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Voice Data Communications Handbook, Fifth Edition, 5 edition
Authors: Regis J. Bates, Donald W. Gregory
Venue:  (2006)

The Definitive Telecommunications Reference--Fully Updated Understand cutting-edge telecommunication and networking technologies using this straightforward, real-world implementation guide. Fully revised to cover all of the latest transmission protocols, Voice Data Communications Handbook, Fifth Edition covers all the bases-from analog transmission, VPNs, and LANs to DSL, CATV, WiFi, VoIP, and GSM. This authoritative volume covers the ins-and-outs of each vital topic, supplies practical examples and solutions, and provides helpful self-tests. You'll also find up-to-date information on regulatory standards, switches, routers, frame relay, and security procedures.Use new wireless technologiesUnderstand the building blocks of analog transmission-bandwith, amplitude, and frequencyProvide transparent communications using the OSI model and seven-layer architectureComply with local and federal regulations and RBOCsTransmit information using routers, SS7, PBX, and KTS switchesSend and receive data across TCP/IP, wireless, cellular, and optical systems Create a connection using a modemConnect to multiple VPNs and LANs using frame relay, ATM, and MPLSDeploy high-speed broadband access with cable modems, xDSL, and CATVGet details on VoIP, SIP, and voice over data services Increase bandwidth using IP telephony techniques and PBX equipmentTable of contentsChapter 1: Voice CommunicationsChapter 2: The Open Systems Interconnect Model (OSI)Chapter 3: Regulation in the IndustryChapter 4: Signaling System 7 (SS7)Chapter 5: Switching SystemsChapter 6: Modulation and MultiplexingChapter 7: Wireless CommunicationsChapter 8: Optical CommunicationsChapter 9: Data CommunicationsChapter 10: TCP/IPChapter 11: Frame Relay, ATM, and MPLSChapter 12: The InternetChapter 13: Local Area Networks (LANs)Chapter 14: Wireless LANsChapter 15: Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) and CATVChapter 16: Routers and Switches in the Networking RoleChapter 17: Voice over Internet Protocols (VoIP)Chapter 18: Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)Chapter 19: IP TelephonyINDEX
Novell's CNE Update to NetWare 6 Study Guide
Authors: David James Clarke,  IV
Venue:  (2003)

Novell certifies thousands of professionals worldwide to manage and support their IT products. Novell certifications involve real-world requirements and performance-based testing. The quality of Novell certified professionals set the Novell certification programs about the rest of the global standard for the IT industry. Eighty percent of hiring managers in IT organizations look for the Certified Novell Engineer (CNE) credential.David James Clarke IV's Novell CNE Study Guide for NetWare 6 is the official study guide for passing the CNE required exams. He identifies the core of NetWare 6. He guides the reader through their quest for the NetWare 6 CNE certification and passing the Continuing Certification Requirements. 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
Adapting to intelligence profile in an adaptive educational system
Authors: Declan Kelly, Brendan Tangney
Venue: Interacting with Computers (2006)

Learning characteristics, as informed by research, vary for each individual learner. Research suggests that knowledge is processed and represented in different ways and that students prefer to use different types of resources in distinct ways. However, building Adaptive Educational systems that adapt to different learning characteristics is not easy. Major research questions exist such as: how are the relevant learning characteristics identified, how does modelling of the learner take place and in what way should the learning environment change for users with different learning characteristics? EDUCE is one system that addresses these challenges by using Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences (MI) as the basis for dynamically modelling learning characteristics and for designing instructional material. This paper describes a research study, using EDUCE, that explores the effect of using different adaptive presentation strategies and the impact on learning performance when material is matched and mismatched with learning preferences. The results suggest that students with low levels of learning activity, and who use only a limited number of the resources available, have the most to benefit from adaptive presentation strategies and that surprisingly learning gain increases when they are provided with resources not normally preferred.
How to Do Everything with Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003, 1 edition
Authors: Ellen Finkelstein
Venue:  (2003)

