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Access 2003 Personal Trainer (Personal Trainer (O'Reilly))
Venue:  (2005)

As the most popular database management program on the market, Microsoft Access didn't need much improvement. But with the release of Access 2003, Microsoft managed to further enhance the way people organize, access, and share information. In this new version, Access is more capable than ever, thanks to additional features like automatic error checking, automatic property updating, and the expanded ability to import, export, and work with Extensible Markup Language (XML) data files. The number of features it offers is truly impressive--and potentially daunting. Anyone baffled by the multitude of features and functionality in Microsoft Access can get up to speed quickly with the help of Access 2003 Personal Trainer. Part of our new Personal Trainer Series, this book lets people of any technical level learn exactly what they need to know at their own pace. Unlike many consumer software tutorials that dumb down the material or present it in a confusing fashion, this book is written in a non-technical and engaging style that readers find fun, easy, and informative. This book will not only help existing users, but those who received Access as part of Microsoft Office and are now ready to dip their toe in the water. It starts with Access fundamentals and then moves on to tables, fields, queries, forms, reports, macros, and advanced topics like linking information from an external source. Access 2003 Personal Trainer explains how you can easily: Access information from multiple sources Link business systems Create powerful database solutions Share information more efficiently To best guide learning, Access 2003 Personal Trainer includes detailed diagrams, dozens of task-oriented lessons, and a fully interactive training simulation CD--everything you need to become an Access pro. 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
Modeling centralized organization of organizational change
Authors: Mark Hoogendoorn, Catholijn M. Jonker, Martijn C. Schut, Jan Treur
Venue: Computational Mathematical Organization Theory (2007)

Organizations change with the dynamics of the world. To enable organizations to change, certain structures and capabilities are needed. As all processes, a change process has an organization of its own. In this paper it is shown how within a formal organization modeling approach also organizational change processes can be modeled. A generic organization model (covering both organization structure and behavior) for organizational change is presented and formally evaluated for a case study. This model takes into account different phases in a change process considered in Organization Theory literature, such as unfreezing, movement and refreezing. Moreover, at the level of individuals, the internal beliefs and their changes are incorporated in the model. In addition, an internal mental model for (reflective) reasoning about expected role behavior is included in the organization model.
Learning MySQL
Authors: Seyed M. M. Tahaghoghi, Hugh Williams
Venue:  (2006)

Whether you're running a business, keeping track of members and meetings for a club, or just trying to organize a large and diverse collection of information, you'll find the MySQL database engine useful for answering questions such as: Which are my top ten fastest-selling products?How frequently does this person come to our facility?What was the highest, lowest, and average score of the team last season?MySQL, the most popular open-source database, offers the power of a relational database in a package that's easy to set up and administer, and Learning MySQL provides all the tools you need to get started. This densely packed tutorial includes detailed instructions to help you set up and design an effective database, create powerful queries using SQL, configure MySQL for improved security, and squeeze information out of your data.After covering the basics, the book travels far into MySQL's subtleties, including complex queries and joins, how to interact with the database over the Web using PHP or Perl, and important house-keeping such as backups and security.Topic include:Installation on Linux, Windows, and Mac OS XBasic and advanced querying using SQLUser management and securityBackups and recoveryTuning for improved efficiencyDeveloping command-line and web database applications using the PHP and Perl programming languagesThe authors, Saied Tahaghoghi and Hugh E. Williams, have careers in academia and business, and share a keen interest in research into search technologies.Whether you've never touched a database or have already completed some MySQL projects, you'll find insights in Learning MySQL that will last a career.
ONCOR: ontology- and evidence-based context reasoner
Authors: Judy Kay, William T. Niu, David J. Carmichael
Venue: Proceedings of the 12th international conference on Intelligent user interfaces (2007)

In this paper, we describe ONCOR, our ontology- and evidence-based approach to reason about context. ONCOR tackles the critical problem of providing a flexible and pragmatic approach to building light-weight ontologies of places, devices and sensors in MyPlace, a ubiquitous computing application which provides personalised information about a building. Our contributions lie in constructing a general middle ontology for a building (MIBO) based on OpenCyc, combined with our own approach to evidence-based reasoning, (accretion and resolution). We describe the evaluation of ONCOR in terms of a comparison of its answers to core ontological questions about context with previous work.
Path-based control of smoke simulations
Authors: Yootai Kim, Raghu Machiraju, David Thompson
Venue: Proceedings of the 2006 ACM SIGGRAPH/Eurographics symposium on Computer animation (2006)

