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The SecureRing group communication system
Authors: Kim Potter Kihlstrom, L. E. Moser, P. M. Melliar-Smith
Venue: ACM Transactions on Information and System Security (TISSEC) (2001)

Secure reliable group communication protocols can facilitate the development of survivable distributed systems that are able to remain correct and reliable despite intrusions that cause some nodes to behave in an arbitrary or malicious manner. However, the development of such protocols is itself difficult, and prior systems have exhibited high overheads, primarily due to the cost of digital signatures. The SecureRing group communication system provides secure, reliable, totally-ordered message delivery and group membership services despite the malicious corruption of a constant fraction of the processors within the system. The network is assumed not to partition, and persistent communication faults are handled as processor faults. The SecureRing message delivery protocol makes use of message digests in a signed token to allow a single digital signature to cover multiple messages, and to avoid the need for multiple rounds of message exchange in normal operation. While these techniques mean that messages are not authenticated in real time, they enable the SecureRing protocols to achieve high throughput and reasonable latency.
What Every Paradox for Windows Programmer Should Know, 2nd edition
Authors: Mike Prestwood
Venue:  (1994)

:This well-organized book teaches users how to develop a working database application, taking them through a series of problems and solutions. The tips, tricks, and secrets of this book make it a great addition to any library.Software includes more than 30 example programs, tutorial forms, developer's utilities, and source code from the Borland Technical Support TeamExtensive coverage of ObjectPAL tricks, techniques for using interactive forms, and bullet-proofing techniques for OLE and DDEFocuses on the new features of Version 5 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
AS/400 TCP/IP Handbook
Authors: Chris Peters
Venue:  (1999)

:AS/400 TCP/IP Handbook has been specially created for AS/400 professionals. It gives you the concepts and background material you need to connect your AS/400 to the Internet. The book details all of the significant TCP/IP utilities available on the AS/400 so that you can have all the information you need for your development at one source. It explains sockets technology by presenting a full-featured production-quality TCP/IP sockets server program with ILE RPG. This book will show you how to :Design your own TCP/IP network for your intranet or the Internet, use all the features of the Express Client Operations Navigator, securely attach your AS/400 to the Internet for less than $100 per month, create a CGI interface between network browser users and applications written your customary programming language, write high-performance sockets applications suitable for mission-critical applications without ODBC or OLE DB/ADO, and leverage your existing AS/400 programming skills into creating the best performing, most capable and most secure TCP/IP applications possible.
The syntactic prediction with token automata: application to HandiAS system
Authors: Denis Maurel, Brigitte Le Pévédic
Venue: Theoretical Computer Science (2001)

This paper presents a finite-state machine to compute the probability of a word appearance when one knows the left syntactic context. We memorize the token number of words in a dictionary and the token number of syntactic categories on finite-state automata. We compute a word probability with these numbers. If we have not predicted the awaited word , we take into account the first letter for a new prediction, and so on. This system has been implemented on a prototype software for disabled communication aid, called HandiAS and it is a part of the Research project CNHL of the LI, the Computer Laboratory of the Tours University. Copyright 2001 Elsevier Science B.V.
Computer Modeling of Complex Biological Systems, 1st edition
Authors: S. Sitharama Ivengar
Venue:  (1997)

:This unique text focuses on the use of innovative modelingtechniques to better understand complex diseases such as AIDS and cancer. From a way of representing the computational properties of protein-folding problems to computer simulation of bimodal neurons and networks, Computer Modeling and Simulations of Complex Biological Systems examines several modeling methodologies and integrates them across a variety of disciplines. This interdisciplinary approach suggests new ways to solve complex problems pertaining to biological systems. Written in clear and simple terms appropriate for both the novice and the experienced researcher, the book presents a step-by-step approach to the subject and includes numerous examples to explain the concepts presented in the text. No other book available today describes these unique modeling techniques. 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
Freelance Graphics 96 for Windows for Dummies
Authors: Roger C. Parker
Venue:  (1995)

