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An experiment in MIS instruction
Authors: James Mills
Venue: Proceedings of the 14th annual Southeast regional conference (1976)

What would you do if an instructor were to walk into your class and say this semester is yours do with it as you please? That is, in essence what Dr. T. L. Honeycutt of N. C. State University did with his Management Informations Systems class last fall, and this paper explains what we did. We decided to form a Computer Services group and this paper explains the organization that we used, the problems we encountered, and how we coped with these problems. It also evaluates the successes and failures of the experiment, and the benefits by all people involved.
Deconstructing Web Graphics.2: Web Design Case Studies and Tutorials, 2nd edition
Authors: Lynda Weinman
Venue:  (1998)

:Deconstructing Web Graphics.2 profiles top web designers and programmers in order to demystify and analyze how they make decisions, solve complex issues, and create exceptional web sites. The book uses a "case-study" approach, which shows real-world problems and solutions in the context of real projects. In-depth profiles of successful web designers, programmers, photographers, and illustrators offer a forum where these talented individuals can share their tips, techniques, and recommendations.
Information Acumen: The Understanding and Use of Knowledge in Modern Business
Authors: Lisa Bud-Frierman
Venue:  (1994)

:The present period has been called the Information Age. Until now, however, historians have by and large passed over the use and generation of business information. This wide-ranging book provides a new historical perspective by drawing upon concepts and models from economics, business and economic history, management studies, and the sociology and history of science. It will make an important contribution to our understanding of the role of information in business strategies and industrial policy, and marks a step towards a more sophisticated evaluation of information management styles past and present. The authors, distinguished scholars from several European countries, the USA and Japan, explore the 'information society' through focusing on ideas about the meaning and the economic function of business information. Theories of scientific management, the effect of organizational structures and the spread of ideas are studied historically and in contemporary situations throughout the world. At a time when efficient information use is expected to give particular competitive advantage to firms, this book will be of special interest to all those responsible for the use of information in large organizations as well as to scholars, including historians, economists, sociologists and management scientists.
dBASE 5 for Windows for Dummies: Quick Reference
Authors: Stuart J. Stuple
Venue:  (1994)

:When you're working with dBASE, you don't want to waste time looking up how to use the database application's myriad powerful features. With dBASE 5 For Windows For Dummies Quick Reference, you don't have to: All the commands and all the keyboard shortcuts are at your fingertips, along with real-world examples that show dBASE in action. Plus, for those times when you need in-depth coverage of any dBASE topic, dBASE 5 For Windows For Dummies Quick Reference features cross references to dBASE&reg; For Windows&reg; For Dummies&reg;.
Dynamic PhotoShop
Authors: Daniel Giordan
Venue:  (1997)

:Go beyond the basic applications for Photoshops varied features and learn how to create sophisticated, high-concept designs with Dynamic Photoshop&reg;. Digital artist Daniel Giordan doesnt just review how to use Photoshops various palettes, menus, and commands -- he explains why and when you should use them. Dynamic Photoshop goes deep into the heart of this powerful program, describing in great detail the intricacies and hidden capabilities of layers, selections, filters, and masks. The book also includes instruction on optimizing graphics for the World Wide Web as well as helpful step-by-step directions for creating breathtaking effects.
Unstructured agent matchmaking: experiments in timing and fuzzy matching
Authors: Elth Ogston, Stamatis Vassiliadis
Venue: Proceedings of the 2002 ACM symposium on Applied computing (2002)

We investigate distributed matchmaking within an multi-agent system in which agents communicate in a peer-to-peer fashion with a limited set of neighbors. We compare the performance of a system with synchronized time to that of systems using several different models of continuous time. We find little difference between the two, indicating that the ordering of events does not play a part in computation. We also compare a system in which matches are made deterministically between discrete task categories to one in which task matches are made non-deterministically between continuous task categories. We consider several possible matching functions and show that their support is proportional to the spread of categories tolerable. This holds for matching probabilities as low as 0.01. We further show that the matching function's 'height' relates to the speed at which the system finds matches. For instance, we show that for a triangular matching function, doubling the probability of each service matching results in about a 1.6 times speedup.
Buffer block planning for interconnect planning and prediction
Authors: Jason Cong, Tianming Kong, Zhigang (David) Pan
Venue: IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems (2001)

