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Proceedings of the 2002 international symposium on Physical design
Venue: International Symposium on Physical Design (2002)

On behalf of the organizing committee we welcome you to the 2002 International Symposium on Physical Design (ISPD) held at the Hilton San Diego/Del Mar hotel in Del Mar, California. ISPD provides a forum for the exchange of ideas and results in the area of physical design of VLSI systems. This meeting evolved from the ACM/SIGDA Physical Design Workshops held during the years 1987-1996. Interest in physical design has grown dramatically in recent years. The number of researchers working in this area, and the set of new commercial interests in both start-ups and big companies show that in the deep submicron or nanometer age, physical design is economically critical and intellectually challenging.This year's Symposium focuses on CAD algorithms and practices for generating and analysing deep-sub-micron designs. An outstanding set of technical papers has been selected for oral and poster presentation.These papers are complemented by talks from invited speakers. Our keynote speaker, Steve Teig of Simplex, will present a perspective on challenges and principles of physical design. The conference also includes a number of invited sessions and panels from specialists in the field. On Monday morning, a panel of experts will discuss the effects of recent consolidations in the industry, and whether one can or should obtain a full physical design solution from one or multiple vendors. A special invited session on leakage issues will begin the afternoon program. Tuesday's program includes an invited talk on thermal issues in peta-scale integration, and an afternoon session on future trends in design with a focus on physical design issues. A late afternoon panel will discuss system-level design issues, including issues related to the design of silicon as it relates to package and board design. Wednesday morning will be highlighted by an opening talk on physical hierarchy and timing closure.
X/Open CAE Specification, 1st edition
Authors: X Open Co
Venue:  (1995)

:This document specifies a transport service interface that is independent of any specific transport provider. It is concerned primarily with the ISO Transport Service Definition (connection-oriented or connectionless). However, it may be adapted for use over other types of provider. In particular, this specification includes appendices showing how XTI maps to TCP and UDP, NetBIOS, minimum OSI functionality (mOSI), and SNA. The main body of the specification remains unchanged from the previous version, the main differences being the addition of appendices covering mOSI and SNA. X/Open and Prentice Hall are pleased to join forces to make available some of X/Open's key works. This title is especially selected by X/Open and Prentice Hall for distribution through the international book trade by Prentice Hall. 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
10 Minute Guide to Word for Windows 6, 2nd edition
Authors: Peter G. Aitken
Venue:  (1993)

:Thoroughly updated for the latest version of Microsoft's popular word processing program-this handy guide teaches users the quick and easy steps to master essential Word for Windows features!Presents information in mini-tutorial lessons-each of which can be completed in 10 minutes or lessIncludes Timesaver Tips to help new users learn Word for Windows more efficientlyFeatures a two-color graphical approach that is unintimidating and easy to follow
Microsoft Office 97 Web Publishing (Mastering)
Authors: Michael J. Young
Venue:  (1997)

:Mastering Microsoft Office 97 Web Publishing is the complete guide to Web and intranet publishing with the latest version of Microsoft's popular Office suite. Designed to help you take advantage of your previous experience with Word, Excel, and other Office applications, this book presents comprehensive coverage of Office 97's extensive new Internet features. You'll also become familiar with FrontPage 97, Microsoft's Web publishing and site management program for creating enhanced Web pages. Whether you're publishing on your company's intranet or an Internet site, this book will help you create powerful and effective Web content - quickly, easily, and with professional results.
Thin Film Ferroelectric Materials and Devices
Authors: R. Ramesh
Venue:  (1997)

:Thin Film Ferroelectric Materials and Devices is a compilation of current research and development in two very important ferroelectric device technologies, namely ferroelectrics for Dynamic Random Access Memories (DRAM's) and Non-Volatile Ferroelectric Random Access Memories (NV-FRAM's). Given the rapid pace of development and the broad scope of the general topic of ferroelectric materials, readers will benefit from such a focused presentation. Thin Film Ferroelectric Materials and Devices will be of great value to materials and device scientists, device and process engineers, students, and postdoctoral associates. Furthermore, this compilation will serve as a concise introduction for new entrants to this exciting field.
Terminal optimization analysis for functional block re-use
Authors: Stephen E. Krufka, Phillip Christie
Venue: Proceedings of the 2002 international workshop on System-level interconnect prediction (2002)

