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Truth, Lies, and Trust on the Internet, 1st edition
Authors: Joinson/Whitty
Venue:  (2008)

The Internet is often presented as an unsafe or untrustworthy space: where children are preyed upon by paedophiles, cannibals seek out victims, offline relationships are torn apart by online affairs and where individuals are addicted to gambling, love, and cybersex. While many of these stories are grounded in truth, they do paint a rather sensationalized view of the Internet, the types of people who use it, and the interactions that take place online. Simultaneously, researchers claim that the Internet allows individuals to express their true selves, to develop 'hyperpersonal' relationships characterised by high levels of intimacy and closeness. At the heart of these competing visions of the Internet as a social space are the issues of truth, lies and trust. This book offers a balanced view of the Internet by presenting empirical data conducted by social scientists, with a concentrated focus on psychological studies. It argues that the Internet's anonymity which can enable, for instance, high levels of self-disclosure in a relationship, is also responsible for many of its more negative outcomes such as deception and flaming. This is the first book to develop a coherent model of the truth-lies paradox, with specific reference to the critical role of trust. Truth, Lies and Trust on the Internet is a useful text for psychology students and academics interested in Internet behaviour, technology, and online deviant behaviour, and related courses in sociology, media studies and information studies.
Synthetic Modeling and Control of Networked Control Systems with Multi-packet Transmission
Authors: Huiying Chen, Wanliang Wang, Zuxin Li
Venue: Proceedings of the 2009 International Conference on Advanced Computer Control (2009)

For the multi-packet transmission networked control systems with uncertain short time delay and data dropouts, system modeling and control problem is studied on the condition that packet transmission using dynamic scheduling strategy. Supposing that the packet transmission process has the markov characteristic, it is modeled as a class of discrete markov jumping system with parameter uncertainty. The sufficient condition for the mean square asymptotic stability of the system is derived based on the linear matrix inequality (LMI) approach, a state feedback controller design method is also provided. Simulation result shows the validity of the method.
Global defensive alliances in star graphs
Authors: Cheng-Ju Hsu, Fu-Hsing Wang, Yue-Li Wang
Venue: Discrete Applied Mathematics (2009)

A defensive alliance in a graph G=(V,E) is a set of vertices S@?V satisfying the condition that, for each v@?S, at least one half of its closed neighbors are in S. A defensive alliance S is called a critical defensive alliance if any vertex is removed from S, then the resulting vertex set is not a defensive alliance any more. An alliance S is called global if every vertex in V(G)@?S is adjacent to at least one member of the alliance S. In this paper, we shall propose a way for finding a critical global defensive alliance of star graphs. After counting the number of vertices in the critical global defensive alliance, we can derive an upper bound to the size of the minimum global defensive alliances in star graphs.
Unifying Themes in Complex Systems, Vol. IIIA: Overview
Authors: Ali A. Minai, Yaneer Bar-Yam
Venue: New England Complex Systems Institute Series On Complexity (2007)

In recent years, scientists have applied the principles of complex systems science to increasingly diverse fields. The results have been nothing short of remarkable: their novel approaches have provided answers to long-standing questions in biology, ecology, physics, engineering, computer science, economics, psychology and sociology. The Third International Conference on Complex Systems attracted over 400 researchers from around the world. The conference aimed to encourage cross-fertilization between the many disciplines represented and to deepen our understanding of the properties common to all complex systems.
Data bases: uncontrollable or uncontrolled?
Authors: Cheryl M. Traver
Venue: Proceedings of the May 6-10, 1974, national computer conference and exposition (1974)

In the last two years the "data base" concept has received as much management publicity as did "Management by Objectives" in the years just prior. The popularity of and recognition given to the power of computing in recent years, coupled with increased awareness of the role the enlightened manager should assume, have encouraged one installation after another to acquire a data base system in the pursuit of modern techniques for information retrieval. As both hardware and software have become cheaper and more widely available, the decision has become easier to make; thus the apparent need for foresight and planning has declined. Unfortunately, all too many people are now seeing the entire data base technology as an impossible dream and discrediting the concept as an expensive toy devised by the ever-hungry computer vendors. This trend is summarized in a brochure for a current seminar on data bases: "No subject in computing history has had the import of data base, nor disaster stories of equal magnitude." And yet the "disasters" are not necessary. With proper foresight and planning and continued supervision, a data base system can produce all the results it promises. 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
Creating and using non-kinetic effects: training joint forces for asymmetric operations
Authors: Hugh Henry, Robert G. Chamberlain
Venue: Proceedings of the 40th Conference on Winter Simulation (2008)

