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Microcomputer Database Management Using dBASE IV, Version 2.0
Authors: Philip J. Pratt
Venue:  (1994)

:Microcomputer Database Management Using dBASE IV Version 2.0 offers an excellent introduction to database management and design techniques. In addition to presenting a solid, in-depth overview of essential database concepts, the authors invoke a practical step-by-step approach to effective design and implementation of microcomputer databases, taking full advantage of the powers of dBASE IV Version 2.0. Highlights of Microcomputer Database Management Using dBASE IV Version 2.0 include focuses on the relational model of database management, exploring the structure, methods, and impact of this model on database design; covers database administration, DBMS selection, and applications generators, providing thorough topical coverage; incorporates two thorough case studies, one entirely new, providing real-life applications; integrates numerous debugging discussions, facilitating troubleshooting skills; provides a variety of significant and realistic programming exercises, honing design and management skills and abilities; and features an end-of-chapter summary and list of key terms, enhancing overall understanding of database concepts. With its thorough coverage and practical tutorial approach, Microcomputer Database Management Using dBASE IV Version 2.0 carefully develops the database design, implementation, and administration skills necessary to the user.
On the number of inductively minimal geometries
Authors: Philippe Cara, Serge Lehman, Dimitrii V. Pasechnik
Venue: Theoretical Computer Science (2001)

We count the number of inductively minimal geometries for any given rank by exhibiting a correspondence between the inductively minimal geometries of rank n and the trees with n + 1vertices. The proof of this correspondence uses the van Rooij-Wilf characterization of line graphs(see [11]).
E-Customer: Customers Just Got Faster and Smarter. Catch Up.
Authors: Max McKeown
Venue:  (2000)

From the Book:A word to the wise: Customers will never go out of fashion. WAP will go out of fashion. Personal computers will become landfill site material. Interactive Digital Television will lose and then regain its sparkle. Technologies with wild, wacky, and unpronounceable names will arrive and depart unmourned. Each device will have frenzies and crises. All these things and more will happen but in 50 years people will still be shopping: at least they will still have needs to be met through an exchange of value. This will remain a constant. But the services must change. The stuff has to improve. The e-customer is evolving. His aspirations have been fed by years of science fiction and soap-style images of the rich and famous. He has been promised more. He is certain that a better everything is out there. The only way to get the e-customer's cash is to create stuff that has value for him. You need to understand him. You need to get closer. You and your colleagues must learn to empathize, visualize and innovate on behalf of the e-customer. That's why this book is not focused on presenting long structured case studies. In such material you only learn what your competitors want you to learn about their services. You don't think they would let you in on anything of real value do you? Perhaps their success is not success at all. Perhaps it won't keep them alive, thriving, enjoying the benefits of growth. Perhaps they have only transferred their off-line products and services online in the most mindless, uncreative manner - with no value added for the hundreds of millions invested. The focus here is about competing for the attention and spending power of the wiredgeneration You can't do that by just reading accounts of what others have done. A set of principles is needed so that you can create your own innovation - so that you can win the mind and wallet of the e-customer. Technologists talk about `best of breed' as the ideal mixture of components, collected from different manufacturers, in order to do a required job. The examples that are presented in this book may not be perfect. In fact they are not perfect. So look on them as springboards to your own innovations. If you can't improve on them and can only copy then you will only ever be in defensive mode anyway. Grab hold of them and ask how you can slot together enough of these best of breed approaches into one world beating e-customer inspired organization. Underline what you find useful. Make your own lists. Do your own work. Create your own differentiated benefit to the e-customer by opening up a dialogue with him. Creating useful stuff for the e-customer will never go out of fashion.
Scientific Information Systems
Authors: Robert W. Holt
Venue:  (2000)

:"This book discusses how to blend scientific methods with the broad capabilities a computer database information systems. This synthesis will aid anyone who is trying to explain, predict, or change the behavior of a complex system involving humans. While developed in research on information systems in the aviation industry, the principles and methods are universal. The examples clarify the advantages of this type of information system and the enormous potential power for understanding a target system completely and accurately. This book provides conceptual guidance for the construction and use of such systems in other domains."--BOOK JACKET. 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
Recognizing Handwritten Digits Using Hierarchical Products of Experts
Authors: Guy Mayraz, Geoffrey E. Hinton
Venue: IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (2002)