The re-use of functional blocks within a large system on a chip (SoC) design results in a design trade-off between local intra-block and global inter-block communication. This paper develops a mathematical model to analyze the wire length distributions resulting from two possible layout strategies: the optimization of block terminal locations to minimizing global wire lengths which leave local wire lengths unoptimized, or the optimization of block terminal locations for minimizing local wire lengths which leave global wire lengths unoptimized. Results are presented for a model SoC floorplan composed of four identical functional blocks containing 12,769 cells and 245 terminals. Our analysis indicates that the best optimization strategy is dependent on the geometrical details of the floorplan with a local optimization producing smaller total wire lengths for a square (2 x 2) layout and global optimization producing lower total wire lengths for a linear (1 x 4) layout.
Seeking explanation in theory: reflections on the social practices of organizations that distribute public use microdata files for research purposes
Authors: Alice Robbin, Heather Koball
Venue: Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (2001)

Public concern about personal privacy has recently focused on issues of Internet data security and personal information as big business. The scientific discourse about information privacy focuses on the crosspressures of maintaining confidentiality and ensuring access in the context of the production of statistical data for public policy and social research and the associated technical solutions for releasing statistical data. This article reports some of the key findings from a small-scale survey of organizational practices to limit disclosure of confidential information prior to publishing public use microdata files, and illustrates how the rules for preserving confidentiality were applied in practice. Explanation for the apparent deficits and wide variations in the extent of knowledge about statistical disclosure limitation (SDL) methods is located in theories of organizational life and communities of practice. The article concludes with suggestions for improving communication between communities of practice to enhance the knowledge base of those responsible for producing public use microdata files.
Expert Investing on the Net: Profit from the Top-25 Online Money Makers
Authors: Paul B. Farrell
Venue:  (1996)

:From Wall Street to Main Street, investors are moving online. With a staggering number of resources at their disposal, today's new breed of do-it-yourself investors can control, manage, and profit from this extraordinary global databank. From trading and stock quote services to discount brokers and investment education services, Expert Investing on the Net identifies, reviews, and evaluates today's Top-25 navigational systems for investors. With online information about all types of investments -- stocks, bonds, and mutual funds -- you'll be able to build a successful investment portfolio and navigate your path to profitability. 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
Power of . . . FoxPro 2.5 for Windows, 1st edition
Authors: Nelson King
Venue:  (1993)

:Learning a program as complex, powerful, and massive as FoxPro for Windows is a real challenge. But it doesn't have to be overwhelming. This book is part guide, and part reference, moving you from the basics of data management to the higher-level elements of this industrial strength database application. Along the way, you'll learn about the power of FoxPro for Windows, as well as some of its pitfalls. You'll also find a realistic progression for learning Xbase/FoxPro programming that waits to introduce aspects of the program, like the FoxPro Power Tools, until you're ready to deal with them. The accompanying disk is filled with examples and useful procedures for programming, as well as a suite of complete programs for some of the requirements of a big application: Data Dictionary Manager, Security System, System Codes Manager, and Output Manager. These are ready for plug-n-play in your own applications.
LSL: a Link and Selector Language
Authors: D. Tsichritzis
Venue: Proceedings of the 1976 ACM SIGMOD international conference on Management of data (1976)

This paper presents the main ideas behind the language LSL. The purpose of LSL is to provide a compromise between different data base approaches and attitudes. The hierarchical, network and relational models of data can coexist within the LSL environment. LSL is being implemented on a PDP-11/45 running the UNIX operating system. It will be interfaced both to a host language and a conversational graphical facility.
Introduction to C++ Programming: A Modular Approach, 1st edition
Authors: David M. Collopy
Venue:  (1998)

:This introduction to C++ programming is written especially for those with little or no previous programming background or math beyond algebra. It features a conversational tone and a simplified learn-by-example approach that stresses top-down design and modular structured programming -- with an emphasis on business applications. It walks readers step-by-step through complete programming examples in every chapter -- from problem analysis, logic design, and program coding, to testing and debugging. Uses sample programs to demonstrate application of the program development process from start to finish -- problem definition, input/output specifications, processing requirements, hierarchy charts, program flowcharts, pseudocode, and program code. Shows the output of each sample program after the program code. Offers unique, easy-to-follow coverage of menu-driven programming -- including data validation, guidelines for creating efficient and effective menu systems, and techniques for menu selection processing. Provides thorough, non-technical treatment of files -- sequential random, and indexed files. For prospective C++ programmers with little or no previous programming background or math beyond algebra. 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
Predictive learning models for concept drift
Authors: John Case, Sanjay Jain, Susanne Kaufmann, Arun Sharma, Frank Stephan
Venue: Theoretical Computer Science (2001)

