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On the Performance of Connected Components Grouping
Authors: Alexander Berengolts, Michael Lindenbaum
Venue: International Journal of Computer Vision (2001)

Grouping processes may benefit computationally when simple algorithms are used as part of the grouping process. In this paper we consider a common and extremely fast grouping process based on the connected components algorithm. Relying on a probabilistic model, we focus on analyzing the algorithm's performance. In particular, we derive the expected number of addition errors and the group fragmentation rate. We show that these performance figures depend on a few inherent and intuitive parameters. Furthermore, we show that it is possible to control the grouping process so that the performance may be chosen within the bounds of a given tradeoff. The analytic results are supported by implementing the algorithm and testing it on synthetic and real images.
Life Online: Researching Real Experience in Virtual Space
Authors: Annette N. Markham
Venue:  (1998)

:Alienating for some, yet most intimate and real for others, emerging communications technologies are creating a varied array of cyberspace experiences. Nowhere are the new and old more intertwined, as familiar narratives of the past and radical visions of the future inform our attempts to assess the impact of cyberspace on self and society. Amid the dizzying pace of technological innovation, Annette N. Markham embarks on a unique, ethnographic approach to understanding Internet users by immersing herself in online reality. The result is an engrossing narrative as well as a theoretically engaging journey. A cast of characters, the self-reflexive author among them, emerge from Markham's interviews and research to depict the complexity and diversity of Internet realities. While cyberspace is hyped as a disembodied cultural arena where physical reality can be transcended, Markham finds that to understand how people experience the Internet, she must learn how to be embodied there--a process of acculturation and immersion which is not so different from other anthropological projects of cross-cultural understanding. Both new and not-so-new, cyberspace provides a context in which we can ask new sorts of questions about all cultural experience.
The 10-Second Internet Manager: Survive, Thrive, and Drive Your Company in the Information Age
Authors: Mark Breier, Armin A. Brott
Venue:  (2000)

:All managers today are Internet managers, whether they're ready to admit it or not. It doesn't matter if their business is large or small, old economy or new. In a faster, electronic, and more direct economy, every manager needs help. And here it is. The 10-Second Internet Manager offers quick, no-nonsense tips, tactics, and strategies for succeeding fast in the Internet age from Mark Breier, an on-line expert willing to share the practical lessons he learned as an executive on the front lines of the e-commerce wars.The 10-Second Internet Manager will show you how to improve productivity and accelerate growth. You'll learn how to use e-mail to keep everyone connected (and when to get up from your desk and go have a talk); how to use the Internet to get a quick customer response to your product, your plan, or even your business model; how to build teams now and how to make sure they're moving forward instead of just around; and how to make effective meetings produce results that contribute to your bottom line.Best of all, Breier offers proven methods for finding, hiring, and keeping the best and fastest employees  the ones who can make or break a manager's efforts. And, for all those folks who are jumping into the deep end of the pool  launching their own dot-com ventures  Breier even offers advice on the care and feeding of venture capitalists and the joys of 24/7 exhaustion.The One-Minute Manager changed the world by showing managers how to get the most out of a minute. But in an Internet-speed economy, who has a minute to spare? The 10-Second Internet Manager shows you how to launch your team or your companyinto the Internet age.
Red Hat Linux 6 Unleashed with CD-ROM
Authors: Bill Ball, David Pitts
Venue:  (1999)

:Red Hat Linux 6 Unleashed shows you how to install, configure, and manage version 6.0, the latest version of Red Hat operating system. Version 6.0 boasts the latest Linux kernel, a new and improved installation program, updated libraries and a host of other improvements. Learn how the operating system works from the inside out. The book covers everything from managing the installation processes to configuring the system as an Internet server. Extensive coverage of shells and shell programming is also covered, along with the programming tools and utilities that help the administrator and programmer perform their tasks more efficiently. Covers version 6, the most up-to-date version of Red Hat Software Linux Provides expert advice on the subjects most important to the intermediate and advanced user: installation and configuration, programming, administration and networking CD-ROM contains Red Hat Linux 6.0 and installation video tutorials from Keystone Learning Systems
Creating and Capturing Value Perspectives and Cases on Electronic Commerce, 1st edition
Authors: Garth Saloner, A. Michael Spence
Venue:  (2001)

