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Emergence of Artificial Cognition: An Introduction to Collective Learning
Authors: P. Bock
Venue:  (1993)

:An internationally recognized scientist presents his theories and associated technology for the coming generations of adaptive intelligent machines. In this extraordinary book, the pioneer of research in collective learning systems (an adaptive learning paradigm for artificial intelligence) describes the processes of cognition, postulates a fundamental adaptive building block for assembling very large scale collective learning systems (the learning cell), and proposes a design for the ultimate machine: a hierarchical network of 100 million learning cells that could exhibit the full range of cognitive capabilities of the human mind. The author predicts that using the classical "expert system" approach to create such a vast knowledge base would require thousands of years to program all the rules. As a feasible alternative, he explains how a massive collective learning system could achieve this goal in about 20 years, much as humans do. Based on natural biological precedents, a collective learning system acquires its knowledge through trial-and-error interaction with the real world. To put it all in proper perspective, the author introduces a theory of games for modeling the various processes of the universe, presents a futuristic glimpse of the creation of the first artificially cognitive being, and discusses the philosophical issues raised by the prospect of creating machines that exhibit human-like cognition. Two chapters are devoted to the design and evaluation of collective learning systems. The final chapter presents the remarkable results of an on-going international research project directed by the author, a parallel-processing collective learning system that simulates the sub-symbolic adaptive vision functions of the brain. 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
When experts agree: using non-affiliated experts to rank popular topics
Authors: Krishna Bharat, George A. Mihaila
Venue: ACM Transactions on Information Systems (TOIS) (2002)

In response to a query, a search engine returns a ranked list of documents. If the query is about a popular topic (i.e., it matches many documents), then the returned list is usually too long to view fully. Studies show that users usually look at only the top 10 to 20 results. However, we can exploit the fact that the best targets for popular topics are usually linked to by enthusiasts in the same domain. In this paper, we propose a novel ranking scheme for popular topics that places the most authoritative pages on the query topic at the top of the ranking. Our algorithm operates on a special index of "expert documents." These are a subset of the pages on the WWW identified as directories of links to non-affiliated sources on specific topics. Results are ranked based on the match between the query and relevant descriptive text for hyperlinks on expert pages pointing to a given result page. We present a prototype search engine that implements our ranking scheme and discuss its performance. With a relatively small (2.5 million page) expert index, our algorithm was able to perform comparably on popular queries with the best of the mainstream search engines.
Oracle8i for Linux Starter Kit (Book/CD-ROM Package)
Authors: Steve M. Bobrowski
Venue:  (2000)

:Oracle8i for Linux Starter Kit gives you everything you need to get started using Oracle8i on the Linux platform. This Starter Kit is a complete collection of tutorials and step-by-step guidelines that provides you with the key concepts and hands-on experience necessary to install and deploy Oracle8i on Linux. You'll learn to configure, administer, and tune a database system and master the fundamental skills required to build SQL, PL/SQL, and Java applications that interact with Oracle8i. 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
Windows 95 Quick and Easy, 2nd edition
Authors: Robert Cowart
Venue:  (1995)

:In just a few minutes, learn to navigate the Windows 95 desktop, run programs, and organize your files. Then, learn to use Windows 95 to create documents, send faxes, e-mail colleagues, or browse the Internet - even if you've never used Windows before. Each self-contained lesson explains how to perform one fundamental task. Straightforward explanations simplify every job, from starting up to customizing. Hundreds of full-color screen shots show you just what to expect. When your screen looks like the one in the book, you'll know it's right.
Information Warfare: Legal, Regulatory, Policy and Organizational Considerations for Assurance
Authors: DIANE Publishing Company
Venue:  (1995)

:Identifies current organizational & legal conditions as an early step in the formulation of an information protection strategy. Presents key organizations in a broad range encompassing international, national, state, local, public, private, & government. Areas examined are: information infrastructure; legal, regulatory, & policy environments; emerging technologies; & adversary capabilities. Can also be considerede a source book on information warfare/information assurance for stakeholders, & activities. 40 charts & tables. 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
Internet Explorer for Windows 95
Authors: Ned Snell
Venue:  (1996)

