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The mathematics of computerized tomography
Authors: Frank Natterer
Venue:  (2001)

The Mathematics of Computerized Tomography covers the relevant mathematical theory of the Radon transform and related transforms and also studies more practical questions such as stability, sampling, resolution, and accuracy. Quite a bit of attention is given to the derivation, analysis, and practical examination of reconstruction algorithm, for both standard problems and problems with incomplete data.
SLX: the X is for extensibility
Authors: James O. Henriksen
Venue: Proceedings of the 32nd conference on Winter simulation (2000)

SLX, Simulation Language with Extensibility, is the newest member in Wolverine Software's family of simulation and animation software. SLX features unique extensibility mechanisms that allow users to tailor and extend SLX's modeling capabilities. There are two advantages to extensibility. First, it ensures virtually unlimited adaptability. You'll never get "stuck" with a problem you can't solve with SLX. Second, extensibility allows packaging the use of highly efficient, low-level primitives in such a way that cumbersome details are hidden. Problems are described using nouns and verbs appropriate to the application. The tools provided for extending SLX include many of the tools used to develop SLX itself; however, these tools are by no means intended to be used exclusively by language developers. They are "user-level" tools that can be mastered by anyone. This paper presents an overview of SLX. Earlier papers (Henriksen 1997, 1998) presented the development of a conveyor modeling package in SLX, and example of how SLX has been coupled with other software, respectively.
Consolidated Ada reference manual: language and standard libraries
Venue: Lecture Notes In Computer Science; Vol. 2219 (2002)

This Consolidated Ada Reference Manual enhances the International Standard ISO/IEC 8652:1995(E) for the programming language Ada by incorporating the Technical Corrigendum 1 approved by ISO in Feb. 2001. The Technical Corrigendum 1 lists the individual changes that need to be the text of ISO/IEC 8652:1995(E) to correct errors, omissions or inconsistencies. The Consolidated Ada Reference Manual presents and updates the International Standard for Ada in a user-friendly way and thus will replace the former version as an indispendsable working companion for anybody using Ada professionally or learning and studying the language systematically.
TMN: Telecommunications Management Network, 1st edition
Authors: Divakara K. Udupa
Venue:  (1999)

:This excellent introductory and reference book on Telecommunications Management Network explains various TMN concepts and various TMN architectures,interfaces,and reference points. An indispensable technical guide essential for managers,administrators,and technical personnel alike,this book gives full details on Operations,Administration,Maintenance,and Provisioning (OAM&P). TMN offers discussion on ASN. 1 and GDMO as well as the TMN information model. It also explains several management protocols used in TMN,such as ACSE,CMISE,SNMPv1,SNMPv2,and SNMPv3. Detailed TMN applications are covered throughout the book,such as TMN for wireless communications,SDH,ATM,and SONET. Allowing the reader to compare alternatives on other related topics such as CORBA,Java,and Web-based TMN,this book treats the reader to TMN management frameworks,challenges,and future trends. Udupa,author of the popular Network Management System Essentials,gives you a much-needed book  required reading in the complex and competitive world of telecommunications. This is an introductory and reference book on Telecommunications Management Network. It explains the TMN concepts such as what is TMN,different TMN architectures,interfaces and reference points. It has details on Operations,Administration,Maintenance,and Provisioning (OAM&P). This book has a good discussion on ASN. 1 and GDMO and TMN information model. It also explains management protocols used in TMN such as ACSE,CMISE,SNMPv1,SNMPv2,and SNMPv3. This book covers TMN applications in detail. Some of the applications covered are - TMN for wireless communications,SDH,ATM,and SONET. It also includes a good discussion on the latestTMN related topics scuh as CORBA,Java,and Web based TMN. This book treats elaborately TMN management frameworks,challenges and future trends in TMN. This is a well-illustrated book with questions and plenty of references. This TMN book is essential for professionals involved in TMN,network management,and computer networking.
Instant Javascript
Authors: Nigel McFarlane
Venue:  (1998)

:JavaScript is one of the most powerful tools in the Web developer's kit. Used well, it can add hugely to the functionality and interactivity of Web pages, and is almost universally supported by browsers. Unlike Dynamic HTML, JavaScript is a language in its own right but, until recently, there was no fully agreed standard. Instant Javascript is the first book to deal with this emergent standard: ECMAScript, it also goes into detail on the various compatibility problems with existing browser implementations of JavaScript, as well as looking at stand alone JavaScript All Web programmers need Javascript. Instant Javascript is the book to teach them. Intended for HTML authors looking to add functionality to inter- or intra-nets, or for programmers who want a reference and guide to one of the most flexible scripting languages around, the book presumes some knowledge of HTML, and a familiarity with basic programming concepts|
Optimal partition of QoS requirements on unicast paths and multicast trees
Authors: Dean H. Lorenz, Ariel Orda
Venue: IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (TON) (2002)

