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Net Value: Valuing Dot-Com Companies -- Uncovering the Reality Behind the Hype
Authors: Peter J. Clark, Stephen Neill
Venue:  (2001)

:It's predicted that 70% of the Internet companies that went public in the late nineties will not survive to see 2002. For the swarms of dot-com investors who have heard this wake-up call--and who are wondering how to protect their "net" future--there's finally a book that does more than just describe sensational "Net excess" or argue the reality of dot-com stock overvaluation. Net Value takes an insightful, pragmatic look at the dot-com phenomena, its impending downfall, and the likely repercussions for individual and institutional investors, the economy, and the Internet itself. Immensely readable and packed with keen observations, this book helps readers answer the following questions: What factors are contributing to the coming dot-com crash? How do you measure the viability of an Internet-based business? What kind of Net companies are best positioned to survive the eventual shakeout? How will employees be affected by the crash? How will the crash impact the growth and development of the Net? Far from being just another "bubble" book, Net Value offers a balanced, thoughtful treatment of the IPO feeding frenzy--and shows readers how to make it through unscathed.
On maximal codes with a finite interpreting delay
Authors: Yannick Guesnet
Venue: Theoretical Computer Science (2002)

The notion of codes with a finite interpreting delay (f.i.d.) was introduced in (Guesnet, Theoret. Inform. Appl. 34 (2000) 47-59). In this paper, we are interested in the notion of maximality for f.i.d. codes. We characterize the maximal f.i.d. codes in terms of completeness. We also present an embedding procedure keeping thinness, rationality and the delay.
MCSD/Mcp+SB Site Server 3 Exam Cram
Authors: Libby Chovanec, Gary Novosel
Venue:  (1999)

:Contains all of the curriculum objectives of the new Site Server Commerce Edition 3.0 exam 70-057, emphasizing sample test questions that prepare the reader for the actual test.Includes an exclusive tear-out Cram Sheet with tips, acronyms and memory joggers for quick review prior to taking the exam.Provides all of the necessary overviews, concepts, and terminology in a condensed format that is 100% focused on helping professional prepare for a difficult exam.Includes sections on proven test-taking strategies, warnings on trick questions, time-saving study tips, multiple-part question strategies and shortcuts.Designing and Implementing Commerce Solutions with Microsoft Site Server 3.0, Commerce Edition(exam 70-057) is an MCSD elective and a core option for MCP + SB certification. Candidates must take and pass two out of three core exams to become certified.This new credential allows candidates to demonstrate the ability to develop Web sites that include multi-media, searchable content, and Web sites that connect to and communicate with databases for business applications.Covers these skill areas: analyzing business requirements, defining technical architectures, creating and designing commerce sites and applications.
C++ Network Programming: Resolving Complexity Using Ace and Patterns (C++ in-Depth Series), 1st edition
Authors: Douglas C. Schmidt, Stephen D. Huston
Venue:  (2001)

:As networks, devices, and systems continue to evolve, software engineers face the unique challenge of creating reliable distributed applications within frequently changing environments. C++ Network Programming, Volume 1, provides practical solutions for developing and optimizing complex distributed systems using the ADAPTIVE Communication Environment (ACE), a revolutionary open-source framework that runs on dozens of hardware platforms and operating systems. This book guides software professionals through the traps and pitfalls of developing efficient, portable, and flexible networked applications. It explores the inherent design complexities of concurrent networked applications and the tradeoffs that must be considered when working to master them.C++ Network Programming begins with an overview of the issues and tools involved in writing distributed concurrent applications. The book then provides the essential design dimensions, patterns, and principles needed to develop flexible and efficient concurrent networked applications. The book's expert author team shows you how to enhance design skills while applying C++ and patterns effectively to develop object-oriented networked applications.Readers will find coverage of: C++ network programming, including an overview and strategies for addressing common development challenges The ACE Toolkit Connection protocols, message exchange, and message-passing versus shared memory Implementation methods for reusable networked application services Concurrency in object-oriented network programming Design principles and patterns for ACE wrapfacadesWith this book, C++ developers have at their disposal the most complete toolkit available for developing successful, multiplatform, concurrent networked applications with ease and efficiency.
I-Net+ Test Yourself Practice Exams
Authors: Gareth Hancock
Venue:  (2000)

