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An application framework for dynamic distributed software architectures
Authors: G. R. Ribeiro-Justo, P. R. F. Cunha
Venue: Progress in computer research (2001)

There are compelling reasons to combine the concepts of an architecture description language with those of an object-oriented framework to provide support for the development of reusable and extensible software architectures. This paper presents C++CL, an object-oriented framework for developing reconfigurable distributed software architectures, which follows that approach. The reconfigurability of C++CL enables us to develop distributed systems, which require changes to take place during run time without having to shut the system down. Examples of systems of this kind are evident in banking, industrial control and telecommunications and are becoming more common in many other areas. The main focus of the paper is to show how C++CL supports re-usability and the evolution of distributed systems through the use of inheritance and the modelling of architectural styles. Inheritance can be applied not ony to the components of an architecture but to the description of the architectural configuration itself. An architectural style, similarly to a pattern, defines an architecture-based solution to a family of problems. The combination of those two concepts provides powerful support for re-usability of architecture descriptions.
Linux + Certification Bible, 1st edition
Authors: Trevor Kay
Venue:  (2002)

:The only guide you need for Linux+ exam success You're holding in your hands the most comprehensive and effective guide available for the CompTIA Linux+ exam. Trevor Kay delivers incisive, crystal-clear explanations of every Linux+ topic, highlighting exam-critical concepts and offering hands-on tips that can help you in your real-world career. Throughout, he provides pre-tests, exam-style assessment questions, and scenario problems  everything you need to master the material and pass the exam. Inside, you'll find complete coverage of Linux+ exam objectivesGet up to speed on Linux basics and understand the differences between different Linux distributionsTackle Linux installation, from planning to network configuration, dual-boot systems, and upgradesGet the scoop on managing Linux disks, file systems, and processes; implementing security; and backing up your systemLearn the ins and outs of configuring the X Window system and setting up a networkFind out how to establish users and groups, navigate the Linux file system, and use Linux system commandsDelve into troubleshooting techniques for the boot process, software, and networkingGet a handle on maintaining system hardware, from CPU and memory to peripheralsTest-Prep Software and More on CD-ROMTest engine powered by Boson Software, with hundreds of sample questionsLinux tools, including Phatlinux, Big brother system and network monitor, Apache Web Server, Squid Web Proxy Cache, AbiWord word processor, and EncompassPlus an e-version of the bookBoson Software System Requirements: PC with Pentium 120 mhz or greater; 32 MB RAM; 500 MB free hard drivespace. See the About the CD appendix for details and complete system requirements. www.hungryminds.comAuthor Biography: About the AuthorTrevor Kay is A+, Network+, Server+, and Linux+ certified. Trevor is currently a technical consultant and author. He has worked as an IT helpdesk consultant, technical support specialist, and network administrator, and played a key role in Y2K preparations at one of Canada's largest financial organizations.
Tight Bounds for Searching a Sorted Array of Strings
Authors: Arne Andersson, Torben Hagerup
Venue: SIAM Journal on Computing (2000)

Given a k-character query string and an array of n strings arranged in lexicographical order, computing the rank of the query string among the n strings or deciding whether it occurs in the array requires the inspection of $$ \Theta\left( \frac {k\log {\log n}} {\log {\log {(4+\frac{k \log{\log n}}{\log n})}}}+k+\log n\right) $$ characters in the worst case.
The Power of Now: How Winning Companies Sense and Respond to Change Using Real-Time Technology, 1st edition
Authors: Vivek Ranadive
Venue:  (1999)

