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Tracking immediate predecessors in distributed computations
Authors: Emmanuelle Anceaume, Jean-Michel Hélary, Michel Raynal
Venue: Proceedings of the fourteenth annual ACM symposium on Parallel algorithms and architectures (2002)

A distributed computation is usually modeled as a partially ordered set of relevant events (the relevant events are a subset of the primitive events produced by the computation). An important causality-related distributed computing problem, that we call the Immediate Predecessors Tracking (IPT) problem, consists in associating with each relevant event, on the fly and without using additional control messages, the set of relevant events that are its immediate predecessors in the partial order. So, IPT is the on-the-fly computation of the transitive reduction (i.e., Hasse diagram) of the causality relation defined by a distributed computation. This paper addresses the IPT problem: it presents a family of protocols that provides each relevant event with a timestamp that exactly identifies its immediate predecessors. The family is defined by a general condition that allows application messages to piggyback control information whose size can be smaller than $n$ (the number of processes). In that sense, this family defines message size-efficient IPT protocols. According to the way the general condition is implemented, different IPT protocols can be obtained. Two of them are exhibited.
Privacy of medical records: IT implications of HIPAA
Authors: David Baumer, Julia Brande Earp, Fay Cobb Payton
Venue: ACM SIGCAS Computers and Society (2000)

Increasingly, medical records are being stored in computer databases that allow for efficiencies in providing treatment and in the processing of clinical and financial services. Computerization of medical records has also diminished patient privacy and, in particular, has increased the potential for misuse, especially in the form of nonconsensual secondary use of personally identifiable records. Organizations that store and use medical records have had to establish security measures, prompted partially by an inconsistent patchwork of legal standards that vary from state to state. There is widespread appreciation among policy makers regarding the need for legal reform. The Health Information and Portability Accountability Act of 1996 mandated that the Administration develop regulations regarding the control of medical records. The Administration has offered regulations from the Department of Health and Human Services (Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information; Proposed Rule 45 CFR Parts 160 through 164). Survey data reveal what healthcare professionals who have access to sensitive medical records believe are the greatest threats to patients' privacy. The overlap between Administration proposals and the responses of healthcare professionals is striking.
Using Microsoft Office 97, 3rd Edition, 3rd edition
Authors: Ed Bott, Julia Kelly, Mary Sue Brown
Venue:  (1998)

:The key features of the content and approach of this book are: Coverage of Excel 97, Word 97, PowerPoint 97, and Outlook 97 Key integration issues between applications Customization of the Office suite Series Profile New visually appealing interior design that helps you quickly and easily find what you want. New and unique "also known as" indexing method, allows users to look-up topics even if they don't know the proper terminology. SideNotes provide, at a glance, additional information for tips, warnings, shortcuts, troubleshooting, or related notes. Expert authors that clearly and simply explain topics or tasks. The most appropriate level of information for immediate productivity, at a great value. In-depth cross-referencing enables readers to find related topics, all in one step.Microsoft Office 97 is the fastest selling application suite ever and the market for Office books continues to expandNew and unique "also known as" indexing method allows the reader to find any information on any of the applications faster than everWritten by an industry recognized author, specializing in Office and Windows 95 consulting
Ten Minute Guide to WordPerfect 6.1 for Windows, 2nd edition
Authors: Debbie Walkowski, Faithe Wempen
Venue:  (1993)

:This updated version provides users the quick and easy answers to the most recent WordPerfect for Windows features.Presents information in straightforward mini-tutorial lessons, promoting success with each operation in 10 minutes or lessProvides Plain English definitions for unfamiliar WordPerfect for Windows terms and Panic Button troubleshooting adviceExplains how to manage WordPerfect features such as tables, styles, and spreadsheets
Interactive sculpting with implicit surfaces
Authors: Marie-Paule Cani
Venue: Proceedings of the seventh ACM symposium on Solid modeling and applications (2002)

Providing the user with an intuitive sculpting system similar to real clay is one of the most challenging long term goals in interactive modeling. The user should ideally be able to deform, add and remove material, with no restriction on the geometry and topological genius of the solid being edited. Implicit surfaces, defined as iso-surfaces of scalar fields, are a very attractive model in such situations. This talk reviews two alternative implicit representations, the constructive approach versus sampled fields, and discusses their convenience for modeling virtual clay. An implicit sculpting system which incorporates force feedback and relies on multiresolution to accelerate editing is presented.
Architecture and CAD for Deep-Submicron FPGAs
Authors: Vaughn Betz, Jonathan Rose, Alexander Marquardt
Venue:  (1999)