US military forces now face asymmetric military operations. Management of relationships with civilians is often crucial to success. Local population groups can provide critical intelligence or be sources of increasingly violent insurgent activity. A variety of organizations that are neither citizens nor military forces complicate the scenario. Mission readiness and rehearsal training are evolving to respond to this new operating environment. In particular, the Joint Land Component Constructive Training Capability (JLCCTC) adds the Joint Non-kinetic Effects Model (JNEM) and the Independent Stimulation Module (ISM) to any of several combat models. JNEM models the non-kinetic effects of joint military operations on the attitudes and reactions of civilian population groups. ISM manages the flow and delivery of information. All components of JLCCTC communicate in real time during training. Commanders learn that appropriate actions improve the situation (e.g., better cooperation) and inappropriate actions make things worse (e.g., increased numbers of insurgents).
Graphisme tactile appliqu&eacute; aux illustrations de manuels scolaires &agrave; l'usage d'enfants ayant une d&eacute;ficience visuelle
Authors: Grégory Petit, Aude Dufresne, Vincent Levesque, Vincent Hayward, Nicole Trudeau
Venue: Proceedings of the 20th International Conference of the Association Francophone d'Interaction Homme-Machine (2008)

This article presents research on making schoolbook illustrations accessible for students with visual impairment. The MaskGen system was developed to interactively transpose illustrations of schoolbooks into tactile graphics. A methodology was designed to transpose the graphics and prepare them to be displayed on the STReSS, a refreshable tactile device. We experimented different associations of tactile rendering and audio feedbacks to find a model that children with visual impairment could use. We experimented with three scientific graphics (diagram, bar chart and map) with forty participants: twenty sighted adults, ten adults with visual impairment, and ten children with visual impairment. Results show that the participants with visual impairment liked the tactile graphics and could use them to explore illustrations and to answer questions about their content.
Architecture and Implementation of a Network-Based Educational Hypermedia System
Authors: C. M. Papaterpos, G. D. Styliaras, G. K. Tsolis, T. S. Papatheodorou
Venue: Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Multimedia Computing and Systems - Volume 2 (1999)

ISTOPOLIS is a network-based hypermedia educa-tional system, which addresses needs of end-users (teachers and students) and content providers. ISTOPOLIS operates over the classroom LAN, over a remote connection to a server or as a standalone application. Students locate information placed within specific context categories and reuse it within their projects. This is supported through a set of Web-based navigation services (Access Tools) and a simple authoring environment, integrated within a specialized client. In the back-end, original content authoring is supported through a classification based methodology and tools. The system is suitable for a variety of educational areas. Its current implementation addresses History and is undergoing evaluation in High Schools.
Kinetic Monte Carlo study on boron diffusion posterior to pre-amorphization implant process
Authors: Soon-Yeol Park, Young-Kyu Kim, Taeyoung Won
Venue: Microelectronic Engineering (2009)

We report our theoretical investigation on the suppression of boron diffusion in the silicon substrate posterior to PAI (pre-amorphization implant) in an effort to understand the mechanism for forming the shallow and abrupt junction. We numerically investigated the defect-generating characteristics of silicon atoms as a new species for pre-amorphization implant (PAI). Our kinetic Monte Carlo (KMC) simulation revealed that Si-PAI produces more interstitials than the case of Ge-PAI while Ge-PAI makes interstitial move further to the surface than the Si-PAI case during the annealing process, which results in the suppression of the boron transient enhanced diffusion (TED).
Multi-User MIMO Linear Precoding with Grassmannian Codebook
Authors: Fang Shu, Wu Gang, Xiao Yue, Li Shao-qian
Venue: Proceedings of the 2009 WRI International Conference on Communications and Mobile Computing - Volume 01 (2009)

In this paper, multi-user MIMO (MU-MIMO) linear precoding schemes with Grassmannian codebook for downlink transmission are proposed. The proposed MU-MIMO schemes extend the point-to-point single-user Grassmannian precoding to point-to-multipoint multi-user Grassmannian precoding. We proposed two MU-MIMO schemes with the Grassmannian codebook. One scheme assumes the perfect channel information at the base station and the other scheme is under the limited feedback. These MU-MIMO linear precoding schemes with Grassmannian codebook provide significant system capacity enhancement compared with the single user MIMO (SU-MIMO) system. The results also show the performance gap between perfect channel information and limited feedback.
Heterogeneous Parallel Embedded Systems: Time and Power Optimization
Authors: Meikang Qiu, Edwin Sha
Venue:  (2008)

