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Conservative simulation using distributed-shared memory
Authors: Y. M. Teo, Y. K. Ng, B. S. S. Onggo
Venue: Proceedings of the sixteenth workshop on Parallel and distributed simulation (2002)

This paper focuses on conservative simulation using distributed-shared memory for inter-processor communication. JavaSpaces, a special service of Java Jini, provides a shared persistent memory for simulation message communication among processors. Two benchmark programs written using our SPaDES/Java parallel simulation library are used. The first program is a linear pipeline system representing a loosely-coupled open system. The PHOLD program represents a strongly-connected closed system. Experiments are carried out using a cluster of Pentium II PCs. We used a combination of Wood Turner carrier null, flushing and demand-driven algorithms for null message synchronization. To optimize message communication, we replace SPaDES/Java inter-processor communication implemented using Java's Remote Method Invocation (RMI) with one JavaSpace. For PHOLD (16x16, 16) running on eight processors, this change reduces simulation runtime by more than half, null message overhead reduces by a further 15%, and event rate more than doubled. Based on our memory analysis methodology, the memory cost of null message synchronization for PHOLD is less than 9% of the total memory needed by the simulation.
Professional WAP
Authors: Charles Arehart, Nirmal Chidambaram, Ric Howell
Venue:  (2000)

:The Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) provides a universal open standard for bringing Internet content and advanced services to mobile phones and other wireless devices. Designed from the start to take account of the limitations of today's devices - small screen, low power and low bandwidth - WAP is the platform for the new generation of "media phones". Professional WAP gives a broad overview of WAP and associated technologies - what it is, why it's useful and how to take the best advantage of it. It covers the WAP architecture and protocols, what WAP tools and servers are available for developers today and how to WAP-enable your web server. Practical examples will show you how to make content and services available over WAP using WML Decks and WMLScript. More advanced topics include administration, transactions, security, and integration of telephony with internet services (WTA). The book is principally aimed at web developers who are experienced in HTML, scripting, probably some server-side technology, and who now want to find out how to apply their skills in the WAP world. It will also appeal to project managers, application architects or other professionals who want to gain an understanding of WAP technologies and how businesses could benefit from them.
NetScape Navigator: An Introduction, 1st edition
Authors: Gary B. Shelly, Thomas J. Cashman, Kurt A. Jordan
Venue:  (1995)

:Features of this book include: 1. A thorough discussion of Netscape Navigator, the market-leading World Wide Web browser.2. Access to Web sites using both URLs and point and click methods.3. Step-by-step instruction with screens displaying the results of each step that shows how to save and print Web pages, create bookmarks, connect to chat rooms, send e-mail, download files from FTP sites, and use gopher to access information on the Internet.4. A presentation of the more popular Web page search engines such as WebCrawler, Yahoo, and the Internet Directory.5. Full-color screens6. A methodology suitable for either lecture or tutorial approach.7. Clear and precise presentation of the material.8. A wealth of written exercises and hands-on-laboratory exercise at the end of each project.9. Emphasis on the online Help facility available with most Netscape services.10. A writing style that makes the concepts and techniques presented easy to understand.11. An appendix of popular Web sites categorized by topic.
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Sex on the Net
Authors: James Anders, Rachel Anders, Rachel Anderson
Venue:  (1998)

:The Complete Idiot's Guide to Sex on the Net gives you all of the basics you need to explore the Internet for adult content. This book provides you with straight forward content on the adult side of the Internet: where to go on the Net (websites and newsgroups), how to do searches on the Net, how to purchase adult merchandise on the Net, protocols for responding to messages (safety related tips). The book also looks at the basics of online dating for those looking for a bit more.
A unified model for co-simulation and co-synthesis of mixed hardware/software systems
Authors: C. A. Valderrama, A. Changuel, P. V. Raghavan, M. Abid, T. Ben Ismail, A. A. Jerraya
Venue: Readings in hardware/software co-design (2001)

