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Smooth Feedback, Global Stabilization, and Disturbance Attenuation of Nonlinear Systems with Uncontrollable Linearization
Authors: Chunjiang Qian, Wei Lin, W. P. Dayawansa
Venue: SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization (2001)

Problems of global asymptotic stabilization and disturbance attenuation are addressed for a class of highly nonlinear systems that are comprised of a lower dimensional zero-dynamics subsystem and a chain of power integrators perturbed by a nontriangular vector field. It is shown in this paper that global stabilization and disturbance attenuation are solvable by smooth state feedback if one takes full advantage of the characteristics of the system in the feedback design to dominate the nonlinearity rather than to cancel it. A systematic design procedure which is based upon, but generalizes, the recent technique of adding a power integrator is developed for the explicit construction of the smooth controllers. Several examples are presented to demonstrate the key features of the proposed nonlinear control schemes.
Troubleshooting Campus Networks: Practical Analysis of Cisco and LAN Protocols, 1st edition
Authors: Priscilla Oppenheimer, Joseph Bardwell
Venue:  (2002)

:All network designers and administrators want their campus LANs to run efficiently. This book provides tips and techniques for using protocol analyzers and other tools to recognize problems for both Cisco and multiprotocol traffic patterns.Focuses on troubleshooting problems that arise from the Cisco routers inter-operating with many other network protocols Covers both legacy and cutting-edge technologies Authors are respected in the field for their teaching and training development skills in network troubleshooting
Introduction to Visual J++, Version 6.0, 2nd edition
Authors: Roy W. Goody
Venue:  (2002)

:Ideal for readers new to object-oriented programming, this reader-friendly book provides the framework needed to understand the subject in a logical, step-by-step manner. It is based on Microsoft J++ and is fully compliant with the Java 2 standard. Keeps readers up to date on the latest issues and trends in the field. Explains all fundamental concepts fully in simple language, and reinforces them by direct laboratory experience using numerous examples and exercises. Upgrades GUI designs from the original AWT package of classes to the newer Java 2 standard (the Swing Set). Features new chapters including topics such as Polymorphism, Graphics and the Swing Set, Components and the Swing Set, and Networking. Offers real-world projects ranging from simple operations on numbers to advanced Web design. Covers console applications and browser applets. Offers a C review. Covers Web-page design and structured programming techniques. A useful self-teaching guide for beginners who are interested in programming. 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
Applying a pattern language to develop extensible ORB middleware
Authors: Douglas C. Schmidt, Chris Cleeland
Venue: Design patterns in communications software (2001)

Distributed object computing forms the basis of next-generation communication software. At the heart of distributed object computing are Object Request Brokers (ORBs), which automate many tedius and error-prone distributed programming tasks. Like much communication software, conventional ORBs use statically configured designs, which are hard to port, optimize, and evolve. Likewise, conventional ORBs cannot be extended without modifying their source code, which forces recompilation, relinking, and restarting running ORBs and their associated application objects. This chapter makes two contributions to the study of extensible ORB middleware. First, it presents a case study illustrating how a pattern language can be used to develop dynamically configurable ORBs that can be customized for specific application requirements and system characteristics. Second, we quantify the impact of applying this pattern language to reduce the complexity and improve the maintainability of common ORB tasks, such as connection management, data transfer, demultiplexing, and concurrency control.
Wanted: a wider scope for interaction design in Sweden
Authors: Astrid Selling Sjöberg, Cristian Norlin
Venue: Proceedings of the second Nordic conference on Human-computer interaction (2002)

This paper focuses on the interaction design process as a practice experienced in the commercial business of telecom. Our concern for new and brave design is not mainly aimed at the development of products, but at the way we as interaction designers view our practice. This paper is to be seen as a reflection on interaction design practice through the daily experience of commercial information technology industry.
Practical UNIX
Authors: Steve Moritsugu, David Pitts, Sanjiv Guha
Venue:  (2000)

:Practical UNIX address the concerns of the beginning to intermediate UNIX user. Practical UNIX teaches what its namesake promisespractical applications and information that you can easily find and use. You can count on this book to provide solid reference information and practical knowledge necessary to master the ever-complex UNIX. Topics covered in Practical UNIX include listing, finding, displaying, and printing files, generating and using file lists, system security, command-line editing, introduction to Emacs, accessing other UNIX systems on the network and Internet, writing Bourne Shell Scripts, and writing Perl Programs.
Data Analysis with Microsoft Excel: Updated for Office 2000 with Disk, 1st edition
Authors: Kenneth N. Berk, Patrick W. Carey
Venue:  (1999)

