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PC-based development environments and a Unix-centric curriculum: some practical issues
Authors: Evan Golub
Venue: ACM SIGCSE Bulletin (2001)

As computers have become a more common household item, computer science students are able to work at home rather than in campus labs. At institutions that have Unix-centric resources, students are able to use these home computers to connect to campus machines remotely. However, some students want to use a PC-based development environment rather than the ones available under Unix. Do they gain an advantage? Are there problems that they will encounter when they bring their program into the Unix environment?
The lookahead strategy for distance-based location tracking in wireless cellular networks
Authors: I-Fei Tsai, Rong-Hong Jan
Venue: ACM SIGMOBILE Mobile Computing and Communications Review (1999)

Based on a multi-scale, straight-oriented mobility model, this paper presents a lookahead strategy for distance-based location tracking so the rate of location update can be reduced without incurring extra terminal paging costs. For linear mobility graphs, the optimal registered cell is found by an iterative algorithm so the average cycle length is maximized. For planar mobility graphs, the authors employ the results from linear cases to determine the eligible registered cell. Performance gain is evaluated by using Monte Carlo simulation for mobiles with different degrees and scales of mobility. Analysis shows that the tracking cost for mobile users with large mobility scales in microcellular networks, costs which are usually underestimated by the traditional random walk model, can be effectively reduced.
Stable Computation with the Fundamental Matrix of a Markov Chain
Authors: Jesse L. Barlow
Venue: SIAM Journal on Matrix Analysis and Applications (2000)

The short term behavior of a Markov chain can be inferred from its fundamental matrix F. One method of computing the parts of F that are needed is to compute Fy for a given vector y.It is shown that all forward stable algorithms that solve a particular least squares problem lead to forward stable algorithms for computing Fy. This in turn leads to a class of algorithms that compute Fy accurately whenever the underlying problem is well-conditioned. One algorithm from this class is based upon the Grassman--Taksar--Heyman variant of Gaussian elimination. Other such algorithms include one based upon orthogonal factorization and one based upon the conjugate gradient least squares algorithm.
On Preconditioning Newton--Krylov Methods in Solidifying Flow Applications
Authors: D. A. Knoll, W. B. VanderHeyden, V. A. Mousseau, D. B. Kothe
Venue: SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing (2001)

Solidifying flow equations can be used to model industrial metallurgical processes such as casting and welding, and material science applications such as crystal growth. These flow equations contain locally stiff nonlinearities at the moving phase-change interface. We are developing a three-dimensional parallel simulation tool for such problems using a Jacobian-free Newton--Krylov solver and unstructured finite volume methods. A segregated (distributed, block triangular) preconditioning strategy is being developed for the Newton--Krylov solver. In this preconditioning approach we are only required to approximately invert matrices coming from a single field variable, not matrices arising from a coupled system. Additionally, simple linearizations are used in constructing our preconditioning operators. The preconditioning strategy is presented along with the performance of the methods. We consider problems in phase-change heat transfer and the thermally driven incompressible Navier--Stokes equations separately. This is a required intermediate step toward developing a successful preconditioning strategy for the fully coupled physics problem.
Simulation with Arena with Cdrom, 2nd edition
Authors: W. David Kelton, Deborah A. Sadowski, Randall P. Sadowski
Venue:  (2001)

:Arena is the world's most effective simulation technology for modeling systems in manufacturing,transportation,logistics,warehousing,and business processing. This highly anticipated text introduces the subject of simulation using examples from Arena and is designed for the introductory simulation course offered in industrial engineering and business departments. Simulation with Arena is the only book to cover the Arena product and it is accompanied by an Arena CD.
Cell Planning for Wireless Communications, 1st edition
Authors: Manuel F. Catedra, Jesus Perez
Venue:  (1999)

:Obtain a more accurate analysis of radio propagation in cellular networks using the proven techniques described in this book. Cell Planning for Wireless Communications surveys the principle tools used in the planning of micro/pico cellular systems for personal communication networks. Engineers, researchers, consultants, and mobile communication graduate students learn how to use specific computer codes to perform a reliable analysis of the major aspects of micro/pico cellular design including propagation, fading estimation, mutual interference, cell geometry, teletraffic, and channel allocation. The book shows you how to improve the design of microcellular network systems by combining propagation models with topographical/morphological databases and ray-tracing acceleration techniques. The authors explain Physical Optic (PO), Geometrical Optic (GO), and the Uniform Theory of Diffraction (UTD) for the analysis of propagation in complex urban or indoor scenarios. The book also surveys select empirical propagation models. With over 100 illustrations, 300 equations, computer models and applications to PCS planning, a tutorial presentation of the application of UTD to wireless problems, and new ray tracing algorithms, you get all the information you need to compute propagation in micro/pico cells in one reference. Furthermore, the approaches presented may also be applied to macrocellular systems.
Using Technology in the Classroom, 5th edition
Authors: Gary G. Bitter, Melissa E. Pierson
Venue:  (2001)