:Architecture and CAD for Deep-Submicron FPGAs addresses several key issues in the design of high-performance FPGA architectures and CAD tools, with particular emphasis on issues that are important for FPGAs implemented in deep-submicron processes. Three factors combine to determine the performance of an FPGA: the quality of the CAD tools used to map circuits into the FPGA, the quality of the FPGA architecture, and the electrical (i.e. transistor-level) design of the FPGA. Architecture and CAD for Deep-Submicron FPGAs examines all three of these issues in concert.
A one-way packet communication channel with retransmissions
Authors: Boris Davidson, Charles Bostian
Venue: ACM SIGMOBILE Mobile Computing and Communications Review (1998)

The goal of any strategy used to share a communication link is to provide a maximally reliable channel for the greatest possible number of users. It is of particular interest to have an efficient method of resource sharing for one-way communication channels. This paper concerns an application in which a large population of users transmits on a common radio channel to a single central receiver. The channel provides for no return path indicating successful reception. Each user makes an initial transmission, and then the message is repeated some number of times. A technique with retransmissions that increases the probability of successful one-way message transmission is proposed, its theory is formulated, and the results are analyzed and discussed. This technique presents a method for achieving certain throughput on a one-way packet transmission channel with anticipated traffic loading by trading off between various channel parameters. In addition, a computer simulation is performed verifying the developed channel model, and its confidence intervals are determined.
Setting up an Internet Site for Dummies, 3rd edition
Authors: Jason Coombs, Ted Coombs, Idg Books, Rhonda Crowder, Adg Books, David A. Crowder
Venue:  (1998)

:Be the envy of your virtual block with a great-looking Web site that works as good as it looks! From creating simple Web pages to using CGI add-ons and making your own mailing lists, Setting Up An Internet Site For Dummies, 3rd Edition, is the only tool you'll need to become a savvy site builder. Don't be confused by chaotic claptrap -- let this down-to-earth reference get you on your way to creating a well-built Web site. Inside, find helpful advice on how to Explore the fundamentals of setting up an Internet site Register your Internet domain name Enhance your World Wide Web site Create a secure environment for Internet commerce Explore your options with virtual servers Unleash the real power of the Internet and be heard around the world Publish information by using the latest technology Prepare yourself and your company for the Internet of tomorrow
Methods and Tools for Applied Artificial Intelligence
Authors: Dobrivoje Popovic, Vijay P. Bhatkar
Venue:  (1994)

:This outstanding reference provides a comprehensive and coherent introduction to the expanding field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) - explaining how knowledge-based systems are built, what tools and technologies are relevant and available, and how to employ them in specific application situations. Paying special attention to the applied aspects of AI, Methods and Tools for Applied Artificial Intelligence introduces the fascinating field of AI, its scope and contents, its historical evolution, and its current usage . . . discusses the various methods of knowledge representation, including languages needed for their implementation . . . addresses the problems existing within the process of knowledge acquisition and maintenance and includes methods and tools for their solutions . . . covers the formal methods of reasoning . . . reviews numerous techniques for machine learning . . . describes how to formulate, represent, and solve a problem using well-known problem-solving methods and search techniques . . . offers a guided tour of AI programming languages such as LISP, PROLOG, OPS-5, and Smalltalk as well as shells and development environments available for building knowledge-based systems . . . and more.
Exterior stokes flows with stick-slip boundary conditions
Authors: D. Palaniappan, Prabir Daripa
Venue: Zeitschrift f&uuml;r Angewandte Mathematik und Physik (ZAMP) (2002)

Steady two-dimensional creeping flows induced by line singularities in the presence of an infinitely long circular cylinder with stick-slip boundary conditions are examined. The singularities considered here include a rotlet, a potential source and a stokeslet located outside a cylinder and lying in a plane containing the cylinder axis. The general exterior boundary value problem is formulated and solved in terms of a stream function by making use of the Fourier expansion method. The solutions for various singularity driven flows in the presence of a cylinder are derived from the general results. The stream function representation of the solutions involves a definite integral whose evaluation depends on a non-dimensional slip parameter &#x03BB;1. For extremal values, &#x03BB;1 = 0 and &#x03BB;1 = 1, of the slip parameter our results reduce to solutions of boundary value problems with stick (no-slip) and perfect slip conditions, respectively.The slip parameter influences the flow patterns significantly. The plots of streamlines in each case show interesting flow patterns. In particular, in the case of a single rotlet/stokeslet (with axis along y-direction) flows, eddies are observed for various values of &#x03BB;1. The flow fields for a pair of singularities located on either side of the cylinder are also presented. In these flows, eddies of different sizes and shapes exist for various values of &#x03BB;1 and the singularity locations. Plots of the fluid velocity on the surface show locations of the stagnation points on the surface of the cylinder and their dependencies on &#x03BB;1 and singularity locations.
Recognition of three-dimensional objects from orthographic views
Authors: Gilles Lafue
Venue: ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics (1976)

