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Fuzzy Logic
Authors: Daniel Martin McNeill, Paul Freiberger
Venue:  (1993)

:Fuzzy Logic is an eye-opening book - an exciting tour of a high-tech world where visionary computer scientists are inventing the future, and a disturbing lesson in shortsighted business practices. Imagine tossing your laundry into a "fuzzy" washing machine, pushing a button, and leaving thc machine to do the rest, from measuring out detergent to choosing a wash temperature. Imagine a microwave oven that watches over meals with more sensitivity than a human cook. Imagine a subway system that stops and starts so smoothly that passengers don't bother holding on to straps. Futuristic fantasy? No. In Japan, this is reality - and it's starting to explode into our marketplace. Lotfi Zadeh, a professor at the University of California at Berkeley, invented fuzzy logic in 1964. Conventional logic divides the world into yes and no, black and white. Fuzzy logic deals in shades of gray. It can thus make computers think like people. But when Zadeh tried to sell his idea to the American academic community and to American companies, he met with ridicule and scorn. Only the Japanese saw the logic of fuzzy logic, and soon such companies as Matsushita and Sony will earn billions selling it back to us. And they will have a head start on the dazzling future possibilities of fuzzy logic: software that predicts the stock market based on the daily news, cars that drive themselves, sex robots with a humanlike repertoire of behavior, computers that understand and respond to normal human language, and molecule-size soldiers of health that roam the bloodstream, killing cancer cells and slowing the aging process. Fuzzy Logic is the compelling tale of this remarkable new technology and the fascinating people who made it happen. It is also the story of what it took for American business to catch on to fuzzy logic - and how it will soon affect the lives of every one of us.
Internetworking SNA with Cisco IOS Solutions
Authors: George Sackett, Nancy Sackett
Venue:  (1999)

:This comprehensive guide presents a practical approach to integrating SNA and TCP/IP networks. It provides readers with an understanding of internetworking terms, networking architectures, protocols, and implementations for internetworking SNA with Cisco routers. Internetworking SNA with Cisco Solutions emphasizes the use of real-world scenarios and is divided into two distinct sections. Section 1 is an overview of architectures and protocols found in corporate networks. Section 2 discusses Cisco Systems-specific implementation of SNA-based internetworking.
Teach Yourself Visually Office XP
Authors: Ruth Maran
Venue:  (2001)

:Are you a visual learner? Do you prefer instructions that show you how to do something - and skip the long-winded explanations? If so, then this book is for you. Open it up and you'll find clear, step-by-step screen shots that show you how to tackle scores of Office XP tasks, from Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, and Outlook basics to speech recognition, smart tags, enhanced searches, and other new Office features.
A rapid hierarchical rendering technique for translucent materials
Authors: Henrik Wann Jensen, Juan Buhler
Venue: Proceedings of the 29th annual conference on Computer graphics and interactive techniques (2002)

This paper introduces an efficient two-pass rendering technique for translucent materials. We decouple the computation of irradianceat the surface from the evaluation of scattering inside the material.This is done by splitting the evaluation into two passes, where the first pass consists of computing the irradiance at selected points on the surface. The second pass uses a rapid hierarchical integration technique to evaluate a diffusion approximation based on the irradiance samples. This approach is substantially faster than previous methods for rendering translucent materials, and it has the advantage that it integrates seamlessly with both scanline rendering and global illumination methods. We show several images and animations from our implementation that demonstrate that the approach is both fast and robust, making it suitable for rendering translucent materials in production.
I-Way Robbery: Crime on the Internet
Authors: William C. Boni, Gerald L. Kovacich
Venue:  (1999)

:I-Way Robbery: Crime on the Internet uniquely approaches the much-talked about topic of Internet crime and security. Written for anyone who wants a basic understanding of Internet crime, it covers related Internet business, government, global laws, politics, and privacy issues. In addition, readers will learn the techniques being used to commit crimes, what can be done about them, and what challenges the future may hold.
What Is Computer Equity?: A Trainer's Workshop Guide
Authors: Jo Shuchat Sanders, Mary McGinnis
Venue:  (1991)

