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Lightweight natural language text compression
Authors: Nieves R. Brisaboa, Antonio Fariña, Gonzalo Navarro, José R. Paramá
Venue: Information Retrieval (2007)

Variants of Huffman codes where words are taken as the source symbols are currently the most attractive choices to compress natural language text databases. In particular, Tagged Huffman Code by Moura et al. offers fast direct searching on the compressed text and random access capabilities, in exchange for producing around 11% larger compressed files. This work describes End-Tagged Dense Code and (s, c)-Dense Code, two new semistatic statistical methods for compressing natural language texts. These techniques permit simpler and faster encoding and obtain better compression ratios than Tagged Huffman Code, while maintaining its fast direct search and random access capabilities. We show that Dense Codes improve Tagged Huffman Code compression ratio by about 10%, reaching only 0.6% overhead over the optimal Huffman compression ratio. Being simpler, Dense Codes are generated 45% to 60% faster than Huffman codes. This makes Dense Codes a very attractive alternative to Huffman code variants for various reasons: they are simpler to program, faster to build, of almost optimal size, and as fast and easy to search as the best Huffman variants, which are not so close to the optimal size.
Modeling tuberculosis in areas of high HIV prevalence
Authors: Georgina R. Hughes, Christine S. M. Currie, Elizabeth L. Corbett
Venue: Proceedings of the 38th conference on Winter simulation (2006)

We describe a discrete event simulation model of tuberculosis (TB) and HIV disease, parameterized to describe the dual epidemics in Harare, Zimbabwe. TB and HIV are the leading causes of death from infectious disease among adults worldwide and the number of TB cases has risen significantly since the start of the HIV epidemic, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa, where the HIV epidemic is most severe. There is a need to devise new strategies for TB control in countries with a high prevalence of HIV. This model has been designed to investigate strategies for reducing TB transmission by more efficient TB case detection. The model structure and its validation are discussed.
AGScan: a pluggable microarray image quantification software based on the ImageJ library
Authors: R. Cathelin, F. Lopez, Ch. Klopp
Venue: Bioinformatics (2007)

Summary: Many different programs are available to analyze microarray images. Most programs are commercial packages, some are free. In the latter group only few propose automatic grid alignment and batch mode. More often than not a program implements only one quantification algorithm. AGScan is an open source program that works on all major platforms. It is based on the ImageJ library [Rasband (1997--2006)] and offers a plug-in extension system to add new functions to manipulate images, align grid and quantify spots. It is appropriate for daily laboratory use and also as a framework for new algorithms. Availability: The program is freely distributed under X11 Licence. The install instructions can be found in the user manual. The software can be downloaded from http://mulcyber.toulouse.inra.fr/projects/agscan/. The questions and plug-ins can be sent to the contact listed below. Contact: christophe.klopp@toulouse.inra.fr
Software performance in the real world: personal lessons from the performance trauma team
Authors: Jayshankar Sankarasetty, Kevin Mobley, Libby Foster, Tad Hammer, Terri Calderone
Venue: Proceedings of the 6th international workshop on Software and performance (2007)

In the nine years that we have been involved in software performance engineering (SPE) and performance testing engagements we have learned several things. Across numerous eCommerce applications and an enterprise CRM product suite, our knowledge base about the field of Software Performance Engineering is constantly evolving. The focus of this paper is what we have learned in the areas of SPE project management, performance testing, defining the scope of SPE projects, ITIL, post production performance support, and exploration of the boundaries of applied SPE. Is it really just about performance.
Grey-level hit-or-miss transforms-Part I: Unified theory
Authors: Benoít Naegel, Nicolas Passat, Christian Ronse
Venue: Pattern Recognition (2007)

The hit-or-miss transform (HMT) is a fundamental operation on binary images, widely used since 40 years. As it is not increasing, its extension to grey-level images is not straightforward, and very few authors have considered it. Moreover, despite its potential usefulness, very few applications of the grey-level HMT have been proposed until now. Part I of this paper, developed hereafter, is devoted to the description of a theory leading to a unification of the main definitions of the grey-level HMT, mainly proposed by Ronse and Soille, respectively (part II will deal with the applicative potential of the grey-level HMT, which will be illustrated by its use for vessel segmentation from 3D angiographic data). In this first part, we review the previous approaches to the grey-level HMT, especially the supremal one of Ronse, and the integral one of Soille; the latter was defined only for flat structuring elements (SEs), but it can be generalized to non-flat ones. We present a unified theory of the grey-level HMT, which is decomposed into two steps. First a fitting associates to each point the set of grey-levels for which the SEs can be fitted to the image; as in Soille's approach, this fitting step can be constrained. Next, a valuation associates a final grey-level value to each point; we propose three valuations: supremal (as in Ronse), integral (as in Soille) and binary.
Toward HW/SW integration: a networked embedded system course in Taiwan
Authors: Chi-Sheng Shih, Shiao-Li Tsao, Yeh-Ching Chung, Shyh-In Hwang
Venue: ACM SIGBED Review (2007)