We investigate the problem of optimal resource allocation for end-to-end QoS requirements on unicast paths and multicast trees. Specifically, we consider a framework in which resource allocation is based on local QoS requirements at each network link, and associated with each link is a cost function that increases with the severity of the QoS requirement. Accordingly, the problem that we address is how to partition an end-to-end QoS requirement into local requirements, such that the overall cost is minimized. We establish efficient (polynomial) solutions for both unicast and multicast connections. These results provide the required foundations for the corresponding QoS routing schemes, which identify either paths or trees that lead to minimal overall cost. In addition, we show that our framework provides better tools for coping with other fundamental multicast problems, such as dynamic tree maintenance.
On the complexity of matrix product
Authors: Ran Raz
Venue: Proceedings of the thiry-fourth annual ACM symposium on Theory of computing (2002)

We prove a lower bound of &OHgr;(m2 log m) for the size of any arithmetic circuit for the product of two matrices, over the real or complex numbers, as long as the circuit doesn't use products with field elements of absolute value larger than 1 (where mxm is the size of each matrix). That is, our lower bound is super-linear in the number of inputs and is applied for circuits that use addition gates, product gates and products with field elements of absolute value up to 1.More generally, for any c = c(m) &rhoe; 1, we obtain a lower bound of &OHgr;(m2 log2c m) for the size of any arithmetic circuit for the product of two matrices (over the real or complex numbers), as long as the circuit doesn't use products with field elements of absolute value larger than c.We also prove size-depth tradeoffs for such circuits.
Desktop Publishing Business, 1st edition
Authors: Barbara A. Fanson
Venue:  (1997)

:You can make up to $100,000 a year as a desktop publisher if you know where to find clients, how much to charge, and how to manage your business efficiently. Whether you would like to strike out on your own or have been operating a business for years, this book is full of helpful advice on how to run an efficient and profitable desktop publishing business -- from registering a business name, to producing artwork, to invoicing and collecting your fees. Samples, worksheets, and checklists complete this package for the desktop publisher. 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
Brandmaps: The Competitive Marketing Strategy Game, 2nd edition
Authors: Randall G. Chapman
Venue:  (1992)

:Brandmaps "TM" is a sophisticated marketing simulation game for MS DOS personal computers that reflects a realistic approach to the complexities, uncertainties, and challenges inherent in the marketing decision-making and analysis process.Highlights product design, pricing, communications (advertising, promotion, and sales force), sales forecasting, cost structure, and operations management decisions (production ordering and capacity management). Stresses interrelationships between marketing programs and operations capabilities. Contains various product design studies (including self-reported attribute preference, concept testing, and conjoint analysis), perceptual positioning analysis, full-scale test marketing, competitive position auditing, brand profile analysis, advertising and promotion experiments, price sensitivity analysis, market structure analysis, and operating results and market data base, as well as competitive and market monitoring studies.
A new average case analysis for completion time scheduling
Authors: Mark Scharbrodt, Thomas Schickinger, Angelika Steger
Venue: Proceedings of the thiry-fourth annual ACM symposium on Theory of computing (2002)

(MATH) We present a new average case analysis for the problem of scheduling n jobs on $m$ machines so that the sum of job completion times is minimized. Our analysis transfers the concept of competitive analysis --- which is a typical worst case notion --- to the average case. We show that the classic SEPT scheduling strategy with &OHgr;(n) worst case competitive ratio achieves ${\cal O}(1)$ on the average. Moreover, bounds on the probability distribution of the competitive ratio are derived which provide an in-depth understanding of the stochastic version of the min sum scheduling problem.
New Perspectives on Microsoft Windows 2000 for Power Users, 1st edition
Authors: Harry L. Phillips
Venue:  (2000)

:Part of the New Perspectives Series, this text is designed for students who want to get up and running quickly with Microsoft Windows 2000.
A High Speed VLSI Architecture for Handwriting Recognition
Authors: Francesco Gregoretti, Roberto Passerone, Leonardo Maria Reyneri, Claudio Sansoé
Venue: Journal of VLSI Signal Processing Systems (2001)

This article presents PAPRICA-3, a VLSI-oriented architecture for real-time processing of images and its implementation on HACRE, a high-speed, cascadable, 32-processors VLSI slice. The architecture is based on an array of programmable processing elements with the instruction set tailored to image processing, mathematical morphology, and neural networks emulation. Dedicated hardware features allow simultaneous image acquisition, processing, neural network emulation, and a straightforward interface with a hosting PC.HACRE has been fabricated and successfully tested at a clock frequency of 50 MHz. A board hosting up to four chips and providing a 33 MHz PCI interface has been manufactured and used to build BEATR IX, a system for the recognition of handwritten check amounts, by integrating image processing and neural network algorithms (on the board) with context analysis techniques (on the hosting PC).
Visual Basic and Visual Basic .NET for scientists and engineers
Authors: Christopher M. Frenz
Venue:  (2002)

