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Passive estimation of TCP round-trip times
Authors: Hao Jiang, Constantinos Dovrolis
Venue: ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review (2002)

We propose and evaluate a passive measurement methodology that estimates the distribution of Round-Trip Times (RTTs) for the TCP connections that flow through a network link. Such an RTT distribution is important in buffer provisioning, configuration of active queue management, and detection of congestion unresponsive traffic. The proposed methodology is based on two techniques. The first technique is applicable to TCP caller-to-callee flows, and it is based on the 3-way handshake messages. The second technique is applicable to callee-to-caller flows, when the callee transfers a number of MSS segments to the caller, and it is based on the slow-start phase of TCP. The complete estimation algorithm reports an RTT for 55-85% of the TCP workload, in terms of bytes, in the traces that we examined. Verification experiments show that about 90% of the passive measurements are within 10% or 5ms, whichever is larger, of the RTT that ping would measure. Also, measurements on several NLANR traces show that the two estimation techniques agree within 25ms for 70-80% of the processed TCP connections. We also apply the estimation methodology on a number of NLANR traces and examine the variability of the measured RTT distributions in both short and long timescales.
HTML 4.0: No Experience Required
Authors: E. Stephen MacK, Janan Platt
Venue:  (1997)

:Master the entire range of HTML features. HTML is an evolving standard, and this book brings you completely up-to-date, using hands-on examples to teach you everything from the basic tags to the powerful capabilities associated with style sheets, multimedia, Java, JavaScript, Dynamic HTML, and the latest browsers from Netscape and Microsoft.
Netobjects Fusion 2 for Windows & MacIntosh (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Authors: Gillian Hall, Mark Wheeler
Venue:  (1997)

:With NetObjects Fusion, designers need not mess with direct HTML coding; instead, everything a Web builder needs is available through intuitive graphic toolbars and menu selections. NetObjects Fusion 2 is a visual program, which fits the easy-to-learn approach taken by this guide. The book moves beyond application-specific discussion to include planning structure, designing look and feel, creating content, and managing a site.
Firebrands: Building Brand Loyalty in the Internet Age
Authors: Michael Moon, Doug Millison
Venue:  (2002)

:Firebrands unveils beginning-to-end strategies for strengthening your company's brand online and building customer loyalty. Focusing on two dozen case studies including IBM, Yahoo!, Fed Ex, and Amazon.com, and offering an in-depth explanation of digital branding, this insightful book illustrates some of the best practices carried out by today's top online brands. Expert authors Michael Moon and Doug Millison identify and analyze branding successes and failures and provide a roadmap for implementing effective brand-building strategies. In today's ever-changing digital environment, this book is an invaluable tool for anyone interested in understanding what makes eBusiness work.
Little Mac Book, 4th edition
Authors: Robin Williams
Venue:  (1995)

:The bestselling introduction to the Macintosh is back! Universally endorsed by Mac pros, you won't find an easier to use introduction for newcomers to the Macintosh. Like its bestselling predecessors, The Little Mac Book, 4th Ed. covers the basics of Mac operation in language so clear, even the veteran user will find it indispensable.
Sams Teach Yourself Jbuilder 2 in 21 Days, 1st edition
Authors: Don Doherty, Michelle M. Manning
Venue:  (1998)

:Teach Yourself JBuilder 2 in 21 Days will be a tutorial in the format of the other best selling Teach Yourself books. It presents information on JBuilder 2 and teaches readers how to use it to develop. Since JBuilder s programming language is Java, Teach Yourself JBuilder 2 in 21 Days will also teach the reader how to program with Java within JBuilder development environment, touching on the Java fundamentals and the object-oriented approach.Will teach the reader how to use the JBuildere 2 development environment to do Java programming. It does not assume the reader already knows JavaJBuilder 2 is Borland International s updated graphical development environment that uses the Java programming language and is compatible with Sun s JDK 1.2JBuilder has built an excellent reputation in the Java development market in the tradition of Delphi and C++ Builder. With its updated capabilities and release timed with Sun s JDK 1.2, it should gain even more ground in version 2
Direct load: dependence-linked dataflow resolution of load address and cache coordinate
Authors: Byung-Kwon Chung, Jinsuo Zhang, Jih-Kwon Peir, Shih-Chang Lai, Konrad Lai
Venue: Proceedings of the 34th annual ACM/IEEE international symposium on Microarchitecture (2001)

