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Microsoft Office 2000, 1st edition
Authors: Tim Duffy
Venue:  (1999)

:Before starting the keystrokes of a project, Duffy takes more time to explain the significance of what students are about to do and learn. This conceptual approach builds computer skills and encourages critical thinking. After completing the projects in these books, readers will be prepared to take the core Microsoft Certification exams for Word 2000, Excel 2000, Access 2000, PowerPoint 2000, Outlook 2000, and FrontPage 2000. Successful completion of these exams gives readers measurable, marketable skills. For anyone interested in learning Microsoft Office 2000.
Computer Aided Marketing and Selling
Authors: Robert Shaw
Venue:  (1994)

:Some of the most costly information gathered in the course of a working day lies around unused. Some of it is in your head, your own or a colleague's filing system, some computerized, some out-of-date and often contradictory. 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
Mining web logs for prediction models in WWW caching and prefetching
Authors: Qiang Yang, Haining Henry Zhang, Tianyi Li
Venue: Proceedings of the seventh ACM SIGKDD international conference on Knowledge discovery and data mining (2001)

Web caching and prefetching are well known strategies for improving the performance of Internet systems. When combined with web log mining, these strategies can decide to cache and prefetch web documents with higher accuracy. In this paper, we present an application of web log mining to obtain web-document access patterns and use these patterns to extend the well-known GDSF caching policies and prefetching policies. Using real web logs, we show that this application of data mining can achieve dramatic improvement to web-access performance.
FPGA test time reduction through a novel interconnect testing scheme
Authors: Stuart McCracken, Zeljko Zilic
Venue: Proceedings of the 2002 ACM/SIGDA tenth international symposium on Field-programmable gate arrays (2002)

As device densities increase, testing cost is becoming a larger portion of the overall FPGA manufacturing cost. We present an approach to speed up testing FPGA interconnect by reconfiguring it during the test. Simple additions are made to create feedback shift register structures, which considerably reduce the number of test configurations for the switching matrix interconnect. This new testing architecture reduces switching matrix test time by 66% and the diagnosis time by 72%. The additions are transparent to the users both in terms of speed and functionality.
Windows 98 Optimizing and Troubleshooting Little Black Book: The Hands-on Reference Guide
Authors: Mark L. Chambers
Venue:  (1998)

:Explains the essential ins and outs of Windows 98 subsystems for desktop users or network administrators migrating to a new Windows operating system, as well as a new level of Windows usability. Shows how to fine tune Windows 98 to deliver the fastest possible modem speeds, disk access, and graphics display without spending extra money on third-party software. Demonstrates how to optimize and troubleshoot Windows 98 subsystems, such as file I/O, startup options, disk compression, virtual memory, TCP/IP and data communications, graphics and video, sound, printing, security, and Internet Explorer integration. Organizes clear overviews, practical projects, and reference information in a quick and easy to use format. Excels as the only compact reference guide on the market specifically for troubleshooting and optimizing Windows 98. Delivers the critical core information that a system administrator or poweruser requires; no fluff, no wasted time. Focuses on the inside intelligence for this year's hottest-selling operating system. Details the issue of system modification for the growing number of professionals who require a higher level of Windows 98 usability. Focuses on modifying Windows 98 default operations and boosting system performance.
General purpose problem solving using simulated human judgement
Authors: Cathy Jo Thompson Linn
Venue: Proceedings of the 16th annual Southeast regional conference (1978)

This paper presents an alternative or possible addition to techniques used in general purpose problem solvers. A technique described by Jeffrey and Ossorio to simulate human judgment is applied to general problem solving. Human judgments on the degree to which objects are important to processes, (solution methods,) are factor analyzed and formed into a judgment space of orthogonal vectors. This space is consulted to choose a solution method based on the attributes of the available objects. The result is a system which decides "how" to solve a problem in much the same way a person would.
Unauthorized Windows 95: A Programmer's Guide to Exploring the Foundations of Chicago with Disk
Authors: Andrew Schulman
Venue:  (1994)

:Only renowned Windows guru Andrew Schulman could deliver the authoritative, in-depth look at Windows 95 you'll find in Unauthorized Windows 95: A Developer's Guide to Exploring the Foundations of Windows. From its origins under the code name "Chicago" to its present position as one of the most popular operating systems in use today, Unauthorized Windows 95 covers the whole Windows 95 story and gives answers to the questions most important to software and hardware developers: Has Windows 95 been written from the ground up? Does Windows 95 make DOS obsolete? Is Windows 95 a completely integrated operating system? Is the 32-bit kernel completely independent from the 16-bit kernel? How is Windows 95 different from Windows 3.11? How do VxDs make Windows a genuine operating system? Why is V86 Mode a form of protected mode?
Prolegomenon to a theory of teleogenetic systems
Authors: N. A. Coulter,  Jr.
Venue: Proceedings of the 6th annual Southeastern regional meeting of the Association for Computing Machinery and national meeting of Biomedical Computing - Volume 1 (1967)

