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Adobe after Effects 4.0 Classroom in a Book with CD-ROM
Authors: Adobe Creative Team
Venue:  (1999)

:Adobe After Effects is the ultimate tool for creating motion graphics and visual effects for film, video, or the Web. The latest version boasts exciting new features, such as a built-in file format, cross-platform plug-ins, and powerful new video and audio effects.Adobe After Effects 4.0 Classroom in a Book teaches users to master After Effects in short, focused lessons that explore all of its tools and techniques. Readers can follow along with the cross-platform CD and the book's lessons to get hands-on experience mastering the most powerful graphics application available. Illustrations and text guide readers through results they can see on the screen, teaching techniques that can be put to use immediately.Adobe Press Classroom in a Book series is one of the best-selling series in the industryFastest, easiest, most comprehensive way to master Adobe After Effects 4.0Includes training material from Adobe's software training experts and tested in Adobe's own classroon.Teaches in short, accessible lessons at a pace the reader can control.
Object Oriented Programming: A Unified Foundation
Authors: Giuseppe Castagna
Venue:  (1996)

:The language Simula is the precursor of all object-oriented languages. It imposed a certain style of programming that was followed by all class-based object-oriented languages until the appearance of the so-called multiple-dispatching languages such as CLOS, in which a different style of object-oriented programming arose. This new style was induced by the clear separation in these languages between objects and methods.
QuickBooks 2002 For Dummies®
Authors: Stephen L. Nelson
Venue:  (2002)

:QuickBooks For Dummies shows how simple it is to use QuickBooks and customize it for each business. It will show you how to easily access reports, graphs, accounts and inventory.QuickBooks For Dummies will show you how to quickly track who owes you money, and what you owe to others. Designed to efficiently teach QuickBooks complete financial management capabilities and ease-of-use to small business owners who don't understand accounting jargon or debit/credit accounting. Author Biography: Stephen L. Nelson, (Redmond, WA) has a B.S. in accounting and an M.B.A. in finance. He's a CPA. Stephen used to work as a senior consultant with Arthur Andersen & Company. He also has been the controller and treasurer of a 50-person manufacturing firm. Stephen has written over 100 books, with more than 3.5 million copies in print. His previous books include Quicken 2001 For Dummies, all seven previous editions of QuickBooks For Dummies, MBA's Guide to Microsoft Office XP, Ask the Expert Guide to Microsoft Money 2001, and many more. 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
AutoLISP Treasure Chest
Authors: Bill Kramer
Venue:  (1997)

:For novices and experts alike, this book and companion CD-ROM provide hundreds of ready-to-use AutoLISP functions in one convenient resource. This set provides AutoCAD users with a core of utilities and examples for AutoLISP programming.
3D Modeling and Surfacing W/CD, 1st edition
Authors: Bill Fleming
Venue:  (1999)

:3D graphics, the most exciting area of computer imaging, can also be the most daunting. 3D Modeling and Surfacing provides a one-of-a-kind guide to mastering the technology and techniques of 3D graphics, with emphasis on modeling and surfacing. This book goes beyond mere explanations and tutorials - it actually explains which tools and techniques to choose to accomplish specific goals. A comprehensive overview of 3D graphics software makes this book your tool for navigating through the vast array of products available for the 3D graphics professional. Functioning both as an unbiased reference for seasoned designers and a tutorial for would-be professionals, 3D Modeling and Surfacing is truly for everyone interested in creating 3D graphics. The book includes:  The basics of 3D graphics plus a comprehensive overview of graphics design technology and software  Explanation of modeling and surfacing techniques, as well as when and where to use them  Step-by-step tutorials that teach 3D modeling and surfacing techniques  A CD-ROM featuring full-color versions of the images in the book, along with product demos, sample models and surfaces, and relevant freeware/shareware
On the use of extended grammars
Authors: Thomas J. Sager
Venue: Proceedings of the 20th annual Southeast regional conference (1982)

Extended context free grammars (ECFG) are context free grammars (CFG) in which the right side or each production may be an arbitrary finite state machine. There are ECFG subsets, ELR(k) and ELALR(k) which correspond to the context free subsets, LR(k) and LALR(k).Although ECFGs recognize the same set of languages as CFGs, ECFGs have some important advantages over CFGs. They tend to be smaller and more readable, containing fewer productions and non-terminals than their context free counterparts. In addition, they allow for a degree of separation of syntax and semantics which is probably impossible to obtain with CFGs.This paper briefly describes ELR parsing and then discusses PEG, a ELALR(1) parser generator currently under development at University of Alabama in Birmingham.
Net Words: Creating High-Impact Online Copy
Authors: Nick Usborne
Venue:  (2001)

