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TCP/IP, 1st edition
Authors: Sidnie Feit
Venue:  (1998)

:This benchmark reference is the ultimate manual for planning, configuring, operating, maintaining, and using a TCP/IP network and associated services. Dr. Sidnie Feit's book gives you a clear overview of TCP/IP technology, in-depth coverage of applications, and advice on how to get past performance obstacles. Focusing on real-life solutions to real-world problems, this book is the best print source of information on all major changes in the field, including the new IP security standards and the Next Generation Internet Protocol (IPv6).
Adobe Illustrator 9: An Introduction to Digital Illustration, 1st edition
Authors: CORPORATE Inc. Against Clock
Venue:  (2000)

: Cross-platformMacintosh and Windows versions covered in one book Accompanying CD includes all graphic files needed for practice exercises Learning objectives provided at the beginning of each chapter Icons in sidebars help identify key portions of the materials 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
Temporal query operators in XML databases
Authors: Kjetil Nørvåg
Venue: Proceedings of the 2002 ACM symposium on Applied computing (2002)

The contents of an XML database or an XML/Web data warehouse is seldom static. New documents are created, documents are deleted, and more important: documents are updated. In many cases, we want to be able to search in historical versions, retrieve documents valid at a certain time, query changes to documents, etc. This can be supported by extending the system with temporal database features. In this paper we describe the new query operators needed in order to support an XML query language which supports temporal operations.
Voice over IP
Authors: Upkar Varshney, Andy Snow, Matt McGivern, Christi Howard
Venue: Communications of the ACM (2002)

How can voice over the Internet claim a greater share of the worldwide phone market from the voice infrastructure dominated for more than 100 years by the public-switched telephone network?
C++ Object Databases: Programming the ODMG Standard, 1st edition
Authors: David Jordan
Venue:  (1997)

:C++ Object Databases is the guide and reference to programming with C++ object databases. With this book, you will gain a thorough knowledge of the underlying modeling concepts, interfaces, and architectures. To ease the transition to object database programming, comparisons with relational databases and SQL are provided, including contrasts with the object facilities planned for SQL3.
A Feature-Based, Robust, Hierarchical Algorithm for Registering Pairs of Images of the Curved Human Retina
Authors: Ali Can, Charles V. Stewart, Badrinath Roysam, Howard L. Tanenbaum
Venue: IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (2002)

This paper describes a robust hierarchical algorithm for fully-automatic registration of a pair of images of the curved human retina photographed by a fundus microscope. Accurate registration is essential for mosaic synthesis, change detection, and design of computer-aided instrumentation. Central to the new algorithm is a 12-parameter interimage transformation derived by modeling the retina as a rigid quadratic surface with unknown parameters, imaged by an uncalibrated weak perspective camera. The parameters of this model are estimated by matching vascular landmarks extracted by an algorithm that recursively traces the blood vessel structure. The parameter estimation technique, which could be generalized to other applications, is a hierarchy of models and methods: an initial match set is pruned based on a zeroth order transformation estimated as the peak of a similarity-weighted histogram; a first order, affine transformation is estimated using the reduced match set and least-median of squares; and the final, second order, 12-parameter transformation is estimated using an M-estimator initialized from the first order estimate. This hierarchy makes the algorithm robust to unmatchable image features and mismatches between features caused by large interframe motions. Before final convergence of the M-estimator, feature positions are refined and the correspondence set is enhanced using normalized sum-of-squared differences matching of regions deformed by the emerging transformation. Experiments involving 3,000 image pairs (1,024\times1,024 pixels) from 16 different healthy eyes were performed. Starting with as low as 20 percent overlap between images, the algorithm improves its success rate exponentially and has a negligible failure rate above 67 percent overlap. The experiments also quantify the reduction in errors as the model complexities increase. Final registration errors less than a pixel are routinely achieved. The speed, accuracy, and ability to handle small overlaps compare favorably with retinal image registration techniques published in the literature.
The page replacement algorithms for PRIME 400, DEC VAX-11/780, DEC TOPS-10, IBM OS/370 MVS, IBM VM/370
Authors: Candace J. McCall
Venue: Proceedings of the 17th annual Southeast regional conference (1979)

Page replacement algorithms are one of the most important aspects of memory management schemes. This paper presents the page replacement algorithms of the following systems: PRIME 400, DEC VAX-11/780, DEC TOPS-10, IBM OS/370 MVS, and IBM VM/370. Illustrations are provided for all systems.
High Performance Cluster Computing: Architectures and Systems
Authors: Rajkumar Buyya
Venue:  (1999)

