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Windows 2000 performance guide: help for Windows 2000 administrators
Authors: Odysseas Pentakalos, Mark Friedman
Venue:  (2002)

Are you wondering, for example, if more expensive equipment would give better performance? The answer is often yes, but not always. This book will show you why it is important to understand the performance characteristics of the hardware and of the workload, and how they match up against each other. Windows 2000 Performance Guide takes you through problem solving techniques like measurement methodology, workload characterization, benchmarking, decomposition techniques, and analytic queuing models.
Enterprise Networking: Fractional T1 to SONET, Frame Relay to BISDN
Authors: Daniel Minoli
Venue:  (1992)

:Here's your one-stop guide to designing and managing cost-effective, reliable, and flexible corporate networks using broadband technologies. This book shows you the full range of options available and summarizes the benefits of each. With 220 illustrations and over 2,000 references, it gives you a clear understanding of when, how, and where to apply broadband techniques.
The Complete Idiots Guide to FrontPage 97
Authors: Aaron Weiss
Venue:  (1997)

:Discover the Quick and Easy Way to learn how to publish a Web page from your own computer; Master Web design concepts including forms, frames, and more; add JavaScript, multimedia, and ActiveX elements to your Web page; discover how to use FrontPage 97 with your company's intranet; enhance your old Web sites and pages; create your own templates and specially pages; and produce interactive pages with ease.
A logical foundation for deductive object-oriented databases
Authors: Mengchi Liu, Gillian Dobbie, Tok Wang Ling
Venue: ACM Transactions on Database Systems (TODS) (2002)

Over the past decade, a large number of deductive object-oriented database languages have been proposed. The earliest of these languages had few object-oriented features, and more and more features have systematically been incorporated in successive languages. However, a language with a clean logical semantics that naturally accounts for all the key object-oriented features, is still missing from the literature. This article takes us another step towards solving this problem. Two features that are currently missing are the encapsulation of rule-based methods in classes, and nonmonotonic structural and behavioral inheritance with overriding, conflict resolution and blocking. This article introduces the syntax of a language with these features. The language is restricted in the sense that we have omitted other object-oriented and deductive features that are now well understood, in order to make our contribution clearer. It then defines a class of databases, called well-defined databases, that have an intuitive meaning and develops a direct logical semantics for this class of databases. The semantics is based on the well-founded semantics from logic programming. The work presented in this article establishes a firm logical foundation for deductive object-oriented databases.
Evaluation of prediction models for marketing campaigns
Authors: Saharon Rosset, Einat Neumann, Uri Eick, Nurit Vatnik, Izhak Idan
Venue: Proceedings of the seventh ACM SIGKDD international conference on Knowledge discovery and data mining (2001)

We consider prediction-model evaluation in the context of marketing-campaign planning. In order to evaluate and compare models with specific campaign objectives in mind, we need to concentrate our attention on the appropriate evaluation-criteria. These should portray the model's ability to score accurately and to identify the relevant target population. In this paper we discuss some applicable model-evaluation and selection criteria, their relevance for campaign planning, their robustness under changing population distributions, and their employment when constructing confidence intervals. We illustrate our results with a case study based on our experience from several projects.
More MACs for Dummies
Authors: David Pogue
Venue:  (1994)

:Macs For Dummies, 4th Edition, is the best-selling, Dummies-approved guide to using a Macintosh for the first time. But what do you do after you've figured out how to point, click, and empty the trash? You read MORE Macs For Dummies, 2nd Edition! You'll find out how to use a modem to dial up your friends and over 200 million other people on the Internet, discover how to operate software like Photoshop, PageMaker, Quicken, and Freehand with minimal terminology and maximal humor, and get the truth about AV Macs, PowerPCs, and MORE -- all in the lighthearted, crystal-clear style that made David Pogue's first Mac book a worldwide hit! Get the most from your Mac with MORE friendly advice on advanced Mac tasks: Find out MORE about modems, getting connected to the vast online world, and what you should know about using the Internet and the World Wide Web Connect a PowerBook to a regular Mac without buying a single new cable Explore the fine art of troubleshooting, even when you've taken all the obvious steps Figure out how to upgrade your software without going crazy Use your Mac as a telephone and answering machine Discover Netscape Navigator and use it to cruise the World Wide Web Take care of your hard drive -- an exclusive yearly checklist is included! Get MORE great hi-tech stunts and six practical jokes for showoffs
Using CGI (Special Edition)
Authors: Jeffry Dwight
Venue:  (1996)

