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The Internet Business Companion: Growing Your Business in the Electronic Age, 1st edition
Authors: David F. Angell, Brent Heslop
Venue:  (1994)

:offering tremendous commercial opportunities. But reaping its rewards requires a daunting journey through a maze of technical, financial, and logistical challenges. To make sense of it all and formulate a plan of action for your business, you need an English-speaking guide. The Internet Business Companion tells you how to harness the Internet's competitive business advantages and explosive market opportunities without bankrupting your business. It succinctly explains how to develop and implement a cost-effective Internet business strategy. Whether your business is a small start-up or an established corporation you'll learn all the information you need to establish an online presence. You'll be able to evaluate Internet services, tools, products, and consultants and determine their true costs and benefits. The Internet Business Companion details the entire process of building a virtual business on the Internet. The book tells you how to: assess your company's Internet needs and opportunities design a step-by-step Internet business plan that matches your budget market products and services using low-cost server services promote your business presence on the Internet while respecting the online culture set up an online information source for your company establish an Internet store front for conducting online sales understand what Internet tools, including FTP, Gopher, WAIS, and the World-Wide Web, can do for your business. The Internet Business Companion is filled with creative techniques to help you use the Internet to reach and service new markets and customers and generallyachieve strategic business goals. If your company is considering or already using the Internet then you need The Internet Business Companion.
Input-Output-to-State Stability
Authors: Mikhail Krichman, Eduardo D. Sontag, Yuan Wang
Venue: SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization (2000)

This work explores Lyapunov characterizations of the input-output-to-state stability (IOSS) property for nonlinear systems. The notion of IOSS is a natural generalization of the standard zero-detectability property used in the linear case. The main contribution of this work is to establish a complete equivalence between the IOSS property and the existence of a certain type of smooth Lyapunov function. As corollaries, one shows the existence of "norm-estimators," and obtains characterizations of nonlinear detectability in terms of relative stability and of finite-energy estimates.
Primal-Dual Interior-Point Methods for Self-Scaled Cones
Authors: Yu. E. Nesterov, M. J. Todd
Venue: SIAM Journal on Optimization (1998)

In this paper we continue the development of a theoretical foundation for efficient primal-dual interior-point algorithms for convex programming problems expressed in conic form, when the cone and its associated barrier are self-scaled (see Yu. E. Nesterov and M. J. Todd, Math. Oper. Res., 22 (1997), pp. 1--42). The class of problems under consideration includes linear programming, semidefinite programming, and convex quadratically constrained, quadratic programming problems. For such problems we introduce a new definition of affine-scaling and centering directions. We present efficiency estimates for several symmetric primal-dual methods that can loosely be classified as path-following methods. Because of the special properties of these cones and barriers, two of our algorithms can take steps that typically go a large fraction of the way to the boundary of the feasible region, rather than being confined to a ball of unit radius in the local norm defined by the Hessian of the barrier.
XLinkProxy: external linkbases with XLink
Authors: Paolo Ciancarini, Federico Folli, Davide Rossi, Fabio Vitali
Venue: Proceedings of the 2002 ACM symposium on Document engineering (2002)

In the linking model of the World Wide Web each link is stored in the referring document within an attribute of the A tag. All the hyperlink defined this way can reference a single resource or a single fragment. With the evolution of Web technologies more powerful linking languages (XLink and XPointer) have been proposed.Here we introduce XLinkProxy, a Web application that allows sophisticated hyperlink (defined using XLink and XPointer) to be defined outside referring documents, giving users the chance to build dynamic multidestination, multidirectional links databases.
Multigrid Simulation for High-Frequency Solutions of the Helmholtz Problem in Heterogeneous Media
Authors: Seongjai Kim, Soohyun Kim
Venue: SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing (2002)

The Helmholtz problem is hard to solve in heterogeneous media, in particular, when the wave number is real and large. The problem is neither coercive nor Hermitian symmetric. This article concerns the V-cycle multigrid (MG) method for high-frequency solutions of the Helmholtz problem. Since we need to choose at least 10--12 grid points per wavelength for stability, the coarse grid problem is still large. To solve the coarse grid problem efficiently, a nonoverlapping domain decomposition method is adopted without introducing another coarser subspace correction. Various numerical experiments have shown that the convergence rate of the resulting MG method is independent on the grid size and the wave number, provided that the coarse grid problem is fine enough for the solution to capture characteristics of the physical problem.
Simple hybrid classifier for face recognition with adaptively generated virtual data
Authors: Yeon-Sik Ryu, Se-Young Oh
Venue: Pattern Recognition Letters (2002)

