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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Linux with CD-ROM
Authors: Manuel Alberto Ricart
Venue:  (1998)

:This book covers: Preparing to install the system, Using shells and online documentation, The X Windows graphical interface, Networking and Internet, Administration, A guide to available software and tools. Users who have been wanting to get started, but not sure how to go about it, or those who have not made deep inroads into their installed system, will benefit most from the book. This books step-by-step guide to standard Linux tasks satisfies the users' need to utilize the system's capabilities, especially its Internet functions. This book describes why the user is doing the tasks in order to convey Linux's logic and conventions. It also provides a guide to popular Linux software Provides a beginning-level installation and using guide to Caldera OpenLinux 1.3 and KDE, as well as a copy of the operating system and StarOffice 4.0 on CD. This is $50 worth of software - a terrific draw for users who haven't yet installed Linux. 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
Making distributed systems palatable
Authors: Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Robbert van Renesse
Venue: Proceedings of the 2nd workshop on Making distributed systems work (1986)

Designing and implementing a distributed system is easy compared to the task of convincing people to use it. In a university Computer Science Dept., people generally use UNIX and are not at all interested in moving to a different environment, no matter how wonderful it may be. In this paper we report on how we have implemented a UNIX environment for the Amoeba distributed operating system [1], in order to make the transition from UNIX to Amoeba as simple as possible.
Adobe PhotoShop 5: Advanced Digital Images
Authors: CORPORATE Against the Clock,  Inc. Staff
Venue:  (1999)

:This book is designed to offer strong advice and training for novice Graphic Arts Professionals delivering completed projects to vendors. Demonstration Software. Project-based instruction. Project data available on dual-platform CD-ROM. Two-color, spiral bound books with four-color illustrations of completed assignments. For all beginners in graphics arts, desktop publishing, and computer design and graphics.
StarT-Voyager: a flexible platform for exploring scalable SMP issues
Authors: Boon S. Ang, Derek Chiou, Daniel L. Rosenband, Mike Ehrlich, Larry Rudolph, Arvind
Venue: Proceedings of the 1998 ACM/IEEE conference on Supercomputing (CDROM) (1998)

This paper describes StarT-Voyager, a machine designed as an experimental platform for research in cluster system communication. The heart of StarT-Voyager is a network interface unit (NIU) that connects the memory bus of a PowerPC-based SMP to the MIT Arctic network. The NIU is highly flexible, with its set of functions easily modified by firmware or by programmable hardware, making it possible to compare different communication interfaces and implementation strategies on a common platform. Its flexibility comes from a fast embedded processor and large, fast FPGAs that surround a high-speed protected communication core. Its efficiency comes from a set of primitive operations that are implemented in hardware and are designed to reduce the firmware overhead. Our initial configuration of StarT-Voyager implements four forms of message passing along with S-COMA and NUMA shared memory support. With experimentation on the machine, it can be reconfigured to introduce new mechanisms improving usability and performance.
How to Use Windows 95: Visually in Full Color, 4th edition
Authors: Douglas A. Hergert
Venue:  (1998)

:How to Use Windows 95 presents you with a straightforward, visual approach to learning. The steps and graphics guide you through every task you'll need to perform in Windows 95.
Build Your Own PC, 2nd edition
Authors: Morris Rosenthal
Venue:  (2000)

:Now you can build a computer from start to finish as easily as following a recipe with this highly visual and instructive guide. PC expert Morris Rosenthal walks you through every step of the process -- from purchasing parts to installing operating systems and add-ons -- in clear, easy-to-understand language. You'll learn to assemble both tower and desktop PCs, know how much to spend on parts to get desired performance, troubleshoot common problems, and much more. Whether you're a first-time builder or a seasoned professional, this step-by-step photo-filled guide is the only book you'll need. 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
Evolva: Prima's Official Strategy Guide
Authors: Julian Gale
Venue:  (2000)

:Complete walkthroughs of all 12 levelsDetailed maps showing every item locationInformative appraisals of each GenotypeDefinitive descriptions of every parasite, creature, plant, and rockMutation tips for maximum efficiencyAdvanced strategies to aid your Genohunters' progress 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
Keywords for a universal speech interface
Authors: Stefanie Shriver, Roni Rosenfeld
Venue: CHI '02 extended abstracts on Human factors in computing systems (2002)