:This book on electronic commerce is divided into two parts: Perspectives provides an overview of these important issues in electronic commerce; Cases written under the supervision of Stanford faculty provide real world insight. Both parts contain a wealth of information about technologies, industries, firms, strategies, and organizational structures as well as issues that the challenge of electronic commerce poses for practitioners.
Adventures in Social Research, 4th edition
Authors: Earl R. Babbie, Fred Halley, Jeanne Zaino
Venue:  (2000)

:Adventures in Social Research is the only book available that teaches students not only how to analyze issues in social science research using current General Social Survey data, but also how to use SPSS, the most widely used professional program. It is perfect for adding a computer skills and data analysis component to a research methods or statistics course taught in sociology, social work, criminal justice, political science, communication science, health studies, or other discipline that uses survey methods. This book builds on the national success already established by the Windows 3.1 and Windows 95 based versions of Adventures in Social Research by Babbie and Halley.It is useful for both the more experienced students who want to learn how to use the latest version of SPSS, as well as students with no experience with computers, Windows, SPSS, statistics, or social research. In addition, this book provides step-by-step instructions and numerous demonstrations illustrated with more than 200 Windows screens so that students always know what they should be seeing on the computer. It includes exercises and review questions, and is perfect for lab or homework assignments, allowing students to test the skills they have learned using real-world data. It also enables students to analyze and write a data-based paper. As a set of optional activities, students are given their own questionnaire so that they can gather, code, enter, and analyze their own data and compare it to the GSS data already provided.
Convex Analysis of Spectrally Defined Matrix Functions
Authors: Alberto Seeger
Venue: SIAM Journal on Optimization (1997)

The purpose of this work is to carry out a systematic study of a special class of convex functions defined over the space $S_n$ of symmetric matrices of order $n\ti n$. The functions under consideration $(\Phi: S_n \ra R\cup \{+\infty\})$ are spectrally defined in the sense that the value $\Phi(A)$ depends only on the spectrum $\{\lam_1(A), \ldots, \lam_n(A)\}$ of the matrix $A\in S_n$. Fenchel--Legendre conjugation, first- and second-order subdifferentiability, asymptotic behavior, and other concepts of convex analysis are the main ingredients of our exposition.
Adobe Photoshop 6.0 Classroom in a Book
Authors: Adobe Creative Team, Adobe Systems
Venue:  (2000)

:Master Photoshop skills at your own pace! Adobe’s own training experts provide readers with a comprehensive tutorial to Adobe’s powerful image editing software. Lesson files include all the graphics files needed for each lesson. Readers tackle the basics of Photoshop, starting with navigating the interface, creating layers and selections, and working with Photoshop tools. From there, readers will move on to more complex Photoshop features, including masks, channels, retouching techniques, and more.
Logic emulation with virtual wires
Authors: Jonathan Babb, Russell Tessier, Matthew Dahl, Silvina Zimi Hanono, David M. Hoki, Anant Agarwal
Venue: Readings in hardware/software co-design (2001)

