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Core Internet Application Development with ASP.NET 2.0 (Core Series)
Authors: Randy Connolly
Venue:  (2007)

The Comprehensive Guide to ASP.NET 2.0 for Experienced DevelopersASP.NET 2.0 represents a true breakthrough in Web development technology and delivers unprecedented power, flexibility, and efficiency. If you're an experienced programmer who wants to build production-quality Web applications and services with ASP.NET 2.0, this book is the deepest, most practical tutorial you can find.Randy Connolly introduces today's best practices for every facet of ASP.NET 2.0 development. He illuminates ASP.NET 2.0 Web server control architecture, sophisticated user interface capabilities, and navigation controls. He presents systematic, practical coverage of ASP.NET 2.0 data integration, state management, personalization, and more.As with all books in the Prentice Hall Core Series, Core Internet Application Development with ASP.NET 2.0 focuses on solving serious problems with professional-quality code. With practical insights into everything from data binding to security, this is the ASP.NET 2.0 book you've been searching for: a definitive guide to building industrial-strength Web solutions.This Book Delivers Best practices for architecting and implementing state-of-the-art Web applications and services Expert insight into the entire ASP.NET development process, from design through deployment Hundreds of professional-quality code examples, including complete applications and business objects In-depth coverage of the latest ASP.NET features, including master pages, new data source controls, and ASP.NET AJAX (a.k.a. “Atlas”)Every Core Series BookDemonstrates practical techniques used by professional developers Features robust, thoroughly tested sample code and realistic examples Focuses on the cutting-edge technologies you need to master today Provides expert advice that will help you build superior softwarePreface Acknowledgments About the Author Part I: Core ASP.NET Chapter 1: Introducing ASP.NET 2.0 Chapter 2: How ASP.NET Works Chapter 3: Working with the Standard Web Server Controls Chapter 4: The Additional Standard Web Server Controls Chapter 5: Exception Handling and Validation Controls Chapter 6: Customizing and Managing Your Site's Appearance Chapter 7: ASP.NET Site Navigation Part II: Working with Data Chapter 8: Data Binding and Representation Chapter 9: Using ADO.NET Chapter 10: Data Controls Chapter 11: Designing and Implementing Web Applications Chapter 12: Managing ASP.NET State Part III: Implementing Web Applications Chapter 13: Security, Membership, and Role Management 833 Chapter 15: Web Services Chapter 16: Internationalization and Deployment Appendix: ASP.NET AJAX Sneak Peek Indexï¾
Learning causal networks from data&colon; a survey and a new algorithm for recovering possibilistic causal networks
Authors: Ramon Sangüesa, Ulises Cortés
Venue: AI Communications (1997)

Causal concepts play a crucial role in many reasoning tasks. Organised as a model revealing the causal structure of a domain, they can guide inference through relevant knowledge. This is an especially difficult kind of knowledge to acquire, so some methods for automating the induction of causal models from data have been put forth. Here we review those that have a graph representation. Most work has been done on the problem of recovering belief nets from data but some extensions are appearing that claim to exhibit a true causal semantics. We will review the analogies between belief networks and &ldquo;true&rdquo; causal networks and to what extent methods for learning belief networks can be used in learning causal representations. Some new results in recovering possibilistic causal networks will also be presented.
Multi-sensor fusion: an Evolutionary algorithm approach
Authors: Igor V. Maslov, Izidor Gertner
Venue: Information Fusion (2006)

Modern decision-making processes rely on data coming from different sources. Intelligent integration and fusion of information from distributed multi-source, multi-sensor network requires an optimization-centered approach. Traditional optimization techniques often fail to meet the demands and challenges of highly dynamic and volatile information flow. New methods are required, which are capable of fully automated adjustment and self-adaptation to fluctuating inputs and tasks. One such method is Evolutionary algorithms (EA), a generic, flexible, and versatile framework for solving complex problems of global optimization and search in real world applications. The evolutionary approach provides a valuable alternative to traditional methods used in information fusion, due to its inherent parallel nature and its ability to deal with difficult problems. However, the application of the algorithm to a particular problem is often more an art than science. Choosing the right model and parameters requires an in-depth understanding of the morphological development of the algorithm, as well as its recent advances and trends. This paper attempts to give a compact overview of both basic and advanced concepts, models, and variants of Evolutionary algorithms in various implementations and applications particularly those in information fusion. We have brought together material scattered throughout numerous books, journal papers, and conference proceedings. Strong emphasis is made on the practical aspects of the EA implementation, including specific and detailed recommendations drawn from these various sources. However, the practical aspects are discussed from the standpoint of concepts and models, rather than from applications in specific problem domains, which emphasize the generality of the provided recommendations across different applications including information fusion.
CSS, DHTML, and Ajax, Fourth Edition (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Authors: Jason Cranford Teague
Venue:  (2006)