In this paper, we describe an internet survey conducted to help choose keywords for a universal speech interface. We present the background of and motivation for this study, and discuss its results and implications for our project.
Information, Corporate Governance and Institutional Diversity: Competitiveness in Japan, the USA, and the Transitional Economies
Authors: Masahiko Aoki
Venue:  (2000)

:"This book uses comparative institutional analysis to explain differences in national economic performance. Countries have their own rules for corporate governance and they have different market arrangements; and these differences in rules and organization affect the way firms behave. Countries also tend to develop conventions of organizational architecture of firmswhether their hierarchies are functional, horizontal, or decentralized. This affects the way in which they process information, and information management is increasingly seen as being of crucial importance to a firm's performance."--BOOK JACKET.
The Knowledge Game: The Revolution in Learning and Communication in the Workplace
Authors: Gordon Prestoungrange
Venue:  (1998)

:This book records a process of action learning as a small company discovers the potential of electronic communication for its publishing programme. This leads on to an account of early practice in relationship marketing, and to an account of action learning and how it has been developed worldwide by International Management Centres. The common thread in all this is not only the innovative use of electronic media but also the result of its use: a new breed of more confident, more democratic and responsible workers, who make decisions, pursue information, network worldwide, and have become a marketing intelligentsia. 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
Risk Management for Security Professionals
Authors: Carl A. Roper
Venue:  (1999)

:Risk management is essentially a process methodology that will provide a cost-benefit payback factor to senior management. Risk Management for Security Professionals is a practical handbook for security managers who need to learn risk management skills. It goes beyond the physical security realm to encompass all risks to which a company may be exposed. 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
Performance optimization of numerically intensive codes
Venue:  (2001)

Performance Optimization of Numerically Intensive Codes offers a comprehensive, tutorial-style, hands-on, introductory and intermediate-level treatment of all the essential ingredients for achieving high performance in numerical computations on modern computers. The authors explain computer architectures, data traffic and issues related to performance of serial and parallel code optimization exemplified by actual programs written for algorithms of wide interest. The unique hands-on style is achieved by extensive case studies using realistic computational problems. The performance gain obtained by applying the techniques described in this book can be very significant. The book bridges the gap between the literature in system architecture, the one in numerical methods and the occasional descriptions of optimization topics in computer vendors' literature. It also allows readers to better judge the suitability of certain computer architecture to their computational requirements. In contrast to standard textbooks on computer architecture and on programming techniques the book treats these topics together at the level necessary for writing high-performance programs. The book facilitates easy access to these topics for computational scientists and engineers mainly interested in practical issues related to efficient code development.
Uniform Drawing Format Manual: New CADD and Drafting Standards for Building Design and Working Drawings, 1st edition
Authors: Fred A. Stitt
Venue:  (1999)

:No more expensive omissions, duplications, miscommunications, or confusion in architectural and engineering documents - that's the promise of the new Construction Specifications Institute/American Institute of Architects CAD drawing standards. Page after page, this handy guidebook eases all aspects of incorporating the new standards into your practice. Fred Stitt's Uniform Drawing Format Manual gives you both an integrated drawing format system and flexibility in its application. Stitt shows you how to improve on the official systems for projects large and small, and custom-tailor systematic CAD and production standards that exactly suit your needs. 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
AutoCAD: A Visual Approach, 3d, Release 14 Windows, 1st edition
Authors: John E. Wilson
Venue:  (1998)

:This hands-on text teaches the basics of all the three-dimensional features of AutoCAD&reg; R14. The unique visual approach covers over seventy AutoCAD&reg; commands related to 3D space and 3D modeling. Students learn how to design true 3D objects from clear, concise, and easy to understand instructions that will help them get the most out of each and every 3D feature of AutoCAD&reg;. Coverage includes everything from basics of three dimensional space to wire frame construction, converting from 3D to multi-view 2D drawings, realistic shading, and more. An Online Companion allows users to access the Autodesk Press web site for information on job resources, professional organizations, updates, and more.ALSO AVAILABLE INSTRUCTOR SUPPLEMENTS Instructor's Manual R14, 0-7668-0469-0 Keywords: AutoCAD R14
688 (I) Hunter/Killer: The Official Guide 1997
Authors: Jamie Poolos
Venue:  (1997)