From the Book:A few days after I finished reading the manuscript of Net Words, I happened to visit the web site of one of the major airlines. "our mission is to ensure that our customers accomplish theirs" The company's CEO greeted me "We are committed to continually improving our brand product and focusing on customer service. Every employee has been trained to deliver our unique brand of customer service. Our Customer Service Plan is specifically designed to assist us in reaching this objective for every customer on every flight." Boy, could they use Nick Usborne's book. Why can't they talk like real people? (and what's a "brand of customer service" anyway)? As Nick would point out, this type of generic corporate speak is not going to work. Especially not online where your voice is the main thing that sets you apart from the crowd. Of course, words don't live in a vacuum. I've had a couple of bad experiences with that particular airline, so when I read what the CEO had to say about their commitment to customer service, what went through my mind was: "Yeah, right". A reader's reaction to your words depends on everything from how she was greeted by your receptionist to what she heard about you from her friends. Can good writing cover up for bad service or a lousy product? Usborne says it best: "Great copywriting cannot be used as a bandage to obscure the way that you really are." When your customers compare notes via email, chat rooms and newsgroups, you can't hide what's really going on. But great copy can make a difference. The words that you use online are in fact a critical part of the user's experience, and Nick packs the book with examples of how to do it right. How to write online text that is funny, personal, engaging, informative. In short - how to write text that people actually want to read. I hope that someone from that airline will read Net Words. I hope that everyone who writes online will read this book. We could all learn from it. As I read the manuscript, I found myself re-writing emails I was about to send out, and changing some text on my web site. Usborne will make you think. And he'll remind you of some basics that so many of us tend to forget when we write: be personal, keep it simple, be specific. What I love about this book is that it's a practical guide, not a manifesto. Usborne provides his own useful advice, as well as words of wisdom from other people in the trenches. The book lists new rules along with some old ones. What do they have in common? They work and they make sense. Nick's objective is not to shock us, but to help us do a better job. In the process, he's written a terrific book that should influence the way companies communicate with their customers online. 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
Apache Server Bible, 1st edition
Authors: Mohammed J. Kabir
Venue:  (1998)

:Take full advantage of Apache Server's functionality and raw speed to run your Web site efficiently! Packed with real-world scenarios, this exhaustive reference provides complete guidelines covering every detail of administration - from getting Apache up and running to securing access to your site to providing support for the latest content creation methods. Regardless of your experience, Apache Server Bible will show you how to get optimal performance from your Web server.
Build Your Own Universal Computer Interface, 2nd edition
Authors: Bruce A. Chubb
Venue:  (1997)

:Bruce Chubb helps readers to build a truly universal computer interface that can be used for virtually any application. The disk includes all of the computer code needed to implement the hardware. 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
Easy PCs, 6th edition
Authors: Nat Gertler
Venue:  (1999)

:A four-color visual approach to learning that is easy to follow and fun for you to use when learning about your PC. You will quickly and easily learn how to use your computer, work with the latest version of Windows, learn basic software skills, use multimedia features, use the Internet and more! Easy PCs, Sixth Edition provides all of the information a you need to know to get up and running, without overwhelming you with too much text or too much coverage. Changes from the Fifth Edition include updated screen shots to Windows 98, updated Utilities, especially the Internet Setup Wizard and backup features in Windows 98, price and speed updates to reflect the change in prices, processors, speeds and other updates over the last 14 months, and simpler file copying and moving coverage, written around cut-and-paste-type methods instead of drag and drop methods.
A longitudinal study of World Wide Web users' information-searching behavior
Authors: Vivian Cothey
Venue: Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (2002)

A study of the "real world" Web information searching behavior of 206 college students over a 10-month period showed that, contrary to expectations, the users adopted a more passive or browsing approach to Web information searching and became more eclectic in their selection of Web hosts as they gained experience. The study used a longitudinal transaction log analysis of the URLs accessed during 5,431 user days of Web information searching to detect changes in information searching behavior associated with increased experience of using the Web. The findings have implications for the design of future Web information retrieval tools.
Software development on a leash
Authors: David C. Birmingham
Venue:  (2002)