Visual Basic and Visual Basic .NET for Scientists and Engineers begins with an overview of the Visual Basic and Visual Basic .NET IDEs, their important characteristics, and how the development environments can be manipulated to suit developers' needs. After a solid discussion of VB and VB .NET forms, controls, and namespaces, Christopher Frenz shows readers how to put controls to work by making use of the different control events.
Ask-an-expert services analysis
Authors: Joseph Janes, Chrystie Hill, Alex Rolfe
Venue: Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (2001)

This article discusses the history and emergence of nonlibrary commercial and noncommercial information services on the World Wide Web. These services are referred to as "expert services", while the term "digital reference" is reserved for library-related on-line information services. Following suggestions in library and information literature regarding quality standards for digital reference, researchers make clear the importance of developing a practicable methodology for critical examination of expert services, and consideration of their relevance to library and other professional information services. A methodology for research in this area and initial data are described. Two hundred forty questions were asked of 20 expert service sites. Findings include performance measures such as response rate, response time, and verifiable answers. Sites responded to 70% of all questions, and gave verifiable answers to 69% of factual questions. Performance was generally highest for factual type questions. Because expert services are likely to continue to fill a niche for factual questions in the digital reference environment, implications for further research and the development of digital reference services may be appropriately turned to source questions. This is contrary to current practice and the emergence of digital reference services reported in related literature thus far.
Lower bounds & competitive algorithms for online scheduling of unit-size tasks to related machines
Authors: Spyros Kontogiannis
Venue: Proceedings of the thiry-fourth annual ACM symposium on Theory of computing (2002)

In this paper we study the problem of assigning unit-size tasks to related machines when only limited online information is provided to each task. This is a general framework whose special cases are the classical multiple-choice games for the assignment of unit-size tasks to identical machines. The latter case was the subject of intensive research for the last decade. The problem is intriguing in the sense that the natural extensions of the greedy oblivious schedulers, which are known to achieve near-optimal performance in the case of identical machines, are proved to perform quite poorly in the case of the related machines.(MATH) In this work we present a rather surprising lower bound stating that any oblivious scheduler that assigns an arbitrary number of tasks to $n$ related machines would need $\Omega\left(\frac{\log n}{\l2 n}\right)$ polls of machine loads per task, in order to achieve a constant competitive ratio versus the optimum offline assignment of the same input sequence to these machines. On the other hand, we prove that the missing information for an oblivious scheduler to perform almost optimally, is the amount of tasks to be inserted into the system. In particular, we provide an oblivious scheduler that only uses $\O(\l2 n)$ polls, along with the additional information of the size of the input sequence, in order to achieve a constant competitive ratio vs. the optimum offline assignment. The philosophy of this scheduler is based on an interesting exploitation of the slowfit concept ([1, 5, 3]; for a survey see [6, 9, 16]) for the assignment of the tasks to the related machines despite the restrictions on the provided online information, in combination with a layered induction argument for bounding the tails of the number of tasks passing from slower to faster machines. We finally use this oblivious scheduler as the core of an adaptive scheduler that does not demand the knowledge of the input sequence and yet achieves almost the same performance.
How to Use Your MAC
Authors: Gene Steinberg
Venue:  (2000)

:How to Use Your Mac visually steps you through everything you need to know in order to get started with your Mac. You will quickly and easily learn how to use a Mac, work with the latest version of the Mac OS, learn basic software skills, use the Internet, and even upgrade your old Macintosh. Over 100 two-page spreads illustrate and clearly explain each Mac feature, from entry-level, beginning tasks to techniques for more advanced users. Illustrations and figures lead you through each task with easy-to-follow directions and visual cues.
Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Deluxe Learning Edition
Authors: Microsoft Press
Venue:  (1998)

:MicrosoftT Visual Basic 6.0, Deluxe Learning Edition is a comprehensive training kit that enables you to learn Microsoft Visual Basic, at your own pace and in your own style, and build true high-performance applications. Experience Level: Beginner/ Intermediate
Advanced Object-Oriented Analysis and Design Using Uml
Authors: James J. Odell
Venue:  (1997)

:Composed of updated versions of James Odell's articles from The Journal of Object-Oriented Programming, ROAD, and Object Magazine, this book works to convey the essence of object-oriented programming and software building through the Unified Modeling Language (UML). The author provides concise but in-depth pieces on structural issues, dynamic issues, business rules, object complexity, object aggregation, design templates, and the process of objects.
Nets and Intranets with Win95, with CD-ROM
Authors: H. Radke
Venue:  (1996)

