ppxscal/embedding_network huggingface dataset:
Writing Solaris device drivers in Java
Authors: Hiroshi Yamauchi, Mario Wolczko
Venue: Proceedings of the 3rd workshop on Programming languages and operating systems: linguistic support for modern operating systems (2006)

Operating system kernels have been traditionally written in C for flexibility and efficiency. They, however, often suffer from bugs and security vulnerabilities because C is inherently error-prone and unsafe. While there have been attempts to experimentally construct a complete operating system in a type safe language such as Java for higher safety and reliability, such type safe operating systems are not mainstream as yet. In this paper, we present an experimental implementation of the Java Virtual Machine that runs inside the kernel of the Solaris operating system. Our approach is to extend the existing operating system, rather than creating a new operating system from scratch, in order to reap the benefits of a type safe language in the kernel without expensive development and transition cost for a new operating system architecture. We implemented our system by porting an existing small, portable JVM, Squawk, into the Solaris kernel. Our first application of this system is to allow device drivers to be written in Java. A simple device driver was ported from C to Java. Characteristics of the Java device driver and our device driver interface are described.
Adobe Premiere Elements 2 in a Snap (Sams Teach Yourself)
Authors: Steve Grisetti, Chuck Engels
Venue:  (2005)

Adobe Premiere Elements 2 In a Snap is an effective guide to getting things done quickly in Adobe Premiere Elements 2. Our In a Snap format allows you to easily jump in anywhere in the book. You can focus on only the tasks that you want to learn about. Organized into a series of well-organized, bite-sized tasks,ï¾ the book covers keyï¾ techniques that will quickly improve your editing skills. In addition to this coverage, the authors willï¾ provide you withï¾ guidance on how to imitate the editing styles of the masters.Chapters include: Working with Stills and Graphics Using Transitions Adding Spice to Your Video Special Effects Adding Text, Creating Titles, and Making Credits
The quantum query complexity of elliptic PDE
Authors: Stefan Heinrich
Venue: Journal of Complexity (2006)

The query complexity of the following numerical problem is studied in the quantum model of computation: consider a general elliptic partial differential equation of order 2m in a smooth, bounded domain Q ⊂ Rd with smooth coefficients and homogeneous boundary conditions. We seek to approximate the solution on a smooth submanifold M ⊆ Q of dimension 0 ≤ d1 ≤ d. With the right-hand side belonging to Cr (Q), and the error being measured in the L∞(M) norm, we prove that the nth minimal quantum error is (up to logarithmic factors) of order n-min((r+2m)/d1,r/d+1). For comparison, in the classical deterministic setting the nth minimal error is known to be of order n-r/d, for all d1, while in the classical randomized setting it is (up to logarithmic factors) n-min((r+2m)/d1,r/d+1/2).
A Representation Theorem for MV-algebras
Authors: Gejza Jen&#x010d;a
Venue: Soft Computing - A Fusion of Foundations, Methodologies and Applications (2007)

An MV-pair is a pair (B,G) where B is a Boolean algebra and G is a subgroup of the automorphism group of B satisfying certain conditions. Let ~G be the equivalence relation on B naturally associated with G. We prove that for every MV-pair (B,G), the effect algebra B/ ~G is an MV-effect algebra. Moreover, for every MV-effect algebra M there is an MV-pair (B,G) such that M is isomorphic to B/ ~G.
Social choice theory, belief merging, and strategy-proofness
Authors: Samir Chopra, Aditya Ghose, Thomas Meyer
Venue: Information Fusion (2006)

Intelligent agents have to be able to merge informational inputs received from different sources in a coherent and rational way. Several proposals have been made for information merging in which it is possible to encode the preferences of sources [5,4,19,24,25,1]. Information merging has much in common with social choice theory, which aims to define operations reflecting the preferences of a society from the individual preferences of the members of the society. Given this connection, frameworks for information merging should provide satisfactory resolutions of problems raised in social choice theory. We investigate the link between the merging of epistemic states and some results in social choice theory. This is achieved by providing a consistent set of properties-akin to those used in Arrow's theorem [2]-for merging. It is shown that in this framework there is no Arrow-like impossibility result. By extending this to a consistent framework which includes properties corresponding to the notion of being strategy-proof, we show that results due to Gibbard and Satterthwaite [13,31,32] and others [6,3] do not hold in merging frameworks.
Top-down induction of first order logical decision trees
Authors: Hendrik Blockeel
Venue: AI Communications (1999)

Although top&dash;down induction of decision trees is a very popular induction method, up till now it has mainly been used for propositional learning&semi; relational decision tree learners are scarce. This dissertation discusses the application domain of decision tree learning and extends it towards the first order logic context of Inductive Logic Programming.
Stationarity preserving and efficiency increasing probability mass transfers made possible
Authors: Antonietta Mira
Venue: Computational Statistics (2006)