:In schools and homes across America, girls are declining computer opportunities available to them, in the misguided belief that computers are primarily "toys for boys." Computer clubs, computer contests, and advanced computer elective courses tend to be overwhelmingly male. The educational, and eventually occupational, consequences of computer avoidance will be harmful to girls' futures and thus to the nation's well-being. "What is Computer Equity?" is the first of three publications developed with funding from the National Science Foundation to address computer equity for girls. It is a complete in-service workshop guide to be used by a trainer or staff developer with faculty in all curriculum areas from elementary through high school. This nationally field-tested two and a half-hour guide for workshops introduces educators to the "computer gender gap." In a varied series of actvities, they learn where the computer gender gap can be seen, why it matters, what causes it, and how to overcome it. The guide contains templates for overhead transparencies and handouts and several resource sections.Author Biography: Mary McGinnis is a computer education specialist, formerly with Women's Action Alliance. Jo Sanders has been director of the Sex Equity in Education Program at Women's Action Alliance, New York, since 1983. She is the author of "Staying Poor: How the Job Training Partnership Fails Women" (Scarecrow, 1988) and "The Nuts and Bolts of NTO: How to Help Women Enter NonTraditional Occupations "(2nd ed., Scarecrow, 1986) and co-author with Antonia Stone of "The Neuter Computer: Computer Equity for Girls and Boys" (1986).
10 Projects You Can Do with Microsoft SQL Server 7
Authors: Karen Watterson, Garth Wells
Venue:  (2000)

From the Book:Karen Watterson is one of those people whom you can learn about by doing a Web search on her name. She has been around for awhile and worn a lot of hats over the years in the Computer Trade press. Be ready for a few hundred hits. The lady knows what she is doing. Now, your question is why should you be buying a book with a title that sounds like the 1999 movie Ten Things I Hate about You (a comedy which was an updated version of Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew). The answer is simple. You probably just got a SQL Server database project. You don't know what you are doing, so you will have to learn from mistakes. There are two kinds of these "tutorial mistakes" in life: yours and someone else's. Learn from someone else's mistakes, not your own. It is much cheaper. There is an attitude that once you have a database installed, you are pretty much finished with the project. All that other stuff-i.e., applications-will be written by a herd of low wage kids armed with the GUI front end tool de jour. It does not work that way in the real world. What Karen and her co-authors do for each chapter that is so good and unique, as far as I know, is lay out the project like a cookbook. At the start of each project, you are given a short name for the project, the goal of the project and the supply list. Terms are defined immediately, and tools available for the SQL Server that you will need are listed and described. The descriptions of the tools are heavy on the technology and the performance. The motivation for the tools is heavy on history, not on theory. That is, you might be told that Ted Codd invented the relational model, but you will not lapse into pages of the mathematicsbehind the relational model. You get chunks of real code, with little notes like, "this will be useful in the such and such module later," so you don't waste anything. Obviously, the ten projects are not full software packages, but each project is a pretty good basic starter that will get you going. So, how do you use this book? Find your project, read the chapters, then stick some Post-It notes on the parts you are going to code first. Hide the book in your desk drawer, so nobody will know that you are not the brilliant original thinker that you are pretending to be. Take credit for Karen's and her co-authors' work. Ask for a raise when you come in under budget and ahead of schedule.
Residue polynomial systems
Authors: Peter R. Turner
Venue: Theoretical Computer Science (2002)

In this paper, we present the basic ideas of the residue polynomial system (RPS), a polynomial analog of the familiar residue number systems (RNS) of integer arithmetic. Many of the properties of the RNS are shared by the RPS. The main exception is that division of polynomials in the RPS is much more tractable than its integer counterpart. Examples are included throughout. The underlying field of coefficients for polynomials under consideration can be the reals or the rationals, though extension to the complex field will be needed for division by irreducible quadratic factors.
Workflow Modeling: Tools for Process Improvement and Application Development, 1st edition
Authors: Alec Sharp, Patrick McDermott
Venue:  (2001)