:/* 3247L-1, Bitter, Gary G., Using Technology in the Classroom, 5/e */ Using Technology in the Classroom highlights the essential topics related to technology in education. Completely re-vamped and updated, this book includes the most current information on the use of technology in the classroom: online educational resources, the latest in educational software, electronic communication, creating Web-based instruction, emerging technology, as well as how to utilize each of these elements and implement a technology based curriculum. Educational Website addresses, screen captures, Internet activities, resources, and applications all provide clear and comprehensive information to equip readers with the basic tools needed for understanding and integrating technology into education. For educators wanting to incorporate technology in the classroom.
Discovering Calculus with the TI-81 and the TI-85, 1st edition
Authors: Robert T. Smith, Roland B. Minton
Venue:  (1993)

:The point of learning the calculus is not simply to generate correct answers to problems. Indeed, the purpose is to learn how to think mathematically. This book is all about understanding calculus, not simply as preparation for an increasingly technical job market, but also to foster a deeper appreciation of what mathematics is. In this book, we show how the graphical and numerical capabilities of the TI-81 and TI-85 advanced calculators can help students apply their innate visual skills to better understand calculus and the modern mathematical world in which they live.
LSE for you: secure interaction with personalised information for students and staff delivered via the world wide web
Authors: Katherine Forbes-Pitt
Venue: Proceedings of the 30th annual ACM SIGUCCS conference on User services (2002)

LSE for You (LFY) is a web portal through which staff and students have secure and personalised access to centrally held data. It has been developed in-house at LSE through inter-departmental collaboration. There were three principal aims for the project: to meet increasing technological expectation of customers; to increase efficiency in data entry, transfer and manipulation, and to improve the accuracy and timeliness of centrally held information. We launched LFY in November 2000 internally and to the world in May 2001 via the school's website. LFY has changed the way that LSE delivers some of its core administrative student services.At LSE, students can now use LFY to access (and where appropriate alter) much of central administration data, from their addresses to exam results, and staff can view useful information like photographs of their students or their own payslips online. We have also included internal administrative functions such as room booking and reprographics' requests, which cuts down internal paper-use and staff time.LFY also reaches out to both applicants and alumni. Applicants can check the progress of their application online, reducing telephone requests for routine information. LFY works as a communication tool between the School and our alumni and is used to help alumni keep the school informed of their current employment, with obvious fundraising benefits for the school.This paper will discuss what LFY does, both at the user level and for the school as a whole, and will include a brief technical description of how that is achieved. LFY has become an important part of thinking for the future at LSE, impacting upon customer interaction, ongoing ICT development, and ways of working. We want to push forward in our commitment to web-based ways of manipulating central data in order to facilitate new and better staff and customer relations.
Adobe PhotoShop Elements: A Visual Introduction to Digital Imaging
Authors: Philip Andrews
Venue:  (2002)

:The associated website makes sure you have all the tools you need to fine-tune your skills. Images featured in the book are provided online so you can try out each technique as you read  the quickest way to learn. Teachers' printable lesson plans are also included, along with useful links and updates so you have all you need at your fingertips. If you are just starting to work with digital images and have chosen Adobe Photoshop Elements as your manipulation package, then this guide is for you. You can create professional quality images for print, the Web and email with this innovative package. Special emphasis is placed on how to create a home page without having to learn HTML via the Web Photo Gallery; how to prepare images step-by-step, both for your website and for printing via high-quality ink jet printers. Author Biography: Philip Andrews is a photographer, author and lecturer at the Queensland School of Printing and Graphic Arts, Australia. He is also a regular contributor, or contributing editor, for several magazines, including Amateur Photographer', Digital Photography and Design', Better Digital', Australian Photography' and Digital Media World'.
Unified system builder through interacting blocks (USBIB) for soft real-time systems
Authors: Nunzio-Nicoló Savino-Vazquez, Juan-Luis Anciano, Carlos Juiz
Venue: Proceedings of the 3rd international workshop on Software and performance (2002)