:For those users who want to gain experience with their own Intranet, experienced author H. D. Radke takes you through the process, step-by-step, of easily setting up your own World Wide Web server without the expense of using an outside Internet Service Provider. The book is a guide to getting and staying connected, whether you're in a small office, part of a workgroup, connected from home or on the road. Perfect for the company trying to get connected to share information with their employees. 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
AMI Pro for Dummies
Authors: Jim Meade
Venue:  (1993)

:Although Microsoft attracts a great deal of attention whenever it releases a new version of its premier word processing program, Word, thousands of Ami Pro users quietly continue using their own full-featured, easy-to-use word processing application. Ami Pro For Dummies offers a quick and easy-to-understand look at the whole range of the program's features, including some that even Ami Pro pros may not yet have tried. With author and computing professional Jim Meade as your personal mentor, you'll find out how to . . . Install or upgrade your copy of Ami Pro and become productive with it right away Use menus and keyboard shortcuts to save time Take advantage of styles and style sheets for consistently professional-looking documents of all kinds Access Ami Pro's time-saving SmartIcons Set up even complex tables quickly and simply Master Ami Pro's macros, mail merge function, and the Equation Editor Plus, Jim Meade shares his own invaluable Ami Pro top ten lists, including "Ten Frequently Used Great Ami Pro Capabilities" and "Ten Rarely Used Great Ami Pro Capabilities."
LAN Primer, 3rd edition
Authors: Greg Nunemacher
Venue:  (1995)

:Examine hardware and software components, learn about different operating systems, and benefit from tips on choosing, installing, figuring, and troubleshooting LANs. This beginners reference provides a solid base of LAN knowledge and introduces Wide-area networks and Enterprise-wide computing. 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
Time to Take Control: The Impact of Change on Corporate Computer Systems
Authors: Tony Johnson
Venue:  (1996)

:In exploring the role of computers in the change process, this book provides guidelines for those wishing to realign corporate computer systems to a new level of flexibility as change itself becomes a way of life. The recommendations are pragmatic, strategic, and proven. At the heart of the recommendations is a communications-based infrastructure which supports the use (by business people) of 'shrink-wrapped' packages to solve problems, provide information visibility and work together as a team. * Explores the role of computers in corporate change * Provides guidelines for those wishing to realign corporate computer systems to a new level of flexibility as change becomes a way of life * Shows how these guidelines are pragmatic and proven. About The Author: Independent IT Consultant 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
Cursive: a novel interaction technique for controlling expressive avatar gesture
Authors: Francesca Barrientos, John Canny
Venue: Proceedings of the 14th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology (2001)

We are developing an interaction technique for rich nonverbal communication through an avatar. By writing a single letter on a pen tablet device, a user can express their ideas or intentions, non-verbally, using their avatar body. Our system solves the difficult problem of controlling the movements of a highly articulated, 3D avatar model using a common input device within the context of an office environment. We believe that writing is a richly expressive and natural means for controlling expressive avatar gesture.
CompuServe for Dummies
Authors: Wallace Wang
Venue:  (1994)

:CompuServe For Dummies, 3rd Edition, is the perfect reference for anyone who wants to figure out how to send e-mail, find files, research information, play games, chat with people around the world, and connect to the Internet from home or office. This completely revised book provides shortcuts for navigating through Versions 2.5 and 3.0 of CompuServe, sending and receiving e-mail messages and files over the Internet, and finding the news, facts, and programs that you really want! Inside, find helpful advice on how to: Download the hottest games, utilities, and business programs Explore CompuServe's collection of special interest forums that cater to your hobbies and interests Find out how to get the latest stock quotes, news, sports scores, and weather reports with the click of a button Communicate with anyone around the world using e-mail, bulletin board messages, chat rooms, or CompuServe's CB simulator Attend electronic conferences and chat with your favorite TV and movie stars, authors, musicians, and government officials Play games online with people from all over the world Write to pen pals around the world using CompuServe's foreign language translation features 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
Partial Differential Equations & Boundary Value Problems with Maple V, 1st edition
Authors: George A. Articolo
Venue:  (1998)

:Partial Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems with Maple V presents all of the material normally covered in a standard course on partial differential equations, while focusing on the natural union between this material and the powerful computational software, Maple V. The Maple V commands are so intuitive and easy to learn, that students can pick up what they need to know about the software in a matter of hours - an investment that provides substantial returns. Maple's animation capabilities allow students and practitioners to see real-time displays of the solutions of partial differential equations; the enclosed CD-ROM is filled with such animations.