:This complete reference provides professional Web developers and advanced personal users with the latest information on using CGI (Common Gateway Interface) to interact with databases., Updated from the highly successful first edition, this book helps users learn to create and implement scripts and master the details of implementing CGI on various platforms and languages.Explains client and server uses of CGIProvides extensive coverage of live audio and video feeds, user chat and interaction, and CGI securityFeatures separate chapters devoted to language-specific tips, tricks, and traps 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
Cyber-Design: Photography
Authors: Rockport Publishers Editorial
Venue:  (1996)

:More than 150 projects illustrate how the power of the computer is changing the field of photography. In these beautifully illustrated pages you will find cutting edge designs from top photographers, designers, graphic design firms, and advertisement agencies. Design information includes the design firm, designers, hardware and software used, and client for each project as well as helpful insight into the design techniques and solutions used. Illustrating some of the strongest digital work being done in the photography field today, CyberDesign Photography features award-winning projects that push the limits of computer-manipulated design. Brief captions offer helpful information about the design firm and the computer equipment used to create these amazing designs. 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
Communication, Technology, and Politics in the Information Age
Authors: Gerald Sussman
Venue:  (1997)

:How does politics influence communication technology? What forces shape technological enterprise? How do politics, society, and technology intersect? To answer these questions, author Gerald Sussman looks beyond the techno-functional aspects of product and process and focuses instead on the human agents and institutions involved in the making of information technologies. Through his carefully detailed and critical analysis, Sussman demystifies the political and social inner workings of communication technologies and guides readers to an understanding of the real meaning of the information revolution.
Learn Publisher in a Weekend, 1st edition
Authors: Nancy Stevenson
Venue:  (1997)

:Learn Publisher 97 In a Weekend is the perfect place to begin producing a newsletter, flyer, or invitation. This book provides an introduction to basic design, examples of real-world desktop publishing projects, and of course, many tips on how to locate online design resources.
UNIX Network Programming: Networking APIs: Sockets and XTI, 2nd edition
Authors: W. Richard Stevens
Venue:  (1997)

:The only guide to UNIX network programming APIs you'll ever need! Whether you write Web servers, client/server applications, or any other network software, you need to understand networking APIS--especially sockets in greater detail than ever before. You need UNIX Network Programming, Volume 1, Second Edition. In this book, leading UNIX networking expert W. Richard Stevens offers unprecedented, start-to-finish guidance on making the most of sockets, the de facto standard for UNIX network programming--as well as extensive coverage of the X/Open Transport Interface (XTI). Stevens begins by introducing virtually every basic capability of TCP and UDP sockets, including socket functions and options, I/O multiplexing, and name and address conversions. He presents detailed coverage of the Posix.1g standard for sockets and the Posix threads. He also introduces advanced techniques for: Establishing IPv4/IPv6 interoperability. Implementing non-blocking I/O. Routing sockets. Broadcasting and multicasting. IP options. Multithreading. Advanced name and address conversions. UNIX domain protocols. Raw sockets. Learn how to choose among today's leading client/server design approaches, including TCP iterative, concurrent, preforked and prethreaded servers. Master the X/Open Transport Interface, including XTI TCP clients and servers, name and address functions, options, streams and additional functions. The Internet/intranet revolution has dramatically increased the demand for developers with a sophisticated understanding of network programming APIs, especially sockets. One book contains all you need to know: UNIX Network Programming, Volume 1, Second Edition.
Methods for comparing and optimizing simulated systems: analysis of simulation factorial experiments by EDF resample statistics
Authors: Russell C. H. Cheng, Owen D. Jones
Venue: Proceedings of the 32nd conference on Winter simulation (2000)

The output from simulation factorial experiments can be complex and may not be amenable to standard methods of estimation like ANOVA. We consider the situation where the simulation output may not satisfy normality assumptions, but more importantly, where there may be differences in output at different factor combinations, but these are not simply differences in means. We show that EDF statistics can provide a similar but potentially more sensitive analysis to that provided by ANOVA. Moreover we show that with the use of resampling, we can generate accurate critical values for tests of hypothesis under much weaker conditions than those required for ANOVA tests. The method is illustrated with an example based on an actual simulation experiment comparing two methods of operating a production facility under different production levels.
The derivation of test cases from SDL specifications
Authors: Zhu Yun Gu, Kong Eng Cheng
Venue: Proceedings of the 30th annual Southeast regional conference (1992)

