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Minutes of the Lead Pencil Club: Pulling the Plug on the Electronic Revolution
Authors: Bill Henderson
Venue:  (1996)

:Have you just junked your recent, instantly obsolete, computer? Are you thinking of buying your first computer? Do you find that your business and personal life have been invaded by a bewildering array of electronics - from voice and E-mail, to faxes and TVs with hundreds of channels to the wildly hyped Internet and World Wide Web? Do you suffer from info-overload? Do you sometimes think we have lost our souls in a constant quest for speed, entertainment, and convenience? The Minutes of the Lead Pencil Club is a dynamic record of an on-going meeting of minds from as far away as Tasmania, India, and Austria and as close to home as California and New York. This collection will reveal to you what electronic madness has wrought in our lives and society. Through letters, essays, news clips, poems, cartoons, and testimonials, the members of the Lead Pencil Club suggests how you can restore mindfulness, sanity and simplicity to your life and the lives of your children. 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
Windows Developer's Guide to Application Design, 1st edition
Authors: Jeff Clakr
Venue:  (1993)

:Need one book with the answers on Windows design? This book is written just for people involved in Windows application development - from programmers to nonprogrammers. To overcome the programming barrier, each chapter is divided into two sections. The first half of each chapter takes a nontechnical approach to application design. You learn the fundamental principles, as this indispensable reference presents diagrams, illustrations, example programs, and discussions for designing Windows applications. The latter half of each chapter provides details on implementing program code for a design. Techniques for creating flawless application design are revealed. By following the author's guidelines, you learn how to reduce the amount of analysis required to design an application. In addition to user interface features, this book discusses database access, file access, and application installation. The example programs are written in C and C++ using Microsoft and Borland compilers. 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
Inter-modal transportation: the use of simulation modeling for intermodal capacity assessment
Authors: Beth C. Kulick, James T. Sawyer
Venue: Proceedings of the 32nd conference on Winter simulation (2000)

Simulation modeling that has been successfully used to analyze intermodal capacity issues for a wide variety of facilities. Simulation technology provides an analysis mechanism for large intermodal facilities that are difficult to duplicate with other methods due to the interaction of many variables. Automation Associates, Inc. (AAI) is a simulation consulting services company that has been providing models for the transportation and intermodal industry for over ten years. AAI has developed many models to support major architecture and engineering projects as well as provide analysis support for intermodal operators. Through this experience, there have been modeling projects built to address different objectives based on the project requirements. A survey of the major categories of modeling projects based on their unique objectives and scope is presented in this paper. Additionally, two actual model implementations are discussed relative to this outline.
GUI prototype generation by merging use cases
Authors: Junko Shirogane, Yoshiaki Fukazawa
Venue: Proceedings of the 7th international conference on Intelligent user interfaces (2002)

In developing an application software, it is important to pay attention to end-users' viewpoints. In particular, in designing Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs), it is effective to develop a prototype and to show it to end-users in order to reflect end-users' viewpoints, because the design of the GUI strongly affects the usability of the application. Use case diagrams and scenarios are described from end-users' viewpoints, so it is considered that GUIs reflecting end-users' viewpoints can be developed using use case diagrams. In this paper, we propose a method for generating GUI prototypes from given use case diagrams and scenarios. GUI prototypes can be generated based on the extracted control structure with appended simple widget information.
Searching in high-dimensional spaces: Index structures for improving the performance of multimedia databases
Authors: Christian Böhm, Stefan Berchtold, Daniel A. Keim
Venue: ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR) (2001)

During the last decade, multimedia databases have become increasingly important in many application areas such as medicine, CAD, geography, and molecular biology. An important research issue in the field of multimedia databases is the content-based retrieval of similar multimedia objects such as images, text, and videos. However, in contrast to searching data in a relational database, a content-based retrieval requires the search of similar objects as a basic functionality of the database system. Most of the approaches addressing similarity search use a so-called feature transformation that transforms important properties of the multimedia objects into high-dimensional points (feature vectors). Thus, the similarity search is transformed into a search of points in the feature space that are close to a given query point in the high-dimensional feature space. Query processing in high-dimensional spaces has therefore been a very active research area over the last few years. A number of new index structures and algorithms have been proposed. It has been shown that the new index structures considerably improve the performance in querying large multimedia databases. Based on recent tutorials [Berchtold and Keim 1998], in this survey we provide an overview of the current state of the art in querying multimedia databases, describing the index structures and algorithms for an efficient query processing in high-dimensional spaces. We identify the problems of processing queries in high-dimensional space, and we provide an overview of the proposed approaches to overcome these problems.
WordPerfect 6.1 for Windows: Tutorial and Applications, 1st edition
Authors: Mary Alice Eisch
Venue:  (1995)