:Meet the future head-on with this incisive book that details emerging trends that will affect all businesses as they progress through the 21st century. Today's technology has become vital to the speed and performance of business. The fast-paced, high-stakes world of technology is infiltrating businesses everywhere, through the extensive use of high-speed networks, powerful desktop computers, the Internet, and integrated information across many systems. Customers are also demanding that everything be done faster, at lower cost without sacrificing quality. How will your company compete and prosper in the new millennium? How can you raise your company above the ravages of creeping commoditization and gain that crucial, elusive competitive advantage? The answers lie in becoming event-driven. Event-driven companies (those that acquire, deploy, and wisely exploit real-time information) are the most successful at sensing and responding to the events that drive their businesses. They use the power of real-time information to drive the development and delivery of new products and services.
Whole Internet: The Next Generation, 1st edition
Authors: Kiersten Conner-Sax, Ed Krol
Venue:  (1998)

:Once The Whole Internet showed you how to work with the Internet. Now The Whole Internet: The Next Generation shows you how to make the Net work for you. It covers how to minimize junk email, master your mailing lists and customize your mailer, play virtually any online game, buy and sell on the Net, and protect your privacy. It also covers some of the newest Internet applications, such as "push" technologies, conferencing tools, and tools for receiving audio and video broadcasts that turn your computer into a telephone, television, or movie screen.
Review of Petri Net Algebra
Authors: Boleslaw Mikolajczak
Venue: ACM SIGACT News (2002)

Many contemporary computing systems are concurrent and distributed. Many approaches to concurrency formalization have been introduced over last forty years. This monograph combines two theories of concurrency: process algebras and Petri nets. One can hope that combining several competing theories that are mutually complementary can produce a formalism that will be practically useful. This is the primary motivation of the book. The book investigates structural and behavioral aspects of these two models. It also shows strong equivalence between these two models. Process algebras have the following advantages: allow study of connectives directly related to actual programming languages, are compositional, come with a variety of concomitant and derived logics that support reasoning about important properties of systems, and come with variety of algebraic laws that help in systems' refinement and in proving corrctness. Petri nets clearly distinguish local states and local activities of a system (places and transitions, respectively), global states and activities can be derived from basic concepts, Petri nets are graphical, and as bipartite graphs have strong links to graph theory and linear algebra. These last two facts can be used for the verification of systems.
Corporate Information Factory
Authors: William H. Inmon, Claudia Imhoff, Ryan Sousa
Venue:  (1997)

:From traditional data warehousing to data marts and operational data stores, a dizzying array of architectures and tools are now available to help enterprises strategically use and manage information. Each has its unique costs and benefits associated with delivering value to the business. But, despite all the hype, not all solutions are equally well suited to every company's needs. In Corporate Information Factory, Bill Inmon, Claudia Imhoff, and Ryan Sousa introduce a practical and proven framework that shows companies how to leverage these solutions to build a company-wide information ecosystem.
MacIntosh Bible, 7th edition
Authors: Sharon Zardetto Aker
Venue:  (1998)

:Macintosh continues to be the platform of choice not only for graphics professionals, but also home users who appreciate its unique place in the computer universe. Updates to Apple's operating system and the much-anticipated unveiling of the sleek new iMac are sure to stir up excitement and win Macintosh converts. Extensively revised from the last, best-selling version, The Macintosh Bible, 7th Edition is a comprehensive reference for Mac users from novice to expert. It's packed with information on computing basics, Mac applications, software updates, including coverage of Mac OS 8.5, the Internet, and more, all presented in the clear, friendly style that has earned the Macintosh Bible millions of fans. The companion Web site provides tips, news, and updates on Mac developments. Proven best-seller with over 1 million copies in print. Mac facts, tips, and solutions, from basic to advanced: Completely updated edition of the most popular Mac book ever Written by a respected Mac authority Tips and updates on the companion Web site.
Dictionary of Networking, 3rd edition
Authors: Peter Dyson, Kevin Shafer
Venue:  (1999)

:The Dictionary of Networking is a highly readable, authoritative guide to the extensive - and often bewildering - terminology of networking computing. This completely updated and expanded third edition spans all aspects of networking hardware and software - from peer-to-peer networks to enterprise wide area networks (WANs), the Internet, and internetworking - and covers every major network operating system.
Microsoft Access 2000: Comprehensive Concepts and Techniques, 1st edition
Authors: Gary B. Shelly, Phillip J. Pratt, Thomas J. Cashman
Venue:  (1999)