:If you're looking to create new workflow systems or redesign existing business processes for your enterprise, look no further than this concise, new hands-on book. Providing proven techniques for identifying, modeling, and redesigning business processes, and explaining how to implement workflow improvement, this book helps you define requirements for systems development or systems acquisition. By showing you how to build visual models for illustrating workflow, the authors help you to assess your current business processes and see where process improvement and systems development can take place. This book brings the two distinct disciplines of management and information technology together especially for high-tech professionals who need to improve the way work gets done to maintain a competitive edge. Addressing such hot topics as enterprise resource planning (ERP) applications and enterprise application integration (EAI), you learn how to manage these complex, new schemes not as technology-based changes, but as the process redesign projects they truly are. Plus, understanding process workflow modeling allows you to get a better handle on implementing a complete business process for successful e-commerce initiatives. Filled with real-world examples and practical techniques, you get a seamless methodology for process redesign and information systems development that integrates use-case analysis and process workflow modeling to easily span the gap between management and IT. What's more, the visual modeling you learn from this book shows you not only how to improve your enterprise, but where trouble spots might occur and how to avoid common pitfalls. What'smore, because the book is structured as an on-the-job guide, you don't have to read it all before getting started. It features clear summaries, project checklists, and other aids that make it a logical guide to keep on your reference shelf and put to use every day.
Interactive motion generation from examples
Authors: Okan Arikan, D. A. Forsyth
Venue: ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG) (2002)

There are many applications that demand large quantities of natural looking motion. It is difficult to synthesize motion that looks natural, particularly when it is people who must move. In this paper, we present a framework that generates human motions by cutting and pasting motion capture data. Selecting a collection of clips that yields an acceptable motion is a combinatorial problem that we manage as a randomized search of a hierarchy of graphs. This approach can generate motion sequences that satisfy a variety of constraints automatically. The motions are smooth and human-looking. They are generated in real time so that we can author complex motions interactively. The algorithm generates multiple motions that satisfy a given set of constraints, allowing a variety of choices for the animator. It can easily synthesize multiple motions that interact with each other using constraints. This framework allows the extensive re-use of motion capture data for new purposes.
The killer app: how to make millions with ground-breaking software
Authors: Ian Clark
Venue: Proceedings of the international conference on APL-Berlin-2000 conference (2000)

I've been a programmer for over 30 years, often at the leading edge, never in a classic IT shop. I've worked with several vendors' mainframes, midis and micros, for big firms, small firms, central government, educational establishments, and for myself; in colleges, universities, laboratories and classrooms; in England, in Europe, and in the USA. I've been involved in some total flops, but in one or two real successes too. I could never tell from the outset which it was going to be. The more I see of the software industry, the less I feel I know anything about it. Giving a talk like this is sticking my neck out.But plus &ccedil;a change&hellip; plus &ccedil;a la m&ecirc;me chose. I think I've seen enough by now, and maybe my experience will interest somebody. We've all dreamed of writing the APL program which will make our fortunes. I've had to launder my examples, to protect the guilty along with the innocent. But where I name names, what I have to say is already in the public domain. I've omitted a detailed reference --- this will have to await the book. Most of the principles I've discerned I'm going to present as the experience of two fictitious, companies, Company A, Company B.Company A is not just based on one particular company I've known. Nor is Company B. I bought a honeycomb once. It said on the back 'Produce of more than one country'. I thought, what a marvellous thing --- the dear little bees had actually co-operated in an International Honeycomb! A lesson to us all. But my fictitious companies really are a blend. Not an International Beehive. (Not even IBM was like that.)
Mimicry attacks on host-based intrusion detection systems
Authors: David Wagner, Paolo Soto
Venue: Proceedings of the 9th ACM conference on Computer and communications security (2002)

