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Fusionplex: resolution of data inconsistencies in the integration of heterogeneous information sources
Authors: Amihai Motro, Philipp Anokhin
Venue: Information Fusion (2006)

Fusionplex is a system for integrating multiple heterogeneous and autonomous information sources that uses data fusion to resolve factual inconsistencies among the individual sources. To accomplish this, the system relies on source features, which are meta-data on the merits of each information source; for example, the recentness of the data, its accuracy, its availability, or its cost. The fusion process is controlled with several parameters: (1) with a vector of feature weights, each user defines an individual notion of data utility; (2) with thresholds of acceptance, users ensure minimal performance of their data, excluding from the fusion process data that are too old, too costly, or lacking in authority, or numeric data that are too high, too low, or obvious outliers; and, ultimately, (3) in naming a particular fusion function to be used for each attribute (for example, average, maximum, or simply any) users implement their own interpretation of fusion. Several simple extensions to SQL are all that is needed to allow users to state these resolution parameters, thus ensuring that the system is easy to use. Altogether, Fusionplex provides its users with powerful and flexible, yet simple, control over the fusion process. In addition, Fusionplex supports other critical integration requirements, such as information source heterogeneity, dynamic evolution of the information environment, quick ad-hoc integration, and intermittent source availability. The methods described in this paper were implemented in a prototype system that provides complete Web-based integration services for remote clients.
Conference on numerical methods for constrained optimization
Authors: J. A. Grant
Venue: Issue 18 (February 1975) (1975)

This conference, organized jointly by the National Physical Laboratory and the Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications, was a sequel to the one on unconstrained optimization held in January 1971. The intention was that the papers should all be expository in nature, providing a broad survey of fundamental and useful techniques. In spite of the extra constraints imposed by the Emergency Power Regulations (the proceedings of the first day being held in an atmosphere of increasing gloom due to the fact that lights were not permitted at N.P.L. that day) the aim of the Conference was achieved. The standard of the papers was unusually high and clearly much effort had been taken, both collectively and individually; one small, but useful, indication being the use of a common notation. The major criticism that could be leveled would be to do with the amount of material covered in some of the sessions making it a very intensive course indeed, and leading, perhaps, to some feeling of mental indigestion. Fortunately, pre- or post-prints of most of the talks were available or promised, and the complete proceedings are to be published.
A mixture of experts committee machine to design compensators for intensity modulated radiation therapy
Authors: J. H. Goodband, O. C. L. Haas, J. A. Mills
Venue: Pattern Recognition (2006)

This paper presents a new algorithm to produce a near optimal mixture of experts model (MEM) architecture for a continuous mapping. The MEM is applied to a new method incorporating photon scatter for designing compensators for intensity modulated radiation therapy. The algorithm utilizes the fuzzy C-means clustering algorithm to partition data before training commences. A reduction in the size of training sets also allows the Levenberg-Marquardt algorithm to be implemented. As a result, both training time and validation error are reduced. A 71% reduction in prediction error compared with that of a single neural network is achieved.
A Framework for Adaptive Wavelet Prediction in Self-Sizing Networks
Authors: Srikant Nalatwad, Michael Devetsikiotis
Venue: Proceedings of the 39th annual Symposium on Simulation (2006)

In this paper we propose a traffic predictor based on multiresolution decomposition for the adaptive bandwidth control in locally controlled self-sizing networks. A selfsizing network can provide quantitative packet-level QoS to aggregate traffic by allocating link/switch capacity automatically and adaptively using online traffic data. In a locally controlled network such as Internet, resource allocation decisions are made at the node level. We show that wavelet based adaptive bandwidth control method performs better than other popular methods like Gaussian predictor for such applications. We have compared the performance of different ortho-normal wavelets and found that Haar wavelet is best suited for traffic prediction. We have studied the effect of other wavelet parameters such as size of the window and number of filter coefficients. We also propose a novel adaptive wavelet predictor which can adapt very well to the changes of incoming bursty traffic.
Special Edition Using Microsoft Office Word 2003
Authors: Bill Camarda, Neil Randall
Venue:  (2003)

