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Access 2002 from a to Z: A Quick Reference of More than 300 Microsoft Access Tasks,Terms and Tricks
Authors: Stephen L. Nelson
Venue:  (2001)

:By alphabetically organizing its Access 2002 entries by term or task, even users new to Access are able to get quick answers from this pocket guide. When users have a question, they can simply flip to the entry that describes, for example, how to join tables, run queries, or use filters. Also included is information on preparing for the MOUS certification examination. Dictionary entries that describe information appearing on the MOUS exam are flagged with a margin icon and then thoroughly discussed.Author Biography: Stephen L. Nelson is the author of Effective Executive's Guide to PowerPoint 2002 and MBA's Guide to Excel 2002. He lives in Redmond, Washington 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
Neural Network Control of Robot Manipulators and Nonlinear Systems
Authors: F. L. Lewis, A. Yesildirak, Suresh Jagannathan
Venue:  (1998)

:This graduate text provides an authoritative account of neural network (NN) controllers for robotics and nonlinear systems and gives the first textbook treatment of a general and streamlined design procedure for NN controllers. Stability proofs and performance guarantees are provided which illustrate the superior efficiency of the NN controllers over other design techniques when the system is unknown. New NN properties, such as robustness and passivity are introduced, and new weight tuning algorithms are presented. Neural Network Control of Robot Manipulators and Nonlinear Systems provides a welcome introduction to graduate students, and an invaluable reference to professional engineers and researchers in control systems.
Lotus Notes and Domino Essential Reference
Authors: Dave Hatter, Tim Bankes
Venue:  (1999)

:You're responsible for designing and programming a new database in Notes for an important client that will keep track and itemize myriad inventory and shipping data. The client has made it clear to you that they want a user-friendly interface, but they don't want to sacrifice speed or functionality either. You're experienced, but feel that you need to take your talents to the next level. You need something to facilitate your creative and technical abilities, something to perfect your programming skills. Here's Lotus Notes and Domino Essential Reference. It's compact, simply designed. It's loaded with information. Small typeface. All of the objects, classes, functions, and methods. It shows the object hierarchy and the overlaying relationship between each one. They organized the book the way the language is designed. Notice a specific entry to check the details: NotesUIWorkspace. A short definition and syntax. Example code. Concise, but with efficient coding tips for saving bandwidth.
An easy-to-use visualization system for huge cultural heritage meshes
Authors: R. Borgo, P. Cignoni, R. Scopigno
Venue: Proceedings of the 2001 conference on Virtual reality, archeology, and cultural heritage (2001)

The technology for the automatic shape reconstruction evolved rapidly in recent years, and huge mass of data can be easily produced. Due to the supported accuracy, works of art are one of the ideal fields of use of these devices. Given this particular application domain (Cultural Heritage), two issues arise: how to manage these complex data on commodity computers, and how to improve the ease of use of the visualization tools (as potential users are often not expert at all with interactive graphics).We present a new visualization system that allows naive users to inspect a large complex 3D model at interactive frame rates on off-the-shelf PC's. A main goal in the design of the system has been to provide the user with a very easy and natural interaction approach, based on a straightforward "point and click" metaphor. Visualization efficiency is obtained by adopting a LOD representation and on-line automatic selection of the best-fit level of detail (according to the current view frustum).The system has been used by restores and art curators for the inspection of some high resolution models of statues, and its evaluation was successful.
Resident Evil: Survivor: Prima's Official Strategy Guide
Authors: Dean Evans
Venue:  (2000)

:Resident Evil: Survivor is set in the classic Resident Evil universe filled with zombies, killer dogs, and the Umbrella Corporation. As the only survivor of a helicopter crash near Raccoon City, gamers take on the role of a clueless visitor to the always-bustling zombie town. A new skill, called "Check-Search," has been added to the Resident Evil arsenal, allowing the player to look for objects otherwise hidden from view. Prima's guide gives you:Complete walkthroughs of every gory levelFull mapsBasic training tips for every harrowing encounter"S" rank secretsComprehensive weapons and items listsDefinitive profiles of all major characters
PC Interfacing Pocket Reference, 1st edition
Authors: Myke Predko, Michael Predko
Venue:  (1999)

