ppxscal/embedding_network huggingface dataset:
Multimedia Activities for Students: A Teacher's and Librarian's Handbook
Authors: Barbara Head Sorrow
Venue:  (1997)

:Teachers and librarians who want to make the most effective use of today's technology can turn with confidence to Barbara Head Sorrow's Multimedia Activities for Students. Sorrow's instructive framework will quickly acquaint students - and teachers! - with the techniques for finding information in the electronic age. Detailed discussions of relevant technology, suggestions for lesson plans, and exercises for mastery are all provided here, as well as an extensive catalog of resources, information on distributors of programs and equipment, an invaluable glossary, and lists of search tools and Internet sites. Use Sorrow's detailed activity sheets to create stimulating multimedia lessons on global problems, international crime, or the decisions of the Supreme Court. Find out how combinations of text, graphics, and sound can increase student motivation and promote subject mastery.
Convexity and global optimization: a theoretical link
Authors: A. Quilliot
Venue: Theoretical Computer Science (2001)

Here we propose a characterization of the subsets of Rn which are the sets of local optima of the restriction of some convex function to some discrete subset, and we prove that, under some conditions, recognizing these subsets can be done in polynomial time. We discuss eventual applications of these results to global optimization problems.
Pocket PC development in the enterprise: mobile solutions with Visual Basic and .NET
Authors: Christian Forsberg, Andreas Sjöström
Venue:  (2001)

Developments in mobile technology and the wireless Internet are converging to offer new opportunities for improving business processes and creating important new products and services. Pocket PC Development in the Enterprise is the first book to explain how to exploit these trands by developing mobile enterprise solutions based on Microsoft's increasingly popular Pocket PC platform.
3-D Human Modeling and Animation
Authors: Peter Ratner
Venue:  (1997)

:Ideal for graphic designers, artists, and others, 3-D Human Modeling and Animation builds a bridge from traditional figure drawing, painting, and sculpture to the creation and animation of figures using computer technology. With a step-by-step approach, the book leads readers through the process of modeling human figures, with specific yet flexible techniques that can be applied to many different hardware/software setups. Separate chapters cover different areas of the body, and contain everything readers need to know about proportion, basic design strategies, 3-D construction methods, and other essential information. The final chapters show how to prepare figures for animation and get them up and runningand jumping, walking, turning, and twisting! Complete with illustrations, helpful exercises, and more, 3-D Human Modeling and Animation opens up a whole new world of creative possibilities to explore. 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
WordPerfect 8 Answers! Certified Tech Support
Authors: Bob Bringhurst
Venue:  (1997)

:WordPerfect 8 Answers! Certified Tech Support. A Whole Book of WordPerfect 8 Answers for Less than the Price of Once Support Call! Q: Is it smart to pay $30,$100,$150,or even more for one phone call to tech support when you can have all the tech support answers at your fingertips for under $25? Of course not! There's no reason to spend your hard-earned moneyor timeon tech support calls when this valuable,reader-friendly book gives you over 400 answers to the most commonly asked WordPerfect 8 questions,fresh from the databases of Stream Internationalthe world's largest third-party tech support organization. Have questions about a certain wordPerfect task? Need solutions for dealing with WordPerfect 8's new Web features or integration with the WordPerfect Suite? Inside,you'll find quick,to-the-point answers that help you solve most every WordPerfect problems at a glance. Whether your question simple of complex,you'll have the expertise of Stream's 4,000 technical support professionals on your side as you: Locate the answer you need in mere seconds! Inside you'll find over 400 expert answersbased on actual tech support calls arranged topically for fast access: Benefits from technical support Q&A directly from Corel WordPerfect's product development team; Discover the answers to the ten most frequently asked questions about using Corel WordPerfect 8. Sharpen you WordPerfect skills quicker than you can sharpen a pencilsidebars,tips,warnings,and timesaving tricks show you how; Preview chapters easily using the quick,at-a-glance descriptions; Find helpfast! An exceptionally comprehensive and completely cross-referenced index points yourway. When itcomes to tech support for Corels' popular word processing application,there's only one answer you really needWordPerfect 8 Answers! Certified Tech Support About the Author: Bob Bringhurst is a renowned WordPerfect expert. He was contracted by Corel to create the reference manuals and online help systems for both Corel WordPerfect Suites (7 and 8) and is a regular columnist for WordPerfect for Windows Magazine 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
LabVIEW Graphical Programming: Practical Applications in Instrumentation and Control, 2nd edition
Authors: Gary W. Johnson
Venue:  (1997)