From the Book:At Global Knowledge we strive to support the multiplicity of learning styles required by our students to achieve success as technical professionals. In this series of books, it is our intention to offer the reader a valuable tool for successful completion of the i-Net+ Certification Exam. As the world's largest IT training company, Global Knowledge is uniquely positioned to offer these books. The expertise gained each year from providing instructor-led training to hundreds of thousands of students worldwide has been captured in book form to enhance your learning experience. We hope that the quality of these books demonstrates our commitment to your lifelong learning success. Whether you choose to learn through the written word, computer-based training, Web delivery, or instructor-led training, Global Knowledge is committed to providing you the very best in each of those categories. For those of you who know Global Knowledge, or those of you who have just found us for the first time, our goal is to be your lifelong competency partner. Thank you for the opportunity to serve you. We look forward to serving your needs again in the future.
FrontPage 98 Bible with Cdrom, 1st edition
Authors: David Elderbrock, Paul Bodensiek
Venue:  (1998)

:FrontPage 98 is the Microsoft WYSIWYG (What You See is What You Get) editor that makes it possible for people who dont understand HTML to create their own Web pages quickly and easily. But HTML gurus also rely on this programs user-friendly plug-and-play interface to help them build multiple Web pages on the fly. If FrontPage 98 sounds like something youd like to learn, we recommend you pick up a copy of the FrontPage&reg; 98 Bible , the complete guide to learning and mastering FrontPage. Using step-by-step instructions and detailed examples, authors David Elderbrock and Paul Bodensiek cover the ins-and-outs of designing Web sites with FrontPage. Here you learn how to build pages from scratch, import existing HTML files into FrontPage, create and edit graphics, transfer files to a remote server, carry out a variety of Web management tasks, create tables, frames, and style-sheets, add custom applications coded in Visual Basic, Java, and Active X, and much more. The bonus CD-ROM provides samples from the book as well as helpful graphics and multimedia programs, utilities, and programming and server tools.
The Logic Programming Paradigm: A 25-Year Perspective, 1st edition
Authors: Krzysztof R. Apt, David S. Warren, Mirek Truszczynski
Venue:  (1999)

:Logic Programming was founded 25 years ago. This new text reveals the evolution of this programming paradigm since its inception and the impressively broad scope of current research in Logic Programming. The contributions to the book deal with both theoretical and practical issues. The contributors are all leading world experts in Logic Programming and their contributions were invited and refereed.
CCNA Certification Kit: Exam 640-507
Authors: Todd Lammle, William Tedder
Venue:  (2000)

:In-depth coverage of all exam topics and hands-on router experience-your keys to passing the test. The CCNA Certification Kit combines the two most valuable CCNA resources you'll find anywhere. First, the best-selling CCNA: Cisco Certified Network Associate Study Guide provides in-depth coverage of all exam topics and a CD containing exclusive exam-preparation software, electronic flashcards, valuable utilities, and two electronic books. Second, the CCNA Virtual Lab e-trainer offers a fully customizable, real-world network environment that puts three routers and a switchincluding hundreds of router commandsat your fingertips. Prepare for the Exam Build Your Knowledge Using the Custom Test-Preparation Engine-More than 300 Sample Questions, and a Bonus Practice Exam Practice Anywhere Using Electronic Flashcards for the Palm Search for any topic in the CCNA Study Guide or Dictionary of Networking in PDF Hone Your Skills in a Simulated Network Environment Practice with hundreds of Router Commands Learn Key Skills by Following Step-by-Step Instructional Labs Test Your Knowledge with Self-Evaluation Develop Custom Labs that Focus on the Techniques and Scenarios that Matter Most to You Use the Net Detective to Track Downand Learn fromYour Mistakes
Bodacious: An Aol Insider Cracks the Code to Outrageous Success for Women, 1st edition
Authors: Mary E. Foley, Martha I. Finney
Venue:  (2001)