Software Development on a Leash is designed as a roadmap for experienced developers and architects to align their approaches and development priorities for high-reuse and innovation. Author David Birmingham's products have been successfully deployed in a variety of venues, in this context highly complex desktop environments with rapid turnaround and high-intensity delivery deadlines. This book contrasts the application-centric development approach to the architecture-centric development approach, introducing the concept of the metamorphic superpattern(---) the capability of a software program to dynamically adapt to changing application requirements without rebuilding the binary executable.
High-Performance DRAMs in Workstation Environments
Authors: Vinodh Cuppu, Bruce Jacob, Brian Davis, Trevor Mudge
Venue: IEEE Transactions on Computers (2001)

This paper presents a simulation-based performance study of several of the new high-performance DRAM architectures, each evaluated in a small system organization. These small-system organizations correspond to workstation-class computers and use only a handful of DRAM chips (~10, as opposed to ~1 or ~100). The study covers Fast Page Mode, Extended Data Out, Synchronous, Enhanced Synchronous, Double Data Rate, Synchronous Link, Rambus, and Direct Rambus designs. Our simulations reveal several things: 1) Current advanced DRAM technologies are attacking the memory bandwidth problem but not the latency problem; 2) bus transmission speed will soon become a primary factor limiting memory-system performance; 3) the post-L2 address stream still contains significant locality, though it varies from application to application; 4) systems without L2 caches are feasible for low- and medium-speed CPUs (1GHz and below); and 5) as we move to wider buses, row access time becomes more prominent, making it important to investigate techniques to exploit the available locality to decrease access time.
Information Theoretic Sensor Data Selection for Active Object Recognition and State Estimation
Authors: Joachim Denzler, Christopher M. Brown
Venue: IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (2002)

We introduce a formalism for optimal sensor parameter selection for iterative state estimation in static systems. Our optimality criterion is the reduction of uncertainty in the state estimation process, rather than an estimator-specific metric (e.g., minimum mean squared estimate error). The claim is that state estimation becomes more reliable if the uncertainty and ambiguity in the estimation process can be reduced. We use Shannon's information theory to select information-gathering actions that maximize mutual information, thus optimizing the information that the data conveys about the true state of the system. The technique explicitly takes into account the a priori probabilities governing the computation of the mutual information. Thus, a sequential decision process can be formed by treating the a priori probability at a certain time step in the decision process as the a posteriori probability of the previous time step. We demonstrate the benefits of our approach in an object recognition application using an active camera for sequential gaze control and viewpoint selection. We describe experiments with discrete and continuous density representations that suggest the effectiveness of the approach.
Designing security architecture solutions
Venue:  (2002)

With the growth of the Internet, computer security is rapidly becoming a critical business concern. In turn, as security becomes the responsibility of all IT professionals, companies must rethink the way software is built to have confidence that their mission-critical applications are protected and the privacy and integrity of their data is maintained. In this groundbreaking book, Jay Ramachandran, a security expert with AT&Ts renowned Network Services organization, explores system security architecture from a software engineering viewpoint. He explains why strong security must be a guiding principle of the development process, describes how to weave security into a systems architecture, and identifies common patterns of implementation found in most security products. This book is an essential reference for software architects and engineers integrating security products into their applications to satisfy corporate security requirements.
Novell's Guide to Troubleshooting NetWare 5, 1st edition
Authors: Rick Sant'Angelo
Venue:  (1999)

:Featuring essential reference guides to NetWare utilities, NetWare command-line utilities, server utilities, error messages, and protocols, this no-nonsense guide to troubleshooting a NetWare-based network brings you both the foundation knowledge and practical strategies you need to quickly identify problems, minimize server downtime, and increase network efficiency. 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
Internetworking LANs and WANs: Concepts, Techniques, and Methods, 2nd edition
Authors: Gilbert Held
Venue:  (1998)

:Since the first edition of this title was published three years ago, the world of communications technology has changed dramatically, specifically in terms of the rapid increase in Internet connections. This has caused an accompanying rise in the technological and administrative difficulties experienced by LAN and WAN users and managers. This new edition addresses these challenges in this practical and applications-oriented book that includes new coverage of High Speed LANs, FDDI, Fast Ethernet and ATM, Token Ring Networks, Ethernet and ATM switching in internetworking. There is also detailed coverage of TCP/IP, filtering and proxy server information.
Microsoft Outlook 97 Field Guide
Authors: Stephen L. Nelson
Venue:  (2000)

:Stay organized and stay in touch with others with Microsoft Outlook, working within Microsoft Office. To get the most from Microsoft Outlook, use this go-anywhere reference for answers now. Experience Level: Beginner/ Intermediate 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
Introduction to Systems Analysis and Design: A Structured Approach, 2nd edition
Authors: Penny A. Kendall
Venue:  (1992)