Embedded systems are driving an informationrevolution with their pervasion in our everyday lives. With more and more different types of FUsavailable, same type of operations can be processedby heterogeneous FUs with different costs, where thecost may relate to power, reliability, etc. Due toconditional operations, some tasks may not have fixedexecution time. Therefore, how to assign a proper FUtype to each operation of a system and generate aschedule that minimize the total costs whilesatisfying timing constraints with guaranteedconfidence probabilities becomes a critical issue.This book, 1) proposed several efficient algorithmsto solve the problem; 2) combined Dynamic VoltageScaling (DVS) and soft real-time to solve the VoltageAssignment with Probability (VAP) Problem. 3) appliedour efficient algorithms to dynamic adjust theworking mode of sensors to save energy for sensornetworks; 4) designed rotation scheduling algorithmsfor real-time applications that produce schedulesconsuming minimal energy; 5) combined data mining andprefetching to reduce energy consumptions; 6)improved performance and energy consumption forprocessors with multi-bank memory.
Providing Interactive Functions for Staggered Multicast Near Video-On-Demand Systems
Authors: Zongming Fei, Mostafa H. Ammar, Ibrahim Kamel, Sarit Mukherjee
Venue: Proceedings of the 1999 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia Computing and Systems - Volume 02 (1999)

In this paper we propose a scheme to provide interactive functions through active buffer management at the client side for staggered multicast near VOD systems. The scheme uses client side buffering in a novel fashion that relies on the simultaneous availability of "past", "present" and "future" parts of a video and lets the client selectively prefetch segments from multicast channels based on the observation of the play point in its local buffer. The contents of the buffer are adjusted in such a way that the relative position of the play point is kept in the middle part of the buffer and a high probability of providing the interactive functions with the contents of the local buffer is achieved. We perform several simulations and find that the active buffer management is an effective method to provide interactive functions in these systems.
e-governance initiatives in Mongolia
Authors: Uyanga Sambuu, Uranchimeg Tudevdagva, Ganbold Erdene
Venue: Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance (2008)

The Government of Mongolia pays great attention to introduction of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in all social and economic sectors. In the past years, a number of activities were implemented to enhance the use ICT as a key tool for development. Relevant laws and regulations, policy and strategic documents, in particular, Concept on ICT Development for Mongolia by Year 2010, E-Mongolia National Program, and E-Government Master Plan of Mongolia have been developed. Specifically, the Government has continued to pays greater attention to the use of ICT in achieving better government and has approved the e-Government Master Plan of Mongolia. The e-Government Master Plan aims 'to develop national competitiveness and enhance quality of public services' by establishing an effective, systematic and productive e-Government. This paper presents E-Governance Initiatives in Mongolia, including national policies, strategies and programs, current situation, available online services, and key issues in e-Governance development.
Instantial Relevance in Polyadic Inductive Logic
Authors: Jürgen Landes, Jeff Paris, Alena Vencovská
Venue: Proceedings of the 3rd Indian Conference on Logic and Its Applications (2009)

We show that under the assumptions of Spectrum Exchangeability and Language Invariance the so called Only Rule, a principle of instantial relevance previously know for unary (i.e. classical) Carnapian Inductive Logic, also holds in Polyadic Inductive Logic.
Multi-Space-Mapped SVMs for Multi-class Classification
Authors: Bo Liu, Longbing Cao, Philip S. Yu, Chengqi Zhang
Venue: Proceedings of the 2008 Eighth IEEE International Conference on Data Mining (2008)

In SVMs-based multiple classification, it is not always possible to find an appropriate kernel function to map all the classes from different distribution functions into a feature space where they are linearly separable from each other. This is even worse if the number of classes is very large. As a result, the classification accuracy is not as good as expected. In order to improve the performance of SVMs-based multi-classifiers, this paper proposes a method, named multi-space-mapped SVMs, to map the classes into different feature spaces and then classify them. The proposed method reduces the requirements for the kernel function. Substantial experiments have been conducted on One-against-All, One-against-One, FSVM, DDAG algorithms and our algorithm using six UCI data sets. The statistical results show that the proposed method has a higher probability of finding appropriate kernel functions than traditional methods and outperforms others.
E-Marketing, 5th edition
Authors: Judy Strauss, Raymond Frost
Venue:  (2008)

The 5th edition of E-Marketing treats the subject as traditional marketing with a twist: the Internet and other technologies have had a profound effect on the way we do business. This transformation has resulted in new business techniques that add customer value, build customer relationships, and increase company profitability. Stressing product, pricing, distribution, and promotion, the authors use a strategic perspective and give many important practices not covered in previous editions: namely, blogs, social networking, online branding, and search marketing. Point-of-purchase scanning devices, databases, and other offline technologies are discussed. For anyone interested in learning more about electronic marketing, this is an excellent handbook; its comprehensive glossary makes this a must-have reference.
Efficient algorithms for computing Reeb graphs
Authors: Harish Doraiswamy, Vijay Natarajan
Venue: Computational Geometry: Theory and Applications (2009)