From the publishers who show you How to Do Everything, here is the ideal resource for anyone who wants to create rich presentations with PowerPoint. You’ll find out how to use all the features of the software and get coverage of key topics, such as creating a well-written outline, the fine points of graphic design, and tips for delivering the presentation in front of an audience. Also included is a section on Microsoft Producer, a free add-in for PowerPoint that manages streaming media for Web and CD-based presentationsTable of contents Part I: Create a Presentation 1: Get Started with Presentations 2: Create Your First Presentation 3: Edit Text 4: Format Bullets and Paragraphs Part II: Add Multimedia Elements to Your Presentation 5: Add Art and Graphic Objects 6: Work with Colors, Borders, Fills, and 3-D Effects 7: Coordinate Presentations with Slide Masters 8: Incorporate Graphs, Tables, and Organization Charts 9: Add Animation to a Presentation 10: Use Multimedia Part III: Manage and Convey a Presentation 11: Interact with Others 12: Display a Presentation on the World Wide Web 13: Customize PowerPoint 14: Prepare to Deliver Your Presentation 15: Present Your Slide Show
Mining association rules with multiple minimum supports: a new mining algorithm and a support tuning mechanism
Authors: Ya-Han Hu, Yen-Liang Chen
Venue: Decision Support Systems (2006)

Mining association rules with multiple minimum supports is an important generalization of the association-rule-mining problem, which was recently proposed by Liu et al. Instead of setting a single minimum support threshold for all items, they allow users to specify multiple minimum supports to reflect the natures of the items, and an Apriori-based algorithm, named MSapriori, is developed to mine all frequent itemsets. In this paper, we study the same problem but with two additional improvements. First, we propose a FP-tree-like structure, MIS-tree, to store the crucial information about frequent patterns. Accordingly, an efficient MIS-tree-based algorithm, called the CFP-growth algorithm, is developed for mining all frequent itemsets. Second, since each item can have its own minimum support, it is very difficult for users to set the appropriate thresholds for all items at a time. In practice, users need to tune items' supports and run the mining algorithm repeatedly until a satisfactory end is reached. To speed up this time-consuming tuning process, an efficient algorithm which can maintain the MIS-tree structure without rescanning database is proposed. Experiments on both synthetic and real-life datasets show that our algorithms are much more efficient and scalable than the previous algorithm.
A heterogeneous-network aided public-key management scheme for mobile ad hoc networks
Authors: Yuh-Min Tseng
Venue: International Journal of Network Management (2007)

A mobile ad hoc network does not require fixed infrastructure to construct connections among nodes. Due to the particular characteristics of mobile ad hoc networks, most existing secure protocols in wired networks do not meet the security requirements for mobile ad hoc networks. Most secure protocols in mobile ad hoc networks, such as secure routing, key agreement and secure group communication protocols, assume that all nodes must have pre-shared a secret, or pre-obtained public-key certificates before joining the network. However, this assumption has a practical weakness for some emergency applications, because some nodes without pre-obtained certificates will be unable to join the network. In this paper, a heterogeneous-network aided public-key management scheme for mobile ad hoc networks is proposed to remedy this weakness. Several heterogeneous networks (such as satellite, unmanned aerial vehicle, or cellular networks) provide wider service areas and ubiquitous connectivity. We adopt these wide-covered heterogeneous networks to design a secure certificate distribution scheme that allows a mobile node without a pre-obtained certificate to instantly get a certificate using the communication channel constructed by these wide-covered heterogeneous networks. Therefore, this scheme enhances the security infrastructure of public key management for mobile ad hoc networks.
Building N1(TM) Grid Solutions: Preparing, Architecting, and Implementing Service-Centric Data Centers (Sun BluePrints, The Official Sun Microsystems Resource Series)
Authors: Jason Carolan, Scott Radeztsky, Paul Strong, Ed Turner
Venue:  (2004)