Logic emulation enables designers to functionally verify complex integrated circuits prior to chip fabrication. However, traditional FPGA-based logic emulators have poor interchip communication bandwidth, commonly limiting gate utilization to less than 20%. Global routing contention mandates the use of expensive crossbar and PC-board technology in a system of otherwise low-cost commodity parts. Even with crossbar technology, current emulators only use a fraction of potential communication bandwidth because they dedicate each FPGA pin (physical wire) to a single emulated signal (logical wire). Virtual wires overcome pin limitations by intelligently multiplexing each physical wire among multiple logical wires, and pipelining these connections at the maximum clocking frequency of the FPGA. The resulting increase in bandwidth allows effective use of low-dimension direct interconnect. The size of the FPGA array can be decreased as well, resulting in low-cost logic emulation. This paper covers major contributions of the MIT Virtual Wires project. In the context of a complete emulation system, we analyze phase-based static scheduling and routing algorithms, present virtual wires synthesis methodologies, and overview an operational prototype with 20K-gate boards. Results, including in-circuit emulation of a SPARC microprocessor, indicate that virtual wires eliminate the need for expensive crossbar technology while increasing FPGA utilization beyond 45%. Theoretical analysis predicts that virtual wires emulation scales with FPGA size and average routing distance, while traditional emulation does not.
An Introduction to Computer Science Using Java, 2nd edition
Authors: Samuel N. Kamin, Dennis Mickunas, Edward M. Reingold
Venue:  (2001)

:An Introduction to Computer Science Using Java by Kamin and Mickunas is designed for a CS1/Intro to Programming course in which java is used. The authors emphasize the process of programming,which teaches students how to develop correct,efficient,well-structed and stylish programs. In this new edition,the authors put more emphasis on object-oriented programming,greatly expanding their coverage and using a more graphical approach. At the same time,the text has retained its coverage of the traditionally fundamental computer science topics such as the development of correct programs,iteration,arrays,recursion,and algorithm analysis. This blend prepares students to become sophisticated computer programmers,not simply JAVA programmers. One of the unique aspects of the text are the debugging sections. In appropriate places throughout the text,the authors provide students with information on how to debug their programs. In addition,there are such pedagogical aids as "Bug Alerts" and a wide range of exercises,including new quick review exercises throughout the chapter.
Internet and the World Wide Web for Preservice Teachers, 1st edition
Authors: Eugene Forsyth Provenzo,  Jr.
Venue:  (1998)

: This brief handbook is an excellent resource for educators who want to use the Internet and the World Wide Web. Following the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher (NCATE) guidelines on "Technology and the New Professional Teacher," it offers an introduction to the basics teachers need to know and shows how the Internet can be used as a research resource as well as a tool for the teacher's own studies, curriculum development, and more. A central web site links the user to hundreds of web site addresses listed in the book. The book first explains why the Internet and World Wide Web are important to educators, then presents the basics of using them. Specific information is included on libraries, books, literature, and museum resources; creating curriculum and developing a Web based educational portfolio; and using the Internet as a resource for studies in and outside of education. For teachers and others who want to use the Internet for educational purposes.
Visual image query
Authors: Krešimir Matković, László Neumann, Johannes Siglaer, Martin Kompast, Werner Purgathofer
Venue: Proceedings of the 2nd international symposium on Smart graphics (2002)

The explosion of storage media size and bandwidth has led to huge image databases. Methods are needed to find a particular image based on a crude description by the user. Keywording is not only tedious, but also subjective and therefore often incorrect. Available visual query systems have different properties, and are mostly based on some image transformation. An alternative visual query system is introduced, which finds an image similar to a user drawn sketch, or to any other reference image. A descriptor is created for each image in the database, and for the query image. Descriptors are compared in order to find the best matches. Descriptors are computed by inserting a limited number of quasi-random rectangles in the image, and computing the average colors of the rectangles. Furthermore, a reduced color histogram is computed and stored in the descriptor. The difference between descriptors is calculated as the weighted average of CIE LUV differences between corresponding rectangles. Using the Contrast Sensitivity Function this average is adapted to the users perception. The metric used for comparing images operates in the original image space, which makes the whole algorithm intuitive and easy to understand, and enables the comparison of images sections, as well.
A thermodynamic study of phase equilibria in the Au-Sb-Sn solder system
Authors: Jong Hoon Kim, Sang Won Jeong, Hyuck Mo Lee
Venue: Journal of Electronic Materials (2002)