Traditional Computer Science curricula focus on the training for logic reasoning and programming skills. System integration is often not covered in computer science curricula. As the embedded platforms migrate from 8-bit microprocessors to 32-bit microprocessors, the engineers require different skills to design modern embedded systems. The Computer Science faculties at several universities in Taiwan have collaborated to design a new course to meet such needs. In this course, we focus on the capability of integrating hardware and software in networked embedded systems. In particular, the students learn the skills for embedded real-time programming, multi-thread programming, low-power network protocols, security, and wireless networks protocol. In this article, we report the design rationale and current status of this course.
Assessment of transport infrastructure projects by the use of Monte Carlo simulation: the CBA-DK model
Authors: Kim Bang Salling, Steen Leleur
Venue: Proceedings of the 38th conference on Winter simulation (2006)

This paper presents the Danish CBA-DK software model for assessment of transport infrastructure projects. The assessment model is based on both a deterministic calculation following the cost-benefit analysis (CBA) methodology in a Danish manual from the Ministry of Transport and on a stochastic calculation, where risk analysis (RA) is carried out using Monte Carlo Simulation (MCS). After a description of the deterministic and stochastic calculations emphasis is paid to the RA part of CBA-DK with considerations about which probability distributions to make use of. Furthermore, a comprehensive assessment of the set of distributions are made. Finally conclusions and a perspective are presented.
Rapid and Brief Communication: GACV: Geodesic-Aided C-V method
Authors: Li Chen, Yue Zhou, Yonggang Wang, Jie Yang
Venue: Pattern Recognition (2006)

A novel algorithm for image segmentation is proposed. The proposed method incorporates geodesic curves and C-V method to raise active contours' performance on image segmentation. Moreover, we extend our method to color images. By practical experiments, it is verified that our model obtains better results than original methods, especially with respect to images within holes, complex background, weak edges, and noise.
Easy Office 2003
Authors: Nancy Lewis
Venue:  (2003)

Easy Microsoft Office 2003 takes the work out of learning this new software application by using short, easy-to-follow lessons that show you how to accomplish basic tasks quickly and efficiently! It is the perfect book for beginners who want to learn the Office 2003 applications through a visual, full-color approach. More than 100 hands-on lessons are designed to teach the easiest, fastest, or most direct way to accomplish common Office tasks. The book is suited for new Office users, as well as those upgrading from an earlier version. 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
Game Programming for Teens (Game Programming)
Authors: Maneesh Sethi
Venue:  (2003)

If you're interested in jumping into the exciting world of game programming, then you've found the perfect book! “Game Programming for Teens” doesn't expect you to have any experience with programming. You'll learn everything you need to know along the way. You'll use Blitz Basic, an easy-to-learn programming language that the author will teach you. As you work your way through the book, you'll learn everything you need to know to create a complete game. Graphics, animation, sound and music, and artificial intelligence are all covered. By the end of the book, you will have created your very first computer game! Game programming doesn't have to be difficult. With a copy of this book and your own curiosity, you're off to the perfect start. Features This will be the first widely available game programming books for kids Easy and fun to read Allows the reader to grow on his own, shows step-by-step process of creating a game Uses BASIC language--very simple and easy to read 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
A UML profile for dependability analysis of real-time embedded systems
Authors: Simona Bernardi, José Merseguer
Venue: Proceedings of the 6th international workshop on Software and performance (2007)

In this paper, we aim at giving a contribution toward the definition of a UML profile supporting the dependability analysis of real-time and embedded systems (RTES) that conforms to the upcoming profile named "Modeling and Analysis of Real-Time and Embedded Systems" (MARTE), for which a Request For Proposal has been issued by the Object Management Group (OMG).A set of basic dependability and fault-tolerance concepts need to be included in the profile to support the dependability analysis of RTES. We have exploited the best practices, proposed in the literature, on extending UML with dependability modeling capabilities in order to draw up a check list of requirements to be used as guideline for the definition of a dependability analysis profile. The proposed profile is then applied to the UML design of a case study: a gas turbine control system.
A Review of Statistical Approaches to Level Set Segmentation: Integrating Color, Texture, Motion and Shape
Authors: Daniel Cremers, Mikael Rousson, Rachid Deriche
Venue: International Journal of Computer Vision (2007)