This paper studies buffer block planning (BBP) for interconnect planning and prediction in deep submicron designs. We first introduce the concept of feasible region for buffer insertion, and derive its closed-form formula. We observe that the feasible region for a buffer is quite large in general even under fairly tight delay constraint. Therefore, it gives us a lot of flexibility to plan for buffer locations. We then develop an effective BBP algorithm to perform buffr clustering such that design objectives such as overall chip area and the number of buffer blocks can be minimized. Effective BBP can plan and predict system-level interconnect by construction, so that accurate interconnect information can be used in early design stages to ensure design closure.
Clip Art Smart: How to Choose and Use the Best Digital Clip Art
Authors: Molly W. Joss
Venue:  (1997)

:In "Clip Art Smart" graphic design writer Molly Joss shows how clip art spruces up even the dullest documents, including newsletters, brochures, and reports. Informative, entertaining sidebars explore the history of clip art, from woodcuts to cartoons.
The Medical Manager: Managed Care System Student Edition version 8.10 Computerized Practice Management Includes Student Template Disk, 1st edition
Authors: Richard Gartee
Venue:  (1999)

:This managed care learning system introduces learners to The Medical Manager, Managed Care System, the best-selling commercial computerized medical office management system. The text and accompanying data disk provide learners with opportunities to apply what is learned. Each section builds step-by-step on the knowledge gained from the previous unit.(medical assisting, multimedia, administration, medical manager) ALSO AVAILABLE - INSTRUCTOR SUPPLEMENTS Managed Care System, v.8.1, Instructor's Manual ISBN: 0-8273-8407-6 Managed Care System Educational Software, v. 8.1 ISBN: 0-7668-0467-4 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
Methodologies of Using Neural Network and Fuzzy Logic Technologies for Motor Incipient Fault Detecti
Authors: Mo-Yuen Chow
Venue:  (1997)

:This book will introduce the necessary concepts of neural network and fuzzy logic, describe the advantages and challenges of using these technologies to solve motor fault detection problems, and discuss several design considerations and methodologies in applying these techniques to motor incipient fault detection.
Laminae-Based Feature Recognition
Authors: T. Lim, J. Corney, D. E.R. Clark
Venue: IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (2001)

Motivated by the needs of mould and die manufacturers, this paper presents a novel approach to recognizing shape features on geometric models composed of both simple and complex ruled surfaces. The algorithm described uses a network of adjacent 2D-laminae (i.e., bounded surfaces) derived from a component's CAD model to both locate and create generic protrusion and depression feature volumes. The approach also enables the automatic generation of alternative feature descriptions and requires no predefined feature libraries.
Microsoft Pocket Guide to Microsoft PowerPoint 2000, 1st edition
Authors: Stephen L. Nelson
Venue:  (1999)

:PowerPoint 2000 was created to be the easiest tool to create presentations and to present to audiences in face-to-face meetings, in meetings conducted in remote locations, or on the Web. PowerPoint 2000 combines new ease-of-use features that speed users through presentation development, the ability to create Web-based presentations, and the ability to easily present to remote audiences. PowerPoint allows presenters to use the familiar presentation tools they already know to present and collaborate over the Web. The key focus for PowerPoint 2000 covers four main areas: Enable Web-centered information sharing. PowerPoint 2000 enables businesses to create and share presentations on the Web. Users can now work entirely in HTML file format or continue to use the same binary format as PowerPoint 97. Facilitate real-time collaboration. PowerPoint 2000 integrates two Microsoft technologies, the NetShow server and NetMeeting conferencing software, to enable users to collaborate over the network in real time. Take ease of use to the next level. New features such as Tri-Pane View, Tables, AutoFit Text, and AutoFormat As You Type enable users to get more work done with noticeably less effort. Support international users. PowerPoint 2000 provides one single code base for all worldwide users, making it as easy to use multiple language versions of PowerPoint as it is to use one. For example, proofing tools and other language-dependent functions work as well when the user is creating documents in more than one language as they do in a monolingual document. Hot New Features: Tri-Pane View. PowerPoint 2000 combines slides, outlines, and notes into one view. This makes it easy to perform many actions, including adding new slides, editing text, entering notes while creating a presentation, and navigating while editing. AutoFit Text. In Microsoft PowerPoint 2000, text is automatically resized to fit into a place holder so that it doesn't "fall off" the slide. AutoFit changes the line spacing, then the font size-and then both-to make the text fit, so users don't have to make such changes manually. Laptop Integration. PowerPoint 2000 disables Windows screensavers and the laptop's low-power screen mode during presentations, preventing unexpected interruptions. Native Tables. PowerPoint 2000 can create tables without using Word or Excel in place. PowerPoint tables are composed of OfficeArt shapes and behave like tables in Word, making them easy to edit and consistent with styles and themes. Graphic and AutoNumber Bullets. Any graphic can be used as a bullet in PowerPoint 2000, and numbered bullets will automatically adjust their order in a logical sequence. 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
Parallel, Pipelined and Folded Architectures for Computation of 1-D and 2-D DCT in Image and Video Codec
Authors: Shen-Fu Hsiao, Jian-Ming Tseng
Venue: Journal of VLSI Signal Processing Systems (2001)