The product of experts learning procedurecan discover a set of stochastic binary features that constitute a nonlinear generative model of handwritten images of digits. The quality of generative models learned in this way can be assessed by learning a separate model for each class of digit and then comparing the unnormalized probabilities of test images under the 10 different class-specific models. To improve discriminative performance, a hierarchy of separate models can be learned for each digit class. Each model in the hierarchy learns a layer of binary feature detectors that model the probability distribution of vectors of activity of feature detectors in the layer below. The models in the hierarchy are trained sequentially and each model uses a layer of binary feature detectors to learn a generative model of the patterns of feature activities in the preceding layer. After training, each layer of feature dectectors produces a separate, unnormalized log probabilty score. With three layers of feature detectors for each of the 10 digit classes, a test image produces 30 scores which can be used as inputs to a supervised, logistic classification network that is trained on separate data. On the MNIST database, our system is comparable with current state-of-the-art discriminative methods, demonstrating that the product of experts learning procedure can produce effective hierarchies of generative models of high-dimensional data.
Jupiter: a toolkit for interactive large model visualization
Authors: Dirk Bartz, Dirk Staneker, Wolfgang Straßer, Brian Cripe, Tom Gaskins, Kristann Orton, Michael Carter, Andreas Johannsen, Jeff Trom
Venue: Proceedings of the IEEE 2001 symposium on parallel and large-data visualization and graphics (2001)

The fast increasing size of datasets in scientific computing, mechanical engineering, or virtual medicine is quickly exceeding the graphics capabilities of modern computers. Toolkits for the large model visualization address this problem by combining efficient geometric techniques, such as occlusion and visibility culling, mesh reduction, and efficient rendering.In this paper, we introduce Jupiter, a toolkit for the interactive visualization of large models which exploits the above mentioned techniques. Jupiter was originally developed by Hewlett-Packard and EAI, and it was recently equipped with new functionality by the University of T&uuml;bingen, as being part of the Kelvin project. Earlier this year, an initial version of Jupiter was also released as open source.
Adaptive rate control for streaming stored fine-grained scalable video
Authors: Philippe de Cuetos, Keith W. Ross
Venue: Proceedings of the 12th international workshop on Network and operating systems support for digital audio and video (2002)

In this paper we investigate adaptive streaming of stored fine-grained scalable video over a TCP-friendly connection. The goal is to develop low-complexity yet high-performing schemes that adequately adapt to the short- and long-term variations in available bandwidth. We first present a novel framework for low-complexity streaming of fine-grained scalable video over a TCP-friendly connection. In the context of this scheme, and under the assumption of complete knowledge of bandwidth evolution, we derive an optimal policy for a criterion that involves both image quality and quality variability during playback. Based on this ideal optimal policy, we develop a real-time heuristic to stream fine-grained scalable video over the Internet, and we study its performance using real Internet traces. We find that our heuristic policy performs almost as well as the ideal optimal policy for a wide-range of bandwidth scenarios and when run over ordinary TCP the policy is essentially as good as when running the policy over popular TCP-friendly algorithms.
PageMaker 6.5 for Windows 95 Bible: With Cdrom, 1st edition
Authors: Nigel French
Venue:  (1997)

:PageMaker has long served as the tool of choice for serious desktop publishing -- on the Mac. Now, with Version 6.5 for Windows, your PC becomes not only a serious desktop publishing tool but also a formidable Web authoring tool. PageMaker 6.5 for Windows Bible lays out the broad array of features available in Version 6.5 of PageMaker. More importantly, graphic design professional Nigel French shares his expert techniques for achieving immaculate typography, importing text efficiently and accurately, setting up timesaving style sheets and master documents, and doing all the other things that distinguish the work of the best desktop publishing professionals. In PageMaker 6.5 for Windows Bible, French covers all the important PageMaker topics, including: Formatting text and setting up style sheets Incorporating graphics into your PageMaker documents Setting up tables Tweaking typography Managing long documents Using color and making your document ship-shape for prepress Producing Web pages and Adobe Acrobat PDF (Portable Document Format) files Automating tasks by creating your own scripts Plus, PageMaker 6.5 for Windows Bible includes a valuable bonus CD-ROM containing everything from tryout versions of PageMaker, Photoshop, Illustrator, and PageMill to clip art, high-res photos, and files to accompany the book's hands-on instructions. 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
Toward open, secure, widely distributed services
Authors: Jean Bacon, Ken Moody
Venue: Communications of the ACM (2002)