This paper describes the derivation of test cases for communications protocols based on a formal specification technique. It presents a methodology for generating test cases from the CCITT (International Consultative Committee for Telephones and Telegraphs) Specification and Description Language (SDL). An algorithm is given for constructing a finite global tree called the global developed tree. The algorithm is based on some reasonable restrictions for terminating the growth of global nodes, which could be infinite. The paper discusses how to convert the test processes into finite test suites. Three components are given : testing methodology for SDL, SDL to the global tree translation and the termination of the global tree.
Secure mobile agent systems using Java: where are we heading?
Authors: Walter Binder, Volker Roth
Venue: Proceedings of the 2002 ACM symposium on Applied computing (2002)

Java is the predominant language for mobile agent systems, both for implementing mobile agent execution environments and for writing mobile agent applications. This is due to inherent support for code mobility by means of dynamic class loading and separable class name spaces, as well as a number of security properties, such as language safety and access control by means of stack introspection. However, serious questions must be raised whether Java is actually up to the task of providing a secure execution environment for mobile agents. At the time of writing, it has neither resource control nor proper application separation. In this article we take an in-depth look at Java as a foundation for secure mobile agent systems.
More Effective C++: 35 New Ways to Improve Your Programs and Designs
Authors: Scott Meyers
Venue:  (1995)

:"I heartily recommend Effective C++, to anyone who aspires to mastery of C++ at the intermediate level or above."  The C/C++ User's Journal From the author of the indispensable Effective C++, here are 35 new ways to improve your programs and designs. Drawing on years of experience, Meyers explains how to write software that is more effective: more efficient, more robust, more consistent, more portable, and more reusable. In short, how to write C++ software that's just plain better. More Effective C++ includes: Proven methods for improving program efficiency, including incisive examinations of the time/space costs of C++ language features Comprehensive descriptions of advanced techniques used by C++ experts, including placement new, virtual constructors, smart pointers, reference counting, proxy classes, and double-dispatching Examples of the profound impact of exception handling on the structure and behavior of C++ classes and functions Practical treatments of new language features, including bool, mutable, explicit, namespaces, member templates, the Standard Template Library, and more. If your compilers don't yet support these features, Meyers shows you how to get the job done without them. More Effective C++ is filled with pragmatic, down-to-earth advice you'll use every day. Like Effective C++ before it, More Effective C++ is essential reading for anyone working with C++.
Windows NT Server: Professional Reference
Authors: Karanjit S. Siyan
Venue:  (1995)

:As a comprehensive reference to managing the Windows NT Server, this book cuts through the redundancy and entry-level discussions included in other Windows NT Server titles. It provides only the specific information you need to build and manage a Windows NT server effectively. You'll quickly master advanced installation and configuration procedures and be able to design and build efficient domain-based Windows NT networks, integrate Windows NT in existing Novell networks, understand Windows NT browsing functions over Wide Area Networks, optimize Windows NT Server performance, configure TCP/IP for Windows NT services, implement Windows NT security and audit policies. This is the only single-source reference that provides the information necessary to maintain a Windows NT Server in a diverse computing environment. Each chapter stands alone as a complete reference to a specific Windows NT Server technology, such as security, supporting clients, printing, TCP/IP configuration, and application servers.
An Internet Education: A Guide to Doing Research on the Internet, 1st edition
Authors: Cheryl Harris
Venue:  (1995)

:True expertise in information management brings with it enormous personal advancement and satisfaction. To gain this important knowledge, you need An Internet Education: A Guide to Doing Research on the Internet. It will introduce you to the powerful techniques for finding and analyzing information through the Internet. An Internet Education demystifies the logic of the Internet resource structure and provides advice on how to match research questions with the most appropriate sources. It shows new users how to use the network to answer real questions in the most effective manner possible. In addition, An Internet Education suggests ways to use the unique immediacy and global reach of the network to solve research problems in new and creative ways. Other highlights: valuable tips are offered on using electronic mail as a tool for "power research"; helpful information on locating and retrieving files, using databases effectively, and taking advantage of shareware and freeware; complete guides for using online libraries, freenets, research and commercial databases, and discussion groups for research; and easy-to-follow instructions on learning the Internet's "netiquette" and ethics.
Macromedia Director Workshop
Authors: Matthew Manuel
Venue:  (2000)

:Macromedia Director Workshop is a project-based book emphasizing the use of behaviors (Director's drag-and-drop scripting macros) to take advantage of Director's programming extensibility. At the same time, it provides insightful information for creative professionals dealing with Director's programming capabilities. This book includes Director solutions in a step-by-step format that you can apply to your own work. The book also discusses, in depth, how to integrate Director with other applications that creative professionals are using with Director for Web development, such as Shockwave, Java, and Flash.
Valueware: Technology, Humanity, and Organization
Authors: Christopher Barnatt
Venue:  (1999)