:The #1 guide to LabVIEW,updated for release 4. 0! This is the only in-depth,engineering-level guide to the popular graphical programming language for virtual instrumentation. Using LabVIEW,engineers and scientists can create software-based instruments that can do the job of real-world hardwaresaving thousands of dollars! Providing complete coverage of LabVIEW from a practical,engineering perspective,and including a CD-ROM with an extensive library of ready-to-use virtual instruments,this book will get you up to speed in no time. This is the only in-depth,engineering-level guide to the popular graphical programming language for virtual instrumentation. LabVIEW is ideal for developing software-based versions of real-world instruments,increasing the versatility of available hardware and saving thousands of dollars in equipment costs. Control panels mimic real panels,right down to on-screen lights and switches. Best of all,LavVIEW is easily understood by scientists and engineersand can thus be used to achieve productive results more quickly. With LabVIEW,programming is done via block diagrams that consist of icons and wires that can be directly compiled into executable code. Full of practical tips and techniques,the completely revised text provides complete coverage of LabVIEW,including instrument drivers,using the DAQ Library,designing a DAQ system,data visualization,image processing,and automated test applications. New material covers networking and sound/video programming issues,along with other features of the latest LavVIEW releases. A companion CD-ROM provides an extensive ibrary of ready-to-use LavVIEW virtual insturments. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Gary W.Johnson is a longtime LabVIEW user. He is currently an Instrumentation Engineer at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
Newnes MS-DOS Pocket Book, 2nd edition
Authors: Ian Robertson Sinclair
Venue:  (1993)

:Covering the basic commands used in all versions of DOS from 3.0 through 6.22, this book places emphasis on assisting the user to get as much as possible from MS-DOS and the utilities that accompany it. The normal built-in file and disk control actions of MS-DOS are fully described, along with the utilities that have been inherited from earlier versions. 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
Programming Kde 2.0, 1st edition
Authors: Lotzi Boloni
Venue:  (2001)

:The K Desktop Environment (KDE) is a powerful graphical desktop environment for UNIX workstations. It combines ease of use, contemporary functionality and outstanding graphical design with the technological superiority of the UNIX operating system. The KDE platform will enable you to shorten development time, refine your GUI and achieve better integration with other applications. This book covers all the aspects of writing programs for KDE 2.0, from general principles and dialog design, to component programming and inter-program communication. It is intended for developers that are familiar with the C++ language-previous UNIX or KDE experience is not required. You get an introduction to the main components of the system, including the window manager, the panel and the standards required to write a KDE-compliant application. And you learn about the libraries and tools used to develop KDE programs, such as the X Window system, the Qt widget kit, the gcc compiler set and the automake application. Practical programming guidelines and the tricks of the trade are illustrated with well-documented examples-all of which can be used as starting points for your own projects. A demonstration project, complete with source code, will give you a working understanding of the nuts and bolts of KDE development including: - main window including menu bars, toolbars and status bars - GUI components including widgets, fonts and text, image displays - standard dialogs and multi-panel dialog boxes - the configuration file format used by KDE apps and developing control modules for the KDE Control Center - development of component apps as plug-ins in the KDE file manager, Konqueror The CD-ROM contains full source code for KDE 2.0, binaries of KDE 2.0 for the popular Linux distributions, and a development tree snapshot for KDE 2.1. Author Biography: Lotzi L. B&ouml;l&ouml;ni graduated with honors from the Technical University of Cluj, Romania, as a computer engineer. Since that time, he has taught classes in computer architectures and networking, performed research in neuromorphic simulations of the human visual system and secured MS and Ph.D. degrees from Purdue University. Lotzi started working with Linux in 1993 (with the version 0.99 beta 3) - and has made several contributions to core KDE applications such as korganizer, konsole and kchart. Lotzi works for CPlane Inc. in Los Altos, Calif. In his spare time, he is developing his own pet KDE project, gofai-wmt (Good Old Fashioned Artificial Intelligence with a Modern Twist). 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
Testbed on a desktop: strategies and techniques to support multi-hop MANET routing protocol development
Authors: James T. Kaba, Douglas R. Raichle
Venue: Proceedings of the 2nd ACM international symposium on Mobile ad hoc networking computing (2001)