We develop an efficient computational algorithm that produces efficient Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) transition matrices. The first level of efficiency is measured in terms of the number of operations needed to produce the resulting matrix. The second level of efficiency is evaluated in terms of the asymptotic variance of the resulting MCMC estimators. Results are first given for transition matrices in finite state spaces and then extended to transition kernels in more general settings.
Evaluating users' experience of a character-enhanced information space
Authors: Kristina Höök, Per Persson, Marie Sjölinder
Venue: AI Communications (2000)

We created the characters Agneta & Frida with the intent to strengthen and encourage exploration of information spaces. In a follow&dash;up study we tried to capture whether users found the characters believable, whether they raised affective responses in users, and whether they created a richer, more narratively oriented, experience of the space. In order to do so, we had to develop new criteria and methods of understanding users' conceptions and affective responses. We discuss the study in detail, as well as the general implications for how to perform user studies and design of character&dash;enhanced systems.
On selfish routing in internet-like environments
Authors: Lili Qiu, Yang Richard Yang, Yin Zhang, Scott Shenker
Venue: IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (TON) (2006)

A recent trend in routing research is to avoid inefficiencies in network-level routing by allowing hosts to either choose routes themselves (e.g., source routing) or use overlay routing networks (e.g., Detour or RON). Such approaches result in selfish routing, because routing decisions are no longer based on system-wide criteria but are instead designed to optimize host-based or overlay-based metrics. A series of theoretical results showing that selfish routing can result in suboptimal system behavior have cast doubts on this approach. In this paper, we use a game-theoretic approach to investigate the performance of selfish routing in Internet-like environments based on realistic topologies and traffic demands in our simulations. We show that in contrast to theoretical worst cases, selfish routing achieves close to optimal average latency in such environments. However, such performance benefits come at the expense of significantly increased congestion on certain links. Moreover, the adaptive nature of selfish overlays can significantly reduce the effectiveness of traffic engineering by making network traffic less predictable.
Stored Procedures, Triggers, and User-defined Functions on DB2 Universal Database for Iseries
Venue:  (2006)

Stored procedures, triggers, and user-defined functions (UDFs) are the key database features for developing robust and distributed applications. DB2 Universal Database for iSeries has supported these features for many years, and they have been enhanced in V5R1, V5R2, and V5R3 of IBM OS/400 and V5R4 of IBM i5/OS. This IBM Redbook includes some of the announced features for stored procedures, triggers, and UDFs in V5R1, V5R2, V5R3, and V5R4. Among the topics in this IBM Redbook, you will find suggestions, guidelines, and practical examples on how to effectively develop DB2 Universal Database for iSeries stored procedures, triggers, and UDFs. Some of the topics that are covered in this book include: 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
Building Scalable Cisco Internetworks (BSCI) (Authorized Self-Study Guide) (3rd Edition) (Self-Study Guide)
Authors: Diane Teare, Catherine Paquet
Venue:  (2006)

Learn intermediate and advanced routing techniques with the only Cisco-authorized self-study book for CCNP routing foundation learning Learn intermediate and advance routing techniques from the newest edition of the best-selling CCNP BSCI foundational learning book ï¾ Rely on learning from the only Cisco-authorized book publisher ï¾ Master your learning with tools like self-assessment review questions, configuration exercises, chapter objectives and summaries, key term definitions, job aids and command summariesCCNP Self-Study: Building Scalable Cisco Internetworks (BSCI) , Third Edition is a Cisco authorized, self-paced learning tool for CCNP preparation. This book teaches readers to design, configure, maintain, and scale routed networks that are growing in size and complexity. The book covers routing principles of both distance vector and link-state routing protocols; IP addressing techniques; the theory behind the IGP and EGP routing protocols; and configuration and troubleshooting information for each protocol. Upon completion readers will be able to select and implement the appropriate Cisco IOS Software services required to build scalable, routed networks.What's new in the book? The book matches changes to the CCNP course and exam as per Cisco Systems.
HP-UX CSE: Official Study Guide and Desk Reference (HP Professional Series)
Authors: Charles Keenan
Venue:  (2004)