The N1 Grid is Sun's vision, strategy, and architecture-and a set of products-that redefine the nature of data center computing. The N1 Grid architecture uses the network, physically and logically, as its fundamental organizing principle.This book enables the reader to implement service-centric data center solutions through the use of N1 Grid-based principles and architectures, which are more efficient and flexible. It opens with an overview of how this approach evolved and then takes the reader through the process of preparing, architecting, and implementing N1 Grid-based solutions.
Computational algorithms and neuronal network models underlying decision processes
Authors: Yutaka Sakai, Hiroshi Okamoto, Tomoki Fukai
Venue: Neural Networks (2006)

Animals or humans often encounter such situations in which they must choose their behavioral responses to be made in the near or distant future. Such a decision is made through continuous and bidirectional interactions between the environment surrounding the brain and its internal state or dynamical processes. Therefore, decision making may provide a unique field of researches for studying information processing by the brain, a biological system open to information exchanges with the external world. To make a decision, the brain must analyze pieces of information given externally, past experiences in a similar situation, possible behavioral responses, and predicted outcomes of the individual responses. In this article, we review results of recent experimental and theoretical studies of neuronal substrates and computational algorithms for decision processes.
Putting it all together &#x2013; Formal verification of the VAMP
Authors: Sven Beyer, Christian Jacobi, Daniel Kr&#x00f6;ning, Dirk Leinenbach, Wolfgang J. Paul
Venue: International Journal on Software Tools for Technology Transfer (STTT) (2006)

In the verified architecture microprocessor (VAMP) project we have designed, functionally verified, and synthesized a processor with full DLX instruction set, delayed branch, Tomasulo scheduler, maskable nested precise interrupts, pipelined fully IEEE compatible dual precision floating point unit with variable latency, and separate instruction and data caches. The verification has been carried out in the theorem proving system PVS. The processor has been implemented on a Xilinx FPGA.
Content-based communication: a research agenda
Authors: Antonio Carzaniga, Cyrus P. Hall
Venue: Proceedings of the 6th international workshop on Software engineering and middleware (2006)

A content-based publish/subscribe system is a message-oriented communication facility based on the idea of interest-driven routing. A message, published by the sender without a set destination, is delivered to any and all the receivers that expressed an interest in its content. We refer to this communication style and to the distributed infrastructure that realizes it as content-based communication and content-based networking, respectively. In this paper we review what we consider the foundations of content-based networking, including some of the major advances of the past years. We then present a vision for further research in this area as well as for the practical realization of a content-based network. In particular, we discuss the implications of content-based communication for the network, the middleware, and applications.
A supra-convergent finite difference scheme for the variable coefficient Poisson equation on non-graded grids
Authors: Chohong Min, Frédéric Gibou, Hector D. Ceniceros
Venue: Journal of Computational Physics (2006)

We introduce a method for solving the variable coefficient Poisson equation on non-graded Cartesian grids that yields second order accuracy for the solutions and their gradients. We employ quadtree (in 2D) and octree (in 3D) data structures as an efficient means to represent the Cartesian grid, allowing for constraint-free grid generation. The schemes take advantage of sampling the solution at the nodes (vertices) of each cell. In particular, the discretization at one cell's node only uses nodes of two (2D) or three (3D) adjacent cells, producing schemes that are straightforward to implement. Numerical results in two and three spatial dimensions demonstrate supra-convergence in the L∞ norm.
Clustering techniques for protein surfaces
Authors: L. Baldacci, M. Golfarelli, A. Lumini, S. Rizzi
Venue: Pattern Recognition (2006)

Though most approaches to protein comparison are based on their structure, several studies produced evidence of a strict correlation between the surface characteristics of proteins and the way they interact. Surface-based techniques for protein comparison typically require applying clustering algorithms to the punctual 3D description of the surface in order to produce a compact surface representation, capable of effectively condensing its description. In this paper, we propose a formalization of the requirements for surface clustering in the biochemical context and present two different clustering techniques that meet them, based, respectively, on region-growing and on an original template matching algorithm. We discuss the validity of these techniques with the support of tests performed on a set of about one hundred protein models generated by punctual mutations of four structurally characterized proteins. Finally, an analysis is made of how different factors impact on the effectiveness of clustering in capturing surface similarities.
Performance evaluations of comparison-with-a-standard procedures
Authors: E. Jack Chen
Venue: Proceedings of the 38th conference on Winter simulation (2006)