:The ultimate data finder for PC hardware and software engineers. The PC interface methods you need -- and only the PC interface methods you need -- in a format you can use. That's what the PC Interfacing Pocket Reference delivers. Compact and complete, and featuring formulas, tables, and diagrams in place of lengthy text descriptions, this essential reference companion to Predko's PC Ph.D.: Inside PC Interfacing is full of job-simplifying answers that you can flip to in 60 seconds or less. Includes coverage of: 80/20 data/text ratioASCII tables, memory addresses, instruction sets, BIOSs, MS-DOS, DPMI, and Windows APIsApplication-building sample codeWindows hardware interfacing development tools with codeSample device drivers (VxDs, WDMs, and DLLs)ISA, PCI, and USB bus informationPnP, interrupt, and DMA interfacingDevice block diagrams with connector pinoutsPC/9x baseline to ensure currency of informationQuick references for PC Assembly, Basic, C, and C++ languages.
Flash ActionScript for Designers: Drag Slide Fade
Authors: Brendan Dawes
Venue:  (2001)

:The authoritative development handbook for designers, covering the most in-demand facet of Flash, by one of the most sought-after new talents in Flash design, Brendan Dawes. 1 Strong Demand: Many people are asking for ActionScripting books. 1 Name Recognition: New Riders and Brendan Dawes have already established themselves as leaders/experts. 2 Unique: More than just a reference to what ActionScript code does, this book is a master seminar on how to design and to think about design using what the programming language can truly do. A visual approach to explaining and exploring the power of ActionScript for those who design with it. Organized according to differing creative areas, each basic type of project is deconstructed, with components broken down and ActionScript code explained; variations are then suggested. Four-color, with lots of visuals and annotated code. 250,000+ copies of the Flash development software or the downloadable demo of the software are in distribution. We're learning that Flash is such an elegant tool, and ActionScripting such a relatively easy-and extremely powerful-extension of that tool, that almost everyone who develops with Flash quickly gravitates toward using ActionScripting to enhance their Flash development skills. This book targets intermediate to advanced users of Flash. Working Web design professionals and serious students will be interested in this book.
Principles of VERILOG PLI
Authors: Swapnajit Mittra
Venue:  (1999)

:Principles of Verilog PLI is a "how to do" text on Verilog Programming Language Interface. The primary focus of the book is on how to use PLI for problem solving. Both PLI 1.0 and PLI 2.0 are covered. Particular emphasis has been put on adopting a generic step-by-step approach to create a fully functional PLI code. Numerous examples were carefully selected so that a variety of problems can be solved through their use. A separate chapter on Bus Functional Model (BFM), one of the most widely used commercial applications of PLI, is included. Principles of Verilog PLI is written for the professional engineer who uses Verilog for ASIC design and verification. Principles of Verilog PLI will be of interest also to students who are learning Verilog.
Topological framework for part families
Authors: Srinivas Raghothama, Vadim Shapiro
Venue: Proceedings of the seventh ACM symposium on Solid modeling and applications (2002)

One of the fundamental unsolved problems in geometric design of mechanical solids has been the lack of a proper notion of family or class. Numerous heuristic and often incompatible definitions are used throughout the CAD industry, and it is usually not clear how to generate members of a family or, to decide if a given object belongs to an assumed family. Until these difficulties are resolved, no guarantees or standards for parametric modeling are possible, and all efforts to allow exchange of parametric representations between different CAD systems are likely to remain futile. Standardizing on a particular definition may be difficult, because parametric families depend intrinsically not only on shape but also on its representation. We classify families into parameter-space and representation-space, and show that both types are representation-induced families. We propose a formal framework for families based on the notion of topological categories. Every parametric family is defined by the representation-induced topological space of solids that are closed under the continuous maps in the assumed topology. We illustrate several well defined families and formally define a special but important case of CSG-induced family that generalizes to the more general case of feature-induced families.
An Application of Optimal Control to the Economics of Recycling
Authors: Jannett Highfill, Michael McAsey
Venue: SIAM Review (2001)