More than any other, this book offers systematic, real-world guidance for experienced Word users, based upon the types of print and electronic documents you actually create, and the productivity challenges you actually face. It goes far beyond the basics, offering hundreds of advanced tips and techniques for maximizing productivity, automating short and long documents, using Word's powerful Web content creation capabilities, and much more. It also includes practical coverage of Word's latest features for collaboration and XML-based integration with other software and processes. Special Edition Using Microsoft Office Word 2003 reflects the insights of one of the world's most experienced and best-selling Word authors, offering objective guidance on both troubleshooting and the feature "gotchas" that Microsoft doesn't publicize.The accompanying CD includes a FREE copy of Woodyï¾¿s Office Power Pack (WOPR) ï¾¿ the #1 enhancement to Office. This software sells for $49.99 but you get it here for free with no obligations attached! Additional content and updates will be available at the author's Web site, www.billcamarda.com.
ALP: Efficient support for all levels of parallelism for complex media applications
Authors: Ruchira Sasanka, Man-Lap Li, Sarita V. Adve, Yen-Kuang Chen, Eric Debes
Venue: ACM Transactions on Architecture and Code Optimization (TACO) (2007)

The real-time execution of contemporary complex media applications requires energy-efficient processing capabilities beyond those of current superscalar processors. We observe that the complexity of contemporary media applications requires support for multiple forms of parallelism, including ILP, TLP, and various forms of DLP, such as subword SIMD, short vectors, and streams. Based on our observations, we propose an architecture, called ALP, that efficiently integrates all of these forms of parallelism with evolutionary changes to the programming model and hardware. The novel part of ALP is a DLP technique called SIMD vectors and streams (SVectors/SStreams), which is integrated within a conventional superscalar-based CMP/SMT architecture with subword SIMD. This technique lies between subword SIMD and vectors, providing significant benefits over the former at a lower cost than the latter. Our evaluations show that each form of parallelism supported by ALP is important. Specifically, SVectors/SStreams are effective, compared to a system with the other enhancements in ALP. They give speedups of 1.1 to 3.4X and energy-delay product improvements of 1.1 to 5.1X for applications with DLP.
The iPod & iTunes Pocket Guide (Secrets of...)
Authors: Christopher Breen
Venue:  (2005)

iPods are everywhere! You see them on buses, in DMV lines, at the beach, and even in bars. Like your cell phone, this handy little digital device is so portable and convenient, it's become an iGeneration must-have and impossible to leave home without. With everyone carrying so many songs in their pockets and purses, it's time they had a pocket-sized guide! InThe iPod and iTunes Pocket Guide trusted gadget teacher and best-selling author Christopher Breen reveals the secrets to using the leading digital audio player and offers the quickest way to learn how to use the iTunes Music Store, import songs from CDs, create on-the-go play lists, and more. In this low-priced guide, you'll find compact-yet-detailed coverage of the entire iPod family, including the iPod shuffle and the revamped iPod, and hints for accessorizing iPods, tips for making the most of the device's storage capabilities, troubleshooting advice for when the gadgets become uncooperative, tips on podcasting, and more!
Accuracy study of the IDO scheme by Fourier analysis
Authors: Yohsuke Imai, Takayuki Aoki
Venue: Journal of Computational Physics (2006)