:Part of the highly successful Shelly Cashman series, this comprehensive text offers a step-by-step, screen-by-screen approach that goes beyond the basics to teach introductory and advanced topics of Microsoft Access 2000. Covers Microsoft Access 2000 topics such as maintaining and querying a database, creating custom toolbars, menus, writing visual basic code, and more. This text includes nine complete projects that cover beginning and advanced Microsoft Access 2000 skills
Zero Gravity 2.0: Launching Technology Companies in a Tougher Venture Capital World, 2nd edition
Authors: Steve Harmon
Venue:  (2001)

:The handbook for the next phenomenal period of venture capital. Zero Gravity quickly became one of the defining books during an unprecedented period in entrepreneurship. But, the world it described and helped shape changed dramatically in the spring of 2000. Now, noted Internet stock analyst Steve Harmon provides an even more penetrating look into the quicksilver world of Internet venture capital and its lasting role in the world enterprise economy. Zero Gravity 2.0, revised in concept and content like a major new software update, confidently capitalizes on the best of the old and the new. It features insightful analysis of the 1999-2000 dot-com correction, which affected the portfolios, psychology, expectations, and metrics of venture capitalists. Harmon looks at emerging trends from the vantage point of an entrepreneur. He also shares his perspective on the prospects for obtaining early-stage money over the next several years, now that the first Internet wave has crested. Zero Gravity 2.0 also includes new sections on Web incubators, long-term trends, and other recent dot-com developments, plus updated statistics, tables, and resources. And Harmon offers a thought-provoking analysis of the dark underbelly of e-commerce: backlashes by copyright holders and regulators to some Internet business models, new roadblocks in broadband data capacity, and more. Zero Gravity is written from an insider's point of view. It's packed with insights from top Internet venture capitalists and entrepreneurs, features a new foreword by Ann Winblad, and is the perfect plug-in to the world of e-commerce start-ups.Key Features:  In-depth coverage of the current operating climate of technology start-up companies  Definition of the outlook for venture capital in the evolving, sobered-up, dot-com business environment  The pros and cons of Web incubators; a snapshot of the top incubators and rising stars  Updated "little black book" of venture capital  New foreword by Ann Winblad, cofounder of the prominent venture capital firm Hummer Winblad  Centric vs. Internet-enabled business models; how the model makes all the difference. Includes a list of which public companies fall into which category
Subject Analysis on Online Catalogs, 2nd edition
Authors: Hope A. Olson, John J. Boll
Venue:  (2001)

:Significantly updated and expanded, this second edition offers a far more comprehensive and sophisticated treatment of the subject area than can be found in other sources. It revisits the subject of cataloging and analyzes it in the context of today's digital environment, providing a fascinating examination of the components that are crucial for successful and effective subject retrieval in online public access catalogs. From language issues to problems of indexing and classification, this book guides you through the theoretical and practical frameworks of information storage and retrieval in the 21st century. An outstanding guide for students and faculty of library and information science, catalogers, librarians, programmers, and database designers.
Incremental feature weight learning and its application to a shape-based query system
Authors: Kyoung-Mi Lee, W. Nick Street
Venue: Pattern Recognition Letters (2002)

Similarity between Shapes is often measured by computing the distance between two feature vectors. Unfortunately, the feature space cannot always capture the notion of similarity in human perception. So, most current image retrieval systems use weights measuring the importance of each feature. However, the similarity does not vary with equal strength or in the same proportion in all directions in the feature space. In this paper, we present feature weights based on both clustered objects in the database and on relevance feedback. We show that using variance information from shape clusters to guide cluster information for an initial database search gives better results than using the standard Euclidean distance. To automatically incorporate a user's need, the proposed shape-based query system uses an incremental feature weight learning method that refines prototypes. In contrast to existing image database systems, the system can learn from user feedback. Indexing and retrieval results are presented that demonstrate the efficacy of our technique using the well-known Columbia database.
Building Professional Services
Authors: Thomas E. Lah, Harris Kern, Mitch Peterson, Steve O'Connor
Venue:  (2002)