:Introduction to Systems Analysis and Design: A Structured Approach covers the most up-to-date tools of structured analysis and design,while presenting traditional techniques such as interviewing and forms design. Its goal is to create an integrated methodology by combining the best elements of new and traditional technologies. The tools and techniques of analysis and design are introduced by how they are used in business applications. Students will learn that all tools aren't necessary for every project and will learn to apply these tools to a wide variety of problems. Introduction to Systems Analysis and Design: A Structured Approach can be used in the introductory analysis and design class,which is taught at community and four-year colleges and at graduate schools. 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
Complete Idiot's Guide to the Internet
Authors: Peter Kent
Venue:  (1994)

:Information in an instant - that's what the Internet gives you. And with this book, you'll learn how to tap the full power of the Internet and put it to work for you. With this off the cuff, casual tutorial you'll learn how to connect to the Web, surf it with various Web browsers, and send and retrieve e-mail. This book also covers the fun, crazy side of the Net! You'll learn how to join newsgroups, participate in live chat rooms, bypass long distance phone bills by using the Internet to dial your friends, build your own Web page and much, much more!
AutoCAD 13 Companion, 1st edition
Authors: James A. Leach
Venue:  (1995)

:AutoCAD 13 Companion,assumes no previous AutoCAD experience. It begins with simple,basic concepts and moves,step by step,to more complex procedures. Chapters are short,so students get a sense that they are making progress quickly.
Simulation based operational analysis of future space transportation systems
Authors: Alex J. Ruiz-Torres, Edgar Zapata
Venue: Proceedings of the 32nd conference on Winter simulation (2000)

This paper presents an approach to the operational analysis of future space transportation systems. The approach combines knowledge from government and industry space operation and design experts, with system analysis methodologies to predict operational characteristics of a future space transportation system. The model proposed under this approach utilizes expert knowledge to predict the operational requirements of a vehicle concept, including the ground activities, flows, resources, and costs; all the components of the spaceport. The model incorporates simulation in order to include spaceport characteristics as alternative flows, processing variability, and other random events. This model will provide vehicle designers with useful understanding of the spaceport operations related to the investigated vehicle design. A stand-alone application is being developed where the model will be implemented and validated.
Minimality and separation results on asychronous mobile processes-representability theorems by concurrent combinators
Authors: Nobuko Yoshida
Venue: Theoretical Computer Science (2002)

In Honda and Yoshida (TACS'94, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 789, Springer, Berlin, 1994, pp. 786-805; POPL'94, ACM Press, New York, 1994, pp. 348-360) we presented a theory of concurrent combinators for the asynchronous monadic calculus without match or summation operator. The system of concurrent combinators is based on a finite number of atoms and fixed interaction rules, but is as expressive as the original calculus, so that it can represent diverse interaction structures, including polyadic synchronous name passing and input guarded summations. The present paper shows that each of the five basic combinators introduced in Honda and Yoshida (POPL'94, ACM Press, New York, 1994, pp. 348-360) is indispensable to represent the whole computation, i.e. if one of the combinators is missing, we can no longer express the original calculus up to semantic equalities. Expressive power of several interesting subsystems of the asynchronous calculus is also measured by using appropriate subsets of the combinators and their variants. Finally, as an application of the main result, we show there is no semantically sound encoding of the calculus into its proper subsystem under a certain condition.
Implementing a performance forecasting system for metacomputing: the Network Weather Service
Authors: Rich Wolski, Neil Spring, Chris Peterson
Venue: Proceedings of the 1997 ACM/IEEE conference on Supercomputing (CDROM) (1997)

In this paper we describe the design and implementation of a system called the Network Weather Service (NWS) that takes periodic measurements of deliverable resource performance from distributed networked resources, and uses numerical models to dynamically generate forecasts of future performance levels. These performance forecasts, along with measures of performance fluctuation (e.g. the mean square prediction error) and forecast lifetime that the NWS generates, are made available to schedulers and other resource management mechanisms at runtime so that they may determine the quality-of-service that will be available from each resource.We describe the architecture of the NWS and implementations that we have developed and are currently deploying for the Legion [13] and Globus/Nexus [7] metacomputing infrastructures. We also detail NWS forecasts of resource performance using both the Legion and Globus/Nexus implementations. Our results show that simple forecasting techniques substantially outperform measurements of current conditions (commonly used to gauge resource availability and load) in terms of prediction accuracy. In addition, the techniques we have employed are almost as accurate as substantially more complex modeling methods. We compare our techniques to a sophisticated time-series analysis system in terms of forecasting accuracy and computational complexity.