In this paper, we propose a novel path-based control method for generating realistic smoke animations. Our method allows an animator to specify a 3D curve for the smoke to follow. Path control is then achieved using a linear (closed) feedback loop to match the velocity field obtained from a 3D flow simulation with a target velocity field. The target velocity field can be generated in a variety of ways and may include the small scale swirling motion characteristic of turbulent flows. We provide several examples of complex smoke paths to demonstrate the efficacy of our approach.
Component composition preserving behavioral contracts based on communication traces
Authors: Arnaud Bailly, Mireille Clerbout, Isabelle Simplot-Ryl
Venue: Theoretical Computer Science (2006)

This paper investigates the compositional properties of reusable software components defined with explicit dependencies and behavioural contracts expressing rely-guarantee specifications in the form of communication traces. In this setting, connection of components through their matching ports is indeed compositional and yields a new component or composite that respects its constituents' contracts. Thus the behaviour of the composite is computed from the behaviours of its constituents and is known to conform to the contracts without any new proof.
Digital Video Hacks (O'Reilly's Hacks Series)
Authors: Joshua Paul
Venue:  (2005)

Since the dawn of film, novices and experts have used quick-and-dirty workarounds and audiovisual tricks to improve their motion pictures, from home movies to feature films. Today, the tools have certainly changed, as have the quality and scope of the results. With digital video, the hacking possibilities are now limitless, for both amateurs and professional artists. From acquiring footage, mixing, editing, and adding effects to final distribution, Digital Video Hacks provides unique tips, tools, and techniques for every stage of video production. You'll learn how to:Get your projects started right using creative preparation tools and techniques, from making your own steadicam, boom, or dolly to effective storyboarding, timecoding, and tape labelingTroubleshoot common shooting problems, including using stop-motion and time-lapse techniques, lighting effects, colored screens and gels, and household objects to establish mood or otherwise wow an audienceCreate stunning visual effects, such as satellite zooming, surreal scenes, Matrix-like bullet-time, and green screen illusionsFool your audience with audio tricks, replacing flubbed dialogue, smoothing over cuts, and covering missing audio with room toneAdd professional features with post-production tricks, including color correction, soundtrack cleanup, opening sequences, and DVD bookmarksDistribute final content in a variety of creative ways, from exporting to basic videotape or DVD to streaming over the internet or even via cell phoneUse the web to provide interactivity and dynamic content, attend a remote conference, or vlog your life.Whether you're looking for a new technique to include in your next project, a solution to a common problem, or just a little inspiration, this book reintroduces you to the digital video you only thought you knew.
K-menu: a keyword-based dynamic menu interface for small computers
Authors: Seung Eun Lee, Geehyuk Lee
Venue: CHI '07 extended abstracts on Human factors in computing systems (2007)

In this paper, we introduce K-Menu, a keyword-based dynamic menu interface. When a user enters a keyword, a menu with items related to the keyword is constructed dynamically and presented to the user. We implemented K-Menu as a top-level interface for major mobile applications and mobile web services on a smartphone environment. A subsequent user test confirmed the task efficiency and the user acceptance of K-menu.
An optimization-based approach for QoS routing in high-bandwidth networks
Authors: Xiaojun Lin, Ness B. Shroff
Venue: IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (TON) (2006)

In this paper, we propose an optimization-based approach for Quality of Service (QoS) routing in high-bandwidth networks. We view a network that employs QoS routing as an entity that distributively optimizes some global utility function. By solving the optimization problem, the network is driven to an efficient operating point. In earlier work, it has been shown that when the capacity of the network is large, this optimization takes on a simple form, and once the solution to this optimization problem is found, simple proportional QoS routing schemes will suffice. However, this optimization problem requires global information. We develop a distributed and adaptive algorithm that can efficiently solve the optimization online. Compared with existing QoS routing schemes, the proposed optimization-based approach has the following advantages: 1) the computation and communication overhead can be greatly reduced without sacrificing performance; 2) the operating characteristics of the network can be analytically studied; and 3) the desired operating point can be tuned by choosing appropriate utility functions.
Enterprise integration using the agent paradigm: foundations of multi-agent-based integrative business information systems
Authors: Rajiv Kishore, Hong Zhang, R. Ramesh
Venue: Decision Support Systems (2006)