An increasing cache latency in future processors incurs profound performance impacts in spite of advanced out-of-order execution techniques. In this paper, we describe an early address resolution mechanism that accurately resolves both regular and irregular load addresses. The basic idea is to build dynamic dependence links from the instruction that updates the base register to the consumer load instructions. Once a new base address is available, it triggers calculations of the new load addresses for dependent loads. Furthermore, the exact cache location of the requested data is predicted based on the newly resolved load address. As a result, this direct load can access the data cache directly to achieve a zero-cycle load latency. Performance evaluation using SPEC integer programs shows that the dynamic dependence links can be established accurately. Combined with stride-based predictor, the proposed early address resolution achieves about 97% average accuracy with less than 1% misprediction. Based on a modified SimpleScalar model, the proposed method can potentially improve IPC by about 18%.
Maximum Norm A Posteriori Error Estimates for a One-Dimensional Convection-Diffusion Problem
Authors: Natalia Kopteva
Venue: SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis (2001)

A singularly perturbed quasi-linear two-point boundary value problem with an exponential boundary layer is discretized on arbitrary nonuniform meshes using first- and second-order difference schemes, including upwind schemes. We give first- and second-order maximum norm a posteriori error estimates that are based on difference derivatives of the numerical solution and hold true uniformly in the small parameter. Numerical experiments support the theoretical results.
Excel X for MAC OS X: Visual QuickStart Guide
Authors: Maria Langer
Venue:  (2002)

:UntitledExcel X for Mac OS X is the model OS X app, from its Aqua interface to its complete support for OS X's modern architecture. In Excel X for Mac OSX: Visual QuickStart Guide, author Maria Langer, veteran Mac writer andconsultant, walks you through all that's new and noteworthy in Microsoft'sspreadsheet powerhouse, dispensing lots of expert tips along the way.Maria knows you're a busy professional. That's why Excel X for Mac OS X:VQS was designed to let you learn as you work. Use it as aquick-reference guide: Just look up a topic in the indexor use the pagetabs to thumb to itthen follow the simple, concise steps and check yourresults against the accompanying screenshots. Newcomers can treat the book as a step-by-step introduction to Excel, starting with the basics, thenmoving on to more advanced techniques, such as inserting objects andmultimedia events, creating charts and graphs, and publishing spreadsheets to the Web.
The Software Publishers Association Legal Guide to Multimedia, 1st edition
Authors: Thomas J. Smedinghoff, Software Publishers Association
Venue:  (1994)

:issues involved in merging code and content, you will want this guide to be nearby." --From the Foreword by Ken Wasch, Executive Director of the Software Publishers Association A
Internetworking Troubleshooting Handbook, 2nd edition
Authors: Kevin Downes
Venue:  (2001)

:Cisco¿s TAC teamthe elite of troubleshooting professionalshave reviewed and revised the first edition of Internetwork Troubleshooting Handbook to ensure that today¿s internetworking professionals will be able to solve everyday problems in their networks. This book provides the information necessary to troubleshoot many problems commonly encountered in internetworks using Cisco hardware and software products, enabling readers to diagnose and resolve specific problems common to every network type. It will help readers reduce downtime, improve network performance, and enhance network reliability using proven troubleshooting solutions. Readers will be able to make intelligent, timely, and cost-effective networking decisions for their networking environments. Each section of the book is devoted to problems common to a specific protocol or topology. Sections are subdivided into symptoms, descriptions of environments, diagnosing and isolating problem causes, and problem-solution summaries
Approximating semi-structured data with different errors using support vector machine regression
Authors: A. Crampton, J. C. Mason, D. A. Turner
Venue: Mathematical Methods for Curves and Surfaces: Oslo 2000 (2001)