:Immerse yourself in this high tech submarine simulation. Jane's Combat Simulations provide the most in-depth information available. This guide provides mission walkthroughs, location maps, and actual U.S. Navy tactics for sensing, tracking, and attacking enemy subs. 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 effects of spatial and temporal video distortion on lie detection performance
Authors: Daniel B. Horn, Lana Karasik, Judith S. Olsen
Venue: CHI '02 extended abstracts on Human factors in computing systems (2002)

In various types of interactions, individuals may attempt to determine whether their communication partners are being honest or deceptive. Judgments of honesty rely, in part, on assessments of nonverbal behavior. With the increased use of videoconferencing technology, many traditionally face-to-face interactions now take place over sub-optimal video connections. In these connections, reduced spatial and temporal video quality may affect the ability to detect whether others are lying or telling the truth. In the current study we examined the effects of varying levels of temporal and spacial distortion on lie detection performance. Consistent with earlier work, we found that a slight distortion of video signal impaired lie detection performance. Surprisingly, performance improved when the video was severely spatially degraded.
Bridging XML-schema and relational databases: a system for generating and manipulating relational databases using valid XML documents
Authors: Iraklis Varlamis, Michalis Vazirgiannis
Venue: Proceedings of the 2001 ACM Symposium on Document engineering (2001)

Many organizations and enterprises establish distributed working environments, where different users need to exchange information based on a common model. XML is widely used to facilitate this information exchange. The extensibility of XML allows the creation of generic models that integrate data from different sources. For these tasks, several applications are used to import and export information in XML format from the data repositories. In order to support this process for relational repositories we developed the X-Database system. The base of this system is an XML-Schema file that describes the logical model of interchanged information. Initially, the system analyses the syntax of the XML-Schema file and generates the relational database. Then it handles the decomposition of valid XML files according to that Schema and the composition of XML documents from the information in the database. Finally the system offers a flexible mechanism for modifying and querying database contents using only valid XML documents, which are validated over the XML-Schema file's rules.
Mass collaboration and data mining
Authors: Raghu Ramakrishnan
Venue: Proceedings of the seventh ACM SIGKDD international conference on Knowledge discovery and data mining (2001)

Mass Collaboration is a new "P2P"-style approach to large-scale knowledge sharing, with applications in customer support, focused community development, and capturing knowledge distributed within large organizations. Effectively supporting this paradigm raises many technical challenges, and offers intriguing opportunities for mining massive amounts of data captured continually from user interactions. Data mining offers the promise of increased business intelligence, and also improved user experiences, leading to increased participation and greater quality in the knowledge that is captured, both of which are central objectives in Mass Collaboration. In this talk, I will introduce Mass Collaboration and discuss some important data mining related issues.
Analytic Trigonometry with Applications, 5th edition
Authors: Raymond A. Barnett
Venue:  (1992)

:Starting with the right triangle and then moving to the unit-circle definitions of the trigonometric functions, this book has rich applications and coverage of graphing utilities integrated appropriately throughout. Examples -with matched problems-illustrate almost every concept and encourage students to be actively involved in the learning process. Key pedagogical elements, such as annotated examples, think boxes, caution warnings, and reviews, help students comprehend and retain the material.
Personalized navigation of heterogeneous product spaces using SmartClient
Authors: Pearl Pu, Boi Faltings
Venue: Proceedings of the 7th international conference on Intelligent user interfaces (2002)

Personalization in e-commerce has so far been server-centric, requiring users to create a separate individual profile on each server that they like to access. As product information is increasingly coming from multiple and heterogeneous sources, the number of profiles becomes unmanageably large. We present SmartClient, a technology based on constraint programming where a thin but intelligent client provides personalized information access for its user. As the process can run on the user's side, it allows much stronger filtering and visualization support with a wider range of personalization options than existing tools. It also eliminates the need to personalize many sites individually with different parameters, and supports product configuration and integration of different information sources in the same framework. We illustrate the technology using an application in travel e-commerce, which is currently under commercial deployment.
Self-Organizing neural networks: recent advances and applications
Authors: Udo Seiffert, Lakhmi C. Jain
Venue:  (2001)

This compilation contains new theoretical work as well as up-to-date applications contributed by some of the world leaders of current SOM research. It is a compact and vivid collection of almost all aspects of current research on Self-Organizing Maps, ranging from theoretical work, several technical and non-technical applications, numerical and implementation details on sequential and parallel hardware to self-organisation with spiking neurons. An overture, given by Teuvo Kohonen, builds a bridge from the development of the fundamentals to the many extensions, modifications and applications which have made this neural network architecture so successful.
Concise Guide to Windows 2000 DNS
Authors: Andy Ruth
Venue:  (2000)