Concept drift means that the concept about which data is obtained may shift from time to time, each time after some minimum permanence. Except for this minimum permanence, the concept shifts may not have to satisfy any further requirements and may occur infinitely often. Within this work is studied to what extent it is still possible to predict or learn values for a data sequence produced by drifting concepts. Various ways to measure the quality of such predictions, including martingale betting strategies and density and frequency of correctness, are introduced and compared with one another. For each of these measures of prediction quality, for some interesting concrete classes, (nearly) optimal bounds on permanence for attaining learnability are established. The concrete classes, from which the drifting concepts are selected, include regular languages accepted by finite automata of bounded size, polynomials of bounded degree, and sequences defined by recurrence relations of bounded size. Some important, restricted cases of drifts are also studied, for example, the case where the intervals of permanence are computable. In the case where the concepts shift only among finitely many possibilities from certain infinite, arguably practical classes, the learning algorithms can be considerably improved. Copyright 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
Portable UNIX
Authors: Douglas W. Topham
Venue:  (1992)

:Using a dictionary-style format, organized by task rather than command, this is an accessible and easy-to-use reference on AT&T UNIX System V, Release 4. Utilities, text and number processing, file handling, printing, editing and formatting are among the many topics covered by the author, a well-known authority on UNIX. 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
How to Lie with Charts
Authors: Gerald E. Jones
Venue:  (1995)

:Our society relies upon visual presentation of information as never before. How to Lie with Charts should be required reading for all professionals who give or attend business presentations. By exposing the tricks of the trade, it will show you both how to create effective, truthful presentations and how to quickly spot deceptive ones. This engaging book is full of real-world examples that compare good and bad charts. Examples include outputs from popular computer graphics software, such as Microsoft PowerPoint, and you will also learn the pitfalls of using these automatic chart-generation programs. Special icons in the text indicate onerous liars' tricks and helpful hints. Learn how to present information clearly and emphasize your key points. You'll see how the chart format, placement of data, and choice of labels and colors all influence the conclusions an audience is likely to make. It's not necessarily about lying. It's about clear, persuasive communication. And, whenever you're on the receiving end of a sales pitch, you'll know when you're not getting the real story. Armed with this book's advice, you'll know how to make charts support your business message, and you won't be fooled again!
Fault tree models for reliability analysis of an FDDI token ring network
Authors: Dov Bulka
Venue: Proceedings of the 30th annual Southeast regional conference (1992)

As suggested by the title the purpose of this paper is twofold. One goal is to analyze the reliability of the FDDI token ring, and the other is to demonstrate the usefulness of the fault tree concept in the design and analysis of a complex system. Combinatorial and markov chain analysis of FDDI reliability leads to a complex model that at times is difficult to validate. The fault tree model, however, is easy to construct, verify and solve. Fault tree models are built for two examples of FDDI token rings. We also consider the impact of the link "wrap-around" recovery mechanism on system reliability. It turns out that the use of the "wrap-around" does not always improve system reliability.
Resynthesis of combinational logic circuits for improved path delay fault testability using comparison units
Authors: Irith Pomeranz, Sudhakar M. Reddy
Venue: IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems (2001)

We propose a resynthesis mthod that modifies a given circuit to reduce the number of paths in the circuit and thus improve its path delay fault testability. The resynthesis procedure is bawd on replacing subcircuits of the given circuit by structures called comparison units. A subcircuit can be replaced by a comparsion unit if it implements a function belonging to the class of comparison functions defined here. Comparison units are fully testable for stuck-at faults and for path delay faults. In addition, they have small numbers of paths and gates. These properties make them effective building blocks for resynthesis to improve the path delay fault testability of a ciruit. Experimental results demonstrate considerablereductions in the number of paths and increased path delay fault testability. These are achieved without increasing the number of gates, or the number of gates along the longest path in the circuit. The random pattern testability for stuck-at faults remains unchanged.
Performance analysis of low-power 1-Bit CMOS full adder cells
Authors: Ahmed M. Shams, Tarek K. Darwish, Magdy A. Bayoumi
Venue: IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems (2002)

A performance analysis of 1-bit full-adder cell is presented. The adder cell is anatomized into smaller modules. The modules are studied and evaluated extensively. Several designs of each of them are developed, prototyped, simulated and analyzed. Twenty different 1-bit full-adder cells are constructed (most of them are novel circuits) by connecting combinations of different designs of these modules. Each of these cells exhibits different power consumption, speed, area, and driving capability figures. Two realistic circuit structures that include adder cells are used for simulation. A library of full-adder cells is developed and presented to the circuit designers to pick the full-adder cell that satisfies their specific applications.
Some results on the asymptotic behavior of functions on subsets of the natural numbers
Authors: David F. McAllister, Yale N. Patt
Venue: Proceedings of the 17th annual Southeast regional conference (1979)