Enterprise integration through integrated business information systems (IBIS) is necessary to achieve agility in the current age of hyper-competition. Multi-agent systems (MAS) provide a new paradigm for IBIS development. In this paper, we review the IBIS modeling and MAS literatures and find that the MAS paradigm provides an excellent approach for modeling and implementing IBIS systems. We synthesize these two bodies of literature and propose a conceptual framework for multi-agent-based integrative business information systems (MIBIS) and a unified set of eight orthogonal ontological constructs that are minimally required for any conceptual modeling grammar for the MIBIS bounded universe of discourse.
VISSIM: a multi-parameter sensitivity analysis
Authors: Nicholas E. Lownes, Randy B. Machemehl
Venue: Proceedings of the 38th conference on Winter simulation (2006)

Traffic microsimulation is increasingly a preferred method of traffic analysis for today's transportation professionals. The importance of properly calibrating these traffic simulations is evidenced by the adoption of microsimulation calibration standards by several state and federal transportation authorities. A component of the calibration process is the calibration of the simulation for capacity. Capacity is a high-level measurement that is a function of many lower-level user-defined input parameters. VISSIM utilizes psy-chophysical car-following models that rely on ten user-defined parameters to represent freeway driving behavior. Several VISSIM driver behavior parameters have been shown to have a significant impact on roadway capacity. This paper seeks further understanding of the performance of the VISSIM traffic microsimulator by investigating the impact of driver behavior parameter combinations on a measure of freeway capacity. This paper is intended to provide insight useful for manual calibration of VISSIM microsimulation or the development of calibration algorithms.
Language model information retrieval with document expansion
Authors: Tao Tao, Xuanhui Wang, Qiaozhu Mei, ChengXiang Zhai
Venue: Proceedings of the main conference on Human Language Technology Conference of the North American Chapter of the Association of Computational Linguistics (2006)

Language model information retrieval depends on accurate estimation of document models. In this paper, we propose a document expansion technique to deal with the problem of insufficient sampling of documents. We construct a probabilistic neighborhood for each document, and expand the document with its neighborhood information. The expanded document provides a more accurate estimation of the document model, thus improves retrieval accuracy. Moreover, since document expansion and pseudo feedback exploit different corpus structures, they can be combined to further improve performance. The experiment results on several different data sets demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed document expansion method.
Microsoft Office Access 2007 On Demand
Authors: Steve Johnson
Venue:  (2006)

Microsoft Office Access 2007 For those who would rather be shown how than told how See How To Create databases more efficiently using a new results-oriented interface Use tools for building a database that makes information easier to find and use Import data from other programs, HTML, XML files, and other databases Use forms, filters, queries, and reports to capture and analyze data Discover ways to prevent data corruption and unauthorized access Share your data with others through interactive web pages Put your newly acquired skills to work using the online workshops Organize information and add impact with clip art, SmartArt diagrams, tables, and charts Use Groove and SharePoint Team Services to collaborate and share documents and information Prepare for the Microsoft Certified Application Specialist (MCAS) exam On the Web This book uses real-world examples to give you a context in which to use the task. This book also includes workshops to help you put together individual tasks into projects. The Access example files that you need for project tasks are available at www.perspection.com Author Bio Perspection has written and produced books on a variety of computer softwareï¾including Microsoft Office 2003 and XP, Microsoft Windows XP, Apple Mac OS X Panther, Adobe Photoshop CS2, Macromedia Flash 8, Macromedia Director MX, and Macromedia Fireworksï¾and Web publishing. In 1991, after working for Apple Computer and Microsoft, Steve Johnson founded Perspection, Inc. Perspection is committed to providing information and training to help people use software more effectively. Perspection has written more than 80 computer books, and sold more Includes MCAS Exam Objectives! This courseware meets the objectives for the Microsoft Certified Application Specialist (MCAS). Upon completion of this courseware, you may be prepared to take the exam for MCAS qualification. To learn more about becoming a Microsoft Certified Application Specialist, visit www.microsoft.com. Category Database Coversï¾ ï¾ ï¾ Microsoft Office Access 2007 User Levelï¾ ï¾ ï¾ Beginningï¾Intermediate ï¾ 1 Getting Started with Access 2 Touring Access Databases 3 Planning and Creating a Custom Database 4 Working with Fields 5 Working with Tables 6 Locating Specific Information Using a Query 7 Simplifying Data Entry with Forms 8 Creating Reports to Convey Information 9 Improving the Appearance of Forms and Reports 10 Working on the Web 11 Importing and Exporting Information 12 Managing a Database 13 Protecting and Securing a Database 14 Customizing Access 15 Enhancing a Database with Programming 16 Working Together on Office Documents New Features Microsoft Certified Applications Specialist Index 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
Energy-efficient wireless sensor network design and implementation for condition-based maintenance
Authors: Ankit Tiwari, Prasanna Ballal, Frank L. Lewis
Venue: ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks (TOSN) (2007)