To design and develop high-temperature solder alloys, the thermodynamic calculations of phase equilibria have been performed on the binary Au-Sb and ternary Au-Sb-Sn systems over the entire composition range. The Gibbs free energy of individual phases has been approximated using a subregular-solution model, and the thermodynamic parameters for each phase have been evaluated using available experimental information on phase boundaries and other related thermodynamic properties. The calculated phase diagrams and thermodynamic quantities of the Au-Sb binary system show good agreement with experimental data, and the liquidus projection and the vertical sections in the Au-Sb-Sn ternary system are well reproduced using assessed thermodynamic parameters derived in this work.
Microsoft Windows 98 Training Kit with Cdrom, 1st edition
Authors: Microsoft Corporation
Venue:  (1998)

:The Microsoft Windows 98 Training Kit prepares you for the Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) exam and offers hands-on training for supporting Windows 98. Learn to install, configure, support, and troubleshoot the latest release in stand-alone and networked environments. Topics include communications and networking protocols; hardware support; interoperability between Microsoft Windows NT and Novell NetWare systems; and using setup, user profiles, and system policies. The Microsoft Windows 98 Training Kit is effective for self-paced study and Internet- and intranet-based distance education. Start learning what you need on the job - and on the go - with in-depth training from Microsoft Press!
Formal Verification of Out-of-Order Execution with Incremental Flushing
Authors: Robert B. Jones, Jens U. Skakkebæk, David L. Dill
Venue: Formal Methods in System Design (2002)

We present an approach for formally verifying that a high-level microprocessor model behaves as defined by an instruction-set architecture. The technique is based on a specialization of self consistency called incremental flushing and reduces the need and effort required to create manually-generated implementation abstractions. Additionally, incremental flushing reduces the computational complexity of the proof obligations generated when reasoning about out-of-order execution. This is accomplished by comparing the functional behavior of the implementation abstraction over two sets of inputs: one that represents normal operation and one that is simpler, but functionally equivalent. The approach is illustrated on a simple out-of-order microprocessor core.
Proceedings of the 1st ACM workshop on Wireless security
Venue: Workshop on Wireless Security (2002)

Welcome to the ACM Workshop on Wireless Security (WiSe). This workshop is being organized with the goal of providing a forum for the exciting research in the increasingly important area of wireless security. We also hope that this workshop will bring together wireless networking and security research communities. Such interactions are expected to increase research on wireless security.The workshop received 38 paper submissions, and we thank all the authors for submitting their work to the workshop. Ten submissions were accepted as regular papers which will be presented in the paper sessions at the workshop. Due to the time limitations of a one-day workshop, many interesting submissions could not be accepted as regular papers. The program committee, therefore, recommended some of the submissions for inclusion in a poster session. The poster session at the workshop will include six such presentations. We have an excellent program, and we believe that you will enjoy attending the paper and poster presentations.This workshop would not have been possible without the help of many volunteers. We would like to express special thanks to the program committee members and external reviewers for their valuable help in reviewing the paper submissions despite a tight schedule. Guevara Noubir and Mohsen Guizani helped with the publicity for the workshop. The large number of submissions to the workshop are a result of their efforts. Saad Biaz worked hard to get the proceedings ready for publication on time. Yongguang Zhang, in his capacity as the treasurer for the workshop, has been an immense help in keeping track of the workshop budget. Robin Kravets served as the registration chair for the workshop, and ably handled the related issues. This workshop is co-located with MobiCom 2002. We would like to acknowledge the help of MobiCom executive committee members, particularly, Ian Akyildiz, Andrew Campbell, Suresh Singh, Raghupathy Sivakumar, Mehmet Ulema and Taieb Znati.
A mobility-based clustering approach to support mobility management and multicast routing in mobile ad-hoc wireless networks
Authors: Beongku An, Symeon Papavassiliou
Venue: International Journal of Network Management (2001)