:Many books can show you how to use presentation software, but only Freelance Graphics 96 For Windows 95 For Dummies shows you how to write, produce, and then deliver your presentation effectively. A team with years of expertise in presentation software and communications, authors William Harrel and Roger C. Parker deliver here their own one-of-a-kind presentation on how to use Freelance Graphics to . . . Produce 35mm slides, overhead transparencies, and electronic screen shows Create charts that get your point across Perfect your delivery by using the built-in rehearse feature Compose speaker's notes and generate audience handouts Plus, Harrel and Parker reveal their own secrets for analyzing audiences, using color effectively, and projecting professionalism. Freelance Graphics 96 For Windows 95 For Dummies also includes a handy "cheat sheet" listing all the keyboard shortcuts you're likely to use while working with Freelance Graphics -- it's a real time-saver.
Multispace KL for Pattern Representation and Classification
Authors: Raffaele Cappelli, Dario Maio, Davide Maltoni
Venue: IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (2001)

This work introduces the Multispace KL (MKL) as a new approach to unsupervised dimensionality reduction for pattern representation and classification. The training set is automatically partitioned into disjoint subsets, according to an optimality criterion; each subset then determines a different KL subspace which is specialized in representing a particular group of patterns. The extension of the classical KL operators and the definition of ad hoc distances allow MKL to be effectively used where KL is commonly employed. The limits of the standard KL transform are pointed out, in particular, MKL is shown to outperform KL when the data distribution is far from a multidimensional Gaussian and to better cope with large sets of patterns, which could cause a severe performance drop in KL.
Approaches for capacity and revenue optimization in suvivable WDM networks
Authors: Murari Sridharan, Arun K. Somani, Murti V. Salapaka
Venue: Journal of High Speed Networks (2001)

In this paper, we consider two important objectives of network operation: (i) capacity minimization and (ii) revenue maximization. For capacity minimization, we formulate three operational phases in survivable WDM network operation viz., initial call set up, short/medium-term reconfiguration, and long-term reconfiguration. All three phases are derived from a single integer linear programming (ILP) formulation. This common framework incorporates service disruption. We modify the framework for revenue maximization that includes a service differentiation model based on lightpath protection. We propose a multistage solution methodology to solve individual service classes sequentially and combine them to obtain a feasible solution. We provide cost comparisons in terms of increase in revenue obtained by various service classes with the base case of accepting demands without any protection. Results are provided to demonstrate the effectiveness of our framework.
Scheduling coarse-grain operations for VLIW processors
Authors: N. G. Busá, A. van der Werf, M. Bekooij
Venue: Proceedings of the 13th international symposium on System synthesis (2000)

In order to speed up current DSP applications, complex hardware accelerators may be added in DSP architectures. This means that "coarse-grain " operations, characterized by a long latency and by a complex Input-Output timeshape, may be available to implement the given application. In a traditional scheduling approach, coarse-grain operations are treated as bulky atomic multi-cycle operations, under the worst case assumption that inputs and output are confined at the beginning and at the end of the operation itself. In this paper, we propose a novel scheduling method for VLIW processors, where coarse-grain operations are decomposed into a number of fine Input and Output operations. Therefore, each I/O operation is scheduled separately in order to synchronize data communication among operations in a "Just in Time" fashion. This leads to a higher Instruction Level Parallelism (ILP) in the processor, and decreases the number of registers needed in the architecture. The experiments show that embedding custom hardware accelerators in a VLIW datapath, as proposed in this paper, enhances performances keeping the VLIW controller's microcode width small.
Rise of the Knowledge Worker
Authors: James W. Cortada
Venue:  (1998)

:This collection of essays is designed to give the reader a historical perspective on the fastest growing sector of the workforce: knowledge workers. The articles tell how knowledge workers evolved from agricultural and manufacturing jobs and proceed to give some insights as to what the future roles will be.
Introduction to Expert Systems, 3rd edition
Authors: Peter Jackson
Venue:  (1998)

:The third edition of Peter Jackson's book, Introduction to Expert Systems, updates the technological base of expert systems research and embeds those results in the context of a wide variety of application areas. The earlier chapters take a more practical approach to the basic topics than the previous editions, while the later chapters introduce new topic areas, such as case-based reasoning, connectionist systems, and hybrid systems. Results in related areas, such as machine learning and reasoning with uncertainty are also accorded a thorough treatment.
After Effects 4.1 for Macintosh and Windows: Visual QuickPro Guide
Authors: Antony Bolante
Venue:  (2000)