We investigate the performance of a heuristic sequential procedure to compare a finite number of designs with respect to a single standard. The goal is to identify the best design, and if the chosen best design is not the standard, to determine whether the chosen best design is better than the standard. We give preferential status to the standard because there are costs and time involved in replacing the standard. We accomplish this goal by extending indifference-zone selection procedures. An experimental performance evaluation demonstrates the validity and efficiency of our sequential procedures.
CNET Do-It-Yourself Mac Projects, 1 edition
Authors: Joli Ballew, Andrew Shalat
Venue:  (2006)

Discover the hidden magic of your MacMaximize the power of your Mac with the useful and entertaining projects packed inside this easy-to-follow guide. Produced in conjunction with CNET.com, the place you go for the latest in tech and consumer electronics, this book shows you how to do all kinds of cool things with your Mac, like convert VHS movies into digital format, control your Mac with your voice, set up a PC-friendly Mac network, and more. Inside, you'll find 24 self-contained projects, step-by-step instructions, a list of tools needed at the beginning of each project, and hundreds of clear photos and screenshots. With CNET Do-It-Yourself Mac Projects, you'll discover that your Mac has much more to offer than you ever imagined. Set up videoconferencing via your webcamCreate a live radio broadcast, a podcast, or a vodcastConnect to a Windows PC remotelySend and receive SMS messages to and from cell phonesTurn your Mac into a jukebox and stream music wirelesslyCreate a multimedia DVDConvert any video content to iPod video formatAnd much moreTable of contentsPart 1: EasyProject 1: Turn Your Mac into a Fax MachineProject 2: Turn Your Mac into a JukeboxProject 3: Keep a Backup of Your Mac's Hard Drive with Disk UtilityProject 4: Stream Music Wirelessly Throughout Your HomeProject 5: Put Your Favorite Photo on a T-Shirt, Apron, or Quilting SquareProject 6: Fine-Tune Your Music LibraryProject 7: Download Free, Fun, Useful, and Crazy Widgets to Personalize Your MacProject 8: Use Your Mac as an Information Portal with RSS Feeds and Downloadable E-MagazinesProject 9: Prepare Your Used Mac and Sell It on eBayPart 2: ChallengingProject 10: Convert Your VHS Home Movies to Digital FormatProject 11: Use Your USB Webcam to Establish Video and Voice Communications with PC UsersProject 12: Transfer Data from Your Old PC to Your Mac Project 13: Create Your Own Radio BroadcastProject 14: Use Automator Actions to Perform Repetitive TasksProject 15: Control Your Mac with Your VoiceProject 16: Send and Receive SMS Messages to and from Cell PhonesProject 17: Connect to a Windows PC from Your Mac using Remote Desktop Connection Client SoftwareAdvancedProject 18: Create a Movie with QuickTime Pro and E-mail It to Friends and FamilyProject 19: Create Your Own Video PodcastProject 20: Turn Your Mac or Mac Mini into a DVD Media CenterProject 21: Create a Slideshow of Your Favorite Photos and Burn It to DVD to Show on TVProject 22: Make a Mac Network That Is Friendly to PCsProject 23: Make a Copy of Your Kid's Favorite DVD Before They Destroy ItProject 24: Convert Digital Movies, Videos, and DVDs for Viewing on a Video iPodINDEX
Multi-class pattern classification using neural networks
Authors: Guobin Ou, Yi Lu Murphey
Venue: Pattern Recognition (2007)

