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SQL Fundamentals
Authors: John Patrick
Venue:  (1999)

:Don't just learn "generic" SQL! Learn SQL to get results with the world's top database platforms: Oracle for the enterprise and Microsoft Access for the desktop! Based on John Patrick's hands-on SQL course for IT pros at the University of California, Berkeley, this book shows exactly how to retrieve the data you want, when you need it, in any application - from ad hoc reports to the data warehouse. SQL Fundamentals covers all this and more: Simple queries that retrieve information from a single table Creating tables and views to divide a complex process into a series of single steps Summarizing your data Inner joins, outer joins, unions, self joins, cross joins, and subqueries Writing SQL queries that are easily understood, verified, modified, and extended Want better access to business data? Want to make your data more accessible to others? SQL Fundamentals delivers the practical techniques and examples you need - on the database platforms you already use! If you want to fully use the information in your database, then read this book! CD-ROM INCLUDED The accompanying CD-ROM contains a library of Access databases and the code for building Oracle databases. All the tables used in the book are furnished in both Oracle and Access format. A website provides additional technical support to assure that all the code is completely correct and works with the latest versions of both Oracle and Access.Author Biography: JOHN PATRICK is a computer consultant and software developer specializing in relational database technology. He teaches SQL Fundamentals and other database courses at the University of California, Berkeley Extension and has over 20 years' experience in software development at Bank of America, Chevron, Kaiser Permanente and other leading firms.
Macs for Dummies: 7th edition, 7th edition
Authors: David Pogue
Venue:  (2000)

:In this 7th revised edition you will get the skinny on Mac OS X as well as the current OS 9, plus practical advice on using FireWire and other hot new technologies to make your Macs talk, sing, or listen! This fun and easy guide includes tips for troubleshooting, plus a handy tear-out quick reference
Linear Algebra: Maple Labs, 1st edition
Authors: Lawson
Venue:  (1996)

:High level linear algebra book that blends both computational and theoretical aspects, using each to enhance the other. Explains the key points of the Gaussian elimination algorithm. Discusses vector spaces and linear transformations using matrix computations. Takes advantage of software packages such as MATLAB, Mathematica, and Maple. 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
Using Microsoft System Management Server 1.2, with CD-ROM (Special Edition)
Authors: Que Corporation
Venue:  (1996)

:Microsoft System Management Server is a complete network administration package that allows virtually all network administrators to successfully manage mission-critical information to run a network with little or no effort. This is the ultimate reference and troubleshooting guide, covering everything from how to install and run a network to how to audit the software on a WAN.Shows how to perform an inventory check and an audit on all machines in a networkProvides coverage on installing applications on one machine and porting them to other machines without having to reinstall new applications on the individual machinesCD-ROM includes add-ons and utilities and electronic versions of Special Edition Using Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 and Special Edition Using BackOffice
Lotus 123: A Software Tool for Engineers, Release 2.3, 5 1/4 and 3 1/2 Disk Included
Authors: D. M. Etter
Venue:  (1994)

:Lotus 1-2-3: A Software Tool for Engineers contains the first introductory text to Lotus 1-2-3 created especially for engineers. This text introduces engineers to the capabilities of Lotus 1-2-3 in engineering computations and numerical methods, graphics and data management. 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
Interleaving Planning and Execution for Autonomous Robots
Authors: Illah Reza Nourbakhsh
Venue:  (1997)

:Interleaving Planning and Execution for Autonomous Robots develops a formal representation for interleaving planning and execution in the context of incomplete information. This work bridges the gap between theory and practice in robotics by presenting control architectures that are able to be proven sound, complete and optimal, and then describing real-world implementations of these robot architectures. Dervish, winner of the 1994 AAAI National Robot Contest, is one of the robots featured.
HyperText and the Technology of Conversation: Orderly Situational Choice
Authors: Susan H. Gray
Venue:  (1993)

:This book explores the usefulness of looking at very small aspects of human behavior in order to understand computer-human interaction difficulties with hypertext. The focus is on both mechanical actions and talk as social action. While this approach has been used fruitfully to study human-human interaction, Gray has constructed a unique study of human interaction with machines.
Compositions over a finite domain: from completeness to synchronizable automata
Authors: Arto Salomaa
Venue: A half-century of automata theory: celebration and inspiration (2001)

