposium on Principals of Programming Languages, sponsored jointly by SIGACT and SIGPLAN. One hundred twenty one papers were submitted for the Program Committee's consideration, from which those included in this volume were selected.
Practical use of a polymorphic applicative language
Authors: Butler W. Lampson, Eric E. Schmidt
Venue: Proceedings of the 10th ACM SIGACT-SIGPLAN symposium on Principles of programming languages (1983)

Assembling a large system from its component elements is not a simple task. An adequate notation for specifying this task must reflect the system structure, accommodate many configurations of the system and many versions as it develops, and be a suitable input to the many tools that support software development. The language described here applies the ideas of &lambda;-abstraction, hierarchical naming and type-checking to this problem. Some preliminary experience with its use is also given.
Artificial Life VII: Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Artificial Life
Authors: Mark A. Bedau, John S. McCaskill, Steen Rasmussen
Venue:  (2000)

:The term "artificial life" describes research into synthetic systems that possess some of the essential properties of life. This truly interdisciplinary field includes biologists, computer scientists, physicists, chemists, geneticists, and others. Artificial life may be viewed as an attempt to understand high-level behavior from low-level rules--for example, how the simple interactions between ants and their environment lead to complex trail-following behavior. An understanding of such relationships in particular systems can suggest novel solutions to complex real-world problems such as disease prevention, stock-market prediction, and data mining on the Internet. Since their inception in 1987, the Artificial Life meetings have grown from small workshops to truly international conferences, reflecting the field's increasing appeal to researchers in all areas of science.
Computing Essentials 2002-2003,Introductory Edition, 1st edition
Authors: Linda I. O'Leary, Timothy O'Leary
Venue:  (2002)

:Computing Essentials 2002-2003 offers a unique,visual orientation that gives students a basic understanding of computing concepts. Computing Essentials is one of the few books on the market that is written by a professor who still teaches the course every semester and loves it. While combining current topics and technology into a highly illustrated design geared to catch students' interest and motivate them,this text provides an accurate snapshot of computing today. When bundled with software application lab manuals,students are given a complete representation of the fundamental issues surrounding the personal computing environment.
Inside 3D Studio Max 2: Animation Vol. 3
Authors: George Maestri, Jeffrey Abouaf, Ralph Frantz, Hennequet, Angie Jones, Dennis Bradshaw, Jan-Erik Sjovall
Venue:  (1998)

:Inside 3D Studio MAX 2 Volume III: Animation is a real-world tutorial for the serious professional or student. This book takes users beyond the basic techniques of animating to provide detailed information that cannot be found anywhere else. The reader will master the high-end techniques by practicing the detailed tutorials, all of which are supplemented by models and textures on the book s CD-ROM.Kinetix 3D software owns two-thirds of the market for professional animation on the PCBud Lite, Tonka, America Online, Time Warner, Evian and Cadillac are among the list of Kinetix entertainment credits that use 3D Studio MaxCompletely restructured for Windows NT, this book teaches how to make professional animation special effects through hot techniques, tips, and hints from the industry s top artists and animators
Sams Teach Yourself HTML 4 in 24 Hours, 3rd edition
Authors: Dick Oliver, Molly E. Holzschlag
Venue:  (1998)

:Teach Yourself HTML in 24 Hours, Second Edition provides a quick step-by-step tutorial that is broken up into 24 short, one-hour chapters that are easy for the busy beginner to read and digest.Updated to cover all of the latest developments in HTML 4, Microsoft Internet Explorer 4, and Netscape Communicator 4 including Dynamic HTML and Cascading Style SheetsThe HTML Caf support site will be set up on the Sams Web site, providing online examples from the book, easy access to Web publishing shareware products, and updated materialShort, easy one-hour chapters are ideal for the busy beginner
System control: distributed simulation and control: the foundations
Authors: Wayne J. Davis
Venue: Proceedings of the 33nd conference on Winter simulation (2001)

This paper seeks a new simulation and execution paradigm for the design and operation of complex systems. An expanded life cycle for a simulation model is first provided. It is assumed that complex systems can be represented as systems of interacting subsystems, which evolve by executing tasks upon objects. Care is taken to distinguish the real world where process execution occurs from the virtual world where planning is addressed. It is illustrated that the ideal model should be able to both evaluate and control the sub-system that it addresses. The advantages of such approach are discussed with relation to both validation and execution needs. In particular, it is demonstrated that a distributed- controller based paradigm could provide significant advantages in the evaluation of the system using distributed simulation. This form of execution is also contrasted to evolving on-line simulation requirements that will support the real-time distributed management of these systems.
A Scaled Gauss--Newton Primal-Dual Search Direction for Semidefinite Optimization
Authors: E. de Klerk, J. Peng, C. Roos, T. Terlaky
Venue: SIAM Journal on Optimization (2000)