A new application architecture is designed for continuous, real-time, distributed wireless sensor networks. We develop a wireless sensor network for machinery condition-based maintenance (CBM) in small machinery spaces using commercially available products. We develop a hardware platform, networking architecture, and medium access communication protocol. We implement a single-hop sensor network to facilitate real-time monitoring and extensive data processing for machine monitoring. A new radio battery consumption model is presented and the battery consumption equation is used to select the most suitable topology and design an energy efficient communication protocol for wireless sensor networks. A new streamlined matrix formulation is developed that allows the base station to compute the best periodic sleep times for all the nodes in the network. We combine scheduling and contention to design a hybrid MAC protocol, which achieves 100&percnt; collision avoidance by using our modified RTS-CTS contention mechanism known as UC-TDMA protocol. A LabVIEW graphical user interface is described that allows for signal processing, including FFT, various moments, and kurtosis. A wireless CBM sensor network implementation on a heating and air conditioning plant is presented as a case study.
Observed structure of addresses in IP traffic
Authors: Eddie Kohler, Jinyang Li, Vern Paxson, Scott Shenker
Venue: IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (TON) (2006)

We investigate the structure of addresses contained in IPv4 traffic--specifically, the structural characteristics of destination IP addresses seen on Internet links, considered as a subset of the address space. These characteristics have implications for algorithms that deal with IP address aggregates, such as routing lookups and aggregate-based congestion control. Several example address structures are well modeled by multifractal Cantor-like sets with two parameters. This model may be useful for simulations where realistic IP addresses are preferred. We also develop concise characterizations of address structures, including active aggregate counts and discriminating prefixes. Our structural characterizations are stable over short time scales at a given site, and different sites have visibly different characterizations, so that the characterizations make useful "fingerprints" of the traffic seen at a site. Also, changing traffic conditions, such as worm propagation, significantly alter these fingerprints.
A MANET simulation tool to study algorithms for generating propagation maps
Authors: Scott L. Rosen, John A. Stine, William J. Weiland
Venue: Proceedings of the 38th conference on Winter simulation (2006)

In this paper we describe a new simulation tool used to study the creation and optimization of propagation maps for Node State Routing protocols within wireless and mobile ad hoc networks. The simulation is developed in MATLAB and interfaces with DLL libraries for network data management support. These DLL libraries also have applications within OPNET for other Node State Routing studies.
Active EM to reduce noise in activity recognition
Authors: Jianqiang Shen, Thomas G. Dietterich
Venue: Proceedings of the 12th international conference on Intelligent user interfaces (2007)

Intelligent desktop environments allow the desktop user to define a set of projects or activities that characterize the user's desktop work. These environments then attempt to identify the current activity of the user in order to provide various kinds of assistance. These systems take a hybrid approach in which they allow the user to declare their current activity but they also employ learned classifiers to predict the current activity to cover those cases where the user forgets to declare the current activity. The classifiers must be trained on the very noisy data obtained from the user's activity declarations. Instead of asking the user to review and relabel the data manually, we employ an active EM algorithm that combines the EM algorithm and active learning. EM can be viewed as retraining on its own predictions. To make it more robust, we only retrain on those predictions that are made with high confidence. For active learning, we make a small number of queries to the user based on the most uncertain instances. Experimental results on real users show this active EM algorithm can significantly improve the prediction precision, and that it performs better than either EM or active learning alone.
Illustrator CS2 for Windows & Macintosh (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Authors: Elaine Weinmann, Peter Lourekas
Venue:  (2005)

If you're looking forward to using cool new tools like Illustrator CS2's Live Trace or Live Paint in your vector artwork, or eager to take advantage of its more than 200 professionally designed templates, you'll need to get up to speed on every aspect of Illustrator CS2 now with this Visual QuickStart Guide! As the standard Illustrator text in many design schools, this popular, task-based best seller has taught a generation of users how to make the most out of Adobe's vector-graphics powerhouse. Now it's back--revised and updated--to teach the next. Using simple step-by-step instructions, loads of screen shots, and an array of time-saving tips and tricks, this volume represents the quickest route to Illustrator CS2 proficiency. Clearly marked locators indicate new and improved features (such as enhanced type capabilities, powerful 3D graphics tools, enhanced PDF support, and more), a 24-page color section, and highly readable text create a winning combination for every level of Illustrator user.