We will consider functions whose domain is a fixed finite set N with n elements, n &ge; 2, and whose range is included in N. Such a setup occurs in many and very diverse situations. Depending on the interpretation, different questions will be asked. The two interpretations we have had mostly in mind are many-valued logic and finite deterministic automata. In the former, the set N consists of n truth values, and the functions are truth functions. In the latter, the set N consists of the states of an automaton, whereas each letter of the input alphabet induces a specific function: the next state when reading that letter. We will consider two specific issues concerning functions of the kind mentioned: completeness and complexity of compositions. While the former is fairly well understood, very little is known about the latter. Our starting point is an old conjecture, falling within the framework of the complexity of computations, concerning finite deterministic automata. Variants and generalizations of this conjecture are presented. It is also shown that the conjecture does not hold for functions of several variables
ESW4: enhanced scheme for WWW computing in wireless communication environments
Authors: Stathes Hadjiefthymiades, Lazaros Merakos
Venue: ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review (1999)

Mobile computing is considered of major importance to the computing industry for the forthcoming years due to the progress in the wireless communications domain. In this paper, we present a proxy-based architecture, called ESW4, which manages to accelerate Web browsing in wireless CPNs. Proxy caches, maintained in base stations, are constantly relocated to accompany the roaming user. We discuss a cache management scheme involving the relocation of full caches to the most candidate cells but also percentages of the cache to less likely neighbors. Relocation is performed according to the output of a movement prediction algorithm based on a learning automaton. The simulation of ESW4 shows substantial benefits for the end user.
Parallel Processing and the Future Data Center: Computing in the Land of the Lilliputians
Authors: Daniel Schutzer
Venue:  (1994)

:Why use Parallel Processing? In addition to answering this question, this guide explains how to buy, use, and operate new parallel processing systems in a business or laboratory. It reviews core concepts of parallel processing, large-scale storage, and high-speed networking. It also includes terminology, hardware and software algorithms, operation, controls, and evolutionary migration strategies. Nomenclatures and concepts for parallel processing, high-speed networking, and large-scale storage are defined. System design, and system operation management and control are discussed, as well as processing and storage. Networking and communications approaches and architectures are specifically related to parallel computing. Details are provided on the operation, characteristics, and design of processors, storage devices, interconnection schemes, compressors/decompressors, and interface hardware. Parallel Processing and the Future Data Center will serve the needs of applications programmers, data processing managers, business managers, consultants, and computer network vendors.
Acquisition of expanding targets
Authors: Michael McGuffin, Ravin Balakrishnan
Venue: Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on Human factors in computing systems: Changing our world, changing ourselves (2002)

There exist several user interface widgets that dynamically grow in size in response to the user's focus of attention. Some of these, such as icons in toolbars, expand to facilitate their selection - allowing for a reduced initial size in an attempt to optimize screen space use. However, selection performance may be degraded by this decreased initial widget size. We describe an experiment which explores the effects of varying parameters of expansion techniques in a selection task. Our results suggest that Fitts' law can model and predict performance in such tasks. They also indicate that performance is governed by the target's final size, not its initial one. Further, performance is dependent on the target's final size even when the target only begins expanding as late as after 90% of the movement towards the target has already been completed. These results indicate that expanding widgets can be used without sacrificing performance
Readings in GroupWare and Computer-Supported Cooperative Work: Assisting Human-Human Collaboration, 1st edition
Authors: Ronald M. Baecker
Venue:  (1994)

:This comprehensive introduction to the field represents the best of the published literature on groupware and computer-supported cooperative work (CSCW). The papers were chosen for their breadth of coverage of the field, their clarity of expression and presentation, their excellence in terms of technical innovation or behavioral insight, their historical significance, and their utility as sources for further reading. Taken as a whole, the papers and their introductions are a complete sourcebook to the field. This book will be useful for computer professionals involved in the development or purchase of groupware technology as well as for researchers and managers. It should also serve as a valuable text for university courses on CSCW, groupware, and human-computer interaction.
Clausal logic and logic programming in algebraic domains
Authors: William C. Rounds, Guo-Qiang Zhang
Venue: Information and Computation (2002)

We introduce a domain-theoretic foundation for disjunctive logic programming. This foundation is built on clausal logic, a representation of the Smyth powerdomain of any coherent algebraic dcpo. We establish the completeness of a resolution rule for inference in such a clausal logic; we introduce a natural declarative semantics and a fixed-point semantics for disjunctive logic programs, and prove their equivalence; finally, we apply our results to give both a syntax and semantics for default logic in any coherent algebraic dcpo. 2001 Elsevier Science
Object Data Management: Object-Oriented and Extended, 1st edition
Authors: R. G. Cattell
Venue:  (1994)