:This best selling, hands-on book shows Windows 95 users how to use the popular Excel spreadsheet program to solve the kind of statistical problems that arise in business and elsewhere.
Computer Security Handbook, 4th edition
Authors: Seymour Bosworth
Venue:  (2002)

:The definitive formula for computer security, from power outages to theft and sabotageWhether you are in charge of many computers, or even one important one, there are immediate steps you can take to safeguard your companys computer system and its contents. The Computer Security Handbook provides a readable and comprehensive resource for protecting computer mainframe systems and PC networks. This Fourth Edition continues a long tradition of maintaining highly regarded industry guidelines for detecting virtually every possible threat to your system and prescribes specific actions you can take to eliminate them. The collected chapters are written by renowned industry professionals. Requiring minimal technical knowledge to understand, covered topics include: foundations of computer security, threats and vulnerabilities, prevention (technical defenses and human factors), detection, remediation, managements role, and other considerations such as using encryption internationally, anonymity and identity in cyberspace, and censorship. Protect the information and networks that are vital to your organization with Computer Security Handbook, Fourth Edition. Author Biography: Seymour Bosworth, CDP , is president of S. Bosworth Associates, Plainview, New York, a management consulting firm active in computing applications for banking, commerce, and industry. Since 1972 Bosworth has been a contributing editor to all four editions of the Computer Security Handbook, and he has written many articles and lectured extensively about computer security and other technical and managerial subjects. He has been responsible for design and manufacture, system analysis, programming, and operations of both digital and analog computers. M. E. Kabay, PhD, is Associate Professor of Computer Information Systems at Norwich University, where he is also director of the graduate program in Information Assurance. During his career, he has worked as an operating systems internals and database performance specialist for Hewlett-Packard, an operations manager at a large service bureau, and a consultant in operations, performance, and security.
Windows 2000 System Administrator's Black Book, 2nd Edition, 2nd edition
Authors: Deborah Haralson, James Michael Stewart, Stu Sjouwerman, Barry Shilmover, Stuart Sjouwerman
Venue:  (2001)

:This comprehensive, step-by-step reference provides everything an administrator needs to know to make a Windows 2000-based network run smoothly and efficiently. Detailed, solutions-oriented projects will guide administrators through day-to-day installation, configuration, networking, administration, optimization, security, troubleshooting, and much more. Enhanced from the previous edition, this must-have guide includes valuable information on vital network planning, enterprise configuration, and advanced feature sets to improve administrative functionality.
Handbook of Neural Computation
Authors: Emile Fiesler, Russell Beale
Venue:  (1997)

:A hands-on guide to the design and implementation of neural networks-- A comprehensive source of reference for all neural network users, designers and implementers-- Provides an information pathway between scientists and engineers in different disciplines who apply neural networks to generically similar problems-- Offers access to timely information in a rapidly changing field-- World Wide Web access to the complete handbook available free to electronic edition subscribersIn recent years, neural computation has developed from a specialized research discipline into a broadly based and dynamic activity with applications in an astonishing variety of fields. Many scientists, engineers and other practitioners are now using neural networks to tackle problems that are either intractable or unrealistically time consuming to solve through traditional computational strategies. The inaugural volume in the Computational Intelligence Library provides speeedy dissemination of new ideas to a broad spectrum of neural network users, designers and implementers. Devoted to network fundamentals, models, algorithms and applications, the work is intended to become the standard reference resource for the neural network community. As the field expands and develops, leading researchers will report on an analyze promising new approaches. In this way, the Handbook will become an evolving compendium on the state of the art of neural computation. Available in loose-leaf print form as well as in an electronic edition that combines both CD-ROM and on-line (World Wide Web) access to its contents, the Handbook of Neural Computation is available on a subscription basis, with regularly publishedsupplements keeping readers abreast of late-breaking developments and new advances in this rapidly developing field.
Successful Software Reengineering
Authors: Sal Valenti
Venue:  (2002)

:Software process reengineering has become highly visible over the past several years. Efforts are being undertaken by organizations of all types and sizes as they attempt to deal with the challenges of quality, complexity and competitiveness. As an emerging technology, the effectiveness and potential impact of process improvement efforts have been debated, but not fully tested or validated. At the very core of this technological evolution is the idea that the quality of a software product is highly dependent on the quality of the process used for its development. Successful Software Reengineering examines the most recent theories, models, approaches and processes involved with the concept of software improvement and reengineering.
Enhanced IP Services for Cisco Networks
Authors: Donald C. Lee
Venue:  (1999)