This paper presents a program interpreting orthographic drawings input through a digitizing tablet into three-dimensional (3-D) objects. Ambiguity arises in such a task not only in the case of two views but also with three-view inputs, due to coinciding projections of vertices. The main effort consists in heuristically reducing this ambiguity. The general strategy is a bottom-up identification of the objects starting with the tablet-coordinates and aggregating them into vertices, then faces and finally polyhedra. The program does not contain any high level geometrical concepts or probable properties of 3-D objects but only some basic definitions of polyhedra (as expressed by Euler and Mobius). By applying these definitions to different parts of the scene to recognize, it defines local sets of alternatives and then chooses the right ones by running a mini theorem prover over these sets. A major issue in writing this program has been to limit the drawing constraints imposed on the user. In case that it gets blocked in the recognition process, however, the program can require the user's help.
Perpetual Contact
Authors: James Everett Katz, Mark Aakhus
Venue:  (2002)

:Mobile phones affect every aspect of our personal and professional lives. They have transformed social practices and changed the way we do business, yet surprisingly little serious academic work has been done on them. This book studies the impact of the mobile phone on contemporary society from a social scientific perspective. Providing a comprehensive overview of mobile phones and social interaction, it comprises an introduction covering the key issues, a series of unique national studies and a final section examining specific issues.
The Cyber Spellbook: Magick in the Virtual World
Authors: Sirona Knight, Patricia Telesco
Venue:  (2002)

:From creating virtual sacred space, to using your microwave and cellular phone for spellcasting this book is the ultimate hands-on companion for technowitches everywhere. Shows how to effectively marry all the magickal potential and powers of modern mechanical gadgetry with traditional metaphysical using humor, wisdom, and old-fashioned creativity. Designed specifically to bring yesterday's insights and modern wonders back into balance. Within these pages technology does not mean the loss of spirituality or a magickal focus. Rather, it becomes the focus! The book includes: cyber spells by theme (love, health, joy), user-friendly techno-focals, cyber dedications, virtual visualizations, proactive computer conjurings, directions on how to make an online Book of Shadows, and much, much more.
Microsoft Office 2000 Technical Support Training Kit
Authors: Microsoft Corporation
Venue:  (1999)

:Office 2000 Technical Support Training Kit addresses the objectives for a new MCP exam, Exam 70-090: Implementing and Supporting Office 2000 on Windows NT 4.0. The Kit covers the installation, deployment, and collaboration support of the various Office applications, as well as upgrading, web support, supporting remote users, and customizing Help. Office 2000 Technical Support Training Kit is designed both to train professionals in the skills they need to do their job and to assist them in passing the exam. END:
Microsoft Office 98: MacIntosh Basics, 1st edition
Authors: Patricia Murphy
Venue:  (2000)

:As part of our new BASICS series, this text is ideal for a lower-level course on Microsoft Office. Though introductory in nature, the text is comprehensive enough to cover the most popular features of word processing, spreadsheets, databases, and much more!
Multilevel Solutions for Structured Markov Chains
Authors: Peter Buchholz
Venue: SIAM Journal on Matrix Analysis and Applications (2000)

In this paper, a new analysis approach for continuous time Markov chains (CTMCs) with a multidimensional structure is introduced. The presented solution technique employs the multidimensional structure to define aggregated CTMCs that can be analyzed more efficiently. Generator matrices of aggregated CTMCs are described in a compact form by exploiting the Kronecker structure of the generator matrix of a structured CTMC. The solution of aggregated systems is used to improve the solution of the original system. This idea of a multilevel solution is motivated by multigrid methods, which are efficient solvers for partial differential equations. The technique can be combined with different iterative solution techniques. It usually improves the convergence of these techniques significantly. Numerical results are given to illustrate that the new solution technique allows the fast and accurate analysis of very large CTMCs.
Industrial Applications of Neural Networks, 1st edition
Authors: L. C. Jain, V. Rao Vemuri
Venue:  (1998)

:Industrial Applications of Neural Networks explores the success of neural networks in different areas of engineering endeavors. Each chapter shows how the power of neural networks can be exploited in modern engineering applications.
Jini: A Primer, 1st edition
Authors: James Jaworski, Jamie Jaworski, Adam Jaworski
Venue:  (2000)