A city's landfill is an exhaustible resource; recycling is a backstop method of waste disposal. We formulate an optimal control model that maximizes the total utility of a representative consumer by choosing the appropriate levels of the two disposal techniques. The model is simple enough that some general conclusions can be drawn, and yet specific solutions will require some computations that show a few of the possibilities in optimal control problems. Among the primary results is that once recycling begins, it will increase. It is also likely that the level of recycling will assume the values at the endpoints of its domain as well as the more standard values in the interior.
Collaborative filtering with privacy via factor analysis
Authors: John Canny
Venue: Proceedings of the 25th annual international ACM SIGIR conference on Research and development in information retrieval (2002)

Collaborative filtering (CF) is valuable in e-commerce, and for direct recommendations for music, movies, news etc. But today's systems have several disadvantages, including privacy risks. As we move toward ubiquitous computing, there is a great potential for individuals to share all kinds of information about places and things to do, see and buy, but the privacy risks are severe. In this paper we describe a new method for collaborative filtering which protects the privacy of individual data. The method is based on a probabilistic factor analysis model. Privacy protection is provided by a peer-to-peer protocol which is described elsewhere, but outlined in this paper. The factor analysis approach handles missing data without requiring default values for them. We give several experiments that suggest that this is most accurate method for CF to date. The new algorithm has other advantages in speed and storage over previous algorithms. Finally, we suggest applications of the approach to other kinds of statistical analyses of survey or questionaire data.
Data, Statistics, and Decision Models with Excel, 1st edition
Authors: Donald L. Harnett, James F. Horrell
Venue:  (1998)

:This text takes an integrated approach, and places emphasis on modeling and the application of pure methods rather than statistical techniques. This emphasis allows readers to learn how to solve business problems, not mathematical equations, and prepares them for their role as decision makers. All models and analyses in the book use Excel so readers make decisions without having to complete difficult calculations. The book is also accompanied by KaddStat, an easy-to-use add-in to Excel, which makes it easier to run complex statistical tests on Excel.
Tekken Tag Tournament
Authors: Jeff Barton, Michael Littlefield, Tri Pham
Venue:  (2000)

:Tekken Tag Tournament is the premiere fighting game launching with the PlayStation2! Following in the tradition of its popular Tekken predecessors, this title adds tag team-style fighting with longer and more strategic gameplay. In Tekken Tag Tournament: Prima's Official Strategy Guide, you'll find all the resources you need, including:Detailed descriptions, stats, and tips for all charactersComplete moves lists for all 34 fightersCoverage of all game modes, including Tekken BowlAll hidden characters and modesTag Team tips and special team combo listsCritical strategies for every possible matchTips on new moves, such as tag throw and tag juggle
Symmetric Error Estimates for Moving Mesh Galerkin Methods for Advection-Diffusion Equations
Authors: Todd F. Dupont, Yingjie Liu
Venue: SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis (2002)

This work tries to increase our understanding of why moving mesh methods often work very well. It combines techniques from the symmetric error estimates (SEEs) of Dupont [Math. Comp., 39 (1982), pp. 85--107] and Bank and Santos [SIAM J. Numer. Anal., 30 (1993), pp. 1--18] with ideas that motivated the analysis of a modified method of characteristics by Douglas and Russell [SIAM J. Numer. Anal., 19 (1982), pp. 871--885]. By changing the usual time derivative to a time derivative along approximate characteristics in the SEE norm, the symmetric error estimate of Bank and Santos can be improved. In addition, by introducing yet another SEE norm which is more strongly mesh dependent, we provide another SEE which provides different insights into the convergence of these methods; one symmetric error estimate that is presented can be used to derive optimal order L2 convergence in certain settings.
XSim: real-time analytic parallel simulations
Authors: Christopher D. Carothers
Venue: Proceedings of the sixteenth workshop on Parallel and distributed simulation (2002)