Interior point methods for semidefinite optimization (SDO) have recently been studied intensively, due to their polynomial complexity and practical efficiency. Most of these methods are extensions of linear optimization (LO) algorithms. As opposed to the LO case, there are several different ways of constructing primal-dual search directions in SDO. The usual scheme is to apply linearization in conjunction with symmetrization to the perturbed optimality conditions of the SDO problem. Symmetrization is necessary since the linearized system is overdetermined. A way of avoiding symmetrization is to find a least squares solution of the overdetermined system. Such a "Gauss--Newton" direction was investigated by Kruk et al. [The Gauss--Newton Direction in Semidefinite Programming, Research report CORR 98-16, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada, 1998] without giving any complexity analysis. In this paper we present a similar direction where a local norm is used in the least squares formulation, and we give a polynomial complexity analysis and computational evaluation of the resulting primal-dual algorithm.
TCP / IP Unleashed, 3rd edition
Authors: Karanjit S. Siyan, Timothy Parker
Venue:  (2002)

:TCP/IP Unleashed, Third Edition, explains the features and complexities of the TCP/IP protocol suite in a comprehensive, logical format. The book is designed for easy reference and incorporates step-by-step guidelines and configuration examples to enhance the reader's learning experience. Our expert authors walk through the fundamentals of TCP/IP before moving on to more challenging topics including naming and addressing, IPv6, routing, implementation, TCP/IP applications, and TCP/IP network administration. TCP/IP Unleashed has been revised to include the latest implementation information and real-world experiences, including configuring TCP/IP for Linux and Windows 2000 systems.
Efficient Implementation of the Truncated-Newton Algorithm for Large-Scale Chemistry Applications
Authors: Dexuan Xie, Tamar Schlick
Venue: SIAM Journal on Optimization (1999)

To efficiently implement the truncated-Newton (TN) optimization method for large-scale, highly nonlinear functions in chemistry, an unconventional modified Cholesky (UMC) factorization is proposed to avoid large modifications to a problem-derived preconditioner, used in the inner loop in approximating the TN search vector at each step. The main motivation is to reduce the computational time of the overall method: large changes in standard modified Cholesky factorizations are found to increase the number of total iterations, as well as computational time, significantly. Since the UMC may generate an indefinite, rather than a positive definite, effective preconditioner, we prove that directions of descent still result. Hence, convergence to a local minimum can be shown, as in classic TN methods, for our UMC-based algorithm. Our incorporation of the UMC also requires changes in the TN inner loop regarding the negative-curvature test (which we replace by a descent direction test) and the choice of exit directions. Numerical experiments demonstrate that the unconventional use of an indefinite preconditioner works much better than the minimizer without preconditioning or other minimizers available in the molecular mechanics package CHARMM. Good performance of the resulting TN method for large potential energy problems is also shown with respect to the limited-memory BFGS method, tested both with and without preconditioning.
Embracing Insanity: Open Source Software Development
Authors: Russell Pavlicek
Venue:  (2000)

:In this book, you will learn where the Open Source movement comes from and what motivates its adherents. You will be introduced to the culture that fuels the movement, as well as the personalities and organizations that promote its growth. You will also understand the strengths of the Open Source movement and how it changes the way in which software is written. In addition, people and organizations wishing to participate in the Open Source world will be given a guide regarding what to do - and what not to do - and why. You do not need to be a technical wizard to read this book. It does not matter if you are an IT manager, a programmer, or just someone who is interested in new trends in technology. This book will peel away the mystery and misunderstandings surrounding the Open Source movement.
Everybody's Business, 1st edition
Authors: Adrian Hodges, David Grayson
Venue:  (2002)

:Delivering a wealth of compelling data on global change, this is the perfect book for learning how to manage risk and opportunity in today's global society. Everybody's Business provides compelling evidence to show how revolutionary change across the globe  in technology, markets, demographics, and popular values  is impacting on companies. It highlights rising expectations from key stakeholders, who demand transparency and accountability throughout a product's lifecycle and along extended supply chains. The job of a manager is this fast-moving business environment is both exhilarating and perilous, as companies remain largely unprepared for the effect on their operations. Everybody's Business is vital for anyone who wants to understand and successfully manage these challenges. The book demonstrates how significant business risks and opportunities are created as crucial management issues emerge in the areas of ecology and environment, health and well-being, diversity and human rights, and communities. It shows how these issues, previously regarded as marginal to success, are now at the forefront of business, and guides the manger through the implications for their organization  for business strategy, for major job functions, for different industry sectors, and for those running small and medium-sized companies. A practical handbook, Everybody's Business brings theory to life with examples of companies that recognize the importance of the emerging management issues and plan accordingly, and companies who count the cost of failing to do so. The final section includes a seven-step process for minimizing risks and maximizing opportunities, giving mangers the expertise to make positive changes in business that can also impact beneficially on society. Author Biography: Adrian Hodges directs the Americas operation of The Prince of Wales International Business Leaders Forum (PWIBLF). He specializes in issues of corporate social responsibility as they relate to international business strategy and practice. He has managerial experience in business, local government, and non-governmental organizations, and was worldwide Head of Corporate Communications for The Body Shop International. David Grayson is a director of Business in the Community and of the pubic affairs consultancy EPPA. He has led a number of private-public institutions concerned with small business, disability, and business development. He is a regular speaker to businesses and business schools internationally. Between them, the author's have 40 years' experience in the private, public, and non-profit sectors, working around the world with international business leaders and managers to help them understand and respond to rising expectations and emerging management issues. Everybody's Business is published in association with The Prince of Wales International Business Leaders Forum and Business in the Community. It is sponsored by the public affairs consultancy EPPA.