Most Engineering control systems developed to date are goal-seeking mechanism. The goals sought, however, are either fixed by design or assigned by input command, even for adaptive (self-optimalizing) systems and automata that learn. Living organisms exhibit a higher capability: they can generate their own goals.In this paper a preliminary report is presented of a theory of teleogenetic systems -- systems which can generate their own goals. The theory is being developed with the help of computer simulation of a prototype teleoid, using a Laboratory Instrument Computer (LINC). It is hoped that the theory will provide new modes of explanation of psychiatric disorders, and that it may lead to computer simulation of neurotic and psychotic processes.
Average case analysis for batched disk scheduling and increasing subsequences
Authors: E. Bachmat
Venue: Proceedings of the thiry-fourth annual ACM symposium on Theory of computing (2002)

(MATH) We consider the problem of estimating the tour length and finding approximation algorithms for the asymmetric traveling salesman problem arising from the disk scheduling problem. Given N requests, we show that if the seek function has positive derivative at 0 the tour length is concentrated in probability around the value Cf,pN1/2 for an explicit constant Cf,p dependent on the seek function and the distribution of requests. For linear seek function we provide even tighter bounds and provide an O(Nlog(N)) time algorithm for finding the optimal tour. The proof uses several results on the size and location of maximal increasing subsequences. To handle more general seek functions we introduce a more general concept of increasing subsequences. we provide order of magnitude estimates on the tour length for a wide class of seek functions with vanishing derivative at 0. For general seek functions we use some geometric information on the location of maximal generalized increasing subsequences obtained via Talagrand's isoperimetric inequalities to produce a probabilistic 1+&egr; approximation algorithm. These results complement the results on guaranteed approximation algorithms for this problem presented in [2].
Official Internet World Net Profit: Expanding Your Business Using the Internet
Authors: Joel Maloff
Venue:  (1995)

:There are plenty of books that tell you how to make Web pages, but few to tell you how to make money from Web pages. Now, with Internet World net.profit: Expanding Your Business Using the Internet, there's finally an authoritative guide that looks beyond the razzle-dazzle technology and media hype to show you how the Internet can help you grow your business -- and how it can't. Author Joel Maloff is your private business consultant, offering insider's tips on the business models that have worked, haven't worked, and might work. Before you radically reengineer your company, be sure to read Internet World net.profit: Expanding Your Business Using the Internet.
WebMaster Strategies
Authors: Michael Sullivan-Trainor
Venue:  (1996)

:Offering a clear-headed perspective of the Web, with all of its potential and pitfalls, this book draws on industry research and on in-depth interviews with the business and technology professionals pioneering in the Internet and World Wide Web right now. It summarizes teh key ingredients of successful Webmastering, catalogs needed skills, and proposes strategies to training. 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
Authoring transformations by direct manipulation for adaptable multimedia presentations
Authors: Lionel Villard
Venue: Proceedings of the 2001 ACM Symposium on Document engineering (2001)

In this paper, we present a method for authoring generic and adaptable multimedia presentations. This method relies on document transformations. For the currently available tools, designing the XML content and the transformation sheets is a tedious and error prone experience. We propose a framework based on an incremental transformation process. Incremental transformation processors represent a better alternative to help in the design of both the content and the transformation sheets. We believe that such authoring tools are a first step toward fully interactive transformation-based authoring environments. In this paper, we focus on the authoring of transformation sheets by direct manipulation. In particular, we study the authoring of transformations for the XSLT language defined at the World Wide Web Consortium.
The Complete PC Upgrade and Maintenance Guide, 4th edition
Authors: Mark Minasi
Venue:  (1995)

:The Complete PC Upgrade and Maintenance Guide is a problem-solving wonder. In simple, easy-to-follow language, it shows you how to prevent disasters, fix the ones that occur, and maximize your PC's power and longevity. Based on author Mark Minasi's popular seminars, this book is an unbelievable valuefor only $59.99 U.S., it teaches you everything you need to know to meet your PC challenges. Coverage includes: Preventing hardware disasters Installing new components Upgrading memory Replacing power supplies Installing EIDE hard drives Adding SCSI ports and devices Partitioning and formatting EIDE and SCSI drives Protecting your PC from viruses Solving data backup challenges Adding and repairing removable media devices CD-ROMs, floppies, and others Troubleshooting printers Installing communications devices Upgrading mice and keyboards Installing video and sound cards Tackling networking issues Choosing a new PC Troubleshooting Internet connectivity problems Building your own PC Solving special laptop problems Featured on the CDs On the first CD, you'll find over one hour of instructional video in which PC expert Mark Minasi teaches you his field-proven upgrade and repair techniques. Based on his popular $800 seminars, these videos are a great resource and an unbeatable value. On the second CD, you get over 20 system tune-up and diagnostic toolsutilities that help you monitor and fine-tune your PC's performance, restrict access to important data, and recover quickly when disaster strikes.
Programming in FORTRAN 90: A First Course for Engineers and Scientists, 1st edition
Authors: I. M. Smith
Venue:  (1994)