This paper presents a simple hybrid classifier for face recognition with artificially generated virtual training samples. Two sub-classifiers that work on eigenface space, use angular information obtained from training samples and the query feature point. First, training data set was expanded by adding virtual training samples generated adaptively according to the spatial distribution of each person's training samples. Second, a classifier, called the nearest feature angle (NFA) method, finds the most similar sample from an augmented training set to the query sample. Third, after finding the best matched feature line by applying the nearest feature line (NFL) method, the modified nearest feature line (MNFL) method finds the angular information between the query feature point and its projection onto best matched feature line. Finally, the hybrid classifier determines the class by comparing the angular information obtained by the two sub-classifiers. The proposed hybrid classifier exhibits an average error rate of 4.05%, which is 80.2% of that of the standard NFL method with improved robustness for different test sets of facial images.
Introduction to Computing for Engineers, 2nd edition
Authors: Steven C. Chapra, Raymond P. Canale
Venue:  (1994)

:This package (text and disk) represents the merging of two traditional freshman engineering courses: Intro to Computing (fortran and Basic) and Intro to Engineering (a discipline overview). The text is written for the required freshman course and is designed to give the students a basic knowledge of computer concepts and capabilities and to provide a broad overview/history of the engineering career. The new edition again focuses on Basic and Fortran as the primary programming languages but includes new material on various word processing systems,spreadsheets,computer aided design packages and some high-level language applications.
Approximation algorithms for the mobile piercing set problem with applications to clustering in ad-hoc networks
Authors: Hai Huang, Andréa W. Richa, Michael Segal
Venue: Proceedings of the 6th international workshop on Discrete algorithms and methods for mobile computing and communications (2002)

The main contributions of this paper are two-fold. First, we present a simple, general framework for obtaining efficient constant-factor approximation algorithms for the mobile piercing set (MPS) problem on unit-disks for standard metrics in fixed dimension vector spaces. More specifically, we provide low constant approximations for L1- and L&infin;-norms on a d-dimensional space, for any fixed d > 0, and for the L2-norm on 2- and 3-dimensional spaces. Our framework provides a family of fully-distributed and decentralized algorithms, which adapts (asymptotically) optimally to the mobility of disks, at the expense of a low degradation on the best known approximation factors of the respective centralized algorithms: Our algorithms take O(1) time to update the piercing set maintained, per movement of a disk. We also present a family of fully-distributed algorithms for the MPS problem which either match or improve the best known approximation bounds of centralized algorithms for the respective norms and dimensions.Second, we show how the proposed algorithms can be directly applied to provide theoretical performance analyses for two popular 1-hop clustering algorithms in ad-hoc networks: the lowest-id algorithm and the Least Cluster Change (LCC) algorithm. More specifically, we formally prove that the LCC algorithm adapts in constant time to the mobility of the network nodes, and minimizes (up to low constant factors) the number of 1-hop clusters maintained; we propose an alternative algorithm to the lowest-id algorithm which achieves a better approximation factor without increasing the cost of adapting to changes in the network topology. While there is a vast literature on simulation results for the LCC and the lowest-id algorithms, these had not been formally analysed prior to this work. We also present an O(log n)-approximation algorithm for the mobile piercing set problem for nonuniform disks (i.e., disks that may have different radii), with constant update time.
Robust Vision for Vision-Based Control of Motion, 1st edition
Authors: Markus Vincze
Venue:  (1999)

:"Find the design principles you need to move vision-based control out of the lab and into the real world. In this edited collection of state-of-the-art papers, contributors highly regarded in robust vision bring you the latest applications in the field. Whatever your industry  from space ventures to mobile surveillance  you will discover throughout this comprehensive collection a strong emphasis on robust vision simply unmatched today. You will also gain an in-depth analysis of vision techniques used to control the motion of robots and machines. Expert contributors offer you key insights into:*Current control issues including hardware design, system architecture, sensor data fusion, and visual tracking*Modeling methods for vision-based sensing*Useful summaries of recent conclusions drawn from robust-vision workshops *Future research needsIf you want to learn todays approaches to robust vision-based control of motion, this extensive collection is a must. Learn from the experts and, in the process, speed your project development and broaden your technical expertise for future collaborative efforts in your industry."
Artificial Worlds: Computers, Complexity, and the Riddle of Life
Authors: Richard Morris
Venue:  (1999)

:In their laboratories, complexity scientists have been experimenting with complex chemicals that display some of the characteristics of life, and have created electronic computer-virus-like life-forms that are born, die, reproduce, mutate, and evolve. Through these artificial worlds they have actually been able to monitor evolution as it happens, since it takes place at a much more rapid pace within a computer - where new species can evolve in as little as an hour. Among the phenomena that these scientists hope to observe are the evolution of multicellular life forms, and possibly even the evolution of electronic intelligence. Could it be that life itself is an emergent property that arises spontaneously when a chemical system attains a certain degree of complexity? At the cutting edge of discovery, this exciting new branch of science has fostered a rare and intriguing dialogue between innovators across a broad range of disciplines, from mathematicians, computer scientists, and economists, to anthropologists and biologists. Richard Morris makes this major field of inquiry accessible to a popular readership as never before, while he reveals its potential to solve the greatest of all questions to puzzle humankind - what is life?
CCNA Exam Certification Guide with CDROM
Authors: Wendell Odom, John Kane
Venue:  (1999)

