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Cryptographically significant Boolean functions with five valued Walsh spectra
Authors: Subhamoy Maitra, Palash Sarkar
Venue: Theoretical Computer Science (2002)

We describe methods to construct balanced (resp. 1-resilient) functions of odd number of variables n achieving the bent concatenation nonlinearity and having algebraic degree n1 (resp. n-2). The technique is to algebraically modify the concatenation of two properly chosen (n-1)-variable Maiorana-McFarland bent functions. The constructed functions can be used with certain recursive operators to provide higher order resilient functions with maximum possible degree and high nonlinearity. Such functions are well suited for stream cipher applications. Interestingly, all the constructed functions have a five valued Walsh spectr
Netobjects Fusion 3 for Dummies with Cdrom, 1st edition
Authors: John San Filippo
Venue:  (1998)

:Today's Web surfers expect more from your Web site than a picture of your corporate headquarters and a few links to your favorite shareware sites. They expect a powerful, media-rich tool that helps them find the information they need. NetObjects Fusion 3 For Dummies guides you through creating sophisticated and efficient Web sites by using terms that first-time Webmasters will easily understand. Inside, find helpful advice on how to Give your Web site a professional, consistent look and feel Unlock the linking power of NavBars Forget typing anything twice on your site, thanks to Assets Create custom margins and borders with MasterBorders Add the power of Java with NetObjects Components Publish your site to any Web server automatically
The "full polymorphic package" (FPP)
Authors: Etienne Forest, Frank Schmidt
Venue: ACM SIGPLAN Fortran Forum (2001)

In this short note we present a Fortran 90 attempt at creating a polymorphic Power Series/Double Precision type. This type came "alive" in our Full Polymorphic Package or FPP. This work was then followed by the creation of a simulation code for accelerator physics called the "Polymorphic Tracking Code" (PTC code). The presence of a polymorphic Real/Taylor type is motivated by the realization that all of standard accelerator theory can be efficiently described in terms of maps describing propagation for a finite time.
Advances in ULTRA-Dependable Distributed Systems
Authors: Neeraj Suri
Venue:  (1994)

:This book focuses on fault tolerance concepts and hard real-time perspectives that apply jointly to ultra-dependable systems. It explores advances in system design and technology that have resulted in the increasing application of ultra-dependable systems for critical control applications.
The Java Class Libraries Poster, 7th edition
Authors: Patrick Chan, Rosanna Lee
Venue:  (2002)

:This poster gives you an overall view of the classes in the Java "RM" 2 Platform, Standard Edition, vl.2.There are now a total of 1,781 public classes and interfaces within the 60 core packages in this latest version. Fifty-one of these packages are displayed in this poster. For each package, all of the classes and interfaces in the package are displayed, showing their relationships to each other. If a class subclasses a class from another package or if a class implements an interface from another package, these "foreign" classes and interfaces are also shown. Foreign classes and interfaces are marked in such a way as to easily determine which package they actually belong to. Also indicated is whether each class is final or abstract.
Web Usability for Dummies
Authors: Bud Smith, Richard Mander
Venue:  (2001)

:Web Usability for Dummies goes beyond the current bestsellers with usability analysis, offering readers real, hands-on methods for improving site usability and testing usability. It concerns itself with how an Internet user reacts to and works with a web site based on its design, content, and instructions. Usability is becoming a vital topic in web design as Webmasters strive to make their sites easier to understand and use in order to gain and retain customers. Anyone involved in Web site design and usage, from page builders to heads of solvent dot-com businesses, will need and value this book. About the author: Bud Smith is the co-author of the bestselling Creating Web Pages for Dummies, a hands-on reference for first-time Web designers that has sold over 600,000 copies. Richard Mander is a principle in Zanzara, a firm that has done usability design and consulting work on hardware, software, and Web sites with Microsoft, Apple, Sun, and Schwab.
Solaris 7 Administrator Certification: Part I and II, Training Guide with Cdrom
Authors: Bill Calkins, William Calkins
Venue:  (2000)