We examine several host-based anomaly detection systems and study their security against evasion attacks. First, we introduce the notion of a mimicry attack, which allows a sophisticated attacker to cloak their intrusion to avoid detection by the IDS. Then, we develop a theoretical framework for evaluating the security of an IDS against mimicry attacks. We show how to break the security of one published IDS with these methods, and we experimentally confirm the power of mimicry attacks by giving a worked example of an attack on a concrete IDS implementation. We conclude with a call for further research on intrusion detection from both attacker's and defender's viewpoints.
Digital Photographer's Handbook, 1st edition
Authors: Tom Ang
Venue:  (2002)

:Suitable for all level of techniques, this is the ultimate photographic handbook for the 21st century! This handbook encourages traditional photographers to experiment with new technology while inspiring experienced users to reach new heights. Readers learn how to get the most out of this new technology that's transforming the world of photography. From improving casual snapshots to learning the secrets of lighting, composition, and digital image manipulation, this book provides a practical, yet in-depth approach on producing better photographs. The Digital Photographer's Handbook includes comprehensive information on the most up-to-date equipment, software, and accessories. Author Biography: Tom Ang has worked as photo editor on many magazines. He is the winner of the Thomas Cook Travel Book Award for photography, and the author of Digital Photography, Silver Pixel, and The Tao of Photography.
Lock reservation: Java locks can mostly do without atomic operations
Authors: Kiyokuni Kawachiya, Akira Koseki, Tamiya Onodera
Venue: Proceedings of the 17th ACM SIGPLAN conference on Object-oriented programming, systems, languages, and applications (2002)

Because of the built-in support for multi-threaded programming, Java programs perform many lock operations. Although the overhead has been significantly reduced in the recent virtual machines, One or more atomic operations are required for acquiring and releasing an object's lock even in the fastest cases.This paper presents a novel algorithm called lock reservation. It exploits thread locality of Java locks, which claims that the locking sequence of a Java lock contains a very long repetition of a specific thread. The algorithm allows locks to be reserved for threads. When a thread attempts to acquire a lock, it can do without any atomic operation if the lock is reserved for the thread. Otherwise, it cancels the reservation and falls back to a conventional locking algorithm.We have evaluated an implementation of lock reservation in IBM's production virtual machine and compiler. The results show that it achieved performance improvements up to 53% in real Java programs.
Best linear invariant estimators using ranked set sampling procedure: Comparative study
Authors: Mohammad Z. Raqab, Elies Kouider, Qasim M. Al-Shboul
Venue: Computational Statistics Data Analysis (2002)

The best linear invariant estimators of the mean, location and scale parameters of the normal, Weibull, power, gamma, Gumbel, and log-logistic distributions are obtained by using ranked-set sampling procedure. The efficiency of the best linear invariant estimator of the mean relative to the simple random sample mean (X) is obtained and tabulated. Also, the efficiencies of these estimators of the location and scale parameters relative to the ordered best linear unbiased estimators for the given distributions are obtained and tabulated for perfect ordering case.
The E-Mail Companion: Communicating Effectively Via the Internet and Other Global Networks, 1st edition
Authors: John S. Quarterman, Smoot Carl-Mitchell
Venue:  (1994)

:Join the tens of millions of people who have discovered that electronic mail offers a much more convenient way to communicate conveniently and effectively. In The E-Mail Companion, e-mail experts John S. Quarterman and Smoot Carl-Mitchell show you how to use electronic mail to communicate with people throughout the world without leaving your chair, picking up the telephone, or stamping a letter. In clear and concise language they explain how to: compose and reply to e-mail effectively send mail through the worldwide matrix of computer networks, including the Internet, BITNET, America Online, CompuServe, UUCP, FidoNet, and many others deal with mailer demons, the electronic equivalent of "return to sender, address unknown" take advantage of mailing lists--the newsletters, gossip columns, and trade journals of the online world find people's e-mail addresses find and retrieve files and documents. Whether you're new to electronic mail or just learning how to use it more effectively, The E-Mail Companion will be your essential guide to the dos, don'ts, and etiquette of using this new communication media.
The Information Systems Security Officer's Guide: Establishing and Managing an Information Protection Program
Authors: Gerald L. Kovacich
Venue:  (1998)