In this paper we present a new algorithm for approximating data that lie on a set of curved paths by using support vector machine (SVM) regression. The algorithm is designed to exploit the structure inherent in the abscissae, which is done by fitting a tensor-product surface to the data. This allows substantial computational savings to be made. In addition, it is assumed that the measurements made along each curved path may be corrupted by different levels or types of noise. SVM regression is ideally suited to cope with this type of problem, and we show how the algorithm can be modified to overcome any difficulties caused by different types of noise in the data.
Interactive Computing Series: Microsoft Excel 2000 Introductory Edition, 1st edition
Authors: Kenneth C. Laudon, Kenneth Rosenblatt, Michael W. Domis
Venue:  (1999)

: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.
Optimal Two-Dimensional Finite Difference Grids Providing Superconvergence
Authors: Nail K. Yamaleev
Venue: SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing (2001)

A novel multidimensional grid adaptation method based on minimization of the leading truncation error term of arbitrary second- and higher-order finite difference approximations is proposed. The method does not explicitly require the truncation error estimate, but increases the design order of approximation globally by one, so that the same finite difference operator is superconvergent on the optimal grid. If the differential operator and the metric coefficients are evaluated identically by some hybrid approximation, the single optimal grid generator can be used in the entire computational domain and does not depend on points where the hybrid discretization switches from one approximation to another. If one family of the coordinate lines is given a priori, then the analytical optimal mapping is constructed for any consistent second-order finite difference approximation of $\nabla f$ in two dimensions. The present approach can be extended directly to nonlinear partial differential equations and three dimensions. Numerical calculations show that the truncation error obtained on the two-dimensional optimal grid is both superconvergent and reduced by several orders of magnitude in comparison with the uniform grid results for all the test examples considered.
Microsoft Transaction Server: Roger Jennings' Database Workshop with Cdrom
Authors: Steven D. Gray, Roger Jennings
Venue:  (1997)

:This step-by-step workshop provides you with a solid understanding of Microsoft Transaction Server and its supporting technologies. With the in depth information and detailed exercises contained in Roger Jennings' Database Workshop Microsoft Transaction Server 2.0, you will develop and implement components for transaction processing. With the help of the accompanying CD-ROM, you will create scalable robust, and flexible three-tier client/server applications for both the enterprise and the Internet.
Models of light reflection for computer synthesized pictures
Authors: James F. Blinn
Venue: ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics (1977)

In the production of computer generated pictures of three dimensional objects, one stage of the calculation is the determination of the intensity of a given object once its visibility has been established. This is typically done by modelling the surface as a perfect diffuser, sometimes with a specular component added for the simulation of hilights. This paper presents a more accurate function for the generation of hilights which is based on some experimental measurements of how light reflects from real surfaces. It differs from previous models in that the intensity of the hilight changes with the direction of the light source. Also the position and shape of the hilights is somewhat different from that generated by simpler models. Finally, the hilight function generates different results when simulating metallic vs. nonmetallic surfaces. Many of the effects so generated are somewhat subtle and are apparent only during movie sequences. Some representative still frames from such movies are included.
Incremental Least Squares Methods and the Extended Kalman Filter
Authors: Dimitri P. Bertsekas
Venue: SIAM Journal on Optimization (1996)

In this paper we propose and analyze nonlinear least squares methods which process the data incrementally, one data block at a time. Such methods are well suited for large data sets and real time operation and have received much attention in the context of neural network training problems. We focus on the extended Kalman filter, which may be viewed as an incremental version of the Gauss--Newton method. We provide a nonstochastic analysis of its convergence properties, and we discuss variants aimed at accelerating its convergence.
Learning on Silicon: Adaptive VLSI Neural Systems
Authors: Magdy A. Bayoumi
Venue:  (1999)