This paper presents a methodology for a unified co-simulation and co-synthesis of hardware-software systems. This approach addresses the modeling of communication between the hardware and software modules at different abstraction levels and for different design tools. The main contribution is the use of a multi-view library concept in order to hide specific hardware/software implementation details and communication schemes. A system is viewed as a set of communicating hardware (VHDL) and software (C) sub-systems. The same C, VHDL descriptions can be used for both co-simulation and hardware-software co-synthesis. This approach is illustrated by an example.
Digital Imaging In C and the World Wide Web
Authors: W. David Schwaderer, David W. Schwaderer
Venue:  (1997)

:Leading-edge Web pages use digital imaging to render photographs and graphics. "DIgital Imaging and the World Wide Web" provides an approachable, comprehensive introduction to the concepts, theory, and practices necessary to recognize, understand, and resolve perplexing digital imaging issues.
Theoretical insights into the coupling effect
Authors: K. S. How Tai Wah
Venue: Mutation testing for the new century (2001)

It is shown that there is indeed a coupling effect such that a test set that kills all first-order mutants would prove able to kill the great majority of higher-order mutants too. The basis of the approach is that programs are modeled as compositions of finite functions, the domain of which is assumed to be large. A heuristic approach is adopted, and attention is focused on the various insights into the nature of the coupling effect revealed by such an approach. These insights are helpful in determining in a rough-and-ready fashion whether the testing is as effective in killing higher-order mutants as one would wish.
Master Visually PhotoShop 6, 1st edition
Authors: Ken Milburn
Venue:  (2001)

:"One picture is worth a thousand words." If you prefer instructions that show you how rather than tell you, then this comprehensive reference is for you. Hundreds of succinctly captioned, step-by-step screen shots reveal how to accomplish more than 280 Photoshop 6 tasks, including:Setting preferences for saving filesOrganizing projects by folderCreating contact proof sheetsMaking a picture package printControlling overall image qualityMerging channelsUsing brushes and palettesApplying artistic filtersPreparing Web imagesAnimating photographs"Master It" tips answer questions and present shortcutsHigh-resolution screen shots demonstrate each taskSuccinct explanations walk you through step-by-stepTwo-page lessons break big topics into bite-sized modulesHot graphics software on CD-ROM!RAYflect Four SeasonsEye Candy 4000 demoPlus a fully searchable e-version of the book, sample artwork, and more!System requirements; Pentium PC running Windows 98 or later, Windows NT 4 or later; or a Power Mac running Mac OS 8.5 or higher. See What's on the CD-ROM Appendix for details and complete system requirements.Author Biography: About the Authors Ken Milburn is a photo-digital illustrator and author. More than 250 of his articles and reviews on computer graphics and multimedia have appeared in InfoWorld, PC World, MacWeek, Mac User, Popular Computing, PC Computing, Computer Graphics World, Publish, and Windows magazines, and Ken is a contributing editor to Pictureit.msn.com. Ken has also worked as a user-interface design consultant for Mannequin, an application developedby the HumanCAD division of Biomechanics Corp. of America and the predecessor to Fractal Design's Poser. Milburn began his career as a fashion and travel photographer in Beverly Hills and now specializes in photo-digital illustration.
Using the Internet in Secondary Schools, 2nd edition
Authors: Eta de Cicco, James Hargrave, Mike Farmer
Venue:  (2001)

:The Internet is now used in every secondary school. The British Government has made widening access to the Internet in education one of its priorities. With so much to be gained from the Internet, teachers need access to simple, relevant guidance on how to use the Internet in their teaching, planning and career development. Fully revised and updated, this is the essential guide for all those teaching in secondary schools. Split into two parts, the curriculum section includes Key Stage based activities that show how to use the Internet across the whole curriculum. The technical section backs this up with a no-nonsense guide to the nuts and bolts of using IT in the classroom. Throughout, the book considers recent curriculum changes, the NGfL, the Virtual Teacher Centre, the New Opportunities Fund, changes in training and ICT competence.
XP requirement negotiation workshop: co-located with XP2001 --- the second international conference on eXtreme programming and agile processes in software engineering Villasimius, Cagliari, Italy, 23rd May 2001 workshop log
Authors: Steven Fraser, Giancarlo Succi
Venue: ACM SIGAPP Applied Computing Review (2002)