:Rapid improvements in network and processor performance are revolutionizing high performance computing, transforming clustered commodity workstations into the supercomputing solution of choice. This book brings together contributions from more than 100 leading practitioners, offering a single source for up-to-the-minute information on virtually every key system-related issue in high performance cluster computing. The book contains expert coverage of "commodity supercomputing" systems and architectures; Internet-based wide area "metacomputing" systems; the role of Java; new applications and algorithms; advanced techniques for enhancing availability and throughput, and much more.
Borland Pascal: Step-by-Step
Authors: Keith Weiskamp
Venue:  (1994)

:Introduces the concept of object-oriented programming to Pascal programmers, covering both Borland and Turbo Pascal. Includes more advanced topics such as dynamic data structures and increased coverage of graphics. All programming principles are illustrated with clearly annotated segments of code usable in larger programs. Numerous examples are carefully explained and arranged to lead readers through complexities of the language.
3D Studio Max: Building Complex Models
Authors: Shamms Mortier
Venue:  (2000)

:Conquering the vast array of tools available in 3D Studio Max is a challenge for even the most experienced user; to master them all at one time is even more difficult. By focusing on one major area at a time however, users can conquer a significant set of tools before moving onto the next. 3D Studio Max: Building Complex Models takes this approach by focusing on major areas of modeling. The in-depth coverage of this key aspect ensures that new and experienced users can successfully conquer all of Max's modeling tools. All internal modeling options and numerous plug-ins are thoroughly covered through a variety of tutorials, including four very detailed projects that integrate an array of skills, tools, and techniques. The book details how to use the additional Materials Creation and Management tools including the Displacement Mapping Channel, the Digimation Texture Lab and MaxMatter plug-ins, just to name a few. Additionally, the widely-used Right Hemispheres Deep Paint 3D and Darkling Simulations Simbiont Max are covered in detail. Whether you are a new Max user or a seasoned pro, the modeling techniques you learn here will help boost your skills to a new level, and prepare you to think globally about applying these techniques to new projects and other 3D applications. FEATURES An exhaustive exploration of Maxs internal and plug-in modeling capabilities covering both mechanical and organic object creation. Extensive developer tutorials for Surf-iT, DarkTree Textures, and Animateks World Builder. A step-by-step tutorial on how to use Deep Paint 3D Texture Weapons in conjunction with Max. Four comprehensive project tutorials: Ship, Urbania, Woodscene, and Monks Home. These projects are a final test of the skills taught in the book. Detailed coverage of a wide variety of popular plug-ins, freeware, and shareware Shamms Mortier is a graphics designer and artist residing in Vermont. He has written a number of successful books including Creating 3D Comix, The Poser 4 Handbook, and the Bryce 3D Handbook. Shamms is also a regular contributor to the Graphics Resource Club, an online subscription service for 3D designers.
Recommending or persuading?: the impact of a shopping agent's algorithm on user behavior
Authors: Gerald Häubl, Kyle B. Murray
Venue: Proceedings of the 3rd ACM conference on Electronic Commerce (2001)

This paper investigates the potential of recommendation agents for electronic shopping to influence human decision making by shaping user preferences. Specifically, we examine how the type of information that is elicited by a shopping agent for use in its recommendation algorithm may affect consumers'preference for product features and ultimately their product choice in an electronic marketplace. A recommendation agent is defined as a software tool that (a) calibrates a model of a user's preference based on his/her input and (b) uses this model to make personalized product recommendations. We report the results of a controlled experiment that demonstrates that, everything else being equal, the inclusion of a product feature in a recommendation agent renders this feature more prominent in shoppers'purchase decisions. In addition, we find that this effect is moderated by an important property of the marketplace - the correlation structure among the features of available products. We conclude that electronic shopping agents, through the design of their recommendation algorithms, have the potential to influence user preferences in a systematic fashion.
Making Use: Scenario-Based Design of Human-Computer Interactions
Authors: John M. Carroll
Venue:  (2000)