:Fortran 90 is the most radical revision of this popular language, bringing it up to date with current thinking in programming language development. This excellent guide targets problem solving for engineers and scientists using the new features with emphasis on array handling and subroutine structures. Lists the differences between Fortran 90 and 77. Includes scores of exercises and substantial case histories with model solutions. The programs are available on the Internet by anonymous ftp.
Sams Teach Yourself Homesite 4 in 24 Hours with Cdrom, 1st edition
Authors: Ben Forta
Venue:  (1999)

:Sams Teach Yourself HomeSite 4 in 24 Hours shows you how to create, manage, and deploy web sites using HomeSite 4. Learn to take full advantage of the powerful HomeSite application. All of the tools are covered in detail, including the edit and browse views, tree views, site management tools, color palette and graphics tools, project management, application wizards, menus, toolbars, keyboard shortcuts, and customization options. This book provides tips and tricks available in version 4.0, straight from the people who wrote the product.
Teach Yourself REXX in 21 Days, 1st edition
Authors: William Schindler
Venue:  (1994)

:Arranged in an easy-to-follow format, users will become proficient with REXX in just 21 day-to-day lessons and will enjoy programming in the OS/2 environment.Covers basic programming concepts, REXXutil Functions, creating and manipulating workplace shell objects, and extending OS/2 applicationsProvides programming examples, helpful summaries, and dozens of exercisesTeaches users general programming fundamentals and how to better manage their OS/2 and mainframe systems 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
The state of the art in automating usability evaluation of user interfaces
Authors: Melody Y. Ivory, Marti A Hearst
Venue: ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR) (2001)

Usability evaluation is an increasingly important part of the user interface design process. However, usability evaluation can be expensive in terms of time and human resources, and automation is therefore a promising way to augment existing approaches. This article presents an extensive survey of usability evaluation methods, organized according to a new taxonomy that emphasizes the role of automation. The survey analyzes existing techniques, identifies which aspects of usability evaluation automation are likely to be of use in future research, and suggests new ways to expand existing approaches to better support usability evaluation.
Sparse and limited wavelength conversion in all-optical tree networks
Authors: Vincenzo Auletta, Ioannis Caragiannis, Luisa Gargano, Christos Kaklamanis, Pino Persiano
Venue: Theoretical Computer Science (2001)

We study the problem of assigning a minimum number of colors to directed paths (dipaths) if a tree, so that any two dipaths that share a directed edge of the tree are not assigned the same color. The problem has applications to wavelength routing in WDM all-optical tree networks, an important engineering problem. Dipaths represent communication requests, while colors correspond to wavelengths that must be assigned to requests so that multiple users can communicate simultaneously through the same optical fiber. Recent work on wavelength routing in trees has studied a special class of algorithms which are called greedy. Although these algorithms are simple and implementable in a distributed setting, it has been proved that there are cases where a bandwidth utilization of 100% is not possible. Thus, in this work, we relax the constraints of the original engineering problem and use devices called wavelength converters that are able to convert the wavelength assigned to a segment of a communication request to another wavelength that will be assigned to some other segment of the same request. The trade-off of the use of wavelength converters is increased cost and complexity; so, our aim is to use converters that have relatively simple functionality. We study the performance of greedy deterministic algorithms in tree-shaped all-optical networks that support wavelength conversion. We study both the case of sparse conversion and limited conversion. By sparse we mean that converters have full conversion capabilities and the objective is to minimize the number of converters employed. On the other hand, in limited conversion, we assume that converters with limited conversion capabilities are placed at each non-leaf node of the tree. By limited, we mean that converters are simple according to either their wavelength degree or their size. Our results show that using converters of either low degree or small size, we can beat the known lower bounds and improve bandwidth utilization. In some cases we even achieve optimal bandwidth utilization. For the construction of the converters, we use special classes of graphs such as expanders, dispersers and depth-two superconcentrators. Explicit constructions are known for most of the graphs used in this paper. Copyright 2001 Elsevier Science B.V.
Scanning: Your Personal Consultant
Authors: Jonathan Hornstein
Venue:  (1995)

:Everyone who starts to use a scanner quickly learns that it's not as simple as it seems. For people who need to produce good-quality scans in short order, former MacWEEK digital pre-press manager Jonathan Hornstein tackles all the tough issues in a solution-oriented format that guarantees quick results. 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
Microsoft Outlook 2000 Step by Step with CD-ROM, 1st edition
Authors: CORPORATE Catapult Inc
Venue:  (1999)