Since their introduction as a means of front propagation and their first application to edge-based segmentation in the early 90's, level set methods have become increasingly popular as a general framework for image segmentation. In this paper, we present a survey of a specific class of region-based level set segmentation methods and clarify how they can all be derived from a common statistical framework.Region-based segmentation schemes aim at partitioning the image domain by progressively fitting statistical models to the intensity, color, texture or motion in each of a set of regions. In contrast to edge-based schemes such as the classical Snakes, region-based methods tend to be less sensitive to noise. For typical images, the respective cost functionals tend to have less local minima which makes them particularly well-suited for local optimization methods such as the level set method.We detail a general statistical formulation for level set segmentation. Subsequently, we clarify how the integration of various low level criteria leads to a set of cost functionals. We point out relations between the different segmentation schemes. In experimental results, we demonstrate how the level set function is driven to partition the image plane into domains of coherent color, texture, dynamic texture or motion. Moreover, the Bayesian formulation allows to introduce prior shape knowledge into the level set method. We briefly review a number of advances in this domain.
Easy PowerPoint 2003
Authors: Sherry Kinkoph
Venue:  (2003)

Easy Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 takes the work out of learning this powerful tool by using short, easy-to-follow lessons that show you how to accomplish basic tasks quickly and efficiently! It is the perfect book for beginners who want to learn Microsoft's presentation software through a visual, full-color approach. More than 100 hands-on lessons are designed to teach the easiest, fastest, or most direct way to accomplish common PowerPoint tasks. The book is suited for new PowerPoint users, as well as those upgrading from an earlier version.
Walk to here: a voice driven animation system
Authors: Z. Wang, M. van de Panne
Venue: Proceedings of the 2006 ACM SIGGRAPH/Eurographics symposium on Computer animation (2006)

We present a novel interface for directing the actions of computer animated characters and camera movements. Our system takes spoken input in combination with mouse pointing to generate desired character animation based on motion capture data. The aim is to achieve a more natural animation interface by supporting the types of dialogue and pointing that might be used when one person is explaining a desired motion to another person. We compare our voice-driven system with a button-driven animation interface that has equivalent capabilities. An informal user study indicates that for the test scenarios, the voice-user interface (VUI) is faster than an equivalent graphical user interface (GUI). Potential applications include storyboarding for film or theatre, directing characters in video games, and scene reconstruction.
Informational logic in knowledge representation and automated deduction
Authors: Paola Forcheri, Paolo Gentilini, Maria Teresa Molfino
Venue: AI Communications (1999)

Informational logic is a new approach to the formalization of the notion of rational conjecture that is of interest both from the epistemic and the automated reasoning point of view. Given a logical system $T$, an informational logic is based on a new measure of logical information (which is defined on $T$&dash;formulas) and on a mathematical definition of estimate criteria for proofs in $T$. This allows us to obtain a notion of informational theorem $(L,p(L))$ of a system $T$, where $p(L)$ is the probability of $L$ to be provable in $T$. The notion of probability is entirely founded on proof&dash;theoretic concepts. In this paper, informational logic is presented, and applications of this idea to the representation of inductive reasoning and to automated theorem proving are shown.
Using RFID technologies to capture simulation data in a hospital emergency department
Authors: Martin J. Miller, David M. Ferrin, Tanner Flynn, Marshall Ashby, K. Preston White,  Jr., Michael G. Mauer
Venue: Proceedings of the 38th conference on Winter simulation (2006)

Simulation professionals understand the importance of accurate data for model validation. Traditional sources of simulation data come from information technology systems, manual records from staff, observations, and estimates by subject matter experts.This paper discusses how Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technologies were used on a recent consulting engagement at a hospital. Data collected through RFID can validate or replace activity duration estimates from traditional sources. However, the accuracy and cost effectiveness of RFID is not guaranteed. A sound methodology was developed, which included rigorous planning and testing of hardware, processes and data analysis.Hardware vendors needed to understand what the simulation required so they could properly setup equipment and software. Also, ED staff needed to understand the purpose of this data collection to avoid anxiety about personnel evaluations. Finally, efficient and reliable issue and collection of patient tags was crucial to the success of this effort.
Toward harnessing user feedback for machine learning
Authors: Simone Stumpf, Vidya Rajaram, Lida Li, Margaret Burnett, Thomas Dietterich, Erin Sullivan, Russell Drummond, Jonathan Herlocker
Venue: Proceedings of the 12th international conference on Intelligent user interfaces (2007)