Several parallel, pipelined and folded architectures with different throughput rates are presented for computation of DCT, one of the fundamental operations in image/video coding. This paper begins with a new decomposition algorithm for the 1-D DCT coefficient matrix. Then the 2-D DCT problem is converted into the corresponding 1-D counterpart through a regular index mapping technique. Afterward, depending on the trade-off between hardware complexity and speed performance, the derived decomposition algorithm is transformed into different parallel-pipelined and folded architectures that realize the butterfly operations and the post-processing operations. Compared to other DCT processor, our proposed parallel-pipelined architectures, without any intermediate transpose memory, have the features of modularity, regularity, locality, scalability, and pipelinability, with arithmetic hardware cost proportional to the logarithm of the transform length.
CGI Programming with Tcl with Cdrom
Authors: David Maggiano
Venue:  (1999)

:The Common Gateway Interface (CGI) is an essential technology for the development of interactive Web pages. This rapidly growing field is one of the hottest areas of Internet development, and the Tool Command Language (Tcl) is ideally suited for all aspects of CGI development. Although Perl is currently the most popular language for CGI development, Tcl is an ideal development environment. Tcl's rich set of string manipulation commands and well-defined syntax greatly facilitate the dynamic creation of HTML documents, a key aspect of CGI programming. In addition to raw power, many extensions, such as Expect, make the Tcl environment ideal for complex scripting tasks, such as automating telnet or ftp sites from inside a Web page interface. CGI Programming with Tcl illustrates the many advantages Tcl holds for CGI programmers and demonstrates how to create powerful CGI applications. This book presents a series of increasingly sophisticated applications, beginning with a simple Hello World application and culminating in Web-based interfaces to back-end databases such as Oracle. Through these examples, you will learn Tcl programming essentials and valuable CGI programming techniques. Specific topics covered include: A complete review of the CGI specification How to build and process HTML forms Debugging your CGI programs Processing form data with CGI programs Server Side Includesallows you to embed commands inside your HTML files Accessing databases built entirely with Tcl Image mapscreating clickable images for navigating links Magic cookies and the privacy issues surrounding them Using OraTclto provide an interface to an Oracle database Using the Tcl browser plug-in to run code inside your browser Using Tcl's socket support for building a Web-based client/server chat room An experienced programmer unfamiliar with Tcl can learn the language by reading this must-have reference. Tcl's straightforward syntax and similarity to C make it possible for any programmer to work through the examples. Furthermore, Appendix C provides a Tcl reference. The accompanying CD-ROM contains complete source code for all the examples in the book, as well as a CGI library that makes it easy to generate CGI programs that dynamically produce HTML Web pages. 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
Windows Interface Guidelines for Software Design, 1st edition
Authors: Microsoft
Venue:  (1995)

:Here are the Microsoft guidelines for creating well-designed, visually and functionally consistent user interfaces for applications that run on the Microsoft Windows operating system. The Windows Interface Guidelines for Software Design is an essential handbook for all programmers and designers working with the latest release of Windows, regardless of experience level or development tools used. This book covers the basic principles of user interface design and design methodologies and specifies how data-centered concepts such as objects and properties can be applied to interface design. It includes detailed information on mouse, keyboard, and pen interaction and on how to use the common interface elements supplied by the system. This book also includes information about special considerations such as network computing, international users, and users with disabilities.
America Calling: A Social History of the Telephone to 1940
Authors: Claude S. Fischer
Venue:  (1994)

:The telephone looms large in our lives, as ever present in modern societies as cars and television. Claude Fischer presents the first social history of this vital but little-studied technologyhow we encountered, tested, and ultimately embraced it with enthusiasm. Using telephone ads, oral histories, telephone industry correspondence, and statistical data, Fischer's work is a colorful exploration of how, when, and why Americans started communicating in this radically new manner. Studying three California communities, Fischer uncovers how the telephone became integrated into the private worlds and community activities of average Americans in the first decades of this century. Women were especially avid in their use, a phenomenon which the industry first vigorously discouraged and then later wholeheartedly promoted. Again and again Fischer finds that the telephone supported a wide-ranging network of social relations and played a crucial role in community life, especially for women, from organizing children's relationships and church activities to alleviating the loneliness and boredom of rural life. Deftly written and meticulously researched, America Calling adds an important new chapter to the social history of our nation and illuminates a fundamental aspect of cultural modernism that is integral to contemporary life.Author Biography: Claude S. Fischer is Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley, and the author of To Dwell among Fris: Personal Networks in Town and City (1982) and The Urban Experience (1984).
High Performance Oracle Database Automation with Cdrom, 10th edition
Authors: Jonathan Ingram
Venue:  (1997)