Of critical importance to any real-time system is the issue of predictability. We divide overall system predictability into two parts: algorithmic and systemic. Algorithmic predictability is concerned with ensuring that the parallel simulation engine and model from a complexity point of view are able to consistently yield results within a real-time deadline. Systemic predictability is concerned with ensuring that OS scheduling, interrupts and virtual memory overheads are consistent over a real-time period. To provide a framework for investigating systemic predictability, we define a new class of parallel simulation called Extreme Simulation or XSim. An XSim is any analytic parallel simulation that is able to generate a statistically valid result by a real-time deadline. Typically, this deadline is between 10 and 100 milliseconds. XSims are expected to provide decision support to existing complex, real-time systems. As a new design and implementation methodology for realizing XSims, we embed a state-of-the-art optimistic simulator into the Linux operating system. In this operating environment, OS scheduling and interrupts are disabled. Given a 50 millisecond model completion deadline, we observe that the XSim has a systemic predictability, measure of 98% compared with only 56% for the same Time Warp system operating in user-level.
Using Microprocessors and Microcontrollers: The Motorola Family, 4th edition
Authors: William C. Wray, Joseph D. Greenfield, Ross Bannatyne
Venue:  (1998)

:Reflecting the most recent changes in the ever advancing Motorola Microcontroller market, this leading book for the Motorola family of microprocessors remains at the forefront of its field. Discussing today's most significant trends in the microcomputer and microcontroller worlds, it builds upon traditional coverage of 8-bit technology to include the exciting applications of Motorola's microcontrollers - the 68HC11 family - and now goes beyond to include many new high-performance designs. Examines the fundamental concepts of the 68000 families of Microprocessors that are used as the basis of many new Microcontrollers, and offers complete chapter coverage on computer arithmetic and logic operations; accumulator and memory reference; assembly language for the 6800 family; interrupts and timing; system debugging; real-world applications and interfacing techniques, and much more. Now considers the many new developments in the area of memory, and includes new chapters on the 68HC08 family; the 16-bit 68HC12 MCU (with in-depth analyses on the revolutionary new system development methods); plus the radically new RISC type of MCU, the MPC505, that uses a 32-bit Power PC CPU.
Beyond Competition: Broadening the Scope of Telecommunications Policy
Authors: Bart Cammaerts, J. C. Burgelman
Venue:  (2001)

:This book focuses mainly on finding ways to reconcile economic and social policy goals. In order to balance these often diverging goals the authors plead for a broadening of telecommunications policy towards other fields of policy such as education, social policy, tax law, etc. To achieve this, one has to look beyond competition.
Oracle Jdeveloper
Authors: Cary Jensen, Loy Anderson, Blake Stone
Venue:  (1998)

:Oracle's JDeveloper is a revolutionary enterprise-scale tool for building, debugging, and deploying sophisticated applets and applications in Java. Oracle JDeveloper is the ideal book for every programmer, regardless of Java experience. Using clear steps, illuminating screen shots, and useful code examples, you'll learn to create menus, control frames and dialogs, write event handlers, leverage layout managers, create and deploy database applications and applets, build JavaBeans, and so much more. In addition, Oracle JDeveloper includes a comprehensive appendix on Java.
Nonlinear Observer Design in the Siegel Domain
Authors: Arthur J. Krener, MingQing Xiao
Venue: SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization (2002)