:How to build a winning professional services organization.Companies worldwide are discovering outstanding growth opportunities in professional services-but building professional services organizations at "product-centric" firms can be extremely challenging. Now, three leading experts present a comprehensive guide to creating professional services organizations, managing them to maturity, and delivering both quality services and superior margins. Building Professional Services introduces a complete, practical framework for delivering the full spectrum of professional servicesfrom support and education services to managed, consulting, and productized services. Managing the professional services business at every stage of its lifecycle Focusing on the key factors that drive success: revenue, references, and repeatability Responding to the unique challenges faced by professional services in product-based companies Aligning services with the rest of the organization Establishing effective metrics and business review processes The four phases of building a successful professional services organization Frameworks for organization, project delivery, solutions development, and operational infrastructure Customer engagement models and workflowsDrawing on their experience working with leading technology service providers, the authors cover every aspect of professional services: strategy, tactics, and operations. From financial models to customer relationships, Building Professional Services will help you transform the promise of services into a profitable reality."This book is a significant contribution and a practical guide to a fast-evolving frontier. With clearly expressed views and recommendations, it will stimulate both thought and action."David H. Maister, co-author of First Among Equals"Extraordinary insight into the issues faced when building a professional services business unit at a product company."Kenneth Coleman, Sr. Vice President of Silicon Graphics and retired CEO of K S SolutionsHarris Kern's Enterprise Computing Institute SeriesSolutions for IT Professionals. Author Biography: THOMAS E. LAH has more than 15 years of experience in IT and consulting. As Director of Solutions Engineering at Silicon Graphics, he led a team responsible for developing and launching a professional services consulting organization on a global basis and growing it from zero to $150 million in four years.STEVE O'CONNOR has held both business and IT services leadership roles for over 20 years. He served as Vice President for Professional Services at SGI and before that, as SGI's Chief Information Officer. MITCHEL PETERSON has held a variety of financial and operational roles for more than 18 years. Most recently, he was the Senior Manager of Strategic Planning andCommunications for SGI's Professional Services Organization and was responsible for developing and implementing strategic and tactical programs.
Fundamentals of Data Structures in C++
Authors: Ellis Horowitz, Dinesh Mehta, Sartaj Sahni
Venue:  (1995)

:Fundamentals of Data Structures in C++ offers a complete rendering of basic data structure implementations, enhanced by superior pedagogy and astute analyses.
Management Information Systems for the Information Age, 2nd edition
Authors: Stephen Haag, Maeve Cummings, James Dawkins
Venue:  (1999)

:This text will fit best in an MIS course where students have to do a lot of hands-on,problem-solving projects,especially on the Internet. Haag works well for professors who want an interactive,engaging experience. If a professor has large classes or wants a way to get everyone involved (bus/non-business majors),this is the book for them. The overall content and organization of the book has been retained,providing a clearly focused overview of Information Systems. The Second Edition continues to cover Management Information Systems concepts with a different approach and organization of topics compared to traditional introductory I. S. books for example. Electronic Commerce and its effect on organizations is a major theme in this text,threaded through each chapter. The authors assume that students know a little about hardware and software and focus more on the way organizations use information systems. There are many sidebars,boxes,and examples pulled from real-world organizations and many individual and group projects for students to work on-tying theory to practice. This is perhaps our most practical,hands-on text.
Hybrid Dynamical Systems: Controller and Sensor Switching Problems
Authors: Andrey V. Savkin, Robin J. Evans
Venue:  (2001)