:Donald Lee provides a useful and instructive breakdown of each enhanced service: what it is, why you need it, how it works, how to deploy it, how to validate it. This book offers a practical guide to implementing IPsec, the IOS Firewall, and IOS Intrusion Detection System. Also included are advanced routing principles and quality of service features that focus on improving the capability of your network. A good briefing on cryptography fully explains the science that makes VPNs possible. Rather than being another routing book, this is a guide to improving your network's capabilities by understanding and using the sophisticated features available to you in Cisco's IOS software.
Law on the Electronic Frontier
Authors: Ian Lloyd, Moira Simpson, David Hume Institute
Venue:  (1995)

:Massive data banks threaten individual and society's rights, while computer viruses and the problems of software piracy increasingly cause legal dilemmas. In this topical book, Ian Lloyd examines the efficacy of present and proposed legal responses and consider the social, technical and cultural factors influencing computer-related behaviour. How can we deal with the legal implications of the IT revolution?
On the Modelling and Stabilization of Flows in Networks of Open Canals
Authors: Guenter Leugering, J. P. Georg Schmidt
Venue: SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization (2002)

In this paper, we present a model for the controlled flow of a fluid through a network of canals using a coupled system of St. Venant equations. We then generalize in a variety of ways recent results of Coron, d'Ándréa-Novel, and Bastin concerning the stabilizability around equilibrium of the flow through a single channel. This work is based on the theory of quasilinear hyperbolic systems and, in particular, on a delicate result of Li Ta-tsien concerning the existence and decay of global classical solutions.
Critical Issues in Information Systems Research, 1st edition
Authors: Richard J. Boland, Rudy A. Hirschheim
Venue:  (1992)

:Contains critical contributions by seventeen scholars, each writing on a different issue of major importance to information systems research. The book is divided into two sections. In Part I, chapters present a broad view of practice, including its sociology of knowledge, the responsibility of its professionals, and the effectiveness of its tools and procedures. In Part II, chapters focus on the social context of information systems. Contributors address the way we think about and research the organizational antecedents and consequences of information systems, their diffusion, and our ability to understand their repercussions in the wider network of changing social relations. Topics covered include semantics, systems analysis, system design, software engineering models, managerial expert systems, information systems in organization theory, a research agenda for a transaction cost approach to information systems, and much more.
Comparison of minisatellites
Authors: Sèverine Bérard, Éric Rivals
Venue: Proceedings of the sixth annual international conference on Computational biology (2002)

In the class of repeated sequences that occur in DNA, minisatellites have been found polymorphic and became useful tools in genetic mapping and forensic studies. They consist of a heterogeneous tandem array of a short repeat unit. The slightly different units along the array are called variants. Minisatellites evolve mainly through tandem duplications and tandem deletions of variants. Jeffreys et al. devised a method to obtain the sequence of variants along the array in a digital code, and called such sequences maps. Minisatellite maps give access to the detail of mutation processes at work on such loci. In this paper, we design an algorithm to compare two maps under an evolutionary model that includes deletion, insertion, mutation, tandem duplication and tandem deletion of a variant. Our method computes an optimal alignment in reasonable time; and the alignment score, i.e., the weighted sum of its elementary operations, is a distance metric between maps. The main difficulty is that the optimal sequence of operations depends on the order in which they are applied to the map. Taking the maps of the minisatellite MSY1 of 609 men, we computed all pairwise distances and reconstruct an evolutionary tree of these individuals. MSY1 (DYF155S1) is a hypervariable locus on the Y chromosome. In our tree, the populations of some haplogroups are monophyletic, showing that one can decipher a micro-evolutionary signal using minisatellite maps comparison.
Real World Adobe Golive 5
Authors: Jeff Carlson, Agen Schmitz, Neil Robertson, Glenn Fleishman
Venue:  (2000)

:This is the definitive, in-depth guide for Web pros and beginners alike who want to create professional Web sites with Adobe GoLive 5. Users will learn to use GoLive for page creation, editing, and site management, and will learn to work with images, tables, and color. The more complex features of GoLive, such as scripting languages, DHTML, and animations, are also covered. Filled with heavy-duty tips and shortcuts, Web designers and content creators working in GoLive will find this book an invaluable resource.
Reducing printing in public computing sites
Authors: Cindy Guerrazzi, Carol Jarom
Venue: Proceedings of the 30th annual ACM SIGUCCS conference on User services (2002)

Printing costs are skyrocketing in our public computing sites at the University of Delaware. To reduce printing costs we implemented duplex printing, started a "conservative printing campaign", and are currently investigating print management software.
Threading a sophomore computer animation curriculum
Authors: Claudia Cumbie-Jones
Venue: ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics (2001)