When analyzing the computational complexity of divide and conquer algorithms, the complexity function is usually specified by means of a recurrence relation where the argument is restricted to a subset S of the natural numbers, N. This system is then used to characterize the asymptotic behavior of the algorithm for a corresponding restricted set of inputs. A careful and sometimes complicated argument is then carried out to make assertions about the asymptotic behavior of the algorithm for all inputs (Aho, Hopcroft and Ullman [1974]). In certain cases, the argument can be greatly simplified if the complexity function and the set S have special properties. In this paper, we develop these properties for some important classes of asymptotic behavior.
Gaze behavior of talking faces makes a difference
Authors: Ivo van Es, Dirk Heylen, Betsy van Dijk, Anton Nijholt
Venue: CHI '02 extended abstracts on Human factors in computing systems (2002)

We present the results of an experiment investigating the effects of a talking head's gaze behavior on the user's quality assessment of the interface. We compared a version that used life-like rules for gazing with a version that would keep its eyes fixed on the visitor most of the time, and a random version. We found significant differences between these gaze algorithms in terms of ease of use, efficiency and other quality factors.
Office 97 for Busy People, 1st edition
Authors: Stephen L. Nelson
Venue:  (1996)

:This book provides an integrated approach to working with Office 97,treating suite as one application rather than isolated pieces. The book reviews the basic functionality of each component. This book emphasizes the interoperability and internet-ability of the suite. 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
Discrete Mathematics, 1st edition
Authors: Norman L. Biggs
Venue:  (1992)

:Discrete mathematics deals with calculations involving a finite number of steps rather than limiting processes. It is not a new field, but the recent rapid growths in the areas of computer science, statistics, and operations research have served to stimulate interest in and shape structure of this branch of mathematics.
Strongly non-circular attribute grammars and their recursive evaluation
Authors: Martin Jourdan
Venue: ACM SIGPLAN Notices (1984)

This paper is devoted to the construction of recursive evaluators for strongly non-circular attribute grammars. This class of attribute grammars is very large and includes every practical example ; testing strong non-circularity can be done in polynomial time. To each synthesized attribute, a function is associated, which takes as parameters a derivation tree and the values of some inherited attributes, and returns the value of that attribute at the root of the tree. These functions are mutually recursive according to the structure of the full parse tree. This method implements a dynamic "evaluation by need", reducing the number of attributes computed to those necessary to get the "semantic value" of the full tree. A Lisp implementation allowing automatic efficient storage management is also presented, together with some applications. Our work is closely related to those of Kennedy and Warren, Saarinen and Katamaya, but our method is more efficient and has a better theoretical basis.
Visio 4 for Everyone: Including Visio 4 Technical
Authors: Ralph Grabowski
Venue:  (1996)

:This title provides a comprehensive reference and tutorial for both Visio 4.0 and Visio Technical 4.0. The book emphasizes Visio's efficiency and ease of use with special attention to Visio SmartShapes and the use of OLE. Ideally suited for a non-engineering audience, this book includes a companion diskette that allows the reader to start working from any module in the book. Learn the ins and outs of importing and exporting AutoCAD drawings, using wizards, and much more.
Computer Security and Privacy for Dummies
Authors: Peter T. Davis
Venue:  (1996)

:Whether you need an effective firewall system, a security policy, or antivirus software, you'll find all the information you need about safeguarding your PC or Mac inside. Finally! A friendly, accessable reference to giude you through the intimidating task of securing your computer. Whether you're a casual home user or an experienced office worker, Computer Security For Dummies&#174 deciphers the arcane language of security and control and helps you make sense of personal security issues and solutions. The fun and easy-to-follow advice helps you understand the risks and take the necessary steps to protect yourself from loss. With this book at your side, you can protect your data, create effective passwords, and back up those sensitive files! Inside, you'll discover how to: Understand the basic concepts and technobabble of computer secrecy Discover the top ten threats to your personal computer and how to avoid them Find out why it's so important to pick a proper password Uncover why and how often sensitive data should be backed up Use an online service securely Recover lost word processor, spreadsheet, and database passwords quickly Find the ten useful DOS, Windows, and Mac security utilities Create firewalls to protect your PC or Mac from Internet attacks Find out where to get more information about PC and Mac security software and its sources