:Learning on Silicon combines models of adaptive information processing in the brain with advances in microelectronics technology and circuit design. The premise is to construct integrated systems not only loaded with sufficient computational power to handle demanding signal processing tasks in sensory perception and pattern recognition, but also capable of operating autonomously and robustly in unpredictable environments through mechanisms of adaptation and learning.. "As the first comprehensive treatment on the subject, Learning on Silicon serves as a reference for beginners and experienced researchers alike. It provides excellent material for an advanced course, and a source of inspiration for continued research towards building intelligent adaptive machines.
An implementation of a query language supporting path expressions
Authors: Sue M. Dintelman, A. Timothy Maness
Venue: Proceedings of the 1982 ACM SIGMOD international conference on Management of data (1982)

This paper describes the query language of the Genealogical Information System (GENISYS) which provides users with a high level, relational-like view of their data combined with the ability to reference attributes in associated relations by specifying paths from source relations to target relations. The emphasis in the presentation is on the use and implementation of the link selectors used for specifying paths between relations. Link selectors allow users a convenient mechanism for formulating multiple relation queries which are often complex in other query languages.
Handling semantic heterogeneities using declarative agreements
Authors: Isabel F. Cruz, Afsheen Rajendran, William Sunna, Nancy Wiegand
Venue: Proceedings of the 10th ACM international symposium on Advances in geographic information systems (2002)

The focus of this paper is on interoperability issues to achieve data integration in distributed databases for geographic applications. Our concrete application is in the context of the State of Wisconsin Land Information System (WLIS). In WLIS, data is stored in XML using independently maintained local databases. However, answers to many queries must span several databases. Our approach is based on the existence of a central ontology and on declarative transformations, called \it agreements, between the schemas of the local databases and the central ontology. Using our approach, end users can seamlessly query and aggregate semantically related data that is available throughout the state using a visual interface. An expert at the site of the local database uses another visual interface to specify the agreement between that database and the ontology. Our approach has been fully developed and tested.
History of the Internet: A Chronology, 1843 to the Present
Authors: Christos J. Moschovitis, Hilary Poole, Theresa M. Senft
Venue:  (1999)

:Just try to imagine the world without the Internet. Yet in the early 1990s, hardly any of us knew it existed. What even fewer know is that its roots stretch back well into the nineteenth century. It's true - and this work takes you through the twists and turns, accidents, and leaps of faith that now enable us to sit at our computers and reach practically every other computer on the globe.
Development and the Information Age: Four Global Scenarios for the Future of Information and Communication Technology
Authors: John Howkins, Robert Valantin
Venue:  (1998)

:This book dares to think the unthinkable and ask the unaskable.In June 1996, experts from around the world gathered to consider the Information Revolution and its effect on the Third World. This panel was asked to consider the following question: Can advancing technologies help balance the scales of development between the "industrialized" and "developing" countries of the world?Development and the Information Age is the answer to that question. The four scenarios presented here, The March of Follies, Cargo Cult, Netblocs, and Networld all present distinct futures with different measures of cooperation, protectionism, and preparedness. They provide a stark and realistic view of the relationship between the new information and communication technologies and the goal of sustainable and equitable development. This is a penetrating glimpse into the future of the information age.
Building Database Applications on the Web Using Php3
Authors: Craig Hilton, Jeff Willis, Bjorn Borud
Venue:  (1999)