The Reeb graph tracks topology changes in level sets of a scalar function and finds applications in scientific visualization and geometric modeling. We describe an algorithm that constructs the Reeb graph of a Morse function defined on a 3-manifold. Our algorithm maintains connected components of the two dimensional levels sets as a dynamic graph and constructs the Reeb graph in O(nlogn+nlogg(loglogg)^3) time, where n is the number of triangles in the tetrahedral mesh representing the 3-manifold and g is the maximum genus over all level sets of the function. We extend this algorithm to construct Reeb graphs of d-manifolds in O(nlogn(loglogn)^3) time, where n is the number of triangles in the simplicial complex that represents the d-manifold. Our result is a significant improvement over the previously known O(n^2) algorithm. Finally, we present experimental results of our implementation and demonstrate that our algorithm for 3-manifolds performs efficiently in practice.
Review: A systematic review of software fault prediction studies
Authors: Cagatay Catal, Banu Diri
Venue: Expert Systems with Applications: An International Journal (2009)

This paper provides a systematic review of previous software fault prediction studies with a specific focus on metrics, methods, and datasets. The review uses 74 software fault prediction papers in 11 journals and several conference proceedings. According to the review results, the usage percentage of public datasets increased significantly and the usage percentage of machine learning algorithms increased slightly since 2005. In addition, method-level metrics are still the most dominant metrics in fault prediction research area and machine learning algorithms are still the most popular methods for fault prediction. Researchers working on software fault prediction area should continue to use public datasets and machine learning algorithms to build better fault predictors. The usage percentage of class-level is beyond acceptable levels and they should be used much more than they are now in order to predict the faults earlier in design phase of software life cycle.
"Web evolution" by Alex Q. Chen, with Jessica Rubart as author
Authors: Alex Q. Chen
Venue: Issue Summer (June 2009) (2009)

Alex Q. Chen is a PhD Student in the School of Computer Science at the University of Manchester. His Master's thesis was entitled "Web Evolution" and involved an analysis of the time difference between the introduction of Web standards and recommendations, such as JavaScript and XHTML, and their widespread adoption by Web developers. Alex is currently studying for a PhD where his interests include Web Mining, Web Accessibility and User-Centered Design.
IFS fractal code for image retrieval on compression domain
Authors: Liangbin Zhang, Lule Zhang, Lifeng Xi, Kun Gao, Tianyun Hu
Venue: Proceedings of the 3rd WSEAS international conference on Computer engineering and applications (2009)

Digital image databases represent huge amount of data, automatic indexing and content base retrieval are crucial factors. IFS ( Iterated function system ) fractal code can be used to retrieve image and the position parameter of IFS code is replaced with the relative distance and direction parameter. A new algorithm of IFS fractal code for image retrieval on compression domain is presented in this paper. First, the inquired image and each image in the database are encoded by Jacquin fractal coding. Second, the image fractal feature vector and the distance of fractal code between two images are defined, and the distance between the inquired image and current image in the database are computed one by one. Finally, the preceding n frame images which are the smallest distance sum of fractal code are taken as the retrieval result. Experimental results show that compared with the direct image pixels similar matching strategy, our scheme shortens the retrieval time of compression domain greatly and guarantees the retrieval accuracy. Our proposed method is effective and feasible.
Spatiotemporal Saliency: Towards a Hierarchical Representation of Visual Saliency
Authors: Neil D. Bruce, John K. Tsotsos
Venue: Attention in Cognitive Systems: 5th International Workshop on Attention in Cognitive Systems, WAPCV 2008 Fira, Santorini, Greece, May 12, 2008 Revised Selected Papers (2009)

In prior work, we put forth a model of visual saliency motivated by information theoretic considerations [1]. In this effort we consider how this proposal extends to explain saliency in the spatiotemporal domain and further, propose a distributed representation for visual saliency comprised of localized hierarchical saliency computation. Evidence for the efficacy of the proposal in capturing aspects of human behavior is achieved via comparison with eye tracking data and a discussion of the role of neural coding in the determination of saliency suggests avenues for future research.
The formulation and optimization algorithm for mission scheduling problem of vehicles
Authors: Zheng Yanxing, Deng Bo
Venue: Proceedings of the 7th conference on Circuits, systems, electronics, control and signal processing (2008)

The mission scheduling problem of Vehicles is formulated as a special multi-objective combinatorial optimization problem. The model takes the characteristics of problem into account, such as time window constraints and number of available vehicles, and is more suitable for applications compared with the previous formulations. Then a multi-objective evolutionary algorithm MSLUEA is proposed to solve the problem. Firstly, an effective heuristic construction algorithm is put forward to generate initial feasible solutions for the evolution process. The initial population comprises feasible solutions and random solutions to keep algorithm MSLUEA from sticking in a local optimum and taking a long time to converge as well. Then algorithm MSLUEA uses Pareto dominance based tournament selection with elitism mechanism to generate parent population which prevents bias to any objective. Problem specific evolutionary operators, including novel crossover operator and mutation operators are designed to ensure the feasibility of the children. Simulation results show that MSLUEA algorithm can solve the problem efficiently and has good convergence performance and multi-objective optimization effort.