One of the major problems facing educators who teach computer animation is how to balance the technical and conceptual skills required to produce effective computer animation in a manner that is holistic. Often a single class cannot deal with both the conceptual and technical issues involved. When courses are offered separately, often students don't make the connections between them. By threading the course objectives across multiple classes, students are exposed to the connections between concepts and technology, and are challenged to build their own "conceptual bridges" to integrate ideas and techniques. This article addresses issues specific to teaching computer animation: how do you introduce students to all of the technical and conceptual aspects of animation in a way that will empower them to produce meaningful work?The Computer Animation Department at Ringling School of Art and Design has three required courses for the major in the fall semester of the sophomore year. These courses serve as an introduction to animation techniques and processes which students use throughout the curriculum. The courses are Computer Animation I, Concept Development I and Traditional Animation I. For the past two years, the faculty has been working on threading the course objectives in order to make students aware of the concepts and principles that are interwoven throughout the computer animation curriculum.This "threaded curriculum" is a work in progress. Our initial goals are to define the groupings of course objectives that the classes have in common, and to begin to track the connections. As we continue to refine the process, we are seeing more ways in which the connections can be made deeper, and we have also identified problem areas where the threading does not seem to be as complete.
Data mining in a nutshell
Authors: Saěso Dězeroski
Venue: Relational Data Mining (2001)

Data mining, the central activity in the process of knowledge discovery in databases, is concerned with finding patterns in data. This chapter introduces and illustrates the most common types of patterns considered by data mining approaches and gives rough outlines of the data mining algorithms that are most frequently used to look for such patterns. It also briefly introduces relational data mining, starting with patterns that involve multiple relations and laying down the basic principles common to relational data mining algorithms. An overview of the contents of this book is given, as well as pointers to literature and Internet resources on data mining.
How to grow a training program on a shoestring
Authors: Leslie Barden
Venue: Proceedings of the 30th annual ACM SIGUCCS conference on User services (2002)

This paper discusses a wide variety of techniques used in developing a lively program of free short courses at the National Institutes of Health. In 1989, the Computer Training Program offered 44 subjects attended by fewer than 1800 students. In 2001, 170 different subjects were offered, attended by 7884 students. Since no one pays to attend, costs must be kept to an absolute minimum. The majority of the instructors are volunteers from a wide variety of sources. In addition to offering many practical tips and techniques, the presentation will inspire those attending with a vision of how a computer training program tuned to the needs of an organization can be created by drawing primarily on existing internal resources.
Complied HW/SW co-simulation
Authors: Vojin Živojnović, Heinrich Meyr
Venue: Readings in hardware/software co-design (2001)

This paper presents a technique for simulating processors and attached hardware using the principle of compiled simulation. Unlike existing, in-house and off-the-shelf hardware/software co-simulators, which use interpretive processor simulation, the proposed technique performs instruction decoding and simulation scheduling at compile time. The technique offers up to three orders of magnitude faster simulation. The high speed allows the user to explore algorithms and hardware/software trade-offs before any hardware implementation. In this paper, the sources of the speedup and limitations of the technique are analyzed and the realization of the simulation compiler is presented.
Numerical Methods for Physics (2nd Edition), 2nd edition
Authors: John Christiana (cover)
Venue:  (1999)

:Garcia, Alejandro, Numerical Methods for Physics, Second Edition This book covers a broad spectrum of the most important, basic numerical and analytical techniques used in physics including ordinary and partial differential equations, linear algebra, Fourier transforms, integration and probability. Now language-independent. Features attractive new 3-D graphics. Offers new and significantly revised exercises. Replaces FORTRAN listings with C++, with updated versions of the FORTRAN programs now available on-line. Devotes a third of the book to partial differential equationse.g., Maxwell's equations, the diffusion equation, the wave equation, etc. This numerical analysis book is designed for the programmer with a physics background.
Real-time 3D model acquisition
Authors: Szymon Rusinkiewicz, Olaf Hall-Holt, Marc Levoy
Venue: ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG) (2002)

The digitization of the 3D shape of real objects is a rapidly expanding field, with applications in entertainment, design, and archaeology. We propose a new 3D model acquisition system that permits the user to rotate an object by hand and see a continuously-updated model as the object is scanned. This tight feedback loop allows the user to find and fill holes in the model in real time, and determine when the object has been completely covered. Our system is based on a 60 Hz. structured-light rangefinder, a real-time variant of ICP (iterative closest points) for alignment, and point-based merging and rendering algorithms. We demonstrate the ability of our prototype to scan objects faster and with greater ease than conventional model acquisition pipelines.