:This book provides a comprehensive, self-contained, and up-to-date introduction to rapidly emerging database systems and technologies. It incorporates a wealth of information accumulated by the author in designing and evaluating new database systems; defines object data management terms and categorizes a range of new systems; examines without hype or bias the performance and functionality of particular new products and approaches; covers real applications and their requirements; and now includes a valuable overview of industry standards. Since initial publication, a number of books has appeared with "object-oriented databases in the title. Cattell's work, however, remains the most thorough and most balanced coverage of the new technology, and it is now the most current, as well. His book discusses a much wider range of database approaches, including extended relational systems and object-oriented systems. It also provides deeper insight into the implementation and architecture of these systems. Any database system user interested in the latest technologies, particularly users with large amounts of complex data to manage, as well as students, designers, and implementors of much systems, will find this book packed with useful information for their particular needs.
The Companion for CADKey '97 with 3.5" Disk, 1st edition
Authors: John G. Cherng
Venue:  (1997)

:CADKEY Companion for Windows is the first book on the market to cover CADKEY 97. This text provides CADKEY 97 users with a tutorial-style text,which leads them step-by-step through the process of learning CADKEY 97. It has an integrated approach that treats CADKEY as a design tool for engineering graphics. It includes step-by-step instructions,examples,and demonstration projects,which allow the user to conduct a self-paced study of CADKEY 97. In addition,this book covers both Windows icon menus and the classic CADKEY DOS menus. It can be used as a stand-alone text or as a "companion" to an engineering graphics/technical drawing text. 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
Will this paper ever be cited?
Authors: Quentin L. Burrell
Venue: Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (2002)

A recently proposed stochastic model to describe the citation process in the presence of obsolescence is used to answer the question: If a paper has not been cited by time t after its publication, what is the probability that it will ever be cited?
Knowledge and Strategy
Authors: Michael H. Zack
Venue:  (1999)

:This is the first knowledge book in the Resources for the Knowledge-Based Economy Readers' series to link the two hot topics of knowledge and strategy. The book centers around the concept of treating organizational knowledge as a valuable strategy asset. Knowledge strategy is a natural extension of the historical development of business strategy in general. The book includes seminal articles on the subject as well as an introduction written by Michael Zack.
The Modern RPG IV Language, 2nd edition
Authors: Robert Cozzi
Venue:  (1999)

:This new book by the world's #1 RPG authority shows you how to exploit the powerful new features of RPG IV, the most powerful RPG language ever created. You'll accomplish more with fewer lines of code-guaranteed. Cozzi gives you extensive coverage of the integrated RPG IV date and time support, which is critical as you move your applications into the year 2000. This book will save you untold hours of research and programming time!
As/400 Data Warehousing: The Complete Guide to Implementation
Authors: Brian W. Kelly
Venue:  (1996)

:AS/400 Data Warehousing: The Complete Guide to Implementation is a concise, how-to book that is must reading for anyone who needs a do-it-yourself guide to building an AS/400 data warehouse. It reviews possible pitfalls when implementing a data warehouse and offers suggestions on how to avoid these problems. This book will be particularly helpful to CIOs needing access to data; MIS directors in charge of providing end-user access solutions; database administrators, analysts, and programmers needing a complete implementation strategy; AS/400 consultants; and report writing, decision support, executive support system, and executive information system specialists.
User Interface Management Systems: Models and Algorithms
Authors: Dan Olsen
Venue:  (1992)

:This book brings together for the first time all major approaches to User Interface Management Systems (UIMS) development from a programmer's algorithmic perspective. The various models for describing dialogs and generating user interfaces are discussed within the framework of a general UIMS architecture. Extensive examples are included to reinforce the concepts presented and applications for each approach are described. This guide will provide professional programmers with a understanding of the algorithms necessary to implement UIMSs. Readers without a programming background can use this book without prior user interface experience.
Managing with Microsoft Project 98: Your Resource for Better Business Productivity
Authors: Lisa A. Bucki
Venue:  (1998)

:Microsoft Project 98 is designed to increase profits, cut costs, improve efficiency, and build a track record of timeliness and reliability. This book covers all the ins and outs of this process with easy-to-follow tutorials, real-world examples, and practical ideas to increase productivity with Microsoft's latest business management software.
Management Decision Making: Spreadsheet Modeling, Analysis, and Application
Authors: George E. Monahan
Venue:  (2000)