The development of multi-hop routing protocols for mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) typically begins with extensive simulation and then proceeds to implementation and real-world testing. While simulation environments can be carefully controlled, real-world environments present numerous difficulties that hinder efficient protocol implementation and testing. These include uncontrolled radio interference and propagation events, hard-to-reproduce network topologies and node mobility patterns, and experimental setups that are inconveniently large. In this paper we present a method for supporting protocol implementation and experimentation in a small testbed setting where variables can be controlled and experimental conditions can be reproduced. The testbed operation is independent of the operating system of the implementation platforms and works with most modern wireless networking interfaces without modifications. A "testbed on a desktop"constructed using the ideas we discuss allows the developer to create stable testing environments in which real-world conditions can be introduced in a convenient, deterministic and reproducible manner
Theories of the Information Society
Authors: Frank Webster
Venue:  (1995)

:This book sets out to examine and assess the variety of theories of information in society currently available. Frank Webster sceptically examines what thinkers mean by an information society, and looks closely at different approaches to informational developments. He provides critical commentaries on the major postwar theories: Daniel Bell's ideas on a post-industrial information society, Anthony Giddens' thoughts on the growth of surveillance and the expansion of the nation state, Herbert Schiller's insistence that information both expresses and consolidates the interests of corporate capitalism: Jurgen Habermas' account of the diminishment of the public sphere; Jean Baudrillard's thoughts on postmodernism and information, and Manuel Castells' depiction of the 'informational city'. Each theorisation is subjected to close scrutiny and is tested against empirical evidence to assess its worth. The author concludes that, while there has undoubtedly been an information explosion, it is premature to conceive of an information society. We should rather emphasise the 'informatisation' of established relations.
Introduction to Programming with C++, Second Edition, 2nd edition
Authors: Diane Zak
Venue:  (2001)

:In keeping with the success of the previous edition, An Introduction to Programming with C++, Second Edition provides a thorough introduction to programming using C++ as the illustrative language.
Optimization by Vector Space Methods, 1st edition
Authors: David G. Luenberger
Venue:  (1997)

:Engineers must make decisions regarding the distribution of expensive resources in a manner that will be economically beneficial. This problem can be realistically formulated and logically analyzed with optimization theory. This book shows engineers how to use optimization theory to solve complex problems. Unifies the large field of optimization with a few geometric principles. Covers functional analysis with a minimum of mathematics. Contains problems that relate to the applications in the book.
Digital manufacturing: driving digital manufacturing to reality
Authors: Robert G. Brown
Venue: Proceedings of the 32nd conference on Winter simulation (2000)

The goal of digital manufacturing is to provide the manufacturing community with solutions to create, validate, monitor and control agile, distributed manufacturing production systems geared towards build-to-order and lean production. The scope of Digital Manufacturing has evolved recently to include Computer Aided Process Planning (CAPP); Computer Aided Production Engineering (CAPE); a Manufacturing Data Base which contains product data, process data, manufacturing resources (PPR); generation of executable programs for automation; the generation of work instructions for workers on the shop floor and the feedback of manufacturing performance data from the shop floor. Digital Manufacturing is a 3D computer environment that has only become possible because the product data and tooling data are now available in 3D CAD. This paper discusses the methodology of applying Digital Manufacturing from the initial concept design phase of both product and production processes, through detail design and validation, to both implementation on the shop floor and the constant monitoring the shop floor performance data to support continuous improvement activities. Because up to 60 percent of the value of automobiles and fighter aircraft are sourced from suppliers, the Digital Manufacturing environment must be accessible across the supply chain to support today's B2B method of doing business.
'Net, the Web, and You: All You Really Need to Know about the Internet...and a Little Bit More, 1st edition
Authors: Daniel J. Kurland
Venue:  (1995)

:Designed for students, professionals, and the curious alike, The 'Net, the Web, and You offers a comprehensive introduction to the Internet - in plain English. This is a book that you can either read at your leisure for a general understanding of Internet services or refer to at your computer for specific instructions. The 'Net, the Web, and You provides an overall perspective of essential elements and issues. It explains how the Internet evolved, how it operates, and how you can best use it. The result is an authoritative tourist guide for all those who have no idea what Gopher and Archie refer to, or what the fuss over the World Wide Web really amounts to.
Delphi Component Design: Extending Delphi's 32-Bit Component Architecture and Development Environment
Authors: Danny Thorpe
Venue:  (1996)

:Delphi Component Design tells the inside story of how and why Delphi was built, and how to make use of this information to build better Delphi components and applications. Whether you're a Delphi application writer yearning to expand into component writing, or an experienced Delphi component writer in pursuit of the smaller, faster, better Holy Grail, Delphi Component Design will help you sort out what Delphi Visual Component Library (VCL) services can do for you (and how they do it); what your components can do for VCL; what standard behaviors your component classes must implement; and how to take advantage of little-known VCL classes and services to dramatically improve your component's ease of use, code reuse, flexibility, and performance. This is the no-stone-unturned authority on building advanced Delphi components - from high-level views of how a component fits into the grand scheme of things to the minute details of how each link between a component and the rest of the system works; from design-time support tools to run-time performance optimizations.
Data Warehousing Advice for Managers
Authors: Patricia L. Ferdinandi
Venue:  (1998)