There has been little research into how end users might be able to communicate advice to machine learning systems. If this resource--the users themselves--could somehow work hand-in-hand with machine learning systems, the accuracy of learning systems could be improved and the users' understanding and trust of the system could improve as well. We conducted a think-aloud study to see how willing users were to provide feedback and to understand what kinds of feedback users could give. Users were shown explanations of machine learning predictions and asked to provide feedback to improve the predictions. We found that users had no difficulty providing generous amounts of feedback. The kinds of feedback ranged from suggestions for reweighting of features to proposals for new features, feature combinations, relational features, and wholesale changes to the learning algorithm. The results show that user feedback has the potential to significantly improve machine learning systems, but that learning algorithms need to be extended in several ways to be able to assimilate this feedback.
How to Do Everything with Microsoft Office 2003, 1 edition
Authors: Laurie Ulrich
Venue:  (2003)

Discover a spate of splashy new buttons, menus, and colors—plus, learn to maximize significant new features and functions of Office, including XML support, SmartTags, and much more. Highly qualified author Laurie Ulrich has trained more than 10,000 people to use Office, and is well versed at explaining complex concepts to a varied audience.Table of contents Part I: Office 2003 Common Elements 1: What’s New in Office 2003 2: Common Office Features 3: Using Images in Documents, Worksheets, and Presentations Part II: Creating Documents with Word 4: Building a Basic Document 5: Proofing, Printing, and Saving Documents 6: Effective Document Formatting 7: Working with Long Documents 8: Structuring Documents with Tables 9: Creating Form Letters, Envelopes, and Labels with Mail Merge Part III: Crunching Numbers and Keeping Lists with Excel 10: Building and Formatting Worksheets 11: Working with Formulas and Functions 12: Building and Maintaining List Databases 13: Charting Excel Data 14: Printing and Publishing Worksheets Part IV: Creating Presentations with PowerPoint 15: Planning and Building a Presentation 16: Enhancing a Presentation with Graphics and Charts 17: Building an Effective Multimedia Slide Show Part V: Managing Data with Access 18: Getting Started with Access Databases 19: Simplifying Data Entry with Forms 20: Extracting Data with Queries 21: Documenting Your Data with Access Reports Part VI: Keeping in Touch and on Schedule with Outlook 22: Communicating with Email 23: Scheduling Tasks and Appointments 24: Building a Contacts List Part VII: Designing Web Pages with FrontPage 25: Planning a Website 26: Building a Website 27: Posting Pages to the Web
Quantitative studies on the organizational structure of SME's: a case study of the pharmaceutical industry in China
Authors: Linlin Cui, Jin Dong, Yueting Chai
Venue: Proceedings of the 38th conference on Winter simulation (2006)

Organizational reformation is inevitable, during the pursuing of larger scales of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). In this work, a case study of the pharmaceutical industry in China is presented to show how process-based simulation can be applied to the quantitative studies on the organizational structure reformation. Through modeling core business processes and limited resources in the sales and marketing division of the enterprise, a simulation experiment is performed to analyze how the employees' working hours distribute in daily work. It is found that salesmen only spend 40% working time on the effort of marketing expansion and sales increase. It takes more than half the working time for them to track the progress of logistics affairs. So, it may be concluded that the company in the case should improve the specialization of the organizational design, and especially should consider outsourcing the professional logistics service.
Using Java method traces to automatically characterize and model J2EE server applications
Authors: Darpan Dinker, Herb Schwetman
Venue: Proceedings of the 38th conference on Winter simulation (2006)

This paper describes a novel framework used to characterize a J2EE (Java Enterprise Edition) application and develop models of the application by using Java method tracing in a Java-technology based application server. Application servers are critical to large-scale, online servers and serve as middleware to provide secure access to transactional, legacy and web services. The tracing tool in this framework gives a detailed and comprehensive view of the sequences of methods invoked as the application server processes requests. The output of this tool is processed and automatically summarized into a set of transaction profiles which form the input for a simulation model of the application server and its related components. These profiles have proven to be a useful abstraction of the behavior of the transactions processed by the system. After describing the tool and the model, the paper provides results of validation runs and discusses the usefulness of quantitative measurement, analysis and modeling in some areas of system design and system deployment. The models help architects, designers, developers and deployers explore the different facets of performance during all stages of an application's life-cycle, especially during concept development and prototyping.
A domain-specific language for model coupling
Authors: Tom Bulatewicz, Janice Cuny
Venue: Proceedings of the 38th conference on Winter simulation (2006)

There is an increasing need for the comprehensive simulation of complex, dynamic, physical systems. Often such simulations are built by coupling existing, component models so that their concurrent simulations affect each other. The process of model coupling is, however, a non-trivial task that is not adequately supported by existing frameworks. To provide better support, we have developed an approach to model coupling that uses high level model interfaces called Potential Coupling Interfaces. In this work, we present a visual, domain-specific language for model coupling, called the Coupling Description Language, based on these interfaces. We show that it supports the resolution of model incompatibilities and allows for the fast-prototyping of coupled models.