:The Concise Guide to Windows 2000 DNS provides a foundation knowledge of DNS and dynamic DNS, and the skills needed to install, maintain, and troubleshoot DNS in a Windows 2000 Environment. This book helps you understand what capabilities the DNS service provides to Windows 2000 networks and how it inter-operates with other versions of DNS. It also discusses the RFCs that pertain to DNS and provides you with an understanding of each of them.
KDnuggets interview with Usama Fayyad
Authors: Gregory Piatetsky-Shapiro
Venue: ACM SIGKDD Explorations Newsletter (2001)

KDnuggets newsletter has a new section of interviews with leaders in the field. This article presents the interview with Usama Fayyad, President and CEO of digiMine.
Red Hat Linux Bible, 1st edition
Authors: Christopher Negus
Venue:  (1999)

:If you're considering making the switch to Linux  or if you already have  this task-oriented reference gives you the answers you need to make the most of this open source operating system right away. Whether you're running Linux on a single PC or an entire network, user-friendly chapters on topics such as customizing your desktop, running applications, automating system tasks, connecting to the Internet, and managing client workstations, make it easy to meet every Linux challenge.Author Biography: Chris Negus has been working with UNIX systems, the Internet, and (more recently) Linux systems for nearly two decades. Over that time, Chris worked at AT&T Bell Laboratories, UNIX System Laboratories, and Novell helping to develop the UNIX operating system. Features from many of the UNIX projects Chris worked on at AT&T have found their way into Red Hat and other Linux systems.During the past few years, Chris has written several books on UNIX and the Internet, including the Internet Explorer 4 Bible and Netscape Plug-ins for Dummies for IDG Books Worldwide. He also co-authored several books for Que Corporation, including the Complete Idiot's Guide to Networking (second edition) and Using UNIX(second edition). Chris' other writings include articles for Internet World, NetWare Connection, and Visual Developer magazines.At home, Chris enjoys spending time with his wife Sheree, and his boys, Caleb and Seth. His hobbies include soccer, singing, exercising with Sheree, and hiking the Wasatch mountains near his home in Salt Lake City, UT.
An Behavior-based Robotics, 1st edition
Authors: Ronald C. Arkin
Venue:  (1998)

:foreword by Michael Arbib "Hard to put down and necessary to know -- Arkin's book provides a comprehensive intellectual history of robots and a thorough compilation of robotic organizational paradigms from reflexes through social interaction." -- Chris Brown, Professor of Computer Science, University of Rochester This introduction to the principles, design, and practice of intelligent behavior-based autonomous robotic systems is the first true survey of this robotics field. The author presents the tools and techniques central to the development of this class of systems in a clear and thorough manner. Following a discussion of the relevant biological and psychological models of behavior, he covers the use of knowledge and learning in autonomous robots, behavior-based and hybrid robot architectures, modular perception, robot colonies, and future trends in robot intelligence. The text throughout refers to actual implemented robots and includes many pictures and descriptions of hardware, making it clear that these are not abstract simulations, but real machines capable of perception, cognition, and action.
Data Acquisition and Process Control Using Personal Computers
Authors: Tarik Ozkul
Venue:  (1996)

:Written by an acknowledged expert with wide industrial and academic experience, Data Acquisition and Process Control Using Personal Computers introduces the fundamental components of data acquisition systems and design methods...examines analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog converters and various conversion techniques...explains sensors, transducers, and interfacing problems...outlines industry standard personal computer-based data acquisition equipment...delineates local data acquisition and remote data acquisition...discusses the use of networks in data acquisition and Fieldbus technology...describes the capabilities of various data acquisition software packages and lists manufacturers' addresses...and much more. Generously illustrated with tables, drawings, and photographs, Data Acquisition and Process Control Using Personal Computers is an excellent resource for computer, process control, electrical, and instrumentation engineers; computer scientists; and upper-level undergraduate, graduate, and continuing education students in these disciplines.
Access Basic Cookbook, 1st edition
Authors: Chris St. Valentine
Venue:  (1993)

:A potent guide to accomplishing database programming tasks with Access Basic. Written by a Microsoft insider, the book details how to accomplish key database functions. Featuring detailed explanations and annotated "plug and play" code modules, the book provides quick and easy solutions to the most pressing database challenges. 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