:Difficult to learn and awkward to use, today's information systems often change our activities in ways that we do not need or want. The problem lies in the software development process. In this book John Carroll shows how a pervasive but underused element of design practice, the scenario, can transform information systems design. Traditional textbook approaches manage the complexity of the design process via abstraction, treating design problems as if they were composites of puzzles. Scenario-based design uses concretization. A scenario is a concrete story about use. For example: "A person turned on a computer; the screen displayed a button labeled Start; the person used the mouse to select the button." Scenarios are a vocabulary for coordinating the central tasks of system developmentunderstanding people's needs, envisioning new activities and technologies, designing effective systems and software, and drawing general lessons from systems as they are developed and used. Instead of designing software by listing requirements, functions, and code modules, the designer focuses first on the activities that need to be supported and then allows descriptions of those activities to drive everything else. In addition to a comprehensive discussion of the principles of scenario-based design, the book includes in-depth examples of its application.
Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0 SourceBook
Authors: Michele Petrovsky
Venue:  (1997)

:This book provides a complete plan for setting up an Internet and intranet server using Microsoft's Internet Information Server. The bonus to ISS is that its free with Windows NT, and has a lot of added features that Webmasters want.
Hardware Bible, 1st edition
Authors: Winn L. Rosch
Venue:  (1996)

:Updated and revised edition of a bestseller, this comprehensive tome provides the most up-to-date information on the latest developments in PC technology. Written by industry expert, Winn Rosch, this guide covers everything users need to know about PC components and peripherals-from purchasing, setting up, and repairing a computer system to explaining technology and upgrading information. Using an easy-to-understand, well-written style, this is an invaluable resource of information!Saves users time and money by helping them make the right decisions when purchasing a computerExplores mass storage, the display system, printers, networking, plug and play, memory types, input devices, parallel and serial ports, modems, IRDA, and moreProvides jargon-free explanations of PC design and technology
Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 Programmer's Guide, 1st edition
Authors: CORPORATE Microsoft Corporation Staff
Venue:  (1997)

:For beginning Visual Basic users or experienced developers, this is the comprehensive guide to Visual Basic programming. Straight from the Microsoft Visual Basic product team, the Programmer's Guide covers everything from programming fundamentals and "Your First Visual Basic Program" to optimizing and distributing applications. Experience Level: All
Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft Small Business Server 4.5 in 21 Days, 1st edition
Authors: Harry Brelsford
Venue:  (1999)

:Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft Small Business Server in 21 Days, gives the reader a hands-on guide to installing and managing Microsoft's Small Business Server (SBS) product. SBS is designed for the small business and contains many unique components and management tools. The introduction and success of SBS surprised many in several ways. Consultants and VARs have struggled with the SBS paradigm of performing all actions via the SBS management console. Windows NT Server professionals commonly error by treating SBS just like big BackOffice, a fatal mistake. Small business owners and staff, seduced by Microsoft's "just add water" SBS marketing message, are surprised at the on-going maintenance requirements of SBS. And few books and outside resources exist to guide consultants, VARs, small business owners and staff alike on their SBS journey. With step-by-step instructions based on real-world experience, Harry Brelsford will take the reader through all of the stages of installing and maintaining their SBS installations. Along the way, Harry will keep the reader on the right track and out of the many pitfalls that spell disaster for the user.
Security requirements for cooperative work: a model and its system implications
Authors: George Coulouris, Jean Dollimore
Venue: Proceedings of the 6th workshop on ACM SIGOPS European workshop: Matching operating systems to application needs (1994)

Applications involving cooperation between several users are often expressed in terms of operations on shared objects. The challenge is to provide adequate access to shared objects for cooperating principals while maintaining the required level of integrity and privacy for objects. We assume an open system environment populated with distributed and potentially shareable and persistent objects. Security mechanisms should be independent of application programs, ensuring the security of data objects regardless of the programs that are used to access them. In general, we need the ability to control access at the level of each of the operations of an object.We present a security model that reflects the structure of cooperative work, enabling users' security policies and other task requirements to be translated directly into access rights for those shared objects whose protection must be guaranteed for the successful outcome of cooperative tasks. Our model is derived from a study of some cooperative tasks in the real world [5]. The model is based on notions of group tasks, organisational roles and delegation. We consider briefly the implications of our security model for operating system design in the context of a shared object system based on a distributed shared memory model [1].
RPG IV Jump Start: Moving Ahead with the New RPG
Authors: Bryan Meyers
Venue:  (1995)

:In this second edition of the popular RPG IV Jump Start, Bryan Meyers has added coverage for new releases of the RPG IV compiler (V3R2, V3R6, V3R7) and amplified the coverage of RPG IV's participation in the Integrated Language Environment (ILE). As in the first edition, he presents the new RPG from the perspective of a programmer who already knows the old RPG, pointing out the differences between the two and demonstrating how to take advantage of the new syntax and function.
EPA - HERL/RTP: a DBMS application using word processing
Authors: John D. B. Baston, Ann H. Akland
Venue: Proceedings of the 20th annual Southeast regional conference (1982)