:It's a new world for women in business, where the Old-Economy premium on being a Good Girl has flown out the window. To be successful today, women must be bold...audacious...courageous.... In short: Bodacious! And they'll learn how from the bodacious success story of Mary Foley, who catapulted her career from an $8-an-hour customer service rep during AOL's earliest days to one of the top female employees of this multimedia behemoth. As one of AOL's original insiders, Foley realized that the secrets that put AOL on the map were the very secrets that could help women grow their careers. Now, this 36-year-old multimillionaire and venture capitalist shares these secrets with women everywhere. Bodacious is her career manual for the new breed of women who are ready to vigorously and fearlessly break through barriers and inhibitions. Packed with real-world advice for real women, this original, spirited book supplies: * 14 specific ways to immediately gain career and personal power * 16 sidebars designed to help women make the most of their time, money, and talents * 5 strategies for finding and keeping career relationships that help readers shine * An action-ready Big, Bodacious, Personal Business Plan. About the Author: Mary Foley (Reston, VA) spent 10 years at AOL, resigning at age 33 to become a consultant and venture capitalist for HumanR, a human resources software and consulting company. Mary shares her Bodacious message as a speaker and personal coach through her company, Bodacious! Ventures. Martha Finney (Salinas, CA) is the author of Find Your Calling, Love Your Life, and has appeared on CNN, NPR, and in major newspapers and magazines.
Killer dBASE for Windows
Authors: Rogers, Yvonne Johnson
Venue:  (1994)

:This book is an advanced tutorial on many of the complex topics not found in other books. It will help the professional database engineer and programmer become even more proficient in many important areas including client server, SQL, multiple-database reports, forms, and queries. A variety of third-party utilities/tools makes this book one no serious dBASE user or programmer should be without.
Microsoft Office 2000 Quick Reference: Fast Answers Arranged A to Z
Authors: Nancy Warner, M. Nancy Warner
Venue:  (1999)

:Microsoft Office 2000 Quick Reference delivers a valuable and convenient source of information on using common Office 2000 features. Using a referential and highly visual approach the text prominently features differences between previous versions of Office and Office 2000 to aide users who are upgrading to this version.
Kingpin: Life of Crime, Official Strategy Guide
Authors: Craig Wessel
Venue:  (1999)

:Using an enhanced Quake II engine, Kingpin is set in a part past/part future urban environment where the player begins as a small-time thug who must build a gang to overthrow the current Kingpin. Multiplayer strategies, walkthroughs for all levels, and detailed listings of weapons are included in this strategy guide.
A multipopulation genetic algorithm aimed at multimodal optimization
Authors: Patrick Siarry, Alain Pétrowski, Mourad Bessaou
Venue: Advances in Engineering Software (2002)

This paper considers a new method that enables a genetic algorithm (GA) to identify and maintain multiple optima of a multimodal function, by creating subpopulations within the niches defined by the multiple optima, thus warranting a good 'diversity'. The algorithm is based on a splitting of the traditional GA into a sequence of two processes. Since the GA behavior is determined by the exploration/exploitation balance, during the first step (Exploration), the multipopulation GA coupled with a speciation method detects the potential niches by classifying 'similar' individuals in the same population. Once the niches are detected, the algorithm achieves an intensification (Exploitation), by allocating a separate portion of the search space to each population. These two steps are alternately performed at a given frequency. Empirical results obtained with F6 Schaffer's function are then presented to show the reliability of the algorithm.
Inferface mutation (abstract only)
Authors: Sudipto Ghosh, Aditya P. Mathur
Venue: Mutation testing for the new century (2001)

