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Proceedings of the 20th annual international conference on Computer documentation
Venue: ACM Special Interest Group for Design of Communication (2002)

SIGDOC is the Special Interest Group for Documentation of the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM), itself the oldest computing association in the U.S. SIGDOC is dedicated to the encouragement and development of the finest in technical communications, and in this vein we give awards to those who are at the forefront of the field, and we have offered several tutorials for those who can take advantage of them.Our Program Chair has provided a carefully crafted structure for the program, including keynote awards recipients and a special keynote speaker. This is an exciting program that is likely to be long remembered.We are delighted this year to give our prestigious Rigo Award to Dr. Stephen Doheny Farina for his outstanding life-time contributions to the field, and to award our institutional Diana Award to the World Wide Web Consortium for their extraordinary work that has brought the web to all of us. Michael Sperberg-McQueen and Liam Quinn from W3C will be accepting this award. We will also honor the winner of our Graduate Student Paper Award for the best graduate-level research paper submitted to our Competition and announce the recipient of our scholarship for this year. Our special keynote speaker is Katherine Corich.As for the preparation of these Proceedings, we have been fortunate to do this, as we have for several past proceedings, all electronically, from author proposals, submissions and the blind reviews, to final production of the printed document. The Proceedings will be available on the ACM Digital Library once submitted there.
Video Poker for the Winner
Authors: Marten Jensen, Avery Cardoza
Venue:  (1999)

:Learn the correct strategies to get the winning edge against any video poker variation--Jacks or Better, Deuces Wild, Jokers Wild, Progressives, or Tens or Better.
Shaping and Lofting; Release 3 and 4 (with Diskette), 1st edition
Authors: Michele Bousquet, Glenn Melenhorst
Venue:  (1994)

:This book is one of a series designed especially for the experienced 3D Studio user.Concepts are explained with cleared language and Illustrative exercises, starting simple and building in complexity until you have not only created an impressive rendering but understand how you did it and why it works.
Introduction to Business Statistics: A Computer Integrated, Data Analysis Approach, 5th edition
Authors: Alan H. Kvanli, Robert J. Pavur, C. Stephen Guynes
Venue:  (1999)

:As with earlier editions, this text fully integrates the use of computers with statistics. This edition has retained the non-intimidating approach to describing the concepts and applications of statistics while giving students the opportunity to observe and actually carry out computer-generated solutions using a statistics package like MINITAB or a spreadsheet package like Excel. The text has also been designed so that those requiring a more traditional calculator-based approach will find an abundance of exercises and examples that can be solved in that manner. A CD-ROM presenting data sets and special Excel macros that Robert Pavur (Professor, U of North Texas) has created will be bound into the back of the book.
A color animation system: based on the multiplane technique
Authors: Marc Levoy
Venue: Proceedings of the 4th annual conference on Computer graphics and interactive techniques (1977)

This paper describes an animation package currently under development at the Cornell Program of Computer Graphics.The basic algorithm employed is linear or non-linear interpolation between successive pairs of key frames. These key frames are composed of artwork input by the animator on a graphic tablet and displayed on either a black and white vector scope or a color halftone CRT. The initial working environment is two-dimensional, and the individual images are combined using a multiplane cel animation technique to produce depth and motion illusions. Real-time film previewing, utilizing an on-the-fly interpolation algorithm, provides the artist with instant playback of animated sequences.
A mobile agent platform based on tuple space coordination
Authors: Li Chunlin, Lu Zhengding, Li Layuan, Zhang Shuzhi
Venue: Advances in Engineering Software (2002)

This paper presents JMAP, a Java-based mobile agents platform. JMAP provides a flexible and efficient agent coordination mechanism and a reliable agent migration mechanism, and supports persistence of agent state and agent security. The unique feature of JMAP is its agent coordination mechanism that exploits the advantages of the extensible markup language (XML) and Linda-like coordination. This XML-based Linda-like coordination mechanism suits the mobility and openness of the Internet application. The XML standard for Internet data representation can guarantee a high degree of interoperability between heterogeneous environments. The design and implementation of key technologies of JMAP are described in this paper. An agent-based application example shows the suitability and the effectiveness of the JMAP. Performance evaluation is made and comparisons with other mobile agent platforms are also made. Meanwhile, some related works are discussed. Finally, some conclusions and remarks are given.
Generalizing operational transformation to the standard general markup language
Authors: Aguido Horatio Davis, Chengzheng Sun, Junwei Lu
Venue: Proceedings of the 2002 ACM conference on Computer supported cooperative work (2002)