:This title offers the perfect self-study tool to allow you to prepare confidently at your own pace, in your own time. Comprehensive and focused on teaching what you need to understand -- not just facts you need to know -- this book is the most complete test preparation tool available on the market. Structured according to the exam objectives, Solaris 7 Administrator Certification Training Guide, Part I and Part II prepares you by concentrating on subjects such as system startup, server setup and customization, device files, file systems, networking, naming services, user security, software administration, and script writing.
Using C++, 1st edition
Authors: Rob McGregor, Jerry Anderson
Venue:  (1998)

:This book will provide the essential pieces of C++ programming information needed by beginning-intermediate programmers to execute the most frequently used tasks and functions. Many books overwhelm readers with details of the language features, while ignoring the reason for those features. Each chapter is a task-oriented module covering a group of related features or tasks full of real-world, practical examples which is lacking in our competitors offerings. Unlike our competitors, we provide a complete condensed package of easily navigable reference tutorial information on C++. Many competitors convert existing C material into a C++ book which is difficult to follow and unnecessary.Get up to speed fast on ANSI/ISO standard C++ without having to learn C first. Provide beginners and intermediate users with the ESSENTIAL informationThis book is jam packed with relevant, hands-on examples, rule-of-thumbs, jump-tables and enrichment-pointers that teach the reader C++ concepts and procedures in a fast, compact and concise mannerBecause this book does not focus on any one compiler, the reader may learn to program in C++ using the compiler of his choice, such as Microsoft Visual C++, Borland C++, or Unix
Provably sensitive Indexing strategies for biosequence similarity search
Authors: Jeremy Buhler
Venue: Proceedings of the sixth annual international conference on Computational biology (2002)

The field of algorithms for pairwise biosequence similarity search is dominated by heuristic methods of high efficiency but uncertain sensitivity. One reason that more formal string matching algorithms with sensitivity guarantees have not been applied to biosequences is that they cannot directly find similarities that score highly under substitution score functions such as the DNAPAM-TT [20], PAM [9], or BLOSUM [12] families of matrices. We describe a general technique, score simulation, to map ungapped similarity search problems using these score functions into the problem of finding pairs of strings that are close in Hamming space. Score simulation leads to indexing schemes for biosequences that permit efficient ungapped similarity searches with formal guarantees of sensitivity using arbitrary score functions. In particular, we introduce the lsh-all-pairs-sim algorithm for finding local similarities in large biosequence collections and show that it is both computationally feasible and sensitive in practice.
The RF and Microwave Hanbook, 1st edition
Authors: John Michael Golio
Venue:  (2001)

:The recent shift in focus from defense and government work to commercial wireless efforts has caused the job of the typical microwave engineer to change dramatically. The modern microwave and RF engineer is expected to know customer expectations, market trends, manufacturing technologies, and factory models to a degree that is unprecedented in the history of RF/microwave engineering. With a broad, balanced range of material, The RF and Microwave Handbook provides you with the means to understand and use these factors to improve your overall performance. With contributions from 100 prominent researchers and practitioners, this outstanding work is filled with essential information on microwave theory, techniques, and applications. It provides an overview of microwave and RF products including both existing and emerging commercial wireless applications, such as cellular phones and wireless LANs, as well as traditional military applications such as radar and electronic countermeasures. Among the topics discussed, the book deals extensively with:Technical constraints: thermal issues, modulations schemes, power supply limitations, reliability considerations, and safety and environmental issuesCircuit design issues: receivers, transmitters, power amplifiers, low noise amplifiers, oscillators, phase locked loops, filters, multiplexers, RF switches, mixers, and modulation circuitryPassive and active device technologies: cables, connectors, antennas, and packaging, as well as semiconductor and IC technologiesThis detailed and comprehensive handbook provides microwave engineers and other electrical engineers with information outside of their area of expertise, and presentsmanagers and marketers with the tools to better understand the fields driving their decisions. With important information pertaining to industry, government, and academia, The RF and Microwave Handbook serves as a single-volume comprehensive reference for everyone in the industry.
Collaborative environmental education using distributed virtual environment accessible from real and virtual worlds
Authors: Masaya Okada, Hiroyuki Tarumi, Tetsuhiko Yoshimura, Kazuyuki Moriya
Venue: ACM SIGAPP Applied Computing Review (2001)