HP-UX CSE: Official Study Guide and Desk ReferenceThe definitive HP-UX CSE exam preparation guide and referenceHP-approved coverage of all three CSE exams: CSE HP-UX Advanced System Administration, CSE High Availability Using HP-UX Serviceguard, and CSE HP-UX Networking and SecurityComprehensive study resources: exam objectives, sample questions, and summaries for last-minute reviewMore than a great study guide: an outstanding reference for working system engineersThis book delivers comprehensive preparation for all three HP-UX CSE exams, the core exam: CSE HP-UX Advanced System Administration, and specialty exams, CSE High Availability Using HP-UX Serviceguard and CSE HP-UX Networking and Security. Coverage includes: Implementing HP-UX in technology-rich enterprise environments Maximizing the performance and availability of HP-UX systems and applications Partitioning: node and virtual partitions Disks, volumes, file systems: RAID, LVM, VxVM, HFS, VxFS, VFS layer, swap/dump space, and more Monitoring system resources, activities, events, and kernels Processes, threads, and bottlenecks: priorities, run queues, multi-processor environments, memory requirements, bottlenecks, and more Installation, patching, and recovery, including Software Distributor and Ignite-UX Emergency recovery with HP-UX installation media Broad networking coverage: IPv6, ndd, DHCP, DNS, NTP, CIFS/9000, LDAP, sendmail, Automatic Port Aggregation, VPNs, VLANs, and more Planning, implementing, and managing high availability clustering with Serviceguard Other HP-UX cluster solutions: Extended Serviceguard Cluster, Metrocluster, Continentalclusters, and more Infrastructure for remote access to HA clusters: SANs, DWDM, dark fiber HP-UX security administration: Trusted systems, SSH, HIDS, IPSec, IPFilter, and Bastille Operating Systems/HP-UX Sample questions, last-minute review tips, and other study resourcesThis isn't just an outstanding prep guide, it's the definitive day-to-day reference for working professionals in high availability environments.© Copyright Pearson Education. All rights reserved. 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
Signposts on the digital highway
Authors: Alfons Maes, Arjan van Geel, Reinier Cozijn
Venue: Interacting with Computers (2006)

In this article, the effect of a local, content (as opposed to structure) oriented navigation tool is investigated, i.e. mouse-over hyperlink previews. A usability experiment is described in which three groups of participants were exposed to three different versions of a website: without hyperlink previews, with content oriented, semantic previews, and with task-oriented, pragmatic previews. Participants were asked to execute search and recall tasks, and to evaluate task and hypertext. The results showed a decisive overall advantage for previews in terms of efficiency, but no effects on effectiveness or appreciation. Although semantic and pragmatic previews did not differ significantly, a post hoc analysis showed a learning effect of pragmatic previews that was absent in the semantic preview condition. It was concluded that previews fit in with the step-by-step goal orientation of hypertext users. Once users are acquainted with them, pragmatic previews speed up decision making. Apart from the experimental part, the article surveys research into the usability of navigation tools, thereby focusing on the analysis of navigation tools. The bottom line of this review is that most navigation tools as they are used in the experiments provide users with different types of information, e.g. local vs. global, content vs. structure oriented. This complicates the unequivocal explanation of their effect and may explain, together with user and task differences, the variety and inconsistencies observed in the results.
Lotus(R) Notes(R) Developer's Toolbox: Tips for Rapid and Successful Deployment (The developerWorks Series)
Authors: Mark Elliott
Venue:  (2006)

<>Lotus® Notes® Developer's Toolbox will help you streamline and improve every phase of Notes development. Leading IBM Lotus Notes developer Mark Elliott systematically identifies solutions for the key challenges Notes developers face, offering powerful advice drawn from his extensive enterprise experience. This book presents best practices and step-by-step case studies for building the five most common types of Notes applications: collaboration, calendar, workflow, reference library, and Web site.This book is for Notes developers at all levels of experience, using recent versions from V5.0 through V7.0, and beyond. Like all IBM developerWorks® Series books, it is fully integrated with comprehensive Web resources, including working examples of each project, enhanced versions that go beyond the book, sample graphics, and tools for addressing real-world business scenarios. Coverage includes Getting started with Domino Designer®, and using the design elements it provides Developing Notes databases, step-by-step: considerations, code instructions, design tips, and project plans Mastering and customizing Lotus Formula and LotusScript Customizing forms, views, agent behavior, application interfaces, and more Building calendar applications with simple and complex recurrent events Developing applications that distribute information via email, response documents, and other methods Creating reference library applications, and generating Excel® spreadsheets for analysis Constructing sophisticated workflow and Web-based Notes applications Securing, deploying, and maintaining Notes applications, and managing their data Enhancing database functionality: more than 95 ready-to-use code modules and customizations Exclusive Web resources available only to book registrants The IBM Press developerWorks® Series is a unique undertaking in which print books and the Web are mutually supportive. The publications in this series are complemented by resources on the developerWorks Web site on ibm.com. Icons throughout the book alert the reader to these valuable resources. 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
Texture classification using Gabor wavelets based rotation invariant features
Authors: S. Arivazhagan, L. Ganesan, S. Padam Priyal
Venue: Pattern Recognition Letters (2006)