:CCNA Exam Certification Guide is a comprehensive study tool for CCNA Exam #640-407. Written by a CCIE and Certified Cisco Systems Instructor and reviewed by Cisco technical experts, CCNA Exam Certification Guide helps you understand and master the exam objectives. Section-by-section objective lists keep you focused on the material you need to study. The instructor-developed elements and techniques lead you to maximize your retention and recall of exam topics, and scenario-based exercises validate your mastery of the exam objectives. Along with the book, practice questions on the companion CD-ROM enable you either to build and take random sample tests or to focus on an objective area of your choice.
Introduction to Computer Science: Programming, Problem Solving and Data Structures, 2nd edition
Authors: Douglas W. Nance, Thomas L. Naps
Venue:  (1992)

:A comprehensive introduction to the CS1 and CS2 sequence. Uses Standard Pascal throughout with a Turbo Pascal appendix page-referenced to specific examples. Meets A.C.M. guidelines for CS1 and CS2, including complete coverage of structured programming and problem solving, as well as advanced programming techniques like using abstract data types, trees, stacks, and queues. Features patient development of procedures and parameters (Ch. 7) after loops and conditional statements. The first half [Nance, Pascal 4E (04306-3)] and second half [Naps, Program Design and Data Structures (93308-5)] of this text are available in paperback.
Global Perspective of Information Technology Management
Authors: Felix B. Tan
Venue:  (2002)

:Managing information technology (IT) on a global scale presents a number of opportunities and challenges. To what extent does IT facilitate globalization? In what ways can IT be a constraint to globalization? How are differences in culture important to the implementation of global information systems? These and other critical issues are discussed in such chapters as A Web-Based Data Warehouse Planning, European Electronic Services Infrastructure Building, and Undergraduate Global IT Education. By addressing issues such as these and incorporating the most recent research in the field, this text emphasizes the importance of evaluating the utilization and management of information technology on a global scale. Felix B. Tan is a senior lecturer in information systems at the University of Auckland. He serves as the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Global Information Management and is the vice president of research for the Information Resources Management Association. He is the author of Information Technology Diffusion in the Asia Pacific. He lives in Auckland, New Zealand.
Evolutionary Modeling of Spatial Information
Authors: Roman Krzanowski, Jonathan Raper
Venue:  (2001)

:Evolutionary models (e.g. genetic algorithms, artificial life), explored in other fields for the past two decades, are emerging as an important new tool for geographic information systems for a number of reasons. First, they are highly appropriate for modeling geographic phenomena; secondly, geographical problems are often spatially separate (broken down into local or regional problems), and evolutionary algorithms can exploit this structure; and finally, the ability to store, manipulate, and visualize spatial data has increased to the point that space-time-attribute databases can be easily handled. This book is meant to sere as a guide to the evolutionary modleing of spatial phenomena.
Access 97 Exam Prep with Cdrom, 1st edition
Authors: Elizabeth Eisner Reding, Lisa Friedrichsen
Venue:  (1997)

:The demand for highly trained office workers is higher than it's ever been. Companies can't find enough skilled professionals and assessing the skills of applicants is difficult. To help with training and assessing the skills of computer users, Microsoft has created the Microsoft Office User Specialist program. Certification is achieved by passing one or more exams in applying skills and solving real-world problems.Certification InsiderTM Press' Microsoft Access 97 Exam Prep is written by expert trainers to help office professionals prepare quickly for the Microsoft Access 97 exam. Each chapter is organized as a sequence of full-color interactive study projects. The unique hands-on tutorial approach with real-world exercises and projects is ideally suited for "on the job" training situations. Use of the lessons and the "active learning" CD-ROM will fully prepare the reader to pass the Microsoft Access 97 certification exam.Proudly carris the Microsoft Approved Study Guide logo for that competitive edge.Perfect companions for Microsoft Access 97 Exam Cram also by Certification Insider Press.Includes performance-based quiz feature to help readers quickly test their skills.Fully illustrated in 4-color to help visualize tricky concepts.Explains all of the Access 97 techniques that readers need to know to be proficient with Microsoft Access 97 in a clear step-by-step format.Written by two experienced and respected certification trainers.Award-winning interactive simulation tutorial allows you to learn MS Access from within--a complete walk through all the basics!Practice files for "step" and end-of-chapter skill practice eliminate the need to create thedocuments allowing exam candidates to spend theextra study time reaching their goals.
Apache Server Commentary with CD-ROM
Authors: Greg Holden Holden, Nicholas Wells, Matthew Keller
Venue:  (1999)