The Web doesn't stand still, and neither does this guide: Completely updated to cover the new browsers, standards, and CSS, DHTML, and Ajax features that define the Web today, the one thing that hasn't changed in this edition is its task-based visual approach to the topic. In these pages, readers will find friendly, step-by-step instructions for using CSS, DHTML, and Ajax to add visually sophisticated, interactive elements to their Web sites. Using loads of tips and screen shots, veteran author Jason Cranford Teague covers a lot of ground--from basic and advanced dynamic techniques (for example, making objects appear and disappear) to creating effects for newer browsers, migrating from tables to CSS, and creating new DHTML scripts with embedded scroll areas, fixed menu bars, and more. Users new to CSS, DHTML, and Ajax will find this a quick, easy introduction to scripting, while more experienced programmers will be pleased to find practical, working examples throughout the book.
Web 2.0 Report
Venue:  (2006)

Web 2.0 is here today and yet its vast, disruptive impact is just beginning. More than just the latest technology buzzword, it's a transformative force that's propelling companies across all industries towards a new way of doing business characterized by user participation, openness, and network effects. What does Web 2.0 mean to your company and products? What are the risks and opportunities? What are the proven strategies for successfully capitalizing on these changes? O'Reilly Radar's Web 2.0 Principles and Best Practices lays out the answers the why, what, who, and how of Web 2.0. It's an indispensable guide for technology decision-makers executives, product strategists, entrepreneurs, and thought leaders who are ready to compete and prosper in today's Web 2.0 world. 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
Incremental deployment strategies for router-assisted reliable multicast
Authors: Xinming He, Christos Papadopoulos, Pavlin Radoslavov
Venue: IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (TON) (2006)

Incremental deployment of a new network service or protocol is typically a hard problem, especially when it has to be deployed at the routers. First, an incrementally deployable version of the protocol may be needed. Second, a systematic study of the performance impact of incremental deployment is needed to evaluate potential deployment strategies. Choosing the wrong strategy can be disastrous, as it may inhibit reaping the benefits of an otherwise robust service and prevent widespread adoption.We focus on two router-assisted reliable multicast protocols, namely PGM and LMS. Our evaluation consists of three parts: 1) selection and classification of deployment strategies; 2) definition of performance metrics; and 3) systematic evaluation of deployment strategies. Our study yields several interesting results: 1) the performance of different deployment strategies varies widely, for example, with some strategies, both PGM and LMS approach full deployment performance with as little as 5% of the routers deployed; other strategies require up to 80% deployment to approach the same level; 2) our sensitivity analysis reveals relatively small variation in the results in most cases; and 3) the impact associated with partial deployment is different for each of these protocols; PGM tends to impact the network, whereas LMS the endpoints. Our study clearly demonstrates that the choice of a strategy has a substantial impact on performance.
CReconfigurable finite field instruction set architecture
Authors: Nathan Jachimie, Fernando Martinez-Vallin, Jafar Saniie
Venue: Proceedings of the 2007 ACM/SIGDA 15th international symposium on Field programmable gate arrays (2007)

Reconfigurable computing can provide a significant speed-up factor to cryptographic and error correcting code algorithms. Finite field arithmetic is essential to both, but is difficult to implement efficiently. Finite field instruction set extensions and a reconfiguration framework have been constructed to enable a finite field multiplier to be regenerated via software control. A performance evaluation has been created by generating a Finite Field Extensions Unit with MicroBlaze processor in a Xilinx Virtex2Pro FPGA. By utilizing the in-system partial reconfiguration capability, the finite field multiplier can be customized to a particular size and definition. With a customized GF(2163 ) multiplier, a speed-up factor of 1530X has been demonstrated versus execution of the same algorithm on the MicroBlaze processor alone.
Grand challenge case studies in a simulation curriculum
Authors: Michael Spiegel, Paul F. Reynolds,  Jr., David C. Brogan
Venue: Proceedings of the 38th conference on Winter simulation (2006)