:This book presents a total systems approach to the all the topics needed for the infosec professional, beginning with defining the position of the information systems security officer (ISSO), to establishing and managing an infosec program. It is based on a business approach, not a technical approach. The author writes from over 14 years of research and experience. Each chapter ends with thought-provoking questions for use by the instructor.
Navigating new waters: a proposal for dealing with emerging technology
Authors: William Goveia, Carol Rhodes
Venue: Proceedings of the 30th annual ACM SIGUCCS conference on User services (2002)

As the technology our clients use becomes increasingly mobile and portable, the nature of our support is changing. In addition, our clients are progressively more comfortable with technology. This is probably due to a combination of the training we have offered, but could also be because the faculty and staff have had significant turnover. This has resulted in a client community that has more experience with a broad range of technology.This shift has forced us to think about some of the ideas behind our support. Do our policies erect unintended barriers to behavior that is out of the ordinary, or do our policies treat this behavior as potentially innovative? How do we deal with innovation when it happens? Do we have a way to anticipate innovation? Most importantly, do we have a systematic methodology for identifying such situations and meshing our clients' needs with the missions of the University and School and do all of this in a supportable, sustainable way? Unfortunately, in our particular situation, the answer was no.Having come to this realization, we needed to define the criteria that would frame our policies for emerging technology; the primary goal of emerging technology policies should reflect that this equipment should forward the mission of the School of Education cannot interfere with the normal operation of supported equipment. The policies should also reflect the fact that technology ages quickly and has a life cycle.
The Proximal Point Algorithm with Genuine Superlinear Convergence for the Monotone Complementarity Problem
Authors: Nobuo Yamashita, Masao Fukushima
Venue: SIAM Journal on Optimization (2000)

In this paper, we consider a proximal point algorithm (PPA) for solving monotone nonlinear complementarity problems (NCP). PPA generates a sequence by solving subproblems that are regularizations of the original problem. It is known that PPA has global and superlinear convergence properties under appropriate criteria for approximate solutions of subproblems. However, it is not always easy to solve subproblems or to check those criteria. In this paper, we adopt the generalized Newton method proposed by De Luca, Facchinei, and Kanzow to solve subproblems and adopt some NCP functions to check the criteria. Then we show that the PPA converges globally provided that the solution set of the problem is nonempty. Moreover, without assuming the local uniqueness of the solution, we show that the rate of convergence is superlinear in a genuine sense, provided that the limit point satisfies the strict complementarity condition.
Newton Methods For Large-Scale Linear Inequality-Constrained Minimization
Authors: Anders Forsgren, Walter Murray
Venue: SIAM Journal on Optimization (1997)

Newton methods of the linesearch type for large-scale minimization subject to linear inequality constraints are discussed. The purpose of the paper is twofold: (i) to give an active--set-type method with the ability to delete multiple constraints simultaneously and (ii) to give a relatively short general convergence proof for such a method. It is also discussed how multiple constraints can be added simultaneously. The approach is an extension of a previous work by the same authors for equality-constrained problems. It is shown how the search directions can be computed without the need to compute the reduced Hessian of the objective function. The convergence analysis states that every limit point of a sequence of iterates satisfies the second-order necessary optimality conditions.
AOL 4 Quick Reference, 4th edition
Authors: Gene Steinberg, Stephanie McComb
Venue:  (1999)

:"American Online 4 Quick Reference" delivers a valuable and convenient source of information on using common AOL 4 features. Lay-flat binding and highly visible design make this quick reference extremely simple to use.