The OASIS open architecture controls the interoperation of independent services in distributed environments, including the constant monitoring of security conditions, as illustrated by a U.K. application in health-record management.
Do-It-Yourself Web Publishing with Word
Authors: Asha Dornfest
Venue:  (1995)

:Do-It-Yourself Web Publishing with Word is the one-stop solution for Word users who want to create their own Web pages. With this book/CD combination, Word for Windows 95 software, and an Internet connection, you're ready to produce a personalized Web page - quickly, easily, and with outstanding results. Get to know Internet Assistant. This remarkable add-on transforms Word into a Web browser. View Web pages, visit favorite places, and link directly to the latest Web sites. Simple instructions and step-by-step illustrations make it easy, fast, and fun! Get creative. Build your own home page, complete with great-looking text, headers, design elements, and hyperlinks. Your Web site will come alive as you pour in brilliant colors, pictures, interactive forms, sound, video, and tables. Get published. Upload your home page to your Internet service provider. Publicize your home page to your target audience. Visit the author's own site, Web Publishing Online Resource, featuring helpful tools and tips to expand your expertise.
Operating Systems: A Systematic View
Authors: William S. Davis
Venue:  (1977)

:B> The fifth edition of Operating Systems: A Systematic View offers a practical and applied introduction to operating system concepts, aimed at people interested in using computers, operating systems, and networks. The authors take a "systematic view" of the subject, where they provide insight into what is going on beneath the surface instead of focusing so much on OS theory. The intent is to show why operating systems are needed and what, at a functional level, they do. The book features an engaging, reader-friendly presentation written at a pace and level appropriate for novices, and contains extensive illustrations to visually reinforce concepts. Readers are guided through some of today's most widely used operating systems, including Linux, UNIX, and Windows 2000. Also included is coverage of several modern topics and technologies, with chapters on the Windows interface, Intel Pentium architecture, and Windows internals, as well as a section on network operating systems with chapters on client/server networks, Windows 2000, Novell, and the Internet. This book is designed for people from non-technical fields and backgrounds who simply need to know how to interact with, rather than how to design, an operating system. It requires no background in programming and only a working knowledge of basic algebra. It will also be of interest to computer programmers, technical managers, and applied practitioners who want a practical and applied introduction to operating systems.
The BLM semantics may be inconsistent
Authors: Jianhua Chen
Venue: Proceedings of the 30th annual Southeast regional conference (1992)

A declarative semantics for logic programs must guarantee logical consistency. In this short note, we point out that the fixed-point semantics by Baral et al. (the BLM semantics) [1] for disjunctive programs may give rise to an inconsistent state. We show that the source of the inconsistency problem is that the BLM-semantics does not use the information in the derived rules. A refined semantics which avoids the inconsistency problem using the notion of derived rules will be presented in a separate paper.
Real Computing Made Real: Preventing Errors in Scientific and Engineering Calculations
Authors: Forman S. Acton
Venue:  (1996)

:For those engineers and scientists who use computers to solve their problems only to discover new, subtle problems in their results, this book is a welcome quick guide to trouble-shooting. Offering practical advice on detecting and removing the insidious bugs that plague finite-precision calculations, real Computing outlines techniques for preserving significant figures, avoiding extraneous solutions (those ridiculous "answers" that turn up all too often), and finding efficient iterative processes for solving nonlinear equations.Anyone who computes with real numbers (for example, floating-point numbers stored with limited precision) tends to pick up a few computing "tricks"--techniques that increase the frequency of useful answers. But where there might be ample guidance for a computor grappling with linear problems, there is little help for someone negotiating the nonlinear world--and it is this need that Forman Acton addresses. His book presents a wealth of examples and exercises (with answers) to help a reader develop problemformulating skills--thus learning to avoid the common pitfalls that software packages seldom detect. It presumes some experience with standard numerical methods--but for beginners in real computing, it will lend a touch of realism to topics often slighted in introductory texts.
Analysis of Echoes in Single-Image Random-Dot-Stereograms
Authors: Mark S. K. Lau, C. P. Kwong
Venue: Journal of Mathematical Imaging and Vision (2002)