:The area of hybrid dynamical systems (HDS) represents a difficult and exciting challenge to control engineers and is referred to as "the control theory of tomorrow" because of its future potential for solving problems. This relatively new discipline bridges control engineering, mathematics, and computer science. There is now an emerging literature on this topic describing a number of mathematical models, heuristic algorithms, and stability criteria. However, presently there is no systematic theory of HDS. "Hybrid Dynamical Systems" focuses on a comprehensive development of HDS theory and integrates results established by the authors. The work is a self-contained informative text/reference, covering several theoretically interesting and practically significant problems concerning the use of switched controllers and examining the sensor scheduling problem. The emphasis is on classes of uncertain systems as models for HDS. Features and topics: * Focuses on the design of robust HDS in a logical and clear manner * Applies the hybrid control systems framework to two classical robust control problems: design of an optimal stable controller for a linear system and simultaneous stabilization of a collection of plants * Presents a detailed treatment of stability and H-infinity control problems for a class of HDS * Covers recent original results with complete mathematically rigorous proofs Researchers and postgraduate students in control engineering, applied mathematics, and theoretical computer science will find this book covers the latest results on this important area of research. Advanced engineering practitioners and applied researchers working in areas of control engineering, signal processing, communications, and fault detection will find this book an up-to-date resource.
Cinf-Interpolation of discrete fields on regular and irregular grids
Authors: Massimiliano Giona, Stefano Cerbelli
Venue: Journal of Computational Physics (2002)

The article proposes a simple C&#x221E; interpolation of discretized lattice fields on regular and irregular grids. The method is based on localized C&#x221E; but not analytic basis functions, which vanish outside an open set (region of influence). As a result, the interpolating fields at a point depend exclusively on the nodal values within the region of influence. The method can be applied to generic fields whose support is a limited set of n-dimensional space, starting from discretized values given on regular or irregular grids. Particular attention is focused on the interpolation of CFD-computed velocity fields that give rise to Lagrangian chaos.
Set-sharing is redundant for pair-sharing
Authors: Roberto Bagnara, Patricia M. Hill, Enea Zaffanella
Venue: Theoretical Computer Science (2002)

Although the usual goal of sharing analysis is to detect which pairs of variables share, the standard choice for sharing analysis is a domain that characterizes set-sharing. In this paper, we question, apparently for the first time, whether this domain is over-complex for pair-sharing analysis. We show that the answer is yes. By defining an equivalence relation over the set-sharing domain we obtain a simpler domain, reducing the complexity of the abstract unification procedure. We present experimental results showing that, in practice, our domain compares favorably with the set-sharing one over a wide range of benchmark and real programs. Copyright 2002 Elsevier Science B.V.
Constructing automata from temporal logic formulas: a tutorial
Authors: Pierre Wolper
Venue: Lectures on formal methods and performance analysis: first EEF/Euro summer school on trends in computer science (2002)

This paper presents a tutorial introduction to the construction of finite-automata on infinite words from linear-time temporal logic formulas. After defining the source and target formalisms, it describes a first construction whose correctness is quite direct to establish, but whose behavior is always equal to the worst-case upper bound. It then turns to the techniques that can be used to improve this algorithm in order to obtain the quite effective algorithms that are now in use.
Accounting Principles, 5th edition
Authors: Jerry J. Weygandt, Donald E. Kieso, Paul D. Kimmel
Venue:  (1998)

:Covers the traditional and managerial issues while ensuring that students understand the importance of accounting in the world today. A heavy emphasis is placed on decision making, communication, ethics and critical thinking. The text demonstrates how leading corporations utilize accounting information and gives students a context for the concepts they are learning.
New Perspectives on the Internet Using NetScape Communicator Software: Introductory, 1st edition
Authors: Joan Carey, Sandra Poindexter
Venue:  (1997)

:As part of the New Perspectives series, this text offers a case-based, problem-solving approach for basic to intermediate features of Netscape Communicator 4.0.