:Apache Server Commentary is divided into two parts: code and commentary. The code is listed and numbered sequentially and corresponds to the commentary in the second part of the book. In addition, the commentary is cross-referenced back to the code in the first part of the book. Covers the information programmers need the most  working with the Perl modules. Apache comes with a standard set of 11 modules. Apache Server Commentary covers those 11 modules plus provides an additional 10 modules and corresponding commentary. Covers the nucleus of the Apache code, including programming commands in API. Adopts and extends the method used by the famous Lion's Commentary on Unix, (isbn1-57398-013-7) which still is a much sought after title even 20 years after publication. Uses a horizontal format (11" x 8 3/8" trim size) which allows for exhaustive cross-referencing, space for easy-to-read columns of code, and the book to stay flat while open. Over 500,000 lines of code are excerpted and explained in detail. Includes extensive cross-referencing and architectural flow charts to enhance understanding of the structure of the code. Apache Server Commentary is currently the only commentary-style book available on Apache modules. Covers Apache for both Linux and Windows. Includes the Apache code. Includes software that allows the code to be easily searched for specific features.
Apple: The inside Story of Intrigue, Egomania, and Business Blunders
Authors: Guy Kawasaki
Venue:  (1997)

:Apple Computer, founded as a garage start-up by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak in 1976, was once a shining example of the American success story. The company launched the personal-computer revolution in 1978 with the first all-purpose desktop PC, the Apple II. In 1980, long before technology stocks were popular, Apple's initial public offering was one of the most highly awaited events in Wall Street history. Jobs at twenty-five and "the Woz" at thirty became instant millionaires. Within five years, Apple, with sales of $300 million, catapulted itself into the ranks of the Fortune 500 and became the darling of the national business press. Then came the Macintosh computer, so easy to use, it had a ten-year jump on the industry. Sales peaked at $11 billion in 1995. But by that time, Apple had become a troubled company. This book, written by a Wall Street Journal technology reporter, is the most detailed study to date of the past decade of Apple's turbulent history. Jim Carlton walks us down company corridors, into the boardroom, and through barriers to research laboratories, and reveals a seething cauldron of petty infighting and buried secrets. Through exhaustive interviews with more than 160 former Apple employees, industry experts, and competitors - including Bill Gates, Sculley, and Amelio - Carlton discovers confidential memos, late-night rendezvous, and fateful decisions that forever changed the company's path. He portrays a company very different from the glamorous technology leader that designed computers for "the rest of us" and illuminates what might have been and what really happened to this once-great icon of American business.
MCSE Readiness Review Exam 70-073: Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 with Cdrom, 1st edition
Authors: Jill Spealman
Venue:  (1998)

:The Microsoft Readiness Reviews series helps people determine if they're ready for the real Microsoft Certified System Engineer (MCSE) exam by identifying strengths and weaknesses, and providing information on areas for improvement. "MCSE Readiness Review Exam 70-073 Windows NT 4.0 Workstation" measures abilities to plan for, implement, administer and troubleshoot information systems that incorporate the high-performance desktop operating system. Skills that are assessed include installation and configuration, managing resources, connectivity, and monitoring and optimization. A test delivery engine on CD covers exam objectives by randomly providing dozens of sample questions from a pool of hundreds more, so students can retest themselves with different questions. And all responses both right and wrong result in helpful explanations. A companion book features test preparation suggestions and a list of all questions included in the Readiness Review exam.
TechTV's Starting an Online Business
Authors: Frank Fiore
Venue:  (2001)

:Author Frank Fiore gives the reader a foundation for starting an online business. The book is divided into 5 parts. It starts with an explanation of e-commerce, what to sell, how to sell it, how to plan it and where to find the money to fund it. Then it gives the reader the basics of setting up shop on the Web, where to host it, some e-commerce Dos and Don'ts, and how to take orders and ship them. Finally, it will cover the essentials of marketing and promoting their new business. The book is organized in such a way that the reader can quickly find a topic and get the information they need to set up their own online business.
Reducing signaling traffic in wireless ATM networks through handoff scheme improvement
Authors: Anna Hać, Yongcan Zhang
Venue: International Journal of Network Management (2002)

We propose a new handoff call management scheme which reduces signaling traffic in wireless ATM networks and improves the efficiency of the virtual channel. Chaining followed by a make-break algorithm is a suitable handoff scheme for various situations. In the chaining part of the scheme, a chain routing algorithm is studied and compared with the hop-limiting scheme. When the algorithm is implemented in our scheme, it improves the performance of the existing scheme in call drop rates so as to reduce the signaling traffic in wireless ATM networks.