We have designed and implemented a support system for collaborative environmental education, DigitalEE, which realizes distributed virtual environment accessible from real and virtual worlds. This system introduces the following diverse features into environmental education: global arguments supported by the Internet, giving learners pseudo experiences by virtual reality, supplementing real natural experiences by augmented reality, and giving learners experts' valuable knowledge by distance education. Shared virtual space in the distributed virtual environment is "3D virtual nature", which is a VRML world representing the real nature. Learners learning through direct experiences can enter the 3D virtual nature from the real world with mobile computers, whereas experts and other participants can enter the 3D virtual nature from distant locations with their personal computers. People throughout the world can communicate with each other while sharing the same place virtually between real and virtual worlds. Learners' observation, experts' knowledge, and other participants' information are continuously accumulated in the shared 3D virtual nature as VRML objects and web pages, and the world is being updated dynamically in the learning process. With these ideas, DigitalEE realizes a new style of environmental education such as collaborative outdoor learning supported by knowledgeable experts throughout the world and interactive virtual tours to inaccessible natural environment.
Microsoft Access 2000 Development
Authors: Stephen Forte, James Ralston, Tom Howe
Venue:  (1999)

:Access 2000 Unleashed provides the experienced Access user with information needed for high-end enterprise applications. This includes both Jet engine multi-user applications and SQL Server enterprise applications. This book will strengthen your existing Access knowledge and move you to a professional level of development. Written by respected Access professionals, this book also provides real world examples for business solutions and advice from years of working experience. Topics include: Database Design; Data Access; VBA; Access Client/Server; User Interfaces; Interoperability; Multi-User Issues; and Web Publishing with Access 2000.
Application rates to undergraduate programs in information technology in Australian Universities
Authors: John F. Roddick, Adrienne L. Nieuwenhuis
Venue: Proceedings of the twenty-fifth Australasian conference on Computer science - Volume 4 (2002)

Over the past decade, there has been much discussion regarding both the supply and the current and potential demand for information technology-oriented graduates in Australia with numerous surveys and market analyses being undertaken. some surveys have focussed on the supply of graduates from the tertiary and VET sectors and their demand in Australian industry, while others discuss enrolment statistics into IT based University and VET sector courses. Few, however, investigate application rates to IT courses.At the same time, there has been a general, and in some cases significant, decline in the application rates for some science and engineering courses prompting universities to review their awards with a view to making them more attractive to students and industry. In many cases this has resulted in the development of more highly specialised awards and in others in substantial shifts in quota.In this paper we investigate application trends for information technology-oriented awards from a number of perspectives, including the market perceptions of the institution offering the degree and the manner in which the award is combined with other disciplines. Although this study takes advantage of the centralised admissions systems used in Australia, data available elsewhere shows that the results may be applicable more broadly.
CCNA Routing and Switching Exam Cram
Authors: Matt J. Rees, Jeffery T. Coe
Venue:  (1999)