Three-dimensional depth information of a surface can be encoded in a two-dimensional image called autostereograms. The encoded surface can be reconstructed from an autostereogram by using the correspondences between pixels in human brains or computer algorithms. However, in some cases, the reconstructed surface is not unique because of &ldquo;echoes&rdquo;. In the presence of echoes, reconstruction of the original surface from the autostereogram cannot be guaranteed since no cue of the original surface is available in autostereograms. In this paper, the causes of echoes are investigated and conditions for echo-free reconstruction are derived. Based on these conditions, autostereogram generation algorithm is revised to guarantee echo-free autostereograms. Besides, the surface reconstruction algorithm is modified such that original surfaces encoded are always reconstructed from echo-free autostereograms.
Teach Yourself Visual Basic for Applications in 21 Days
Authors: Namir C. Shammas
Venue:  (1994)

:Users achieve programming success in Visual Basic for Applications-the all-encompassing basic language for Microsoft Windows applications! Unique format teaches the basics in 21 lessons, each of which can be completed in 3 hours or less.Coverage includes all the basic aspects of this exciting new umbrella language for Microsoft's Excel, Word for Windows, and AccessShows readers specific examples of the overlap between each applicationUsers learn how to provide overdrive and functionality to these applications
A simulation model of backfilling and I/O scheduling in a partitionable parallel system
Authors: Helen D. Karatza
Venue: Proceedings of the 32nd conference on Winter simulation (2000)

A special type of scheduling called backfilling is presented using a parallel system upon which multiple jobs can be executed simultaneously. Jobs consist of parallel tasks scheduled to execute concurrently on processor partitions, where each task starts at the same time and computes at the same pace. The impact of I/O scheduling on system performance is also examined. The goal is to achieve high system performance and maintain fairness in terms of individual job execution. The performance of different backfilling schemes and different I/O scheduling strategies is compared over various processor service time coefficients of variation and for various degrees of multiprogramming. Simulation results demonstrate that backfilling improves system performance while preserving job sequencing. Also, the results show that when there is contention for the disk resources, trends in system can differ from those appearing in the research literature if I/O behavior is negligible or it is not explicitly considered.
MVS JCL: Now covers MVS/ESA, 2nd edition
Authors: Doug Lowe
Venue:  (1995)

:A complete guide to MVS for any MVS programmer, this book zeroes in on the JCL you need for everyday jobs, so you can learn to code significant job streams in a hurry. And it teaches how MVS works so you'll know why you code the JCL you do for a given job.
An interactive student information system
Authors: James E. Cofer
Venue: Proceedings of the 14th annual Southeast regional conference (1976)

This paper describes an on-line interactive student information system designed for graduate level student information at Mississippi State University. It was designed with three objectives in mind. The first was to keep graduate students abreast of the requirements to be met for an advanced degree. The second objective was to aid the Office of Graduate Studies and the Registrar in certifying the completion of requirements for advanced degrees. Thirdly, the system was designed so that information retrieval for various colleges, departments and federal agencies could be accomplished without a time-consuming manual search of student records.A description of the software and data files is given, as well as a description of the major report forms produced by the system. In addition, the operation of the system will be briefly described. 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
Children's Journeys through the Information Age, 1st edition
Authors: Sandra L. Calvert
Venue:  (1998)

:Children's Journeys Through the Information Age by Sandra Calvert addresses many of the issues surrounding our culture's continuing immersion into technology,looking particularly at the current and emerging information technologies influencing children. Calvert poses questions about the effects of these technologies and discusses their meaning for parents,teachers,and policymakers. For instance,Calvert looks at specific software designs and mediums (i. e. TV,Diskette,CD-ROM) to explore how gender role,ethnic,and racial stereotypes are carried to intended audiences through implicit messages in these programs.
An alternate approach to formal parsing methods
Authors: Barry Barlow
Venue: Proceedings of the 20th annual Southeast regional conference (1982)

Finite state automata have proven quite useful in the processing of free format input, in that it can be proven that for most grammars, a finite state automata exists to recognize and parse said grammar. In theory, this is easily implemented and understood in the undergraduate software development class. In reality, many undergraduates have trouble with formal parsing methods due to a lack of a formal mathematical background, failure to understand grammars, as well as other reasons. One other problem is that many undergraduate students will also rely on automated parsers during software development, and are then comprised when arriving at work and discovering that no automated parser exists at that site. For these reasons, as well as others, this author tried a different approach to teaching these useful, but often complex, techniques. What follows is a discussion of the method used, as well as the results of that experiment. 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