The article discusses a Management Information System (MIS) developed by the authors, with Intel contractor support, for the Health Effects Research Laboratory, U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, located in the Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.The article describes the reasons for choosing SYSTEM 2000 as the data base language, the data base structure, and the application involving a unique mating between a data base, a Hendrix type-reader and the Lanier (LTE-2D) word-processing equipment.
ADSL, VDSL, and Multicarrier Modulation: Wiley Series in Telecommunications and Signal Processing, 1st edition
Authors: John A. Bingham
Venue:  (2000)

:With DSL technology poised to provide the fastest means of Internet access for years to come, there is a growing need for practical information on running xDSL services over existing telephone lines. John Bingham provides a complete guide to the state of the art and future direction of multicarrier modulation (MCM) - one of the key methods for high-speed data transmission today. Geared to designers and system planners working with DSL modems, Internet access, and telephony, ADSL, VDSL, and Multicarrier Modulation presents everything engineers and programmers need to design MCM modems, understand current implementations, and formulate strategies for future improvements and research.
User-Interface Screen Design, 4th edition
Authors: Wilbert O. Galitz
Venue:  (1992)

:Details everything from tests for good design, how the human eye picks up information through hardware/software considerations to field alignments. Contains guidelines for source document design and a step-by-step illustrated review on how to define, design and lay out a data entry screen. 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
Strategies for Web hosting and managed services
Venue:  (2001)

There are more than 30 million web sites worldwide, and nearly every one of them is running at one of more than 15,000 web-hosting services. IT executives and managers are in need of a blueprint to understand the services available to them one that will help them determine what they need, where to find it, and how to manage it. This book is the only one of its kind to provide professionals with a road map explaining the necessary technologies and criteria that are key to building a successful web-hosting strategy.
I'm Turning on My iMac, Now What?!, 2nd edition
Authors: Chris Sandlund
Venue:  (2000)

:I'm Turning On My iMac, Now What?! starts a brand new series of books that give clear, easy help on a variety of topics without insulting readers' intelligence. I'm Turning On My iMac, Now What?! is full of 4-color illustrations and photographs, and covers topics that new iMac users want to learn about in short, easy takes and without annoying jargon. And what do new iMac users really want to learn, and learn fast? Above all: how to send email; how to surf the web; how to write a letter. These and much, much more are covered in beautifully designed text that gives essential information in an easy to follow format. The Now What?! books are loaded with color illustrations and photographsover 100 in all. They have special features boxes, such as "Ask the Experts" and "What if" And every chapter has a "First Person Disaster" story, to let readers know that they are not alone. Most computer books are written by experts who have long forgotten what it was like to be a new user. That's a mistake this book doesn't make. I'm Turning On My iMac, Now What?! promises fun, smart, painless understanding. 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
Linux Hardware Handbook
Authors: Rod Smith
Venue:  (2000)

:Linux Hardware Handbook shows you how to make purchasing and installation decisions concerning hardware for Linux computers. Don't wade through scattered documentation to determine what products work and what products don'tthis book provides general guidance and information on what will help you and what to avoid. This book helps you gain a greater understanding of the issues surrounding Linux and make more informed purchase decisions. Get the knowledge you need to decide whether to even attempt installing Linux on a given computer. Topics covered include core systems, storage disks, input/output devices, notebooks, and audio/video cards. 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
CorelDRAW! for Beginners
Authors: Gary David Bouton
Venue:  (1994)

:This is the perfect guide for new users to learn the basics of CorelDRAW! 5 and gain instant success by creating professional-quality work. Through hands-on practice and step-by-step tutorials, users will master CorelDRAW! with ease.Includes step-by-step tutorials that make learning easyCovers the new features of the latest release, including CorelPHOTO-PAINT topicsProvides hands-on practice exercises, tips, and tricks on how to use clip art
Neural Networks in C++: An Object-Oriented Framework for Building Connectionist Systems
Authors: Adam Blum
Venue:  (1992)

:Interest in this area is at an all-time high. Fully explains how to apply neural networks to real-world problems, focusing on the practical side of building neural network applications. Besides providing a wealth of examples in C++, full coverage of three major application areas of neural network programming is included along with a complete C++ class library especially designed for neural network usage. 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