:Here is the only book about data warehousing for managers. It is not a technical guide to building a complicated information system. But it does something no other book does for you: It leads you, choice by choice and dollar by dollar, through the all-important decision making process that ultimately rewards you with a powerful data storage system, organized specifically for the kinds of analysis your business requires in order to compete and grow. 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
On the validity of digital signatures
Authors: Jianying Zhou, Robert Deng
Venue: ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review (2000)

An important feature of digital signatures is to serve as non-repudiation evidence. To be eligible as non-repudiation evidence, a digital signature on an electronic document should remain valid until its expiry date which is specified by some non-repudiation policy. As signature keys may be compromised and the validity of signatures may become questionable, additional security mechanisms need to be imposed on digital signatures. This paper examines the mechanisms for maintaining the validity of digital signatures, and provides a guideline on the use of these mechanisms in various context of applications.
The design response to usability test findings: a case study based on artifacts and interviews
Authors: Marcia A. Ruthford, Judith A. Ramey
Venue: Proceedings of IEEE professional communication society international professional communication conference and Proceedings of the 18th annual ACM international conference on Computer documentation: technology & teamwork (2000)

Usability testing during product development has gained wide acceptance as a strategy for improving product quality. But it is difficult to find published studies that actually document the impact of usability test findings and recommendations on product design. This case study examines a usability test that was done during the development of a software feature and is based on the usability test artifacts and interviews with people who were involved in designing, developing, and implementing the software feature. We attempt to determine if and how the recommended changes from the usability test were implemented, to identify other changes made to the feature being designed, and to determine the source of those other changes. Based on our findings in this case study, we can say that the usability test findings and recommendations had a great impact on the design of the feature, and the design was also influenced by seven other sources.
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Online Investing, 2nd edition
Authors: Douglas Gerlach
Venue:  (2000)

:You're not a simpleton. You're hip to the market, both stock and super. You look for smart ways to make money. And you're keen on the hunt. Maybe you've been exposed to the concept of online trading and investing, but you don't want to lose your shirt while surfing for the big kill. Well, don't cage your mouse just yet. The Complete Idiot's Guide to Online Investing answers all of your questions about finance and personal investing (many you probably never thought to ask). This guide arms you with the knowledge before you go online. Well-told, easy-to-grasp, and funny, it's your best weapon for the adventures of online investing. 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
New dynamic SPT algorithm based on a ball-and-string model
Authors: Paolo Narváez, Kai-Yeung Siu, Hong-Yi Tzeng
Venue: IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (TON) (2001)

A key functionality in today's widely used interior gateway routing protocols such as OSPF and IS-IS involves the computation of a shortest path tree (SPT). In many existing commercial routers, the computation of an SPT is done from scratch following changes in the link states of the network. As there may coexist multiple SPTs in a network with a set of given link states, such recomputation of an entire SPT not only is inefficient but also causes frequent unnecessary changes in the topology of an existing SPT and creates routing instability.This paper presents a new dynamic SPT algorithm that makes use of the structure of the previously computed SPT. Our algorithm is derived by recasting the SPT problem into an optimization problem in a dual linear programming framework, which can also be interpreted using a ball-and-string model. In this model, the increase (or decrease) of an edge weight in the tree corresponds to the lengthening (or shortening) of a string. By stretching the strings until each node is attached to a tight string, the resulting topology of the model defines an (or multiple) SPT(s). By emulating the dynamics of the ball-and-string model, we can derive an efficient algorithm that propagates changes in distances to all affected nodes in a natural order and in a most economical way. Compared with existing results, our algorithm has the best-known performance in terms of computational complexity as well as minimum changes made to the topology of an SPT. Rigorous proofs for correctness of our algorithm and simulation results illustrating its complexity are also presented.
Science on the Web: A Connoisseur's Guide to over 500 of the Best, the Most Useful, and Most Fun Science Websites, 1st edition
Authors: Edward J. Renehan,  Jr.
Venue:  (1996)

:Written by the author of the bestselling book 1001 Really Cool Web Sites, this guide is ideal for scientists, students, and science enthusiasts looking to maximize the powers of the Web in their research and exploration. This fun and informative book enables readers to take full advantage of what's out there, identifying the best sites and what's good about them.