:Management Decision Making is a spreadsheet-based introduction to the tools and techniques of modern managerial decision making. The author shows how to formulate models in Microsoft Excel that can be used to analyze complex problems taken from all the functional areas of management, including finance, marketing, operations, and human resources. Throughout, the goal is to understand how business decisions are reached, what tradeoffs are made, and how outcomes depend on the underlying data. A CD-ROM is included that contains the widely-used decision analysis software applications TreePlan and Crystal Ball. A solutions manual and transparencies of all figures are available on the Web. The book is aimed at students of business, economics and engineering, including those taking MBA courses.
On the performance of ad hoc networks with beamforming antennas
Authors: Ram Ramanathan
Venue: Proceedings of the 2nd ACM international symposium on Mobile ad hoc networking computing (2001)

Beamforming antennas have the potential to provide a fundamental breakthrough in ad hoc network capacity. We present a broad-based examination of this potential, focusing on exploiting the longer ranges as well as the reduced interference that beamforming antennas can provide. We consider a number of enhancements to a convectional ad hoc network system, and evaluation the impact of each enhancement using simulation. Such enhancements include "aggressive" and "conservative" channel access models for beamforming antennas, link power control, and directional neighbor discovery. Our simulations are based on detailed modeling on detailed modeling of steered as well as swiched beams using antenna patterns of varying gains, and a realistic radio and propagation model. For the scenarios studied, our results show that beamforming can yield a 28% to 118% (depending upon the density) improvement in throughput, and up to a factor-of-28 reduction in delay. Our study also tells us which mechanisms are likely to be more effective and under what conditions, which in turn identifies areas where future research is neede
Mobile Radio Technology
Authors: Gordon White
Venue:  (1994)

:Mobile radio is one of the fastest growing ares in communications, and there is a constant need for technicians and managers who are conservant with the technology. This book explains the systems currently operating and those under development, and gives an explanation suitable for students, technicians, managers and anyone who needs to know how mobile radio works. 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
Cultural Perceptions of Task-Technology Fit
Authors: Anne P. Massey, Mitzi Montoya-Weiss, Caisy Hung, V. Ramesh
Venue: Communications of the ACM (2001)

Acknowledging cultural differences helps companies build the strongest global virtual teams and determine the strongest tools they need.
Network Management: An Introduction to Principles and Practice, 1st edition
Authors: Mani Subramanian
Venue:  (1999)

:Network Management: Principles and Practice provides a balanced presentation of the theoretical background and the practical aspects of network management. Unlike other books that cover only specific network technologies, Mani Subramanian lays the foundation for network management by presenting the background, the technologies, and the tools that all network managers simply must know." "Throughout the book, the author intertwines real-world examples based upon his experience in managing, engineering, and operating networks.
Curves and surfaces for CAGD: a practical guide, 5th edition
Authors: Gerald Farin
Venue:  (2001)

This fifth edition has been fully updated to cover the many advances made in CAGD and curve and surface theory since 1997, when the fourth edition appeared. The theory material has been streamlined using the blossoming approach; the applications material includes least squares techniques in addition to the traditional interpolation methods. In all other respects, it is, thankfully, the same. This means you get the informal, friendly style and unique approach that has made Curves and Surfaces for CAGD: A Practical Guide a true classic.
Maximum flow-life curve for a wireless ad hoc network
Authors: Timthoy X. Brown, Harold N. Gabow, Qi Zhang
Venue: Proceedings of the 2nd ACM international symposium on Mobile ad hoc networking computing (2001)

This paper proposes a new power aware routing objective for an ad hoc network of battery-limited wireless nodes---the maximum flow-life curve --- that maximizes the traffic flow utility over time. The objective improves upon related objectives such as minimizing the total power or maximizing the time to network partition. To find a routing that maximizes the flow-life curve, we prove an equivalence with a simpler problem and present an algorithm based on linear programming. The efficiency and fairness of the objective are demonstrated on several examples
Sams Teach Yourself Adobe PhotoShop 6 in 24 Hours, 1st edition
Authors: Carla Rose
Venue:  (2000)

:Sams Teach Yourself Adobe Photoshop 6 in 24 Hours uses a friendly, conversational approach to teach you the basics of Photoshop 6. Photoshop can be a somewhat intimidating program for the beginning user, but Sams Teach Yourself Adobe Photoshop 6 in 24 Hours, with its careful, step-by-step approach, makes it easy even for the beginning user to learn the basic techniques involved in using Photoshop to create and manipulate images. The book covers only those features of Photoshop that a beginning user would need, and it is organized in a logical order that reflects the natural progression a new user is likely to follow in developing a familiarity with the product.