From the Book:A good beginning makes a good ending. —English proverb We began developing Internet database applications several years ago. We tried most of the commercial database products. We found that the learning curve, coupled with seemingly endless product upgrades, worked together to discourage our efforts. (Just keeping our network running was hard enough, let alone trying to juggle an off-site database development environment!) Within a week of discovering PHP3, we were converts. Could anything really work this well? We found the learning curve to be gradual. The performance statistics were comparable to everything else we were using. And it is open source! As the proverb suggests, "a good beginning" does indeed make for "a good ending." The robust syntax of PHP3, its broad database connectivity, and the worldwide user support base were strong factors in our adoption of PHP as one of our development standards. To see for yourself, take a 30-minute "test drive" by logging onto www.php123.com. You will need the ID available on the CD. Turn to Chapter 3 in the book and type in "Example 1." Then run your example. Your real-world application example is worth ten thousand words. We think you will be as pleased as we were with what you find. No excuses, jump to www.php123.com now! For readers who are already PHP3 users, we hope you will find this book useful as a comprehensive reference guide. We included virtually every important function, with sections on syntax and user functions. We omitted detailed examples on certain arcane or highly specialized functions that we felt would not be useful in theaverage development effort. For the most part, the Language and Function Reference contains examples the authors have developed to demonstrate actual working snippets of logic. These examples are not a reprinting of the on-line technical documentation! The book emphasizes applications using PostgresSQL and MySQL, two powerful database management systems. This is not to say that PHP3 can't use Oracle, Sybase, Informix, and Microsoft SQL Server—quite the contrary, all are supported at the native access levels by PHP3. We had only so many pages to work with, and since all database functions are similar, we have not included detailed examples of these in this book. Examples are found on the Readers Only web site. Suggestions or additions? We welcome and encourage your feedback. PHP3 is a collective effort and this is a collective book. The acknowledgment section gives lists of people whose collective efforts have built and continue to maintain PHP3, and of others who have been so helpful in this bookIs preparation and development. So, what is PHP3 anyway? In short, PHP3 is a server-side programming environment that lets you mix HTML and script code. The scripting language resembles C and Perl. Because PHP3 was specifically designed to be a server-side scripting language for web servers, it offers a vast array of functions and behind-the-scenes magic to make common tasks easy. Read on. 1
SIGACT news complexity theory column 31
Authors: Lane A. Hemaspaandra
Venue: ACM SIGACT News (2001)

This issue's guest column, by Art Werschulz, is on information-based computation. Given that this arrived during the first half of December 2000, Art clearly deserves a heroic focus award for making the time to write such a wonderful column while every news cycle was filled with the ups and downs of a presidential post-election adventure the likes of which is not likely to be seen again in any of our lifetimes.Upcoming complexity theory columns include articles by: J. Castro, R. Gavald&agrave;, and D. Guijarro; S. Ravi Kumar and D. Sivakumar; R. Paturi; and M. Holzer and P. McKenzie.
Mobile Antenna Systems Handbook, Second Edition, 2nd edition
Authors: Kyohei Fujimoto, J. R. James
Venue:  (2001)

:This is an extensively revised and updated new edition of the best-selling Mobile Antenna Systems Handbook. Comprehensive, authoritative and practical, it provides the information you need to understand the relationship between the elements involved in antenna systems design for mobile communications. You get sound advice in choosing the appropriate antenna for any given requirement including antennas for ITS, access to the latest modeling formulas for macro, micro and pico cell propagation, and guidance on the latest RF safety standards and measurement techniques. Up-to-date information on adaptive base station and handset antenna design enables you to quickly achieve your design targets. From improved signal processing to more precise propagation methods, new sections provide you with cutting-edge design techniques that greatly increase system capacity and flexibility to deliver today's most sought-after mobile communication services. This detailed handbook contains over 470 illustrations and 190 equations.
Heart and Soul Internet Job Search: 7 Never-before-Published Secrets to Capturing Your Dream Job Using the Internet, 1st edition
Authors: Chuck Cochran, Donna Peerce
Venue:  (1999)

:This book presents over 99 powerful tips on using the Internet to chart career moves, giving readers a valuable jump start on the competition and enabling them to quickly find employment.