We extend the method of Kazantzis and Kravaris [Systems Control Lett., 34 (1998), pp. 241--247] for the design of an observer to a larger class of nonlinear systems. The extended method is applicable to any real analytic observable nonlinear system. It is based on the solution of a first-order, singular, nonlinear PDE. This solution yields a change of state coordinates which linearizes the error dynamics. Under very general conditions, the existence and uniqueness of the solution is proved. Lyapunov's auxiliary theorem and Siegel's theorem are obtained as corollaries. The technique is constructive and yields a method for constructing approximate solutions.
A Fast Algorithm for Generating Nonisomorphic Chord Diagrams
Authors: Joe Sawada
Venue: SIAM Journal on Discrete Mathematics (2002)

Using a new string representation, we develop two algorithms for generating nonisomorphic chord diagrams. Experimental evidence indicates that the latter of the two algorithms runs in constant amortized time. In addition, we use simple counting techniques to derive a formula for the number of nonisomorphic chord diagrams.
The SQL Server 7.0 Handbook: A Guide to Microsoft Database Computing, 1st edition
Authors: Ken England, Nigel Stanley
Venue:  (1999)

:The SQL Server 7.0 Handbook concisely and authoritatively explains how to design, implement, administer, and tune Microsoft's powerful new database management system for Windows NT Readers will learn all major SQL Server 7.0 capabilities especially its new scalability, decision support, performance, and replication features. The authors, recognized SQL Server authorities including a former SQL Server product manager, explain how to use the database with other critical Microsoft data management technologies and products, including Microsoft Transaction Server and Active Data Objects (ADO).
Computer-aided sketching to capture preliminary design
Authors: Beryl Plimmer, Mark Apperley
Venue: Australian Computer Science Communications (2002)

This paper describes the vital role of freehand sketching in the design process. When designers first tackle a design problem they usually do so by sketching. We will explore the essential elements of sketching that make it so helpful to problem solving. We then examine how current computer interfaces interfere with the sketching process, and go on to establish the requirements for an environment to support sketching. Finally we describe a system under development to integrate sketching into a visual programming environment (Visual Basic).
Analysis of adaptation strategies for mobile QoS-aware applications
Authors: Kurt Geihs
Venue: Proceedings of the 5th ACM international workshop on Modeling analysis and simulation of wireless and mobile systems (2002)

In mobile computing environments the availability of resources may vary significantly and unpredictably at application runtime, and thus may not satisfy a negotiated QoS level. We assume that in the presence of QoS fluctuations applications adapt their behavior to the prevailing operating conditions. We present five new adaptation strategies for application adaptation and study their performance by simulation experiments. The experiments show that one strategy performs best in most configurations in terms of result quality and computational efficiency. This strategy takes into account the ratio of utility value over resource demand as well as the system state.
MCSE Training Kit -- Premium Edition: Microsoft Windows 2000 Network Infrastructure Administration; Exam 70-216
Authors: Dave Perkovich
Venue:  (2001)

:For IT professionals studying for core MCSE Exam 70-216, this Premium Edition MCSE Training Kit with 4 companion CDs offers the ultimate, from-the-source preparation! This all-in-one package includes in-depth self-paced training in both book and electronic formats, along with a CD-based assessment tool and other valuable resources. The heart of the kit is the official Microsoft study guide for Exam 70-216, Implementing and Administering a Microsoft Windows 2000 Network Infrastructure, an integrated system of self-paced lessons and skill-building practice exercises. For students who want to learn by doing, MCSE eLearning on CD-ROM delivers in-depth exam preparation entirely through a state-of-the-art, simulated Windows 2000 environment. The Readiness Review electronic assessment tool plus companion text provides multiple-use, no-risk test-taking practice. And the kit's Premium Edition CD features the Microsoft Encyclopedia of Networking and the Microsoft Resource Kits for Windows 2000 Professional and Windows 2000 Server in e-book form; sample reference materials from Microsoft TechNet; plus a 120-day evaluation version of the Windows 2000 Server operating system-for training anytime, anywhere!