:Covers the installation, configuration, and operation of simple-routed LAN, WAN, and switched LAN networks. Discusses remote access and integrating dial-up connectivity with traditional, remote LAN to LAN access, as well as supporting the high levels of performance required for new applications such as Internet commerce and multimedia. Demonstrates ways to optimize WAN through Internet solutions that reduce bandwidth and WAN cost. Explains features such as filtering with Access Lists, Bandwidth on Demand (BOD), and Dial on Demand Routing (DDR). Combines the curriculum objectives of the CCNA Routing and Switching exam with specific test-taking advice. Covers all curriculum objectives for reader to pass the CCNA Routing and Switching exam (640-407). Provides practice-exam questions in a format similar to the actual exam and includes real-life scenarios for skill building. The CCNA Routing and Switching exam is a crucial building block of the CCIE Routing and Switching certification path. Features unique editorial content that serves as an ideal complement to other training guides and materials in a concise format, highlighting the most important features of the exam.
UNIX System V Release 4 System Administrator's Guide
Authors: Joyce L. Vedral
Venue:  (1990)

:This book has been designed to help you do the work of a system administrator for a computer running UNIX System V Release 4.0 on an AT&T 3B2 Computer. Whether you own a small business or an administrator for a large organization, this guide will help you install and maintain various services on your system, and serve the need of your users.
Approximation algorithms for classification problems with pairwise relationships: metric labeling and Markov random fields
Authors: Jon Kleinberg, Éva Tardos
Venue: Journal of the ACM (JACM) (2002)

In a traditional classification problem, we wish to assign one of k labels (or classes) to each of n objects, in a way that is consistent with some observed data that we have about the problem. An active line of research in this area is concerned with classification when one has information about pairwise relationships among the objects to be classified; this issue is one of the principal motivations for the framework of Markov random fields, and it arises in areas such as image processing, biometry, and document analysis. In its most basic form, this style of analysis seeks to find a classification that optimizes a combinatorial function consisting of assignment costs---based on the individual choice of label we make for each object---and separation costs---based on the pair of choices we make for two "related" objects.We formulate a general classification problem of this type, the metric labeling problem; we show that it contains as special cases a number of standard classification frameworks, including several arising from the theory of Markov random fields. From the perspective of combinatorial optimization, our problem can be viewed as a substantial generalization of the multiway cut problem, and equivalent to a type of uncapacitated quadratic assignment problem.We provide the first nontrivial polynomial-time approximation algorithms for a general family of classification problems of this type. Our main result is an O(log k log log k)-approximation algorithm for the metric labeling problem, with respect to an arbitrary metric on a set of k labels, and an arbitrary weighted graph of relationships on a set of objects. For the special case in which the labels are endowed with the uniform metric---all distances are the same---our methods provide a 2-approximation algorithm.
Computing Zeros on a Real Interval through Chebyshev Expansion and Polynomial Rootfinding
Authors: John P. Boyd
Venue: SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis (2002)

Robust polynomial rootfinders can be exploited to compute the roots on a real interval of a nonpolynomial function f(x) by the following: (i) expand f as a Chebyshev polynomial series, (ii) convert to a polynomial in ordinary, series-of-powers form, and (iii) apply the polynomial rootfinder. (Complex-valued roots and real roots outside the target interval are discarded.) The expansion is most efficiently done by adaptive Chebyshev interpolation with N equal to a power of two, where $N$ is the degree of the truncated Chebyshev series. All previous evaluations of f can then be reused when N is increased; adaption stops when N is sufficiently large so that further increases produce no significant change in the interpolant. We describe two conversion strategies. The "convert-to-powers" method uses multiplication by mildly ill-conditioned matrices to create a polynomial of degree N. The "degree-doubling" strategy defines a polynomial of larger degree 2N but is very well-conditioned. The "convert-to-powers" method, although faster, restricts N to moderate values; this can always be accomplished by subdividing the target interval. Both these strategies allow simultaneous approximation of many roots on an interval, whether simple or multiple, for nonpolynomial f(x).
New Second-Order Optimality Conditions for Variational Problems with C2-Hamiltonians
Authors: Vera Zeidan
Venue: SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization (2001)