:Provides a complete training package for WordPerfect 6.1 for Windows featuring clear, easy-to-follow instructions, illustrations, and hands-on exercises that help make learners proficient users in 10 hours or less.
International Information Tech, 1st edition
Authors: Dennis Campbell
Venue:  (1997)

:There is a complex legal framework developing to meet the technological challenges of modern commercial practice. This book examines international legal developments in four broad areas: contracts for products and services; the protection of intellectual property rights; litigation; and compliance. 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
Microsoft Access 2000/Visual Basic for Applications Fundamentals
Authors: Evan Callahan
Venue:  (1999)

:A teach-yourself guide to using the Access macro language to take control of Access. The easy-to-follow lessons include clear objectives and real-world business examples so you can learn exactly what you need to know, at your own speed. Users learn to create macros and applications for themselves and their business units. The CD offers real-world samples to support each lesson.
Server operating systems
Authors: M. Frans Kaashoek, Dawson R. Engler, Gregory R. Ganger, Deborah A. Wallach
Venue: Proceedings of the 7th workshop on ACM SIGOPS European workshop: Systems support for worldwide applications (1996)

We introduce server operating systems, which are sets of abstractions and runtime support for specialized, high-performance server applications. We have designed and are implementing a prototype server OS with support for aggressive specialization, direct device-to-device access, an event-driven organization, and dynamic compiler-assisted ILP. Using this server OS, we have constructed an HTTP server that outperforms servers running on a conventional OS by more than an order of magnitude and that can safely timeshare the hardware platform with other applications.
WebODE: a scalable workbench for ontological engineering
Authors: Julio C. Arpírez, Oscar Corcho, Mariano Fernández-López, Asunción Gómez-Pérez
Venue: Proceedings of the 1st international conference on Knowledge capture (2001)

This paper presents WebODE as a workbench for ontological engineering that not only allows the collaborative edition of ontologies at the knowledge level, but also provides a scalable architecture for the development of other ontology development tools and ontology-based applications. First, we will describe the knowledge model of WebODE, which has been mainly extracted and improved from the reference model of METHONTOLOGY's intermediate representations. Later, we will present its architecture, together with the main functionalities of the WebODE ontology editor, such as its import/export service, translation services, ontology browser, inference engine and axiom generator, and some services that have been integrated in the workbench: WebPicker, OntoMerge and the OntoCatalogue.
Learn to Program Databases with Visual Basic 6
Authors: John Smiley
Venue:  (1999)

:Written by popular author John Smiley, this book is targeted at intermediate Visual Basic 6 programmers. Since 70% of Visual Basic applications involve a database, this book can provide important information to the thousands of users of Visual Basic 6.
An infrastructure for application-specific customization
Authors: Arindam Banerji, David L. Cohn
Venue: Proceedings of the 6th workshop on ACM SIGOPS European workshop: Matching operating systems to application needs (1994)

As application requirements diverge, it is becoming increasingly clear that the one size fits all operating system design strategy is obsolete. Customizable system services would allow application-specific optimizations, and various customization strategies have been proposed. These vary widely and, depending on the required level of application-developer involvement, can be categorized as parametric variation, interposition or synthesis methods. We present a common architectural infrastructure for operating system components which allows customization by any of these approaches. Our ongoing implementation based on this framework is beginning to show that support for application-specific customization can be incorporated into existing commercial operating systems.
CHI '02 extended abstracts on Human factors in computing systems
Venue: Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (2002)