:Adobe After Effects 4.1 software offers extraordinary creative freedom and control for designing sophisticated motion graphics and visual effects for film, video, multimedia, and the Web. Its tight integration with Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and Premiere gets you up and running fast and makes you more productive.After Effects: Visual QuickPro Guide introduces video and film producers to the comprehensive set of tools available in After Effects. Step-by-step instructions lead intermediate-level readers through some of After EffectsÕs more advanced features in video editing. The most useful, project-enhancing features of AdobeÕs powerful application are covered in detail.
Language and Thought in Humans and Computers: Theory and Research in Psychology, Artificial Intelligence, and Neural Science
Authors: Morton Wagman
Venue:  (1998)

:The centrality of language and thought provides an intellectual focus for experimental conceptual approaches to psychology, computation, and neural science. The wealth of detailed research and theory that reflects current knowledge in the area of language and across computational and human domains is of special interest. 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
Connection-level analysis and modeling of network traffic
Authors: Shriram Sarvotham, Rudolf Riedi, Richard Baraniuk
Venue: Proceedings of the 1st ACM SIGCOMM Workshop on Internet Measurement (2001)

Most network traffic analysis and modeling studies lump all connections together into a single flow. Such aggregate traffic typically exhibits long-range-dependent (LRD) correlations and non-Gaussian marginal distributions. Importantly, in a typical aggregate traffic model, traffic bursts arise from many connections being active simultaneously. In this paper, we develop a new framework for analyzing and modeling network traffic that moves beyond aggregation by incorporating connection-level information. A careful study of many traffic traces acquired in different networking situations reveals (in opposition to the aggregate modeling ideal) that traffic bursts typically arise from just a few high-volume connections that dominate all others. We term such dominating connections alpha traffic. Alpha traffic is caused by large file transmissions over high bandwidth links and is extremely bursty (non-Gaussian). Stripping the alpha traffic from an aggregate trace leaves a beta traffic residual that is Gaussian, LRD, and shares the same fractal scaling exponent as the aggregate traffic. Beta traffic is caused by both small and large file transmissions over low bandwidth links. In our alpha/beta traffic model, the heterogeneity of the network resources give rise to burstiness and heavy-tailed connection durations give rise to LRD. Queuing experiments suggest that the alpha component dictates the tail queue behavior for large queue sizes, whereas the beta component controls the tail queue behavior for small queue sizes.
WordPerfect 6 Power Tools: Macros, Templates, and More, 1st edition
Authors: Gordon McComb
Venue:  (1993)

:Book/disk package. Shows step by step, how to use each of WP 6.0's many features. 3 1/2" high density disk loaded with over 200 pre-programmed macros, merges, templates, utilities and a sophisticated business letter-writing system (Letter
Availability in the Sprite distributed file system
Authors: Mary Baker, John Ousterhout
Venue: Proceedings of the 4th workshop on ACM SIGOPS European workshop (1990)

In the Sprite environment, tolerating faults means recovering from them quickly. Our position is that performance and availability are the desired features of the typical locally-distributed office/engineering environment, and that very fast server recovery is the most cost-effective way of providing such availability. Mechanisms used for reliability are often inappropriate in systems with the primary goal of performance, and some availability-oriented methods using replicated hardware or processes cost too much for these systems. In contrast, availability via fast recovery need not slow down a system, and our experience in Sprite shows that in some cases the same techniques that provide high performance also provide fast recovery. In our first attempt to reduce server recovery times to less than a minute, we take advantage of the distributed state already present in our file system, and a high-performance log-structured file system currently under implementation.
Managing Information and Knowledge in the Public Sector
Authors: Eileen M. Milner
Venue:  (2000)

:In this book Eileen Milner introduces the reader to the concepts of information and knowledge and explores a variety of tools and techniques which may be usefully adopted in actively managing and developing these resources. Wherever possible, real-life public sector cases and examples are used to illustrate good practice, as well as some of the pitfalls of poor application.
Windows 95 (Quick Reference)
Authors: Que Corporation
Venue:  (1997)

:This complete Windows 95 command reference provides you with key information on the most important Windows 95 features. With a comprehensive index and exhaustive command reference section, you ll have all the essential information you need to master this new operating system at your fingertips!Provides you with key information on the most important Windows 95 featuresIncludes a comprehensive index and exhaustive command reference sectionFeatures all the essential information readers need to master this new operating system at their fingertips
Proceedings of the seventh international conference on 3D Web technology
Venue: 3D technologies for the World Wide Web (2002)