:Against an emerging landscape of intranets, extranets, virtual communities, and virtual reality, this book highlights the dangers of individuals or organizations becoming technology-rich but value blind. Valueware also champions the evolution of a gentler mode of capitalism as just one of many hopes for a more caring and sustainable 21st century. After detailing the critical forces now driving the convergence of technology, humanity, and organization, Barnatt then balances a wide spectrum of value perspectives, including those of past and present management gurus, Internet pioneers, and Generation Xers.
The design, implementation and initial evaluation of an advanced knowledge-based process scheduler
Authors: Sukanya Suranauwarat, Hideo Taniguchi
Venue: ACM SIGOPS Operating Systems Review (2001)

Traditional operating systems control the execution of programs regardless of how often they are run. This raises the question: can't the often run or the often used programs provide better performance if an operating system had an ability to optimize their execution behavior based on a knowledge the operating system had obtained from their previous execution(s)? In this paper, we integrate this ability into a part of an operating system called a process scheduler and examine its cost and benefit. Our initial evaluations show that the cost involved in our scheduler is small and the processing time can be reduced by using this scheduler.
Special Edition Using Windows NT 4.O
Authors: Roger Jennings
Venue:  (1996)

:In addition to complete coverage of the Windows NT 3.5 product, both client and server, this book includes updated interface (Windows 95) and Microsoft Network connectivity, plus intermediate to advanced coverage of key client-server and connectivity issues.
Performance analysis of MPI-I/O primitives on a PC cluster
Authors: Juan Touriño, Jacobo Barro, Ramón Doallo, Víctor M. Gulías
Venue: Proceedings of the 2002 ACM symposium on Applied computing (2002)

Cluster computing is an area of growing interest to support parallel and distributed applications. Many of these applications are I/O intensive and the limited bandwidth of the I/O subsystem of the cluster is an important bottleneck usually ignored. Thus, the performance of parallel I/O primitives is critical for the overall cluster performance. In this work, we try to characterize I/O routines supported by the standard MPI-2 on a PC cluster using the NFS and PVFS file systems in order to detect weak spots in the use of these routines and to predict their impact on the application's performance.
Simulation Modeling Using @Risk
Authors: Wayne L. Winston
Venue:  (1995)

:With its understandable explanations of Monte Carlo and step-by-step instructions for Microsoft Excel, Lotus, and @Risk software, this text/software package offers both the instruction and the practice students need to begin solving complex business problems.It is designed for use as the primary learning tool in a short business simulation course (for advanced undergraduate and MBA students), or as a supplement to courses in investments, corporate finance, management science, marketing strategy, operations management, and actuarial science.
PhotoShop Power Shortcuts
Authors: Michael Ninness
Venue:  (1999)

:Graphic designers are very keyboard focused when they are working at the computer. Using menus for commands is too slow and interrupts the creative flow of their work. Keystrokes also offer a control and degree of precision not afforded by the mouse when positioning, copying, or drawing objects. The major graphic design programs have hundreds upon hundreds of keyboard shortcuts, many of which are not well documented and instead spread through the community like rumors. This book shows you every keyboard shortcut in existence, how each works, and how to get more power out of it. You can easily flip to the task you want to complete and find the shortcut to maximize your time at the computer.
1-2-3 Release 5 for Windows Instant Reference, 2nd edition
Authors: Gerald E. Jones
Venue:  (1994)

:Suitable for users at all skill levels, this comprehensive pocket reference covers all the commands and features of the latest version of 1-2-3. Alphabetically organized by topic and cross-referenced to commands, the book also highlights new features, making it ideal for upgraders.
Telecommunications Systems and Applications
Authors: Fraidoon F. Mazda
Venue:  (1996)

:This book develops further the principles of transmission covered in the companion volume Telecommunication Transmission Principles. It describes the latest information transmission techniques, such as the Synchronous Digital Hierarchy, as well as many other applications such as video and facsimile transmission. Also included is an analysis of the key components used within telecommunications systems and the techniques used to measure its effectiveness. 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
Year 2000 Software Crisis: Solutions for IBM Legacy Systems
Authors: Keith A. Jones
Venue:  (1999)

:Now, with off-the-shelf software solutions - both diagnostic and planning - here is everything you need to quickly identify the best Year 2000 automated methods and tools for your needs. Estimate time and cost for each category of Year 2000 software date changes, assess risks in order to prioritize Year 2000 efforts and help avoid losses and liabilities, scan to measure source code and to inventory software portfolios at the program level, get automated methods and technologies in the top ten classes of Year 2000 tools, estimate costs of Year 2000 conversion, with expert information for assessing costs, and learn about Year 2000 pilot projects using innovative new technology and tools. 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