The numerical accuracy of the Interpolated Differential Operator (IDO) scheme is studied with Fourier analysis for the solutions of Partial Differential Equations (PDEs): advection, diffusion, and Poisson equations. The IDO scheme solves governing equations not only for physical variable but also for first-order spatial derivative. Spatial discretizations are based on Hermite interpolation functions with both of them. In the Fourier analysis for the IDO scheme, the Fourier coefficients of the physical variable and the first-order derivative are coupled by the equations derived from the governing equations. The analysis shows the IDO scheme resolves all the wavenumbers with higher accuracy than the fourth-order Finite Difference (FD) and Compact Difference (CD) schemes for advection equation. In particular, for high wavenumbers, the accuracy is superior to that of the sixth-order Combined Compact Difference (CCD) scheme. The diffusion and Poisson equations are also more accurately solved in comparison with the FD and CD schemes. These results show that the IDO scheme guarantees highly resolved solutions for all the terms of fluid flow equations.
Object-Oriented PHP: Concepts, Techniques, and Code
Authors: Peter Lavin
Venue:  (2006)

Object-Oriented PHP shows developers how to take advantage of the new object-oriented features of PHP. Working within the context of concrete examples, the book begins with code compatible with PHP 4 and 5, and then focuses on object-orientation in PHP 5. The author's practical approach uses numerous code examples, which will help developers get up to speed with object oriented PHP quickly, and show them how to apply what they learn to everyday situations. All code samples are available for download on the book's companion site. 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 window-based protein sequence alignment algorithms
Authors: Huzefa Rangwala, George Karypis
Venue: Bioinformatics (2007)

Motivation: Protein sequence alignment plays a critical role in computational biology as it is an integral part in many analysis tasks designed to solve problems in comparative genomics, structure and function prediction, and homology modeling. Methods: We have developed novel sequence alignment algorithms that compute the alignment between a pair of sequences based on short fixed- or variable-length high-scoring subsequences. Our algorithms build the alignments by repeatedly selecting the highest scoring pairs of subsequences and using them to construct small portions of the final alignment. We utilize PSI-BLAST generated sequence profiles and employ a profile-to-profile scoring scheme derived from PICASSO. Results: We evaluated the performance of the computed alignments on two recently published benchmark datasets and compared them against the alignments computed by existing state-of-the-art dynamic programming-based profile-to-profile local and global sequence alignment algorithms. Our results show that the new algorithms achieve alignments that are comparable with or better than those achieved by existing algorithms. Moreover, our results also showed that these algorithms can be used to provide better information as to which of the aligned positions are more reliable---a critical piece of information for comparative modeling applications. Contact: rangwala@cs.umn.edu Supplementary information: http://bioinfo.cs.umn.edu/supplements/win-aln/
Rosenbrock-type 'Peer' two-step methods
Authors: H. Podhaisky, R. Weiner, B. A. Schmitt
Venue: Applied Numerical Mathematics (2005)

It is well known that one-step Rosenbrock methods may suffer from order reduction for very stiff problems. By considering two-step methods we construct s-stage methods where all stage values have stage order s-1. The proposed class of methods is stable in the sense of zero-stability for arbitrary stepsize sequences. Furthermore there exist L(α)-stable methods with large α for s=4,...,8. Using the concept of effective order we derive methods having order s for constant stepsizes. Numerical experiments show an efficiency superior to RODAS for more stringent tolerances.
Firmware/hardware support for operating systems: principles and selected history
Authors: Gary H. Sockut
Venue: ACM SIGMICRO Newsletter (1975)

Firmware/hardware support for operating systems is described briefly, and proposed criteria for determining which operating system functions are the best candidates for firmware/hardware implementation are listed. A selected history of the area is presented in three sections: past and current research in support for virtual machines and two sections on past and current research in support for non -- virtual machine operating system functions.
Design to Sell: Use Microsoft Publisher to Plan, Write and Design Great Marketing Pieces (Bpg-Other)
Authors: Roger C. Parker
Venue:  (2006)

Not a designer? Now you can design effective marketing materials yourself with this guide written by design authority Roger C. Parker. The book includes step-by-step instruction and expert tips for designing with Microsoft Office Publisher 2003.
Discrete-event simulation of queues with spreadsheets: a teaching case
Authors: Marco Aurélio de Mesquita, Alvaro Euzebio Hernandez
Venue: Proceedings of the 38th conference on Winter simulation (2006)