The plan is first to do an introduction with positions + interests and then to perform a visioning exercise.
A Preconditioner for the Electric Field Integral Equation Based on Calderon Formulas
Authors: Snorre H. Christiansen, Jean-Claude Nédélec
Venue: SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis (2002)

We describe a preconditioning technique for the Galerkin approximation of the electric field integral equation (EFIE), which arises in the scattering theory for harmonic electromagnetic waves. It is based on a discretization of the Calderon formulas and the Helmholtz decomposition. We prove several properties of the method, in particular that it produces a variational solution on a subspace of the Galerkin space for which we have an LBB inf-sup condition. When the Krylov spaces associated with the continuous operators are nondegenerate we prove that the discrete Krylov spaces converge as the mesh refinement goes to zero; when, moreover, the EFIE is nondegenerate on the continuous Krylov spaces, the discrete Krylov iterates converge towards the continuous ones. We also argue that one might expect the continuous Krylov iterates to exhibit superlinear convergence of the form $n \mapsto C^n(n!)^{-\alpha}$ for some C > 0 and $\alpha>0$. Finally, we illustrate the theory with numerical experiments.
The Complete PERL Training Course, 2nd edition
Authors: Ellie Quigley
Venue:  (1998)

:Learn Perl fast! Awesome multimedia CD-ROM and book combo - at a great price! Includes the spectacular interactive Perl Multimedia Cyber Classroom, 1/e, which covers the latest release, Perl 5, and the latest applications - especially Web CGI programming. Best-selling Perl By Example, 2/e, book walks you step-by-step from the basics to complex network applications. And the bonus CD includes free distributions of Perl for Windows 95, 98, NT, 3.1, and UNIX, plus multiple add-on libraries for all users, and tons of source code! Book and CD-ROM integrate perfectly to deliver one complete, end-to-end training course! Perl is everywhere! Now you can learn it fast - from a state-of-the-art multimedia and book package by one of the world's leading Perl experts. The Perl Multimedia Cyber Classroom delivers complete interactive Perl training that includes more than 3 hours of audio, hundreds of programming and interactive exercises, more than 100 complete Perl programs, full-text searching, hyperlinking, tips, tricks, and more. Perl By Example is an example-rich guide to Perl that starts with the basics of Perl scripting and carries you all the way to advanced networking and Web applications. Together, they'll teach you all you need to know about Perl! Coverage starts with statements, variables, scalars, arrays, hashes, and printing. Understand Perl operators, expressions, control structures, and file handling. Next, learn how to modularize and package Perl scripts, work with objects in the Perl environment, interface with the surrounding system, and create sophisticated reports. Using extensive examples, learn how to use Perl on the Web and in advanced networking applications that utilize message queues, semaphores, and shared memory. Whether you're new to Perl or simply want to polish your skills, The Complete Perl Training Course is your best solution.
Switched Parasitic Antennas for Cellular Communications
Authors: David V. Thiel, Stephanie Smith
Venue:  (2001)

:"Switched Parasitic Antennas for Cellular Communications introduces practitioners to the basic concepts and wide range of potential applications of switched parasitic antennas, including smart antennas for wireless communications. The book's clear, detailed discussion of design rules for both wire and patch antenna structures, together with their circuit requirements, offers the knowledge needed to successfully design and implement low-cost, small, switched parasitic antennas for a variety of uses." Presenting information typically not found in other books, the authors explore the numerous advantages of these antennas - including high-speed signal acquisition, fixed input impedance, low loss, and small footprint. Professionals find practical design examples, strategies, and optimization methods for designing economical switched parasitic antennas for applications such as direction finding and multibeam communications systems. Cutting-edge technologies and applications such as MEMs RF switches are also discussed.
Independent minimum length programs to translate between given strings
Authors: Nikolai K. Vereshchagin, Michael V. Vyugin
Venue: Theoretical Computer Science (2002)