Applications that utilize the broker-based architecture are often composed of several components that need to be tested both separately and together. An important activity during testing is the assessment of the adequacy of test sets. Testers use one or more adequacy criteria for this activity. Traditional test adequacy criteria have several limitations for commercial use. A test adequacy criterion based on interface mutation has been identified and a testing method that uses this criterion proposed. This method incorporates elements from a component's interface description for per-forming interface mutation. The interface mutation based test adequacy criterion was evaluated empirically and compared with control flow-based coverage criteria for their relative effectiveness in revealing errors and the cost incurred in developing the test sets. A formal analysis of the fault-detection ability of the testing methods was also carried out.
Dynamic market-driven allocation of network resources using genetic algorithms in a competitive electronic commerce marketplace
Authors: Jian Ye, Symeon Papavassiliou
Venue: International Journal of Network Management (2001)

In this paper, we propose a practical algorithm which finds cost-efficient routes from Service Provider (SP) to Content Provider (CP) dynamically in a multi-operator networking environment, using Genetic Algorithm (GA) concepts. The proposed algorithm is a kind of stochastic algorithm searching process in the solution space by emulating biological selection and reproduction.
The Lagrange Multiplier Rule in Set-Valued Optimization
Authors: Arnulf Götz, Johannes Jahn
Venue: SIAM Journal on Optimization (1999)

The known Lagrange multiplier rule is extended to set-valued constrained optimization problems using the contingent epiderivative as differentiability notion. A necessary optimality condition for weak minimizers is derived which is also a sufficient condition under generalized convexity assumptions.
Building High-Speed Networks, 1st edition
Authors: Tere' Parnell
Venue:  (1999)

:Set up lightning-fast,high-performance networks! Speed is critical when it comes to networks. But with all the new emerging high-speed protocols and technologies on the market today,it's hard to know which ones are right for your LAN or WAN,and when and how to integrate them. Networking expert Tere Parnell explains the major technological components that form the foundation of high-performance networks and shows you how to identify and correct common bottlenecks. From backbones to protocols,servers to workstations,Building High-Speed Networks covers the most current fundamentals of building and improving high-bandwidth networks. With so many new technologies to choose from,it's essential to get the kind of objective,authoritative information found here. Anyone seeking a thorough understanding of high-performance network technologies will benefit from this practical guide. Select and implement high-speed network protocols and techologies to create super-efficient networks. Decide whether to increase bandwidth or make better use of existing bandwidth. Avoid costly network problems. Learn about the impact of distributed computing on network performance. Implement LAN solutions such as FDDI,Fibre Channel,and Gigabit Ethernet. Master WAN technology such as Switched Multimegabit Data Service and Frame Relay. Integrate high-performance router and switch technolgoies from Cisco,Bay,and 3Com into your network.
MCSE IE 4 Administration Exam Cram: Exam #70-079
Authors: David Johnson, Tim Catura-Houser
Venue:  (1998)

:This book is 100% focused on helping professionals prepare for the Internet Explorer 4 exam. Important technical topics covered are: Active Desktop and Active Channels, Internet mail and news, MS Outlook Express, MS Netmeeting, IEAK Profile Manager, and Active Setup. Summarizes and reviews completely the necessary concepts and Microsoft internet terminology to help MCSE exam candidates get up to speed quickly, Multimedia resource sections at the end of each chapter help the reader make use of the best study materials available. IT professionals who earn the MCSE + I designation will be in high demand because of their ability to deploy and manage complex intranet and Internet solutions AND manage and analyze Web sites. Exam # 70-079 is one of the 7 core requirements for MCSE + I designation and also serves as an MCSE elective. Contains unique editorial content that serves as a supplement to all certification study guides and training materials for Implementing and Supporting Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 by using the Internet Explorer Administration Kit. Features sections on proven test-taking strategies, time-saving study tips, multiple-part question strategies, shortcuts, and practice exams that feature questions arranged in a similar format to those found on the actual exam. Features tear-out Cram Sheet with tips, acronyms, and memory joggers (mnemonics) to improve recall immediately before the exam.
A support system to COTS-based software development for business services
Authors: Stefania Bandini, Flavio De Paoli, Sara Manzoni, Paolo Mereghetti
Venue: Proceedings of the 14th international conference on Software engineering and knowledge engineering (2002)