:Microsoft's Internet Explorer Web browsing software has taken the online world by storm. Now, with Dummies 101: Internet Explorer 3 For Windows 95, you can quickly master all the basics of using Explorer -- while learning a lot about the Internet and the World Wide Web in the process. Dummies 101: Internet Explorer 3 For Windows 95 offers complete coverage of Explorer 3.0, with plain-English, step-by-step lessons, fun quizzes, and part summaries that help reinforce what you've learned. Plus, on the Dummies 101: Companion CD, you'll find valuable software, including... AT T WorldNetSM Service for complete online access Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 Web browsing software, with built-in e-mail and newsgroup capabilities Utility programs and resources to help you make the most of the Internet With computing expert and professional author Ned Snell as your personal instructor, you'll discover how to Find the needle you're looking for in the Internet haystack Download software, images, sounds, and text Use the Internet as a telephone to make calls anywhere in the world Join live chats to meet new people, share ideas, and participate in special online events Protect your children from inappropriate material using Internet Explorer's Content Advisor feature
Reinventing Communication: A Guide to Using Visual Language for Planning, Problem Solving, and Reengineering
Authors: Larry F. Raymond
Venue:  (1994)

:This book introduces a new concept called visual language, a system of visual symbols that supplements words of communication and analysis and heightens creativity. It shows how visual language helps people communicate on a deeper level, reconcile opposing ideas, and set common objectives. The visual images are tools that help managers, trainers, team facilitators, and many others to renew their organizations, reengineer their processes, align human resources, and operate in a more efficient manner. Learn how other companies have benefitted from using visual language in their organizational activities. Use this book to understand research showing how the sense of sight can help people access visual thinking capabilities and the emotions that affect teamwork. This book shows how anyone can learn how to use visual languages and apply them to personal and professional applications to achieve positive results. 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
Topological mapping: a dimensionality reduction method for efficient video search
Authors: Zaher Aghbari, Kunihiko Kaneko, Akifumi Makinouchi
Venue: Proceedings of the 2002 ACM symposium on Applied computing (2002)

In this paper, we present a novel approach for efficient search of shots by the colors of objects that exist in the wanted shots. The idea is to map the color histogram, which represents the color content, of each object in the shot from the high-dimensional feature space into a point in a low-dimensional distance space. Then, a spatial access method, such as an R-tree, is used to cluster these points based on their distances in the low-dimensional space. Our mapping method, called topological mapping, guarantees no false dismissals in the result of a query. However, the result of a query might contain some false alarms. Hence, two refinement steps are performed to remove these false alarms. Comparative experiments show the superiority in efficiency of the topological mapping method over other methods.
Resilient overlay networks
Authors: David Andersen, Hari Balakrishnan, Frans Kaashoek, Robert Morris
Venue: Proceedings of the eighteenth ACM symposium on Operating systems principles (2001)

A Resilient Overlay Network (RON) is an architecture that allows distributed Internet applications to detect and recover from path outages and periods of degraded performance within several seconds, improving over today's wide-area routing protocols that take at least several minutes to recover. A RON is an application-layer overlay on top of the existing Internet routing substrate. The RON nodes monitor the functioning and quality of the Internet paths among themselves, and use this information to decide whether to route packets directly over the Internet or by way of other RON nodes, optimizing application-specific routing metrics.Results from two sets of measurements of a working RON deployed at sites scattered across the Internet demonstrate the benefits of our architecture. For instance, over a 64-hour sampling period in March 2001 across a twelve-node RON, there were 32 significant outages, each lasting over thirty minutes, over the 132 measured paths. RON's routing mechanism was able to detect, recover, and route around all of them, in less than twenty seconds on average, showing that its methods for fault detection and recovery work well at discovering alternate paths in the Internet. Furthermore, RON was able to improve the loss rate, latency, or throughput perceived by data transfers; for example, about 5% of the transfers doubled their TCP throughput and 5% of our transfers saw their loss probability reduced by 0.05. We found that forwarding packets via at most one intermediate RON node is sufficient to overcome faults and improve performance in most cases. These improvements, particularly in the area of fault detection and recovery, demonstrate the benefits of moving some of the control over routing into the hands of end-systems.
Towards an understanding of model executability
Authors: Erwan Breton, Jean Bézivin
Venue: Proceedings of the international conference on Formal Ontology in Information Systems - Volume 2001 (2001)