A string p is called a program to compute y given x if U(p,x)=y, where U denotes universal programming language. Kolmogorov complexity K(y|x) of y relative to x is defined as minimum length of a program to compute y given x. Let K(x) denote K(x|emptystring) (Kolmogorov complexity of x) and let I(x:y)=K(x)+K(y)-K(x,y) (the amount of mutual information in x,y). In the present paper, we answer in the negative the following question posed in Bennett et al., IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory 44 (4) (1998) 1407-1423. Is it true that for any strings x,y there are independent minimum length programs p,q to translate between x,y, that is, is it true that for any x,y there are p,q such that U(p,x)=y, U(q,y)=x, the length of p is K(y|x), the length of q is K(x|y), and I(p:q)=0 (where the last three equalities hold up to an additive O(log(K(x|y)+K(y|x))) term)?
Data declustering and cluster ordering technique for spatial join scheduling
Authors: Jitian Xiao, Yanchun Zhang, Xiaohua Jia, Xiaofang Zhou
Venue: Information organization and databases: foundations of data organization (2000)

The spatial join operations combine two sets of spatial data by their spatial relationships. They are the most expensive operations, yet among the most common operations in spatial databases. In this paper we investigate the optimization issue through data declustering. A graph model is developed to formalise the problem, and then a matrix-based data partitioning method is proposed for declustering the non-uniform spatial data. The clusters produced are also ordered with maximum-overlapping. When inputting the clusters in this order for spatial joins, the I/O cost can be reduced significantly. The experimental work has shown that 15 - 35% saving can be achieved when comparing with some existing methods.
Logic-based machine learning
Authors: Stephen Muggleton, Flaviu Marginean
Venue: Logic-based artificial intelligence (2000)

The last three decades has seen the development of Computational Logic techniques within Artificial Intelligence. This has led to the development of the subject of Logic Programming (LP), which can be viewed as a key part of Logic-Based Artificial Intelligence. The subtopic of LP concerned with Machine Learning is known as "Inductive Logic Programming" (ILP), which again can be broadened to Logic-Based Machine Learning by dropping Horn clause restrictions. ILP has its roots in the ground-breaking research of Gordon Plotkin and Ehud Shapiro. This paper provides a brief survey of the state of ILP applications, theory and techniques.
Exploring Microsoft Excel 2000, 1st edition
Authors: Barber, Maryann Barber
Venue:  (1999)

:All books in this series offer consistent presentationcommon design, pedagogy, and writing style. Concepts as well as key-strokes are stressed. Hands-on exercises in every lesson provide just the right amount of practice time. MOUS Certification throughout the expert level for all individual applications and Office 2000. Three levels of chapter-ending exercises, multiple choice, practice, and case studies. For anyone interested in becoming more proficient in Microsoft Office 2000.
Microsoft Word 2000, 1st edition
Authors: Marie L. Swanson, Jennifer Duffy
Venue:  (1999)

:Through instructor-led or self-paced step-by-step instruction, individuals learn how to design, create, edit, and enhance documents.
LabVIEW for Everyone with Cdrom, 2nd edition
Authors: Jeffrey Travis, Lisa K. Wells
Venue:  (2001)