Interactive technologies have changed - and continue to change - our world. We are living in an era of transformation driven by the Internet, hand-held computing, digital photography, interactive entertainment, and wireless communication technologies. But such transformations are nothing new. Adoption of many technologies has transformed our work, play, communication, and thought. It has also transformed our research and practice in the HCI community.CHI 2002 explores transforming technologies, looking back to the past and forward to the future. First, by reflecting on past (and current) technologies, we seek a better understanding of questions like: Why do some technologies succeed where others fail? How have economic and work conditions and leisure been changed? What roles have technologists, entrepreneurs, legislators, lawyers, and citizens played? We examine these issues especially as they relate to HCI, a young field that will celebrate its 20th anniversary at CHI 2002.Second, we look forward, examining emerging technologies and involving us all in shaping their progress. Profound HCI issues are raised as computer and communications technologies progress from portable to wearable to implantable, as the power and speed of technology increases and the cost decreases, and as the standard desktop graphical interface is augmented by mobile devices, tangible and mixed reality interfaces. In response, we ask: What role should HCI professionals play in the development and deployment of such profoundly transformative devices and the socio-technical systems surrounding them? How can we ensure usability and a regard for personal privacy? What is the role of the legal and political system can they "keep up" with technology, or do sufficiently compelling technologies simply push them aside.Third, in addition to looking outward, CHI 2002 has looked inward to the practices of our community. We used some new technologies to nudge the CHI conference in the direction of greater interactivity, turning attendees into participants. CHIplace.org, our interactive online forum, enables people to exchange ideas, offer suggestions, and preview conference content. As part of CHIs increasing emphasis on issues of interest to designers and usability practitioners, CHI 2002 features the Practitioners Special Track. Professional and student designers present portfolios of their work, and usability professionals reflect on the experiences they have gained with usability methods in practice. CHI 2002 also is proud to feature a two-day forum, the CHI 2002|AIGA Experience Design Forum. Held in collaboration with the Experience Design Group of AIGA, the American Institute of Graphic Arts, this forum serves as an in-depth, interdisciplinary exploration of issues in design and human-computer interaction.
OS/2 Warp Answers: Certified Tech Support
Authors: Kathy Ivens
Venue:  (1995)

:Don't waste time and money calling for OS/2 tech support when the answers are in this authoritative book. Even with OS/2's user-friendly improvements,many questions and problems can arise when using this powerful operating system. For those users who want straightforward answers quickly,help is on the way with OS/2 Answers: Certified Tech Support. Chances are good that you aren't the first person to have a question with OS/2. OS/2 Answers is unique in that it is based on acutal support calls fielded by Corporate Software,the world's largest providers of tech support. This empirical data reveals where OS/2 users worldwide have the most problems and issues,and ensures that OS/2 Answers addresses the appropriate areas of concern. From basic questions to complex issues,OS/2 Answers will save readers' time,money,and sanity by providing the answers they would otherwise have to call tech support for.
Power Developers Pro Reference
Authors: Peter J. Horwood
Venue:  (1997)

:If you think Java,the Web development programming language is only good for building rotating corporate logos or flapping mailboxes,think again. Powersoft has announced PowerJ,a Java development tool,that will allow corporations to build business applications using Java. Squarely aimed at master-level users,this book shows how to use PowerJ to build application-strength applets and server software,use related tools such as JavaBeans and ActiveX,develop advanced databases,ensure security,and more.
Administering Exchange 2000 Server
Authors: Mitch Tulloch
Venue:  (2001)

:The ultimate administrator's guide,this book covers all the new features of this product and addresses complexities introduced by Windows 2000,including Active Directory integration,new conferencing services and instant messaging,and new security features,permissions,and routing procedures. Install,configure,and manage Microsoft's Exchange 2000 Server Build,maintain,and troubleshoot a scaleable,reliable messaging infrastructure using Exchange 2000 Server. Logically organized into task-based sections,Administering Exchange 2000 Server explains how to manage sites,clients,address lists,and Internet protocols. The book also covers the new features of Exchange,such as Active Directory integration,the Windows 2000 security model,instant messaging,and video conferencing services. The step-by-step walk-throughs,task-at-a-glance sections,and detailed screen shots make this the perfect day-to-day reference for administrators working with or migrating to Exchange 2000 Server. *Use MMC and Terminal Services to administer Exchange*Create and configure mail-enabled users*Configure Outlook for Exchange*Create and modify recipient policies*Enable support for administrative groups *Create storage groups and mailbox stores*Create and replicate public folders*Build and populate an index*Apply system policies*Enable routing groups and configure connectors*Control virtual servers*Enable and configure monitors,notifications,protocol logging,and message tracking*Back up and troubleshoot Exchange
After the Gold Rush: Creating a True Profession of Software Engineering, 1st edition
Authors: Steve M. McConnell
Venue:  (1999)

:In this newest addition to Microsoft Press' acclaimed Best Practices series, award-winning author Steve McConnell offers candid reflections and a look ahead at the software engineering profession from one of the industry's most highly regarded practitioners. After the Gold Rush: Creating a True Profession of Software Engineering is a collection of illuminating original essays on contemporary software development topics that highlight critical trends and call for a more rigorous and standards-based profession. McConnell delivers a lively and sometimes provocative narrative that aims to help software developers step back from the day-to-day rush of their work and think about where their careers--and the industry they're helping to shape--are going. Lively and highly readable introspections on the software development industry that will appeal to both insiders and nontechnical readers alike Candid reflections and a look at the future of software engineering as a profession from one of the industry's most highly regarded practitioners Describes software development practices and trends in a readable and thought-provoking series of essays Provides valuable insights that can help software developers plan their careers Gives the nontechnical public an understanding of software engineering as it is today and as it could be The esteemed editor of IEEE Software, author Steve McConnell has written three previous bestselling and award-winning Best Practices books
MacIntosh Bible Guide to Word 6
Authors: Maria L. Langer
Venue:  (1995)