:This guide instructs the beginning to advance user on getting the most out of this powerful information tool. The personal training system offers easy-to-follow lessons that include clear objectives and real-world business examples. The CD-ROM contains movie-style demonstrations of key procedures.
Complete PC Upgrade and Maintenance Guide, with 2 CD's, 7th edition
Authors: Mark Minasi
Venue:  (1996)

:In simple, easy-to-follow language, this book shows you how to prevent disasters and fix them when they occur. Based on Minasi's popular world-wide PC upgrade and repair seminars, here he gives a PC owner or support person all they need to know to handle 99% of their PC problems. The CDs contain installation procedures and information on hwo to successfully upgrade and maintain your computer.
Distributed probabilistic polling and applications to proportionate agreement
Authors: Yehuda Hassin, David Peleg
Venue: Information and Computation (2002)

This paper considers a probabilistic local polling process, examines its properties, and proposes its use in the context of distributed network protocols for achieving consensus. The resulting consensus algorithm is very simple and lightweight, yet it enjoys some desirable properties, such as proportionate agreement (namely, reaching a consensus value of one with probability proportional to the number of ones in the inputs), resilience against dynamic link failures and recoveries, and (weak) self-stabilization. The paper also investigates the maximum influence of small sets and establishes results analogous to those obtained for the problem in the deterministic polling model. 2001 Elsevier Science
Quality Information Systems
Authors: Fatemeh Zahedi
Venue:  (1995)

:With Quality Information Systems, Fatemeh Zahedi cuts through the haze and hype too often found in generic texts on quality. With the precision, thoroughness, and impeccable qualitative orientation demanded from today's information systems professionals, Dr. Zahedi explains quality concepts, how to design them into systems, and how to measure their effectiveness, from inside the ever-more complex and competitive real-world of decision information systems.
Developing PowerBuilder 3 Applications, 2nd edition
Authors: Bill Hatfield
Venue:  (1994)

:If you want to develop practical, productive applications using PowerBuilder 3, this updated, hands-on tutorial is for you. Developing PowerBuilder 3 Applications, Bestseller Edition, provides you with a practical overview of database creation, application/database interfacing, and user interface design. Using step-by-step instructions and examples, you'll learn how to create and customize a Data Window, explore data security and integrity, customize the environment, discover the PowerScript language, and find out how to debug your system. In addition, you'll master all the techniques you need to build successful client/server applications. Developing PowerBuilder 3 Applications, Bestseller Edition - updated and expanded to provide you with the latest information on this popular client/server development tool!
Using the Internet, Online Services and CD-ROMs for Writing Research and Term Papers, 2nd edition
Authors: Charles Harmon
Venue:  (2000)

:Here is a completely revised and expanded edition of the acclaimed 1996 guide that does for electronic resources what Turabian does for print. Particularly helpful for high school and first year college students, the handbook explains how to utilize online library catalogs, the most commonly available indexes and databases (in print, CD-ROM, online, and Web-accessible formats), electronic encyclopedias, Web search engines, and commercial online information services (like AOL). Tips are provided for note-taking (including electronic note-taking), printing from electronic resources, and Web browsing. A chapter on citing electronic resources (using both APA and MLA styles) and two model research papers round out this practical book which can serve as a ready-reference tool, a circulating research guide, or as the perfect text for an introductory research course. 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
Performance of Computer Communication Systems: A Model-Based Approach
Authors: Boudewijn R. Haverkort
Venue:  (1998)

:Written by an internationally renowned expert in computer communications systems engineering, this title is the first book to cover all major techniques of performance evaluation of computer communication systems, including assessment techniques for single server queues, networks of queues and stochastic Petri nets.
Security in mobile agent system: problems and approaches
Authors: Yang Kun, Guo Xin, Liu Dayou
Venue: ACM SIGOPS Operating Systems Review (2000)

Despite its many practical benefits, mobile agent technology results in significant new security threats from both malicious agents and hosts. This paper investigates the problems and approaches of mobile agent system, which shows that bi-directional and layered security model may be a good idea to resolve the security problems in mobile agent systems. Other topics about mobile agent security, such as constrained execution and virus detection, are also discussed.
Complete Idiot's Guide to 1-2-3, 2nd edition
Authors: Peter G. Aitken
Venue:  (1994)

:Just the information novice 1-2-3 users need to know presented in a slightly offbeat and entertaining style that takes the anxiety out of computing.Easy steps teach readers to make effective databases, design graphs, and analyze informationSpecial Oops! and E-Z tips show readers the quickest way to undo a mistake or the easiest way to accomplish a taskIncludes a full-color tear-out reference card for quick access to important information