In this paper we extend operational transformation to support synchronous collaborative editing of documents written in dialects of SGML (Standard General Markup Language) such as XML and HTML, based on SGML's abstract data model, the grove. We argue that concurrent updates to a shared grove must be transformed before being applied to each replica to ensure consistency. We express grove operations as property changes on positionally-addressed nodes, define a set of transformation functions, and show how to apply an existing generic operational transformation algorithm to achieve this. This result makes synchronous group editing applicable to the modern Web.
MCSE SQL 7 Database Design and Administration Practice Tests Exam Cram
Authors: Geoffrey Alexander, Joseph Alexander
Venue:  (1999)

:Contains comprehensive practice tests and an answer and explanation chapter at the end of each exam. Provides more than just the correct answersthe explanation chapters also detail why the correct answers are right and why the wrong answers are wrong. Quizzes readers on exam objectives covered in both the SQL 7 Database Design and Administration exams. Contains 3 practice tests for each of the SQL 7 Database Design and Administration examsgiving the reader a total of six practice exams. Certification Insider Press is the first to provide extra SQL 7 practice tests in a stand-alone guide. These SQL exams double as MCSE electives and core requirements for the new MCDBA credential. A perfect complement to all certification guides and a unique supplement to all self-study materials. Answers include a cross-reference to the appropriate chapter in the corresponding Exam Cram or to another valuable resource. Contains an exclusive interactive CD-ROM, allowing readers to practice in an adaptive exam environment similar to that of the actual exam. Two complete practice tests for each: DB Design and Administration.
Working with Unicenter Tng with Cdrom
Authors: Rick Sturm, Rick Sturum
Venue:  (1998)

:Unicenter TNG is the next generation of enterprise management - one platform that controls all the computing assets on an organization's network, from laptops to mainframes, from intranets to extranets. It manages every network device, server, workstation, operating system, database, and application a company is running. Working with Unicenter TNG gives professionals an overview from architecture through implementation. It surveys the major management disciplines, with illustrations of what is required to master each of them. Whether you're already working directly with Unicenter TNG or are evaluating its fit for your company's needs, Working with Unicenter TNG is the only book available offering a thorough perspective.
C by Dissection: The Essentials of C Programming, 2nd edition
Authors: Al Kelley, Ira Pohl
Venue:  (1992)

:This significantly revised edition has been carefully designed to meet the needs of readers new to C. The reader moves easily through the fundamentals of C and on to its latest applications by means of a time-tested explanatory tool called dissection, first developed by the authors in 1984. Dissection, a pedagogical method similar to a structured, step-by-step walk-through, explains new programming elements and idioms as they are encountered in working code. Right from the start, the authors introduce the reader to complete programs, and at an early point in the text the reader learns to write functions, an important feature of structured programming.
Knowledge Management Systems: Information and Communication Technologies for Knowledge Management
Authors: Ronald Maier
Venue:  (2002)

:Information and knowledge have fundamentally transformed the way business and social institutions work. Knowledge management promises concepts and instruments that help organizations to provide an environment supportive of knowledge generation, sharing and application. Information and communication technology (ICT) is often regarded as the enabler for the effective and especially the efficient implementation of knowledge management. The book presents an almost encyclopedic treatise of the many important facets, concepts and theories that have influenced knowledge management and integrates them into a general knowledge management framework consisting of strategy, organization, systems and economics. The book also contains the state of practice of knowledge management on the basis of a comprehensive empirical study, and concludes with four scenarios of the successful application of ICT in knowledge management initiatives.
Microsoft Office 2000 VBA Programming: Mastering Solution Set
Authors: David Boctor
Venue:  (1999)

:Microsoft Visual Basic programming in Office provides an environment and language for you to build custom programs that extend Office's capabilities and integrate Office with other software applications and business processes. To help you develop custom programs with Office, this book provides information for the following types of developers: The beginning developer familiar with Office but not with Visual Basic programming; the experienced Visual Basic developer who wants to understand the services and objects provided by Office; and the experienced Office developer who needs a reference to the new programming functionality provided by Office 2000, including the new COM add-in and event support. Among other things, this book describes how to do the following in any Office 2000 Professional application through Visual Basic programming: insert and manipulate content such as text, tables, shapes, and cells; retrieve and set the window selection; create and manipulate documents; start one application from another; manipulate menus and toolbars; set up event procedures; and develop COM add-ins so that you can redistribute solutions to your customers. 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
Combined bus and driver scheduling
Authors: Christos Valouxis, Efthymios Housos
Venue: Computers and Operations Research (2002)