Multi-class pattern classification has many applications including text document classification, speech recognition, object recognition, etc. Multi-class pattern classification using neural networks is not a trivial extension from two-class neural networks. This paper presents a comprehensive and competitive study in multi-class neural learning with focuses on issues including neural network architecture, encoding schemes, training methodology and training time complexity. Our study includes multi-class pattern classification using either a system of multiple neural networks or a single neural network, and modeling pattern classes using one-against-all, one-against-one, one-against-higher-order, and P-against-Q. We also discuss implementations of these approaches and analyze training time complexity associated with each approach. We evaluate six different neural network system architectures for multi-class pattern classification along the dimensions of imbalanced data, large number of pattern classes, large vs. small training data through experiments conducted on well-known benchmark data.
Handling non-canonical software requirements based on Annotated Predicate Calculus
Authors: Kedian Mu, Zhi Jin, Ruqian Lu, Yan Peng
Venue: Knowledge and Information Systems (2006)

Eliciting requirements for a proposed system inevitably involves the problem of handling undesirable information about customer's needs, including inconsistency, vagueness, redundancy, or incompleteness. We term the requirements statements involved in the undesirable information non-canonical software requirements. In this paper, we propose an approach to handling non-canonical software requirements based on Annotated Predicate Calculus (APC). Informally, by defining a special belief lattice appropriate for representing the stakeholder's belief in requirements statements, we construct a new form of APC to formalize requirements specifications. We then show how the APC can be employed to characterize non-canonical requirements. Finally, we show how the approach can be used to handle non-canonical requirements through a case study.
Recent articles on protection of computer related innovations
Authors: Walter Wallach
Venue: ACM SIGMICRO Newsletter (1981)

There have been a number of recent articles in the trade press regarding the protection of computer innovations which are not strictly hardware (such as firmware and software). An article by David Pressman in the August 5 issue of EDN (their A Question of Law column summarizes the five methods of safeguarding innovations, namely:Copyright -- protects any copy of a written work from use by others without permission. Recent changes to Federal law explicitly extend copyright protection to software.Trade Secrecy - By not disclosing information about a product, and requiring all users to sign a nondisclosure agreement, anyone stealing a copy of the product may be prosecuted for stealing a "trade secret". This method and copyright protection are mutually exclusive.Unfair Competition - If someone is trying to cash in on some aspect or your product without extending proper credit, you may be able to get relief under this doctrine.Patent - Recent Supreme Court rulings may be leading to liberalized interpretation of patent laws extending patent protection to firmware and software innovations. The key is to claim the innovation with hardware, even if that specific hardware is not required for the innovation to work. Further, the firmware or software must not be the primary item claimed. Trademarks - used to attract attention to your product, and make its piracy more obvious. [Presl].
Spectral distortion measures for biological sequence comparisons and database searching
Authors: Tuan D. Pham
Venue: Pattern Recognition (2007)

In bioinformatics and computational biology, methods for biological sequence comparison play the most important role for the interpretation of complex nucleotide and protein data such as the inference of relationships between genes, proteins and species; and the discovery of novel protein structures and functions. This type of inference is derived by sequence similarity matching on the databases of biological sequences. As many entire genomes have being determined at a rapid rate, computational methods for comparing genomic and protein sequences will be more essential for probing the complexity of genes, genomes, and molecular machines. In this paper we introduce a pattern-comparison algorithm, which is based on the mathematical concepts of linear predictive coding and its cepstral-distortion measures for the analyses of both DNA and protein sequences. The results obtained from several experiments on real datasets have shown the effectiveness of the proposed approach.
The need for transparency and rationale in automated systems
Authors: David Dinka, James M. Nyce, Toomas Timpka
Venue: Interacting with Computers (2006)

As medical devices and information systems become increasingly complex, the issue of how to support users becomes more important. However, many current help systems are often ignored or found to be too complicated to use by clinicians. In this article, we suggest an approach that allows designers to think about user support and automating tasks in ways users find more acceptable. The issue we address in particular is the notion of transparency and to what extent it allows the end-user to understand and critique the advice given. We have found that one central problem with existing support systems is that often the end-user does not understand the differences between the automated parts and the parts that have to be done manually. By taking aspects of transparency and control into account when designing an automated tool it seems that some of the more refractory issues that help systems pose for professional users can be addressed.