Texture based image analysis techniques have been widely employed in the interpretation of earth cover images obtained using remote sensing techniques, seismic trace images, medical images and in query by content in large image data bases. The development in multi-resolution analysis such as wavelet transform leads to the development of adequate tools to characterize different scales of textures effectively. But, the wavelet transform lacks in its ability to decompose input image into multiple orientations and this limits their application to rotation invariant image analysis. This paper presents a new approach for rotation invariant texture classification using Gabor wavelets. Gabor wavelets are the mathematical model of visual cortical cells of mammalian brain and using this, an image can be decomposed into multiple scales and multiple orientations. The Gabor function has been recognized as a very useful tool in texture analysis, due to its optimal localization properties in both spatial and frequency domain and found widespread use in computer vision. Texture features are found by calculating the mean and variance of the Gabor filtered image. Rotation normalization is achieved by the circular shift of the feature elements, so that all images have the same dominant direction. The texture similarity measurement of the query image and the target image in the database is computed by minimum distance criterion.
Adobe Illustrator CS2 Official JavaScript Reference
Venue:  (2005)

Are you a creative professional? Do you spend too much time doing repetitive production tasks such as placing and replacing images, resizing them, dragging them from one document to another, and preparing images for printing instead of being creative? Do you use Adobe Illustrator CS2 and have some experience with scripting? Then this book is for you. Virtually every repetitive or time-consuming task that creative professionals have to do in the Adobe Creative Suite can be streamlined with the help of a script. This book describes how to use JavaScript to manipulate and extend Adobe Illustrator within Adobe Creative Suite 2, and provides reference information for the JavaScript objects, properties, and functions defined by Adobe's applications. Available in print for the first time, this scripting reference provides the information experienced JavaScript user needs to create custom scripts for the Illustrator, whether you're looking to capture and automate parts of the printing process; manipulate swatches to create new patterns, gradients and spot colors; or create a script that applies formatting to selected text or changes a selected path's shape. These are just a few examples of how you can use Illustrator CS2's built-in scripting capabilities to save you from hours of repetitive tasks. 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
SEM: enterprise modeling of JSF global sustainment
Authors: V. Devon Smith, Donald G. Searles, Bruce M. Thompson, Robert M. Cranwell
Venue: Proceedings of the 38th conference on Winter simulation (2006)

The Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Program is implementing a paradigm shift to a performance-based logisties environment for force sustainment. This approach produces the necessary levels of performance at a significantly reduced cost of ownership. The resulting logistics environment is multi-national, multi-echelon, and multi-service. The magnitude of the change in the support concept requires an enterprise-level model that can instill customer confidence in unproven alternatives to legacy approaches and capture investment/commitment to enable a profitable execution. The Support Enterprise Model (SEM) was developed by Lockheed Martin to provide a consistent/accurate global view for support of strategic decisions during design/implementation of a JSF global sustainment solution. SEM is a discrete event simulation that allows analysts to define operational/support environment, ascertain measures of effectiveness for performance/cost metrics, and characterize sensitivity to changes in Support System architecture, processes, and business approach as well as air vehicle reliability and maintainability characteristics.
Office 2007 Bible
Authors: John Walkenbach, Faithe Wempen, Cary N. Prague, Herb Tyson
Venue:  (2007)

Completely revised for Office 2007, this “best of the Bible” presents Office you with the most useful content from leading experts like John Walkenbach, Cary Prague, Faithe Wempen, and Herb Tyson. The book features valuable information to help you-no matter your level of expertise-get up to speed on the new features in Excel, Access, Outlook, Word, and PowerPoint. You'll quickly get savvy with the most widely used business application suite worldwide.
Exploring performance trade-offs of a JPEG decoder using the deepcompass framework
Authors: Egor Bondarev, Michel R. V. Chaudron, Erwin A. de Kock
Venue: Proceedings of the 6th international workshop on Software and performance (2007)

Designing embedded systems for multiprocessor platforms requires early prediction and balancing of multiple system quality attributes. We present a design space exploration framework for component-based software systems that allows an architect to get insight into a space of possible design alternatives with further evaluation and comparison of these alternatives. The framework provides (a) tool-guided design of multiple alternatives of software and hardware architectures, (b) early design-time predictions of performance properties and identification of bottlenecks for each architectural alternative, and (c) evaluation of each alternative with respect to multi-objective trade-offs. The performance prediction technique employs modeling of individual components and composition of the models into a system model representing the system behaviour and resource usage. We illustrate the framework by a case study of a JPEG decoder application. For this system, we consider architectural alternatives, show their specification, and explore their trade-offs with respect to task latencies, resource utilization and system cost.