Students wishing to become experts in modeling and simulation (M&S) need to appreciate limitations of the technology. Our goal is to expose students to the current boundaries of simulation technology. To achieve this, we propose the incorporation of grand challenge case studies into a modeling and simulation curriculum. Grand challenge problems are defined as problems for which there does not exist a universally accepted solution (at present). We argue that grand challenge case studies are an excellent vehicle for discovering and appreciating current boundaries of M&S technology. We present three candidate case studies, one in detail - the ongoing U.S. Department of Energy analysis of Yucca Mountain as a location for nuclear waste storage - with supporting discussion about how these cases can enhance exploration of the challenges in M&S technology. We discuss the proposed Yucca Mountain storage facility, along with two other case studies, and examine their integration into M&S curricula.
Adobe InDesign CS2 Classroom in a Book
Venue:  (2005)

With its ever-tightening integration with Adobe's full suite of creative products and its own increasingly sophisticated feature set, InDesign is winning legions of Quark and FrameMaker converts. If you're among themï¾or if you've decided to sidestep those programs altogetherï¾you need this book. In these pages, the Adobe Creative Team uses a series of project-based lessons to provide a thorough grounding in the InDesign school of page design. You'll find step-by-step lessons in InDesign CS2 fundamentals plus plenty of the advanced tips and techniques you need to take your page designs to the next level. The workbook-style format includes self-paced lessons followed by review questions to reinforce the knowledge and a CD with all of the files required to complete the book's projects. Throughout, special focus is given to the features new to InDesign CS: the new Adobe Bridge file browser; object styles, snippets, smarter text handling, the ability to hide or show layers in Photoshop and PDF files, and much more. 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
Curve fitting with linear programming
Authors: H. Swanson, R. E. D. Woolsey
Venue: Issue 19 (August 1975) (1975)

The classical problem of "fitting" a curve to a set of data is as follows: given a set of N data points (xj, yj) j = l,..., N, find a value for "m" (slope) and "b" (Y-intercept) such that the curve y = mx+b "best" fits the data. If each of the N data points lies on the curve y = mx+b (i.e. y = mxj+b = yj j = l,..., N), there is no "error". Otherwise, an "error" is introduced (by choosing m and b) when y = mxj+b does not equal yj. Thus "m" and "b" must be chosen such that the sum of errors in estimation or prediction (using the curve y = mx+b) is minimized.
Designing the Obvious: A Common Sense Approach to Web Application Design
Authors: Robert Hoekman,  Jr.
Venue:  (2006)

Designing the Obvious belongs in the toolbox of every person charged with the design and development of Web-based software, from the CEO to the programming team. Designing the Obvious explores the character traits of great Web applications and uses them as guiding principles of application design so the end result of every project instills customer satisfaction and loyalty. These principles include building only whats necessary, getting users up to speed quickly, preventing and handling errors, and designing for the activity. Designing the Obvious does not offer a one-size-fits-all development process--in fact, it lets you use whatever process you like. Instead, it offers practical advice about how to achieve the qualities of great Web-based applications and consistently and successfully reproduce them.
Cross-Correlation Properties of Cyclotomic Sequences
Authors: Kai Cai, Rongquan Feng, Zhiming Zheng
Venue: IEICE Transactions on Fundamentals of Electronics, Communications and Computer Sciences (2007)

Sequences with good correlation properties are widely used in engineering applications, especially in the area of communications. Among the known sequences, cyclotomic families have the optimal autocorrelation property. In this paper, we decide the cross-correlation function of the known cyclotomic sequences completely. Moreover, to get our results, the relations between the multiplier group and the decimations of the characteristic sequence are also established for an arbitrary difference set.
An overhead and resource contention aware analytical model for overloaded web servers
Authors: Vipul Mathur, Varsha Apte
Venue: Proceedings of the 6th international workshop on Software and performance (2007)

Increased response time during periods of overload on a Web server may cause impatient users to time-out, causing the server to do unproductive work in processing these abandoned requests. Overhead time spent in preprocessing each request adds to the unproductive work even for requests that are not taken up for service. This causes the usable throughput, i.e. goodput, of the overloaded Web server to drop drastically, while resource utilization remains at 100%. Although this behaviour can be easily reproduced experimentally, existing analytical models of queues with abandonments are not able to do so.We present an analytical model that captures characteristics specific to networked software servers, namely, overhead processing and contention for shared hardware resources, that is able to explain the goodput degradation typically observed in overloaded servers. We use this model to compare the performance of the LIFO and FIFO queueing disciplines during overload and show that LIFO goodput and response time are better than those of FIFO.
Predicting and improving complex business processes: values and limitations of modeling and simulation technologies
Authors: Mohsen Modarres
Venue: Proceedings of the 38th conference on Winter simulation (2006)