Processes are a major concern of information system. They need thus to be defined as precisely as any other artefact of the system. Meta-modeling techniques have proved their relevance for addressing such issues. However, a process meta-model may not be restricted to the definition of a set of concepts, relations and assertions. As the purpose of a process is to be executed, the underlying execution rules have also to be made explicit. In this paper we attempt to identify the main characteristics of executable meta-models. This study is illustrated with a concrete example, a Petri nets meta-model.
Estimating software projects
Venue: ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes (2001)

Software Cost Estimation (SCE) continues to be a weak link in software project management. It is the responsibility of the project manager to make accurate estimations of effort and cost. This is particularly true for projects subject to competitive bidding where a bid too high compared with competitors would result in loosing the contract or a bid too low could result in a loss to the organization. From an estimate, the management often decides whether to proceed with the project. Industry has a need for accurate estimates of effort and size at a very early stage in a project. However, when software cost estimates are done early in the software development process the estimate can be based on wrong or incomplete requirements. Software cost estimate process is the set of techniques and procedures that organizations use to arrive at an estimate.Why SCE is difficult and error prone?- Software cost estimation requires a significant amount of effort to perform it correctly.- SCE is often done hurriedly, without an appreciation for the effort required.- You need experience at developing estimates, especially for large projects.- Human bias i.e. an Estimator is likely to consider how long a certain portion of the system would take, and then to merely extrapolate this estimate to the rest of the system, ignoring the non-linear aspects of software development.- Costs and schedules are often pre-determined by an outside source.- An in-depth analysis of the software development process w as no t undertaken or in many cases, is not fully understood- There is a general lack of acceptance that developing software is an expensive endeavor.The causes of poor and inaccurate estimation are: (a) imprecise and drifting requirements. (b) New software projects are nearly always different form the last. (c) Software practitioners don't collect enough information about past projects. (d) Estimates are forced to match the resources available.The software estimation process discussed in this paper describes the steps required for establishing initial software Life Cycle Cost estimates and then tracking and refining those estimates throughout the life of the project. Establishment of this process early in the life cycle will result in greater accuracy and credibility of estimates and a clearer understanding of the factors that influence software development costs.
Methods for measuring search engine performance over time
Authors: Judit Bar-Ilan
Venue: Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (2002)

This study introduces methods for evaluating search engine performance over a time period. Several measures are defined, which as a whole describe search engine functionality over time. The necessary setup for such studies is described, and the use of these measures is illustrated through a specific example. The set of measures introduced here may serve as a guideline for the search engines for testing and improving their functionality. We recommend setting up a standard suite of measures for evaluating search engine performance.
NHL 2k, 4th edition
Authors: Keith M. Kolmos
Venue:  (2000)

:Get the most out of NHL-approved NHL 2K with the aid of Prima's Official Strategy Guide. This game provides realistic and hard-hitting action, with moves from pro players. The guide has information on offensive and defensive play books, bios and stats on each player, and multiplayer strategies. Don't be left in the penalty box without NHL 2K: Prima's Official Strategy Guide.
Capturing analytic thought
Authors: John D. Lowrance, Ian W. Harrison, Andres C. Rodriguez
Venue: Proceedings of the 1st international conference on Knowledge capture (2001)

The survival of an enterprise often rests upon its ability to make correct and timely decisions, despite the complexity and uncertainty of the environment. Because of the difficulty of employing and scaling formal methods in this context, decision makers typically resort to informal methods, sacrificing structure and rigor. We are developing a new methodology that retains the ease of use, the familiarity, and (some of) the free-form nature of informal methods, while benefiting from the rigor, structure, and potential for automation characteristic of formal methods. Our approach records analysts' thinking in a corporate knowledge base consisting of structured arguments. The foundation of this knowledge base is an ontology of arguments that includes two main types of formal objects: argument templates and arguments. An argument template records an analytic method as a hierarchically structured set of interrelated questions, and an argument instantiates an argument template by answering the questions posed relative to a specific situation. This methodology emphasizes the use of simple inference structures as the foundation of its argument templates, making it possible for analysts to independently author new templates. When authoring an argument template, the analyst can choose to embed discovery tools, which are recommended methods of acquiring information pertaining to the questions posed. An analyst wanting to record an argument selects an appropriate template, uses the discovery tools to retrieve potentially relevant information, selects that information to retain as evidence and records its relevance, answers the questions, and records the rationale for the answers. The result is a recorded line of reasoning that breaks down the problem, bottoming out at the documents and other forms of information that were used as evidence to support the answers. The resulting collection of arguments and templates constitutes a corporate memory of analytic thought that can be directly exploited by analysts or automated methods.
Introduction to 3d AutoCAD: Releases 12 and 13, 1st edition
Authors: Alf Yarwood
Venue:  (1997)