:The #1 step-by-step guide to LabVIEWnow completely updated for LabVIEW 6i. No experience necessary! Learn LabVIEW through examples and easy-to-adapt sample code New! Web connectivity, DataSocket, VI Server, 3D graphs, waveform datatypes, VISA, Measurement and Automation Explorer, and more CD-ROM: All sample code, plus complete evaluation version of LabVIEW 6i!LabVIEW is the #1 graphical programming language for engineers and scientists worldwide. Now the best-selling, most authoritative introduction to LabVIEW has been fully revised to make LabVIEW programming easier than everand to reflect the latest enhancements in National Instruments' LabVIEW 6i. Designed for non-experts, LabVIEW for Everyone, Second Edition teaches LabVIEW through intuitive, friendly, step-by-step examplesgiving you code that's easy to reuse in your own projects! Not just what to do: why to do it! The LabVIEW programming environment: building your own virtual workbench Key fundamentals: virtual instruments, graphs, charts, datatypes, file I/O, and more Expert techniques and tips for data acquisition and instrument control Extensive new coverage: Web connectivity, DataSocket, VI Server, 3-D graphs, waveform datatypes, VISA, Measurement and Automation Explorer, and more The "art" of successful LabVIEW programming: style, user interfaces, online help, and more Managing your LabVIEW programming projectsWhatever your application, whatever your role, whether you've used LabVIEW or not, LabVIEW for Everyone, Second Edition is the fastest, easiethe results you're after!About the CD-ROMThe accompanying CD-ROM contains an extensive library of sample code, plus a complete time-limited evaluation version of LabVIEW 6i.
Waves of Change: Business Evolution through Information Technology
Authors: James L. McKenney, Richard O. Mason, Duncan C. Copeland
Venue:  (1995)

:Over the past several decades, information technology (IT) has radically altered the basis of business competition. When American Airlines introduced the SABRE airline reservations system and Bank of America rolled out ERMA, its automated check-processing system, these companies did not just improve efficiency and productivity, they revolutionized the entire airline and banking industries. Yet, argue the authors of Waves of Change, the actual development of the technology, while requiring immense skill, is only part of a successful competitive transformation. A crucial - and more challenging - element is the ability of the firm's leadership to adapt the organization to take advantage of the new technology. Waves of Change examines how management teams at American Airlines and Bank of America, starting in the 1950s, developed IT designs that changed the rules of the game for their competitors. From these cases, the authors craft a framework for an IT-driven strategy that rings true in industry-leading contemporary transformations at American Hospital Supply/Baxter Travenol, Frito-Lay, and United Services Automobile Association (USAA). The analysis discloses a common pattern or developmental "cascade" that is evolutionary rather than visionary. The key actors, a CEO who champions IT implementation, a technology specialist or "maestro" who also has business knowledge, and a skilled technical team, collaborate initially to solve a data processing crisis. Out of the solution emerges a commitment to continuous learning and, eventually, an IT competence - driven by the energy of the maestro and the guidance of the CEO, who weds changing IT functions to market shifts. An increase in the scope of IT throughout the firm leads to its use in enabling organizational structure and driving strategy. Even as the company achieves market leadership and competitors begin to mimic the technology, the organization continues to evolve its IT strategy. Through the five in-depth and e
Computer Graphics for Designers and Artists, 2nd edition
Authors: Isaac Victor Kerlow, Judson Rosebush
Venue:  (1997)

:Significant changes have taken place in the world of computer graphics since the first edition of this pioneering guide was published in 1986. The Second Edition brings readers up to date by incorporating the latest imaging techniques, input and output technologies, interface designs, and two-dimensional and three-dimensional applications. Computer Graphics for Designers and Artists, Second Edition, features a new chapter on animation that covers 3-D synthetic animation, 2-D cell animation, and production steps. The original chapter on three-dimensional modeling now offers expanded information on fractals and ray tracing techniques. The first section of the book explains basic concepts and defines terms of computer graphics, and discusses tools of the trade such as hardware, software, and peripheral devices. Next, readers are introduced to both general and specific applications of computer graphics techniques. All the latest techniques are discussed for both color and black-and-white applications in chapters that address two- and three-dimensional drawing and design; CD-ROM, videodiscs, and graphics in multimedia and virtual reality; output and prepress innovations, including the PostScript language, color separations, and color laser printing; input devices such as scanners and digitizing tablets, body suits, and data gloves; and applications in the fine arts and hypermedia. Functions and limitations of computers in the creation of images and objects are described in nontechnical terms. Virtually all types of questions that may arise in the course of using the computer in graphics applications are answered. Over 100 new illustrations - many in full color - are featured among the guide's more than 500 drawings and photographs. These visuals offer examples of what the computer can achieve, in addition to clarifying various technical procedures. This practice-oriented survey of the technical concepts and applications of computer graphics will serve the needs of g