These proceedings contains papers presented at the Web3D 2002 Symposium, which was held February 24-28, 2002 in Tempe, Arizona. The purpose of the symposium was to bring together researchers, developers, experimenters, and content creators of the Web3D community to exchange ideas and discuss future directions of Web3D related research and technology.
Software development as mediated activity: applying three analytical frameworks for studying compound mediation
Authors: Clay Spinuzzi
Venue: Proceedings of the 19th annual international conference on Computer documentation (2001)

Field research in software documentation has a tradition of investigating how artifacts (from documentation to online help to interfaces to mundane equipment such as Post-It? notes) mediate or enable workers to perform complex tasks (see for instance [29]). Understanding artifacts and mediation can be key to understanding how well documentation supports work, and consequently, how we might design information to fit work patterns. Yet the field of technical communication has developed or adapted relatively few analytical frameworks for examining compound mediation, the ways that sets of artifacts work together to help workers get their jobs done. Such frameworks are important to understand because they provide us with guidance for investigating the mediatory relationships among artifacts - guidance which has important ramifications for intelligently designing information systems and inserting designed artifacts (such as documentation) into existing systems.In this paper, I use three analytical frameworks - contextual design's work models [4, 5, 23], distributed cognition's functional systems [1, 2, 13, 24], and genre ecologies [25, 26, 27, 28, 30] - to examine observational and interview data from a 1997 study of software developers. The observational study is a 10-week investigation of 22 software developers at work, focusing on how artifacts (such as manuals, code comments, and the code itself) collectively mediated the developers? production and comprehension of code at three units of the same global corporation. The study provides a good case for basing a comparison of the three frameworks because it (a) involves comparing multiple artifacts and complex use of artifacts across the different sites, and (b) uses ethnographic methods similar to those often used by proponents of the three frameworks.By applying the three frameworks to the same study, I illustrate which aspects of compound mediation are illuminated and unexplored by each analytical framework. Based on the comparison, I discuss the strengths and weaknesses of each framework for exploring compound mediation, and I suggest ways in which the frameworks might be coordinated to produce different pictures of work.
Capcom VS. Snk: Millennium Fight 2000 Official Fighter's Guide
Authors: Laughing Panda Dojo
Venue:  (2000)

:BradyGAMES Capcom vs. SNK: Millennium Fight 2000 Official Strategy Guide has complete coverage of all characters, including the two bosses. Entire lists of each fighter's moves, combos, and profile. All game secrets are revealed! 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
Collisions and perception
Authors: Carol O'Sullivan, John Dingliana
Venue: ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG) (2001)

Level of Detail (LOD) techniques for real-time rendering and related perceptual issues have received a lot of attention in recent years. Researchers have also begun to look at the issue of perceptually adaptive techniques for plausible physical simulations. In this article, we are particularly interested in the problem of realistic collision simulation in scenes where large numbers of objects are colliding and processing must occur in real-time. An interruptible and therefore degradable collision-handling mechanism is used and the perceptual impact of this degradation is explored. We look for ways in which we can optimize the realism of such simulations and describe a series of psychophysical experiments that investigate different factors affecting collision perception, including eccentricity, separation, distractors, causality, and accuracy of physical response. Finally, strategies for incorporating these factors into a perceptually adaptive real-time simulation of large numbers of visually similar objects are presented.
Teach Yourself Visual Basic 6
Authors: Patricia A. Hartman
Venue:  (2000)

:With modular spreads and a user-friendly design, Teach Yourself Visual Basic 6 is easy to use. It gives you tasks to master and a wealth of tools that help you teach yourself VB6 quickly. Procedures are presented visually, step by step, so that you can integrate theory and practice as you go. A Personal Workbook section at the end of each chapter allows you to practice and reinforce what you've just taught yourself. This Teach Yourself edition presents how to Master the VB Integrated Development Environment (IDE). Debug and access your database. Design forms, menus, and controls. Use graphics and multimedia elements. Harness OLE, ActiveX components, and other advanced features. When you're both the teacher and the student, Visual Basic can't get more basic!
No Bull: Object Technology for Executives
Authors: William S. Perlman
Venue:  (1999)

:No Bull Object Technology for Executives is a straight-shooting introduction to object technology (OT) William Perlman has specifically written this book for business executives and managers who have a software development organization within their company, but who have neither the time nor the background necessary to read manuals and technical publications. Written clearly and concisely and peppered with humorous cartoons and other informative illustrations, this book focuses on the benefits and pitfalls of investing in object technology from a financial and human resources perspective. 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