The work described in this paper deals with the problem of selecting, configuring, integrating and deploying COTS components to deliver tailored software systems. Since formal and precise description of components is not usually available, a reasonable approach is to augment the available documentation with the informal knowledge derived by practices and experience of experts. The development of a knowledge-based system is a way to organize this empirical knowledge and deliver a tool that can support software designers in the tough goal of COTS-based development.
Intermixing refresh and direct view storage graphics
Authors: Ned Thanhouser
Venue: ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics (1976)

This paper describes an advanced technique in hardware and software for the intermixed display of refresh and storage graphics. Traditional storage tube terminals have the advantage of low cost coupled with the ability to display large amounts of high resolution graphic information, but do not provide for dynamic motion and transformation of a displayed image. High resolution, high density refreshed displays tend to be expensive. Combining both refresh and storage graphics on the same display allows pictures to be segregated into static and dynamic areas to achieve the desired results at reduced cost. The hardware and system software to make this marriage of refresh and storage graphics work effectively for interactive computer graphics is described.
Integrated Circuits for Wireless Communications: Electrical Engineering
Authors: Paul R. Gray
Venue:  (1998)

:"High-frequency integrated circuit design is a booming area of growth that is driven not only by the expanding capabilities of underlying circuit technologies like CMOS, but also by the dramatic increase in wireless communications products that depend on them. INTEGRATED CIRCUITS FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS includes seminal and classic papers in the field and is the first all-in-one resource to address this increasingly important topic. Internationally known and highly regarded in the field, editors Asad Abidi, Paul Gray, and Robert Meyer have meticulously compiled more than 100 papers and articles covering the very latest high-level integrated circuits techniques and solutions in use today. INTEGRATED CIRCUITS FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS is devised expressly to provide IC design engineers, system architects, and integrators with a practical understanding of subjects ranging from architecture choices for integrated transceivers to actual circuit designs in all viable IC technologies such as bipolar, CMOS, and GaAs. The papers selected represent a breadth of coverage and level of expertise that is unmatched in the field."Sponsored by:IEEE Solid-State Circuits Council/Society.
Session-Based Admission Control: A Mechanism for Peak Load Management of Commercial Web Sites
Authors: Ludmila Cherkasova, Peter Phaal
Venue: IEEE Transactions on Computers (2002)

In this paper, we consider a new, session-based workload for measuring web server performance. We define a session as a sequence of client's individual requests. Using a simulation model, we show that an overloaded web server can experience a severe loss of throughput measured as a number of completed sessions compared against the server throughput measured in requests per second. Moreover, statistical analysis of completed sessions reveals that the overloaded web server discriminates against longer sessions. For e-commerce retail sites, longer sessions are typically the ones that would result in purchases, so they are precisely the ones for which the companies want to guarantee completion. To improve web QoS for commercial web servers, we introduce a session-based admission control (SBAC) to prevent a web server from becoming overloaded and to ensure that longer sessions can be completed. We show that a web server augmented with the admission control mechanism is able to provide a fair guarantee of completion, for any accepted session, independent of a session length. This provides a predictable and controllable platform for web applications and is a critical requirement for any e-business. Additionally, we propose two new adaptive admission control strategies, hybrid and predictive, aiming to optimize the performance of SBAC mechanism. These new adaptive strategies are based on a self-tunable admission control function, which adjusts itself accordingly to variations in traffic loads.