The generalized problem of Bolza with a C2-Hamiltonian is considered. Necessary and sufficient conditions are obtained, respectively, in terms of the accessory problem, the existence of conjoined basis, and the existence of a solution to a Riccati equation with boundary conditions. No strengthened Legendre--Clebsch condition is required. When applied to a general optimal control problem, these results include and generalize known results.
Lotus 1-2-3 Simplified, 1st edition
Authors: Maran Graphics, Ruth Maran
Venue:  (1994)

:If your eyes glaze over whenever you try reading books on Lotus 1-2-3, you'll be delighted with Lotus 1-2-3 R5 For Windows Simplified. In this full-color, in-depth guide to using one of the leading spreadsheet programs available, the renowned illustrations of maranGraphics combine with plain-English explanations to take you step by step through all of 1-2-3's powerful features. You'll discover how to Create, save, and open files Edit worksheets Use formulas and functions Format and print spreadsheets Work with multiple worksheets and files Transform dull data into meaningful, eye-catching charts Build and use worksheet-based databases With Lotus 1-2-3 R5 For Windows Simplified, you'll join hundreds of thousands of Simplified users who have at least one thing in common: They get to enjoy learning how to use even the most sophisticated software.
Distribution Assignment Placement: Effective Optimization of Redistribution Costs
Authors: Jens Knoop, Eduard Mehofer
Venue: IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems (2002)

Data locality and workload balance are key factors for getting high performance out of data-parallel programs on multiprocessor architectures. Data-parallel languages such as High-Performance Fortran (HPF) thus offer means allowing a programmer both to specify data distributions, as well as to change them dynamically in order to maintain these properties. On the other hand, redistributions can be quite expensive and significantly degrade a program's performance. They must thus be reduced to a minimum. In this article, we present a novel, aggressive approach for avoiding unnecessary remappings which works by eliminating partially dead and partially redundant distribution changes. Basically, this approach evolves from extending and combining two algorithms for these optimizations achieving each on its own optimal results. In distinction to the sequential setting, the data-parallel setting leads naturally to a family of algorithms of varying power and efficiency allowing requirement-customized solutions. The power and flexibility of the new approach are demonstrated by various examples, which range from typical HPF fragments to real world programs. Performance measurements underline its importance and show its effectivity on different hardware platforms and different settings.
AutoCAD VBA Programming Tools and Techniques, 1st edition
Authors: Bill Kramer, John Gibb
Venue:  (1999)

:This book teaches intermediate to advanced AutoCAD users and programmers how to customize the program and maximize productivity using the new Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) tools added to AutoCAD R15. The book explains VBA concepts specific to AutoCAD programming with examples of how it can be used to increase CAD productivity.
Decision support for extreme programming introduction and practice selection
Authors: Daniel Karlström, Per Runeson
Venue: Proceedings of the 14th international conference on Software engineering and knowledge engineering (2002)

This paper presents an investigation concerning the introduction of Extreme Programming (XP) in software development organisations. More specifically the concept of using a decision support method known as the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) is evaluated by a group of students and a group of developers and the outcome is compared to experiences from an XP case study. The results provide an indication that different practices are thought to be easier and more effective to implement in the two groups. A company considering implementing only a few practices can use this as help for deciding which practices to implement. Companies introducing all practices can use the results of this kind of method to see where more attention might be needed after or during the introduction of XP.
Quasi-Minuscule Quotients and Reduced Words for Reflections
Authors: John R. Stembridge
Venue: Journal of Algebraic Combinatorics: An International Journal (2001)

We study the reduced expressions for reflections in Coxeter groups, with particular emphasis on finite Weyl groups. For example, the number of reduced expressions for any reflection can be expressed as the sum of the squares of the number of reduced expressions for certain elements naturally associated to the reflection. In the case of the longest reflection in a Weyl group, we use a theorem of Dale Peterson to provide an explicit formula for the number of reduced expressions. We also show that the reduced expressions for any Weyl group reflection are in bijection with the linear extensions of a natural partial ordering of a subset of the positive roots or co-roots.