This paper describes the use of spreadsheets combined with simple VBA code as a tool for teaching queuing theory and discrete-event simulation. Four different cases are considered: single server, parallel servers, tandem queuing, and closed queuing system. The data obtained in the simulation run are conveniently stored in spreadsheets for subsequent statistical analysis. This approach was successfully deployed in a second one-semester course on management science for industrial engineers undergraduate students.
A new class of coherent risk measures based on p-norms and their applications: Research Articles
Authors: Zhiping Chen, Yi Wang
Venue: Applied Stochastic Models in Business and Industry (2007)

To exercise better control on the lower tail of the loss distribution and to easily describe the investor's risk attitude, a new class of coherent risk measures is proposed in this paper by taking the minimization of p-norms of lower losses with respect to some reference point. We demonstrate that the new risk measure has satisfactory mathematical properties such as convexity, continuity with respect to parameters included in its definition, the relations between two new risk measures are also examined. The application of the new risk measures for optimal portfolio selection is illustrated by using trade data from the Chinese stock markets. Empirical results not only support our theoretical conclusions, but also show the practicability of the portfolio selection model with our new risk measures. Copyright &copy; 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Efficient approximate planning in continuous space Markovian Decision Problems
Authors: Csaba Szepesvári
Venue: AI Communications (2001)

Monte&dash;Carlo planning algorithms for planning in continuous state&dash;space, discounted Markovian Decision Problems (MDPs) having a smooth transition law and a finite action space are considered. We prove various polynomial complexity results for the considered algorithms, improving upon several known bounds.
Dreamweaver 8: The Missing Manual
Authors: David Sawyer McFarland
Venue:  (2005)

Available for both the Mac and Windows, Macromedia's Dreamweaver 8 is a professional web design and development program used by millions of Internet professionals to build high-quality static and dynamic database-driven web sites. It offers drag-and-drop simplicity, streamlined HTML coding tools, and powerful database integration features. But Dreamweaver 8 is missing one vital component: a printed manual. Enter Dreamweaver 8: The Missing Manual, the completely revised fourth edition of this bestselling book by experienced web site trainer, Macromedia Certified instructor, and Dreamweaver Advisory Council member David McFarland. This book enables both first-time and experienced web designers to create visually stunning and highly interactive web sites.With crystal-clear writing and much welcome humor, this new edition offers features such as:Live examples: With McFarland's step-by-step annotated tutorials, you'll learn how to construct a state-of-the-art commercial web site, complete with working forms, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), and dynamic databases.Tricks of the trade: The book is bursting with undocumented workarounds and shortcuts for easing the process of building, maintaining, and updating professional web sites.Design guidance: You'll learn to create virtually every modern web feature, including forms, animations, cascading menus, and more--and you'll find out which browsers you need to provide special coding or do extra testing with.No matter what your level of expertise is, you'll also learn how to manage your entire web site-whether you've just launched or if it's been around for awhile and takes up thousands of pages. Beginners with no web design experience will appreciate the step-by-step guide to designing, organizing, building, and deploying a web site; long-time Dreamweaver users will appreciate the advanced, real-world techniques for controlling the appearance of their web pages with CSS.With more than 500 illustrations, a handcrafted index, and the clarity of thought that has made bestsellers of every Missing Manual to date, this is the ultimate atlas for the complex and powerful Dreamweaver 8.
An exploration of the categories associated with ICT project sustainability in rural areas of developing countries: a case study of the Dwesa project
Authors: Caroline I. Pade, Brenda Mallinson, David Sewry
Venue: Proceedings of the 2006 annual research conference of the South African institute of computer scientists and information technologists on IT research in developing countries (2006)

Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) play a significant role in enhancing rural development in developing countries. However, rural ICT projects are confronted with challenges that result in projects that are not sustainable, or fail altogether. These challenges include access to infrastructure, limited formal education, insufficient training and capacity building, financial and political constraints, and social and cultural challenges. Sustainability is key to the effectiveness of a rural ICT project, therefore it is important to understand the concept and categories associated with ICT project sustainability in rural areas. The categories are social and cultural, institutional, economic, political, and technological sustainability. An exploration of the categories of sustainability is undertaken on an ICT project in rural Dwesa.
MRP Rescheduling heuristics with capacity extension under deterministic demand
Authors: Chao Rong, Katsuhiko Takahashi, Katsumi Morikawa
Venue: Computers and Industrial Engineering (2006)

The multi-stage, multi-machine capacitated lot-sizing problem (MSMMCLSP) consists of scheduling the production of one product in a multi-machine production system with a multi-stage structure. Machine capacity is reserved for the production of the end item but can be extended by working overtime (overtime capacity). When a lot size is positive in a specific period, it can be loaded on all machines without exceeding the sum of the regular and overtime capacity limits. In previous research [Rong, C., Takahashi, K., & Morikawa, K. (2005). A new heuristic method for capacitated lot-sizing in multi-stage, multi-machine production systems. Journal of Japan Industrial Management Association, 56(5), in press], we have proposed a rescheduling heuristic to determine a feasible and sufficient solution for the MSMMCLSP with only regular capacity limits, in comparison with Franca et al.'s heuristic method. However, the mechanism of rescheduling in regular time has not optimum (or near optimum) performance for the MSMMCLSP with capacity extension. Preliminary examination revealed that overtime production also has situation-dependent advantages and disadvantages with the combination of various planning parameters. This study, therefore, develops an integrated heuristic that guarantees an optimal solution for general MSMMCLSP by combining the rescheduling mechanism and overtime production. We also evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed heuristics by using computational tests with various planning parameters.
Large area micro hot embossing of Pyrex glass with GC mold machined by dicing
Authors: Masaharu Takahashi, Yoichi Murakoshi, Ryutaro Maeda, Kohei Hasegawa
Venue: Microsystem Technologies (2006)

Micro/Nano imprinting or hot embossing is currently a target of interest for industrial production of micro and Nano devices for the low cost aspect. In Fluidic MEMS (Micro Electromechanical Systems) applications, polymer materials have been widely employed for their low cost to fabricate the economical products (Becker and Heim in Sens Acuators A 83:120&#x2013;135, 2000; Becker and Gaertner in Mol Biotechnol 82:89&#x2013;99, 2001). However glasses are much more suitable for the higher temperature applications or under the stronger chemical environments. Moreover UV absorption of glass materials is much less than that of polymers, which is the advantage for bio-analysis. In Optical MEMS as well, glasses are good candidate materials for the better optical properties, such as high refractive index, low UV absorption and others. Although wet etching of glasses is widely employed for fabrication of fluidic MEMS devices, the wet etching is not satisfactory for the low machining resolution, the isotropic etched profile and poor roughness of the fabricated structures. Dry etching of glasses is then an alternative for Micro/Nano structuring, but the etching rate is extremely low (order of 0.1&#x00a0;&#x03bc;m/min) and the cost is too high because of the expensive RIE (Reactive Ion Etching) facility. Above mentioned is the reason why we are interested in hot embossing or imprinting of glasses of Micro/Nano scale. In our previous study, Micro/Nano imprinting was developed for Pyrex glasses using GC (Glassy Carbon) mold prepared by FIB machining (Takahashi et al. in Symposium on DTIP 2004 pp 441&#x2013;446, 2004). The disadvantage of FIB machining is limited area of etching. The typical area of FIB is less than several hundreds micrometer square. This is the reason why we tried the large area of embossing using GC mold fabricated by dicing machine. Micro hot embossed test structures were successfully demonstrated with good fidelity. Fabricated micro structures can be applied for fabrication of microchamber array for PCR (Akagi et al. in Sci Techol Adv Mater 5:343&#x2013;349, 2004; Nagai et al. in Anal Chem 73:1043&#x2013;1047, 2001).