:An Introduction to 3D AutoCAD Releases 12 and 13 is a complete coursebook for those who are already conversant in constructing two-dimensional (2D) drawings and who wish to create three-dimensional (3D) models using AutoCAD Release 12 or 13. The book guides the reader through a logical sequence of study assuming no previous knowledge. The book begins by describing the construction of 3D models within AutoCAD and goes on to explain all the package's basic features with step-by-step instructions. The large number of exercises and questions, illustrated with many screen dumps and examples of 3D models, allow the reader to practice the techniques presented and clearly demonstrate the use and full capabilities of the software. 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
The Cognitive Brain
Authors: Arnold Trehub
Venue:  (1994)

:The Cognitive Brain provides an original account of many aspects of cognition. It explains, in terms of specified neuronal mechanisms and systems, how the human brain does its cognitive work. Trehub's detailed model of the cognitive brain covers functions such as learning, imagery, stereopsis, pattern recognition, scene assembly, analysis of spatial relations, object search, semantic processing, narrative comprehension, planning, and motivation. A diverse body of neurophysiological, psychological, and clinical findings is presented in support of the model, and a variety of computer simulation tests demonstrates its competence. 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
Life After Television
Authors: George Gilder
Venue:  (1992)

:In his visionary new book George Gilder brilliantly and persuasively outlines the sweeping new developments in computer and fiber optic technology that spell certain death to traditional television and telephony. In their places, he argues, will emerge a new paradigm in which people-to-people communications give way to links among computers to be found in every home and office. The rise of the telecomputer (or "teleputer") will utterly transform the way we do business, educate our children, and spend our leisure time, and will imperil such large, centralized, top-down organizations as cable networks, phone companies, government bureaucracies, and multinational corporations. The stultifying influence of the mass media will give way to the power of the individual and the spread of democracy - and all through a technology in which America leads the world. The paperback edition of Life After Television has been completely revised and expanded to include almost fifty percent material new to this edition. George Gilder's liberating book is now, more than ever, an essential tool for a richer, more prosperous future for all citizens of the Computer Age.
Novell's CNA Study Guide for NetWare 5
Authors: David James Clarke
Venue:  (1999)

:To pass the CNA certification exam, you need more than product knowledge. You need the product experience that is the mark of the true CNA. Packed with tested techniques, real-world scenarios, and hands-on lab exercises. Novell's CNA Study Guide for NetWare" 5 brings you practical know-how that is essential for success. With years of Novell instruction under his belt, David Clarke won't waste your time. His unique, entertaining style is guaranteed to keep you alert and learning through hours of studying.
Late Night Activex
Authors: Eric Tall
Venue:  (1996)

:Windows developers: Enhance your Intranet and Internet development projects. Get the attention of your users and communicate more effectively. Transform existing applications into rich, interactive Web content. Late Night ActiveX gives you a solid introduction to the underlying principles and techniques you need to exploit the power of current ActiveX components. Master ActiveX tools Learn how ActiveX components interact Save time adapting key programs to work in the new integrated desktop/Web environment Build functionality into your commercial Windows apps Jumpstart your efforts--all sample code and tools are loaded on the accompanying CD-ROM 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
Developing Your as/400 Internet Strategy
Authors: Alan Arnold
Venue:  (1997)

:Address the issues unique to deploying AS/400 on the Internet. Includes procedures for configuring AS/400 TCP/IP, and which client and server technologies the AS/400 supports natively. Don't put precious corporate data and systems in harm's way. Arnold shows you how to reconcile the AS/400 security-conscious mindset with the less secure philosophy of the Internet community. This enterprise-class tutorial evaluates the AS/400 as an Internet server, and teaches you how to design, program, and manage your Web home page.