This paper argues that the value of simulation and modeling technology tends to be contingent on creating models that can offer a systematic and well defined way of representing firm's structure and business processes. Over time, stable and simple business processes can reach equilibrium. As such, the behavior of the stable systems can be predicted through modeling and simulation. However, complexity in hierarchical business processes and introduction of random changes within such business processes create dynamic systems that have a tendency not to reach equilibrium. Hence, simulation and modeling may add less value in predictability of behavior within complex and dynamic business processes.
Use of federated object modeling to develop a macro-system model for the U.S. Department of Energy's hydrogen program
Authors: Mark F. Ruth, Keith B. Vanderveen, Timothy J. Sa
Venue: Proceedings of the 38th conference on Winter simulation (2006)

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is working on technology that could change our transportation fuel from gasoline to hydrogen. To assist in that effort, we are developing a macro-system model (MSM) that will link existing or developmental component models together to analyze crosscutting hydrogen issues. The MSM uses a federated simulation framework that extends the High Level Architecture (HLA). In this initial phase, three existing models have been linked to analyze two primary issues. The first issue we will examine will be the combined price of hydrogen production and delivery and the second will be a comparison of energy requirements and air emissions for multiple hydrogen production / delivery pathways (i.e., hydrogen produced from different feedstocks and transported via different means). Future work will involve linking other models to allow us to better analyze transition issues and making the MSM available to the hydrogen analysis community.
Texture classification using ridgelet transform
Authors: S. Arivazhagan, L. Ganesan, T. G. Subash Kumar
Venue: Pattern Recognition Letters (2006)

Texture classification has long been an important research topic in image processing. Now a day's classification based on wavelet transform is being very popular. Wavelets are very effective in representing objects with isolated point singularities, but failed to represent line singularities. Recently, ridgelet transform which deal effectively with line singularities in 2-D is introduced. It allows representing edges and other singularities along lines in a more efficient way compared to wavelet transform. In this paper, the issue of texture classification based on ridgelet transform has been analyzed. Features are derived from the sub-bands of the ridgelet decomposition and are used for classification for the four different datasets containing 20, 30, 112 and 129 texture images respectively. Experimental results show that this approach allows obtaining high degree of success rate in classification.
Where to start?
Authors: G. Chroust
Venue: ACM SIGMICRO Newsletter (1983)

The newcomer, when entering into the field of microprogramming and firmware, is often at a loss as to where to start reading. The selected sources are a good starting point for further reading. Only those publications are listed which predominantely discuss microprogramming/firmware. Naturally most journals in the area of software and many introductory books on computer science also devote some space to this subject.
Macromedia Fireworks 8: Training from the Source
Authors: Patti Schulze
Venue:  (2005)

If you learn best by doing, and what you're intent on doing is create stunning Web graphics with Macromedia Fireworks 8, this is the place to turn. The best-selling tutorial book on Fireworks has been completely updated to get you hands-on fast with all of the program's most important features, including its newest: additional blend modes, support for special characters and AutoShape properties, workflow improvements, and more. Through project-based lessons that equal 16 to 20 hours of instruction, you'll cover the entire process of creating Web graphics with Fireworks 8-from creating images to optimizing and exporting them. Simple step-by-step instructions, loads of screen shots, and a CD with media files and a trial version of the program will have you creating rollovers, pop-ups, and more in no time. Whether you're new to the world of Fireworks graphics or a veteran user eager to tap the power of the latest version, you'll find the trusted, Macromedia-certified instruction you need in these pages. 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
SQL Server 2000 Stored Procedure XML Programming, Second Edition, 2 edition
Authors: Dejan Sunderic
Venue:  (2003)

Get thorough coverage of SQL Server 2000—including extended XML capabilities and VS.NET updates with this expertly written resource. Learn to harness the full benefits of modular programming, and achieve faster execution and a reduction of network traffic. Included are a sample database and an end-to-end solution for a Web search engine.Table of contents 1: Introduction 2: The SQL Server Environment 3: Stored Procedure Design Concepts 4: Basic Transact-SQL Programming Constructs 5: Functions 6: Composite Transact-SQL Constructs: Batches, Scripts, and Transactions 7: Debugging and Error Handling 8: Special Types of Procedures 9: Advanced Stored Procedure Programming 10: Interaction with the SQL Server Environment 11: Source Code Management and Database Deployment 12: Stored Procedures for Web Search Engines 13: Introduction to XML for Database Developers 14: Publishing Information Using SQLXML 15: Modifying Databases Using SQLXML Appendix: T-SQL and XML Data Types in SQL Server 2000