:Whether you're a new or experienced Oracle database application developer, you'll appreciate the insights of this book on using the advanced features of SQL*Plus and PL/SQL to speed development time, reduce maintenance costs and debugging time, and improve the overall reliability of your database applications.
Peter Norton's Computing Fundamentals, 3rd edition
Authors: Peter Norton
Venue:  (1999)

:The result of this approach is students who become empowered, intelligent end-users and who fully prepared to tackle today's information society. 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 Complete CL: The Definitive Control Language Programming Guide, 2nd edition
Authors: Ernie Malaga
Venue:  (1995)

:Mastering CL is a little like mastering chess...you can always earn something new! Since you work with CL every day, why settle for just enough knowledge to get by? You owe it to yourself (and to your organization) to increase your working knowledge of this important language. Author Ernie Malaga gives you real-world CL solutions to the kinds of problems you face every day. With the expertise you'll gain from Complete CL, you'll be able to do things that other programmers simply can't.
Top-Down Network Design
Authors: Priscilla Oppenheimer
Venue:  (1998)

:Top-Down Network Design is a practical and comprehensive guide to designing enterprise networks that are reliable, secure, and manageable. Using illustrations and real-world examples, it teaches a systematic method for network design that can be applied to campus LANs, remote-access networks, WAN links, and large-scale internetworks.
Algorithms and Data Structures: Design, Correctness, Analysis, 2nd edition
Authors: Jeffrey H. Kingston
Venue:  (1997)

:Features Consistent use of state-of-the-art techniques throughout, including object-oriented programming Topics have been carefully selected to ensure that they are of real practical importance and presented in a logical sequence Features complete and carefully tested Eiffel implementations with many attractive examples, diagrams and exercises.
The Concept of Intelligence: A Philosophical Analysis, 1st edition
Authors: Ira Ira Altman
Venue:  (1997)

:This book is about the concept of intelligence which derives virtually all of its significance from an occurrence use of mental conduct adverbs. But an occurrence or episodic use of mental concepts does not open the way toward viewing mental events as "ghostly processes," for as far as the concept of intelligence is concerned, the occurrences are publicly observable; the significance of "intelligence" is predicted on outward criteria. "The Concept of Intelligence" provides an episodic rather than a dispositional analysis, while at the same time, agreeing that intelligence has "outer criteria" of meaning. It reinforces the "nature" as opposed to the "nurture" side of the popular debate on intelligence by showing what the concept signifies in ordinary language, and so, dovetails with the controversial "The Bell Curve&agrave;". "The book is intended for courses in the philosophy of mind, philosophical psychology, cognitive science, analytic philosophy, psychology, psychometrics, and artificial intelligence.Author Biography: Ira Altman is Adjunct Professor of Philosophy at Queensborough Community College, Touro College, and Suffolk Community College, all in New York. 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
Software Verification and Validation: A Practitioner's Guide, 1st edition
Authors: Steven R. Rakitin
Venue:  (1997)

:If you're a software quality professional, but lack formal training in software quality assurance, this practical reference will fill in the gaps. Based on the principles of continuous process improvement, this book offers practical solutions for performing verification and validation tasks throughout the entire software development life cycle. This logically organized book supplies common-sense techniques and up-to-date information that helps your organization produce higher quality software. You learn, for example:  The pros and cons of various software development lifecycle models  The software inspection process and how to apply it  The fundamentals of configuration management  Methods for improving the effectiveness of testing  Techniques for applying measurements to V&V activities  The basics of using software reliability growth modeling Focused on practical solutions rather than theory, this book provides models of written processes for software development and inspection along with outlines of several software related documents. Adding to its value as a hands-on reference, the book also includes an extensive collection of appendices including a model of a written process for software development, along with outlines of software-related documents. A process for conducting software inspections is also provided along with example checklists which can be used to conduct requirements, design, code (C and C++), and test inspections. Software Verification and Validation: A Practitioner's Guide is a practical reference for software quality professionals, project managers and engineers who are responsiblefor quality assurance, and can be used as a basic text for introductory undergraduate courses.