From the functional point of view, one of the most usual approaches to carry out real-time system design is based on the concept of a system as a set of software modules such as activities collaborating through interaction protocols. Considering the performance of such systems becomes essential. Unfortunately, software methods for designing real-time systems do not usually provide any performance facility.This paper presents the Unified System Builder trough Interacting Blocks (USBIB) as a solution to cope with the problem of predicting the performance of soft real-time systems. USBIB uses the MASCOT methodology design elements as building blocks. If each MASCOT building block is considered as a component, with its own quantitative properties being encapsulated, and with a full potential to be composed with others, predictive modelling could be achieved. In USBIB each of the components is either extracted from a repository of performance models and adapted to the designer specifications, or generated automatically. Simulation models are finally derived and executed in order to obtain the quantitative properties for a given design.
Computational Intelligence in Telecommunications Networks, 1st edition
Authors: Witold Pedrycz, Athanasios Vasilakos
Venue:  (2000)

:Telecommunications has evolved and grown at an explosive rate inrecent years and will undoubtedly continue to do so. As its functions, applications, and technology grow, it becomes increasingly complex and difficult, if not impossible, to meet the demands of a global network using conventional computing technologies. Computational intelligence (CI) is the technology of the future-and the future is now. Computational Intelligence in Telecommunications Networks offers the first in-depth look at the rapid progress of CI technology and shows its importance in solving the crucial problems of future telecommunications networks. It covers a broad range of topics, from Call Admission Control, congestion control, and QoS-routing for ATM networks, to network design and management, optical, mobile, and active networks, and Intelligent Mobile Agents. Today's telecommunications professionals need a working knowledge of CI to exploit its potential to overcome emerging challenges. The CI community must become acquainted with those challenges to take advantage of the enormous opportunities the telecommunications field offers. This text meets both those needs, clearly, concisely, and with a depth certain to inspire further theoretical and practical advances.
Microsoft Outlook 2002: Essential Concepts and Techniques, 1st edition
Authors: Gary B. Shelly, Thomas J. Cashman, Jeffrey Webb, Jeffrey Quasney
Venue:  (2001)

:Part of the highly successful Shelly Cashman Series, this text offers a clear, step-by-step, screen-by-screen approach to learning the basic skills of Microsoft Outlook 2002.
GSM Networks: Protocols, Terminology, and Implementation, 1st edition
Authors: Gunnar Heine, Matt Horrer
Venue:  (1999)

:This practical book provides an extremely comprehensive, up-to-date, and easy-to-understand treatment of the entire GSM network and the signaling methods of its terrestrial interfaces. You learn how to analyze network problems, what measurements you have to take to solve them, and where in a scenario you will find the desired information or parameter. The book introduces you to all the interfaces between the GSM subsystems, starting with the Abis- and Air- Interface and continuing on to VLR's, HLR's and MSC's within the Network Switching Subsystem (NSS). You learn about the various signaling standards or methods used in GSM, including TCAP and MAP and how to apply this knowledge when working with GSM networks. A special feature of the book is its extensive glossary that explains abbreviations, terms, parameters, counters, and messages frequently encountered when working with GSM. In addition, it features numerous figures, tables, lists, statistical formulas, real-life examples, and everyday comparisons to give you a detailed reference that's quick to use and easy to understand. You get A-to-Z coverage of dozens of topics, including: >Signaling standards like LAPD, LAPDm, SS7, SCCP, TCAP  GSM applications such as RR, MM, CC, MAP  and all the protocols used in GSM such as LAPD, ISUP, MAP, TCAP, SS7, SCCP, BSSAP, and more >The Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) and Home Location Register (HLR) >The OSI reference model and its applicability to GSM >Failure resolution both in the lab and on site >Measurements required to analyze network problems  and the dependencies of failure messages This detailedbook is a practical handbook for engineers involved with all aspects of the GSM infrastructure  from research and development ( to installation, operation, and on-site management ( to technical support, maintenance, and testing. It is also a comprehensive self-study guide for engineers, other technical professionals, and university-level students with a basic knowledge of telecommunications who want to learn about the complex signaling architectures employed in GSM networks.
Shenmue
Authors: Prima Temp Authors, Debra McBride
Venue:  (2000)

:Shenmue is the must-have stunning epic adventure from Sega's creative genius, Yu Suzuki! Shenmue promises to up the ante for all adventure games to come. Featuring gameplay elements that include RPG, adventure, and fighting, Shenmue breaks all the rules as you follow Ryo Hatzuki's investigation of his father's murder. Shenmue: Prima's Official Strategy Guide offers complete strategy, including:A rundown of each character's storyStep-by-step instructions for each eventAn inventory of all items, by type and locationStrategies for all mini-gamesFighting tips and techniques3D maps with all areas and items mapped outA sealed secrets section which includes the game's dramatic ending
Turning to the masters: motion capturing cartoons
Authors: Christoph Bregler, Lorie Loeb, Erika Chuang, Hrishi Deshpande
Venue: ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG) (2002)