:Whether you're a beginning or experienced user of Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, this book will bring you up to speed with version 6. With step-by-step recipes, you'll create newsletters, invitations, display advertising, and more. Provides plenty of details on Word's newest features, including how to add annotations, graphs, and QuickTime movies to documents.
Running Microsoft Word for Windows 95
Authors: Russell Borland
Venue:  (1995)

:Written by Russell Borland, longtime Microsoft Word aficionado and member of the original Microsoft Word development team, Running Microsoft Word for Windows 95, Select Edition provides expert information and advice on:. Word for Windows 95 Basics - creating, proofreading, editing, formatting, and printing documents; tips on mouse use, shortcut menus, and finding your work. Windows 95 and Word for Windows 95 Enhancements - working with files and folders, using long filenames, enhanced AutoCorrect and AutoFormat for smooth document development, and inserting names and addresses from your electronic address book into a document. Pillars of Word - using the seven core features of Word - styles, fields, templates, macros, tables, frames and sections - to build dynamic, professional-looking documents. Simplifying Document Tasks - tips on creating page layouts, forms, and mail merges. Getting Beyond Text - building compound documents mixing text, data, and graphics from Microsoft Excel and other Microsoft applications. Seamless Workgroup Computing - assembling complex documents using a master document, and reviewing and revising documents as a team.
How to Use WordPerfect 6.1 for Windows
Authors: Eric Stone
Venue:  (1995)

:The popular word processing program WordPerfect 6.1 is explained with double-page spreads that combine text and illustrations for every task-perfect for the beginning user, or any user who doesn't want to plow through page after page of text to accomplish simple tasks.
Software Cost Estimation with Incomplete Data
Authors: Kevin Strike, Khaled El Emam, Nazim Madhavji
Venue: IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (2001)

The construction of software cost estimation models remains an active topic of research. The basic premise of cost modeling is that a historical database of software project cost data can be used to develop a quantitative model to predict the cost of future projects. One of the difficulties faced by workers in this area is that many of these historical databases contain substantial amounts of missing data. Thus far, the common practice has been to ignore observations with missing data. In principle, such a practice can lead to gross biases and may be detrimental to the accuracy of cost estimation models. In this paper, we describe an extensive simulation where we evaluate different techniques for dealing with missing data in the context of software cost modeling. Three techniques are evaluated: listwise deletion, mean imputation, and eight different types of hot-deck imputation. Our results indicate that all the missing data techniques perform well with small biases and high precision. This suggests that the simplest technique, listwise deletion, is a reasonable choice. However, this will not necessarily provide the best performance. Consistent best performance (minimal bias and highest precision) can be obtained by using hot-deck imputation with Euclidean distance and a z-score standardization.
Fundamentals of Robotics: Analysis and Control, 1st edition
Authors: Robert J. Schilling
Venue:  (1996)

:A complete overview of the fundamentals of robotics. Case study examples of educational, industrial and generic robots are discussed. Class demonstration software is provided with the laboratory manual. (vs. Craig, Fu, and Asada).
Comparing systems via stochastic simulation: an enhanced two-stage selection procedure
Authors: E. Jack Chen, W. David Kelton
Venue: Proceedings of the 32nd conference on Winter simulation (2000)

This paper discusses implementation of a two-stage procedure to determine the simulation run length for selecting the best of k designs. We purpose an Enhanced Two-Stage Selection (ETSS) procedure. The number of additional replications at the second stage for each design is determined by both the variances of the sample means and the differences of the sample means of alternative designs. We show that the ETSS procedure gives valid selections with significantly reduced simulation replications compared to Rinott's procedure. An experimental performance evaluation demonstrates the validity of the ETSS procedure.
Using Quattro Pro 6 for Windows, 1st edition
Authors: Brian Underdahl
Venue:  (1994)

:This revised and updated edition unveils the secrets to getting the most out of Quattro Pro for Windows. Readers discover the most effective methods for managing and analyzing data, as well as using macros and sharing data with other Windows programs.Extensive indexing and cross-referencing help readers find information quicklyIncludes tips, notes, and cautions on everything from data analysis to databases and reportsTroubleshooting and For Related Information sections provide additional guidance