The daily bus and driver scheduling, for all bus companies that operate a non-fixed daily schedule of legs, is a difficult combinatorial problem that must be solved every afternoon. The work of the next day is changing on a daily basis either due to different load requirements on the standard routes or due to additional services and trips that the busses need to perform and the bus companies do wait until late afternoon before solving the scheduling problem. In addition, there exist hard customer requirements on the time required for the solution of the problem. This paper firstly presents a quick heuristic scheduling procedure named QS for the solution of the problem. QS has worked very well in the production environment of several bus companies of Greece. The main algorithms used by QS are minimum cost matching, set partitioning and shortest path. In addition, a column generation procedure named CGQS that uses an LP-solver and the QS process as its integer solution finder is presented. CGQS starts from the solution point of a single QS run and then performs several iterations in which LP problems are solved and new promising shifts are created using the LP dual solution.
10 Minute Guide to Lotus Notes 4.6, 1st edition
Authors: Dorothy Burke, Jane Calabria
Venue:  (1998)

:The 10 Minute Guide to Lotus Notes 4.6 offers simple, practical help for busy people who need fast results. Through goal-oriented, 10-minute lessons, you'll learn to take advantage of the groupware capabilities of Lotus Notes 4.6. This book is the ideal reference whether you're on the road or sitting at your desk! 10 minutes is all you need to learn how to participate in discussion databases; use advanced mail features; format text and documents; configure calendaring and scheduling; learn to replicate data; work remotely using Notes; share content across your organization; use the new Notes 4.6 Favorites database; send, receive and manage mail.
A Symmetric Band Lanczos Process Based on Coupled Recurrences and Some Applications
Authors: Zhaojun Bai, Roland W. Freund
Venue: SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing (2001)

The symmetric band Lanczos process is an extension of the classical Lanczos algorithm for symmetric matrices and single starting vectors to multiple starting vectors. After $n$ iterations, the symmetric band Lanczos process has generated an $n\times n$ projection, ${\mathbf{T}}_n^{\rm s}$, of the given symmetric matrix onto the $n$-dimensional subspace spanned by the first $n$ Lanczos vectors. This subspace is closely related to the $n$th block-Krylov subspace induced by the given symmetric matrix and the given block of multiple starting vectors. The standard algorithm produces the entries of ${\mathbf{T}}_n^{\rm s}$ directly. In this paper, we propose a variant of the symmetric band Lanczos process that employs coupled recurrences to generate the factors of an LDL$^{\mathrm{T}}$ factorization of a closely related $n\times n$ projection, rather than ${\mathbf{T}}_n^{\rm s}$. This is done in such a way that the factors of the LDL$^{\mathrm{T}}$ factorization inherit the ``fish-bone'' structure of ${\mathbf{T}}_n^{\rm s}$. Numerical examples from reduced-order modeling of large electronic circuits and algebraic eigenvalue problems demonstrate that the proposed variant of the band Lanczos process based on coupled recurrences is more robust and accurate than the standard algorithm.
A hardware-assisted hybrid rendering technique for interactive volume visualization
Authors: Brett Wilson, Kwan-Liu Ma, Patrick S. McCormick
Venue: Proceedings of the 2002 IEEE symposium on Volume visualization and graphics (2002)

The scientific simulation and three-dimensional imaging systems in use today are producing large quantities of data that range from gigabytes to petabytes in size. Direct volume rendering, using hardware-based three-dimensional textures, is a common technique for interactively exploring these data sets. The most serious drawback of this approach is the finite amount of available texture memory. In this paper we introduce a hybrid volume rendering technique based on the use of hardware texture mapping and point-based rendering. This approach allows us to leverage the performance of hardware-based volume rendering and the flexibility of a point-based rendering to generate a more efficient representation that makes possible interactive exploration of large-scale data using a single PC.
Waite Group's Visual Basic 6 How-To
Authors: Eric Brierley, Anthony Prince, David Rinaldi
Venue:  (1998)

:The Waite Group's Visual Basic 6 How-To is the definitive problem solver - designed to answer your "How do I" questions. It is intended to be a reference for visual programmers. Organized by individual questions, this exhaustive reference addresses practical, real-world programming issues in a clear, easy-to-follow language. The authors present definitive answers in a step-by-step format followed by concise descriptions of the outcome of each step. The Waite Group's Visual Basic 6 How-To covers the vital areas like the new interface options, Windows APIs, and ActiveX Data Objects.
The Practical Guide to Extreme Programming
Authors: David Astels, Granville Miller, Miroslav Novak
Venue:  (2002)