In this paper, we present a technique we call "cartoon capture and retargeting" which we use to track the motion from traditionally animated cartoons and retarget it onto 3-D models, 2-D drawings, and photographs. By using animation as the source, we can produce new animations that are expressive, exaggerated or non-realistic.Cartoon capture transforms a digitized cartoon into a cartoon motion representation. Using a combination of affine transformation and key-shape interpolation, cartoon capture tracks non-rigid shape changes in cartoon layers. Cartoon retargeting translates this information into different output media. The result is an animation with a new look but with the movement of the original cartoon.
Just Enough UNIX, 4th edition
Authors: Paul K. Andersen
Venue:  (2002)

:Just Enough UNIX provides a quick and gentle introduction to the UNIX operating system. The fourth edition of this highly successful text reflects changes and updates to the UNIX curriculum that have taken place since the publication of the third edition. The book is written in a clear, straightforward style that avoids unnecessary jargon. This short, yet comprehensive text covers the basics of UNIX. It can be used in both a freshman engineering course or to supplement other courses where the student needs to learn UNIX for the first time. The book is enhanced by strong pedagogical tools that will be very useful to those in the classroom, as well as those engaged in self-study.
Digital Image Processing Algorithms and Applications, 1st edition
Authors: Ioannis Pitas
Venue:  (2000)

:Digital data acquired by scanners, radar systems, and digital cameras are typically computer processed to produce images through digital image processing. Through various techniques employing image processing algorithms, digital images can be enhanced for viewing and human interpretation. This book provides readers with a complete library of algorithms for digital image processing, coding, and analysis. Reviewing all facets of the technology, it is supplemented with an ftp site containing detailed lab exercises, PDF transparencies, and source code (all algorithms are presented in C-code).
Central Differencing Based Numerical Schemes for Hyperbolic Conservation Laws with Relaxation Terms
Authors: Lorenzo Pareschi
Venue: SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis (2001)

Many applications involve hyperbolic systems of conservation laws with source terms. The numerical solution of such systems may be challenging, especially when the source terms are stiff. Uniform accuracy with respect to the stiffness parameter is a highly desirable property but it is, in general, very difficult to achieve using underresolved discretizations. For such problems we develop different second order uniformly accurate high-resolution nonoscillatory central schemes. The schemes retain the simplicity of central schemes for hyperbolic conservation laws and avoid the use of Riemann solvers. In particular, we show that these schemes possess a discrete analogue of the continuous asymptotic limit and are able to capture the correct behavior even if the initial layer and the small relaxation time are not numerically resolved.
3d Computer Games Technology: Real-Time Rendering and Software with Cdrom, 1st edition
Authors: Alan Watt, Fabio Policarpo
Venue:  (2000)

:B> With this book, authors Watt and Policarpo introduce the theory behind the design of computer games and detail advanced techniques used in the industry, such as: physically based animation; advanced scene management; pre-calculation techniques/image-based rendering; advanced motion capture; and artificial intelligence. Readers will be able to develop their own games within the games "skeletons" accompanying the book, and will learn how to program complex games. The book is divided into six parts: Foundations (which covers the foundations of 3D computer graphics), Classical 3D Graphics, Real-Time Rendering, Control of Objects, 2D Technology, and Software Technology. An appendix on Fly3D SDK Tutorials is also included, and the accompanying CD contains the Fly3D SDK games engine. This books is appropriate for programmers who want to be able to develop their own computer games.
Robust Estimation and Failure Detection: A Concise Treatment
Authors: Rami S. Mangoubi
Venue:  (1998)

:This work presents a concise treatment of robust estimation, with a thorough presentation of Kalman filtering. The robust game theoretic/H[subscript [infinity]] filtering theory is developed, making it possible to design estimators that are more general than Kalman filters and are robust to model uncertainties and rapid model variations. It also reviews the likelihood ratio method for failure detection and demonstrates how robust filters can enhance such methods by enabling the design of failure detectors that are sensitive to failures but insensitive to model uncertainties and/or rapid model variations. Robust Estimation and Failure Detection is of particular value to students, researchers and engineers with an interest in filtering or failure detection, offering classical and advanced theories and design methods and allowing them to benefit from the robust control theoretic developments of the last fifteen years. Control researchers and engineers will also find it relevant, as it demonstrates how development in their discipline affects these two neighbouring fields.
Director Power Solutions
Authors: James Mohler, Jikhad Battikha
Venue:  (1996)

:Learn how to push Macromedia Director to new heights through step-by-step tutorials with information that can't be found anywhere else. The text covers high-end techniques like linking Director to database systems and creating Director movies that link to other programs such as PowerPoint. Readers will also learn to create technical hybrid Director multimedia presentations for business, games and commercial products.