In our proposed structure, mobile nodes are organized into nonoverlapping clusters which have adaptive variable-sizes according to their respective mobility. The mobility-based clustering (MBC) approach we are proposing uses a combination of both physical and logical partitions of the network (i.e. geographic proximity and functional relation between nodes, such as mobility pattern etc.)
Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Performance Tuning Technical Reference
Authors: Steve Adrien DeLuca, Edward Whalen Reding, Jamie Marcilina Garcia
Venue:  (2001)

:Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Performance Tuning Technical Reference provides all the information that developers and database administrators need to configure Microsoft SQL Server 2000 for optimum performance and scalability. Unlike other SQL Server 2000 tuning books on the market, it teaches not just about the SQL Server relational database management system, but also about how to get the most out of the underlying operating system and hardware. The advanced information it presents is easy to grasp because the authors start with the basics and build upon information in previous chapters to teach the mechanics of performance tuning and how they affect the whole system. This title has been thoroughly revised since the last edition and includes new information throughout. Positioning Statement: The in-depth, practical guide to optimizing and tuning performance and capacity planning for Microsoft SQL Server 2000. Unique Selling Proposition: Written by the insiders who helped establish the phenomenal Microsoft SQL Server 2000 benchmarks in performance, scalability, and transaction processing. Key Book Benefits: Contains information not only about tuning Microsoft SQL Server 2000, but also about how to get the most out of the underlying operating system and hardware. Covers the how and the why of performance tuning by explaining how it affects the entire database management system. Includes information about performance tuning and optimization from Microsoft and third-party SQL Server specialists.
Computational experiments with resultants for scaled Bernstein polynomials
Authors: Joab R. Winkler
Venue: Mathematical Methods for Curves and Surfaces: Oslo 2000 (2001)

The Berstein basis is used extensively in geometric modelling because of its elegant geometric properties and simple algorithms that are available for processing it. Although resultants are used for several important operations in geometric modelling and computer graphics, it is necessary to perform a polynomial basis transformation because the established theory of resultants assumes that the polynomials are expressed in the power (monomial) basis. In this paper, the numerical behavior of a resultant matrix for a scaled Bernstein polynomial (a polynomial of degree n whose basis functions are (1-x)n-ixi, i=0,,n is investigated. In particular, a companion matrix M for a scaled Bernstein polynomial r(x) is developed and this is used to form a resultant matrixs(M), where s(x) is a scaled Bernstein polynomial. Computational evidence is presented that suggests that this method of computing the resultant of two Bernstein basis polynomials is superior to the established method of using a simple parameter substitution to perform a change from the Bernstein basis to the power basis.
On relationships offering new drill-across possibilities
Authors: Alberto Abelló, José Samos, Fèlix Saltor
Venue: Proceedings of the 5th ACM international workshop on Data Warehousing and OLAP (2002)

OLAP tools divide concepts based on whether they are used as analysis dimensions, or are the fact subject of analysis, which gives rise to star shape schemas. Operations are always provided to navigate inside such star schemas. However, the navigation among different stars is usually overlooked. This paper studies different kinds of Object-Oriented conceptual relationships (part of UML standard) between stars (namely Derivation, Generalization, Association, and Flow) that allow to drill across them.
On implementing behavioral rewriting
Authors: Grigore Rosu
Venue: Proceedings of the 2002 ACM SIGPLAN workshop on Rule-based programming (2002)

Behavioral specification is an important algebraic method in software technology. A subtle aspect of behavioral specification is that operations may not be compatible with the behavioral (or observational) equivalence, meaning that the typical congruence inference rule may not be sound and, implicitly, that standard term rewriting cannot be used as is to execute behavioral specifications. Behavioral rewriting is an appropriate generalization of term rewriting which is already internally implemented in two behavioral specification and verification systems, CafeOBJ and BOBJ. In this paper we propose two alternative solutions to implement behavioral rewriting, on top of almost any standard term rewriting system, without modifying it internally.