From the Book:PrefaceThe principles of extreme programming have changed the way we think about software development.The Need to be ExtremeBoth business people and software developers often view traditional software development techniques as too slow. Business people view software as a competitive advantage, and a competitive advantage can never be realized too quickly. Software developers believe that their traditional software development processes create too much overhead in their quest to deliver this advantage as quickly as possible.The need to deliver software more quickly caused Kent Beck, Ward Cunningham, and Ron Jeffries to explore the extremes of certain development practices. The first XP project, the Chrysler Comprehensive Compensation system (code name C3), was, on one hand, constrained and, on the other, pushed to its limits. This practice was called "setting the dials to ten." The result was a breakthrough in the software development called XP.Beck was certainly the driving force behind taking this project, and the multitude of others that have followed, to the extreme, and he continues to evolve XP. His vision continues as he asks us to question the basic principles of software engineering. Naturally, many of these principles are being replaced with new and better ones. New principles, such as working with a real live customer instead of a specification, are quickly gaining acceptance in the software community. The idea of creating tests before the software is written is quickly becoming a vital part of every software development process.This book attempts to capture one point in the evolution of XP.We have examined the principles and have created what we believe to be effective practices. As a result, we believe that this short guide serves as a practical one from which to learn XP.We used some of the XP principles to write this book (adapted, of course, for book writing). For example, various things that one of our customers felt we needed to cover were written on index cards and scheduled into the iterations of the book. This book has been continuously integrated and refactored. Hopefully, you, another customer, will like the finished product.Follow UpTo obtain the code from the appendix as well as other information about this book and XP in general, we invite you to visit Saorsa Development Inc.'s web site at http://www.saorsa.com
Gender and computer ethics
Authors: Alison Adam
Venue: ACM SIGCAS Computers and Society (2000)

This paper reviews the relatively small body of work in computer ethics which looks at the question of whether gender makes any difference to ethical decisions. There are two strands of writing on gender and computer ethics. The first focuses on problems of women's access to computer technology; the second concentrates on whether there are differences between men and women's ethical decision making in relation to information and computing technologies (ICTs). I criticize the latter area, arguing that such studies survey student audiences, that they emphasize the result of an ethical decision over the process of arriving at the decision, that they are problematic in relation to research methodology and that they are undertheorized. Given that traditional ethical theories largely ignore gender, I offer a gender based ethics in terms of feminist ethics as the best place to look for theoretical substance. The paper concludes by considering how feminist ethics can be combined with empirical studies that emphasize observation and interviewing in order to move gender and computer ethics onward from statistical studies of men's and women's ethical decisions toward more substantially theorized studies of areas in computer ethics which have gender implications, such as privacy and power.
Beginning AutoCAD 2000, 1st edition
Authors: Bob McFarlane, Robert McFarlane
Venue:  (2000)

:AutoCAD 2000, the latest release of the most popular CAD drafting package in the world, has several new features that allow the user to increase their drafting skills. Beginning Autocad 2000 introduces the reader to these latest amendments after ensuring the reader understands basic 2D drafting skills. Bob McFarlane then looks at more demanding topics such as 3D modeling, customization and AutoLISP programming.
Neural Connections, Mental Computation
Authors: Lynn Nadel, Lynn A. Cooper
Venue:  (1992)

:In this book, well known researchers in philosophy, cognitive psychology linguistics, and neuroscience address two questions about connectionism as an alternative to traditional symbolic cognitive models. Are connectionist models computationally sufficient to account for complex cognitive functions? Can connectionism account for such functions in a neurobiologically realistic way? The chapters in part I explore the computational adequacy and cognitive plausibility of connectionist or parallel distributed processing (PDP) models. Those in part II focus on the constraints these models impose on the PDP theorist who wants to remain true to known brain architecture. The contributors attempt to derive facts about brain architecture that might be crucial to connectionist formalisms the processes that one should expect to uncover if notions like connection strength, the delta rule, activation value, and back propagation are to find neurological concomitants. The authors include Valentino Braitenberg, Patricia Smith Churchland, Terrence J. Sejnowski, Gary Lynch, Richard Granger, John Larson, Michel Baudry, Leif H. Finkel, George N. Reeke, Jr, Gerald M. Edelman, Roger N. Shepard, Paul Smolensky, Jerome A. Feldman, Bruce McNaughton, and John O'Keefe. The editors contribute an introductory chapter. Lynn Nadel and Lynn Cooper are professors of psychology and research cognitive scientists at the University of Arizona; Peter Culicover is professor of linguistics at Ohio State University; R. M. Harnish is professor of philosophy at the University of Arizona. Neural Connections, Mental Computation is included in the series Computational Models of Cognition and Perception edited byJerome A Feldman, Patrick J. Hayes, and David Rumelhart. A Bradford Book.