:More than hype, "Jini: A Primer" explains the architecture of a Jini-enabled network and the protocols, services, and Java language extensions that Sun provides to make it work. Author James Jaworski shows how to write Jini code and how to design a simple Jini device. He includes a timesaving condensed and annotated version of the Jini specification with lists of key protocols, services, and APIs.
Implementing Microsoft Internet Information Server 4, 10th edition
Authors: John Paul Mueller
Venue:  (1997)

:Learn how to create and use ISAPI filters and extensions and set up security from a Windows NT standpoint, taking both ISAPI and ActiveX into account. The CD-ROM contains all source code from the book plus the EarthLink TotalAccess Internet connection package with Internet Explorer.
Artificial Neural Networks: Approximation and Learning Theory
Authors: Halbert White
Venue:  (1992)

:The recent re-emergence of network-based approaches to artificial intelligence has been accomplished by a virtual explosion of research. This research spans a range of disciplines - cognitive science, computer science, biology, neuroscience, electrical engineering, psychology, econometrics, philosophy, etc. - which is, perhaps, wider than any other contemporary endeavor. Of all the contributing disciplines the relatively universal language of mathematics provides some of the most powerful tools for answering fundamental questions about the capabilities and limitations of these 'artificial neural networks'. In this collection, Halbert White and his colleagues present a rigorous mathematical analysis of the approximation and learning capabilities of the leading class of single hidden layer feedforward networks. Drawing together work previously scattered in space and time, the book gives a unified view of network learning not available in any other single location, and forges fundamental links between network learning and modern mathematical statistics.
Visual representation of document-oriented information on the web
Authors: Dmitriy Zlobin, Alexei Roudometkine
Venue: Proceedings of the international conference on APL-Berlin-2000 conference (2000)

Ever increasing volumes of data motivate us to find new processing and storage methods for provide quick retrieval of information. Users of conventional text-based search engines have faced the problem of digging through thousands of hits returned from keyword searches. There are alternative ways of storing and searching document-related data; these techniques support more direct and simplified document searches guiding the user towards fewer but higher quality selections.One such method is known as WebSOM, Web Self-Organizing Maps, which are based on Kohonen's neural network approach and modern graphical user interfaces. We will show, through the use of APL with this and other methods of information analysis, how to visualize this type of search.
Braveheart: Strategy Guide
Authors: Mark Cohen, Prima Publishing
Venue:  (1999)

:Follow in the footsteps of Scottish hero William Wallace, taking on the might of the English army to gain your freedom! "Braveheart" combines real-time strategy with global management in a brutal reenactment of the war between sword-wielding Scottish clansman and expansionist English forces.
Planning Second Generation Automated Library Systems
Authors: Edwin M. Cortez, Tom Smorch
Venue:  (1993)

:This guide focuses on the implementation and management of second-generation automated library systems. It advances knowledge of the field by describing the "migration path" of library automated systems. Specifically, the book is intended to give practical directions in procuring a replacement library automated system. As such, the text reviews new approaches to library automation which rely on knowledge gained over the past two decades. In charting the procurement process, the book indicates how to migrate the library's database. It discusses state-of-the-art technology such as scanning and imaging devices, and provides descriptions and analyses of telecommunications and networking technology and issues.
The Numerical Range of Self-Adjoint Quadratic Matrix Polynomials
Authors: Peter Lancaster, Panayiotis Psarrakos
Venue: SIAM Journal on Matrix Analysis and Applications (2001)

Matrix polynomials of the form $P(\lambda)=I\lambda^2+A_1\lambda+A_0$ (where A0 and A1 are n &times; n Hermitian matrices and $\lambda$ is a complex variable) arise in many applications. The numerical range of such a polynomial is \[ W(P) = \{\lambda \in \mathbb{C} : x^*P(\lambda)x = 0 \mbox{ for some nonzero } x \in \mathbb{C}^n \} \] and it always contains the spectrum of $P(\lambda)$, i.e., the set of zeros of $\textup{det}P(\lambda)$. Properties of the numerical range are developed in detail, taking advantage of the close connection between W(P) and the classical numerical range (field of values) of the (general) complex matrix A:=A0+iA1.Eigenvalues and nondifferentiable points on the boundary are examined and a procedure for the numerical determination of W(P) is presented and used for several illustrations. Some extensions of the theory to more general polynomials $P(\lambda)$ are also discussed, as well as special cases describing vibrating systems.