ppxscal/embedding_network huggingface dataset:
Generative probability density model in the self-organizing map
Authors: Jouko Lamppinen, Timo Kostiainen
Venue: Self-Organizing neural networks: recent advances and applications (2001)

The Self-Organizing Map, SOM, is a widely used tool in exploratory data analysis. A theoretical and practical challenge in the SOM has been the difficulty to treat the method as a statistical model fitting procedure. In this chapter we give a short review of statistical approaches for the SOM. then we present hte probability density model for which the SOM training gives the maximum likelihood estimate. The density model can be used to choose the neighborhood width of the SOM so as to avoid overfitting and to improve the reliability of the results. The density model also gives tools for systematic analysis of teh SOM. A major application of teh SOM is the analysis of dependencies between variables. We discuss some difficulties in the visual analysis of the SOM and demonstrate how quantitative analysis of the dependencies between variables. We discuss some difficulties in the visual analysis of the SOM and demonstrate how quantitative analysis of the dependencies can be carried out by calculating conditional distributions from the density model.
Understanding and Applying Machine Vision, 2nd edition
Authors: Nello Zuech
Venue:  (1999)

:This revised and updated reference discusses applications of machine vision technology in the semiconductor, electronic, automotive, wood, food, pharmaceutical, printing, and container industries describing systems that enable projects to move forward swiftly and efficiently - minimizing the risk and avoiding the pitfalls associated with working for the first time in an area of new technology.
Complete Idiot's Guide to NetScape Navigator 3, 1st edition
Authors: Joe Kraynak
Venue:  (1996)

:This easy reference provides readers with all they need to know about Netscape 3, the latest release of this popular browser. The friendly, market-proven approach of the Complete Idiot's Guides combines solid instructions with a light-hearted style of wit and humor. Joe Kraynak is the author of numerous computer books.
Computing Riemann---Roch spaces in algebraic function fields and related topics
Authors: F. Hess
Venue: Journal of Symbolic Computation (2002)

We develop a simple and efficient algorithm to compute Riemann---Roch spaces of divisors in general algebraic function fields which does not use the Brill-Noether method of adjoints or any series expansions. The basic idea also leads to an elementary proof of the Riemann-Roch theorem. We describe the connection to the geometry of numbers of algebraic function fields and develop a notion and algorithm for divisor reduction. An important application is to compute in the divisor class group of an algebraic function field.
Programming in C++
Authors: Habib T. Kashani
Venue:  (1997)

:This comprehensive exploration of the C++ programming language includes a in-depth look at the features of the language as they are applied to both structured and object-oriented programming. It focuses on the fusion of concepts and applications, effectively demonstrating how to apply theory to practical problems.* 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
Tracking influence through citation index comparisons and preliminary case studies panel position statement
Authors: Mary Ellen Zurko
Venue: Proceedings of the 2001 workshop on New security paradigms (2001)

We consider the influence of the New Security Paradigms Workshop by looking at the web citations to its papers in CiteSeer, and comparing those to another computer security workshop and a conference. We then go on to ask selected NSPW authors and NSPW 2001 attendees for their opinion of the influence of NSPW to date.
Slightly Skewed Computer Dictionary
Authors: Doug Mayer
Venue:  (1994)

:This book presents more than 200 tongue-in-cheek definitions of computer terms. It may not increase your computer literacy, but it will keep you laughing. 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
The Age of Access: The New Culture of Hypercapitalism Where All of Life Is a Paid-For Experience
Authors: Jeremy Rifkin
Venue:  (2000)

:Destined to become one of the most talked-about books of 2000, here is a journey into the new world of hyper-capitalism where accessing experiences becomes more important than owning things and all of life is a paid-for activity.In The End of Work, Jeremy Rifkin argued that computers, robotics, telecommunications, and biotechnologies are fast replacing human beings in virtually every industry and workplace. In The Age of Access, he goes further, showing how new technologies are even eliminating concepts of "property" and "ownership" from our lives. In this new era, we will buy enlightenment and play, grooming and grace, and everything in between in the form of purchased experiences. Imagine a world where virtually every activity outside the confines of family relations is a paid-for experience--a world where traditional reciprocal obligations and expectations are replaced by contractual relations in the form of paid memberships, subscriptions, admissions charges, retainers, and fees.For the first time in modern history, Rifkin argues, ownership of physical property is seen as an albatross, and intangible ideas and expertise are the chief generators of wealth. This dramatic shift affects corporations as much as consumers: the world's major companies are quickly shedding property holdings, factories, and other assets in favor of massive outsourcing and leasing. Rifkin warns of a dawning era in which giant access-providing companies are profiting from every aspect of human existence, while consumers own nothing. In this new economy, access-sellers will finally be able to commidify all of human experience.
Return link optimization for internet service provision using DVB-S networks
Authors: Nihal K. G. Samaraweera
Venue: ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review (1999)

Satellite based Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB-S) allows the same low cost satellite dish to receive both television programs and Internet traffic. The satellite system is used to construct a high-speed simplex distribution system, while the return path, needed for the Internet service will be provided using a low speed terrestrial network. The bandwidth asymmetry between the return and forward paths results in a problem, which we have termed "ACK congestion". A number of techniques that may alleviate ACK congestion over a DVB satellite link are analysed through simulation. The paper also presents a new ACK Compaction technique to eliminate ACK congestion, and an ACK spacing technique to preserve the self-clocking principle of TCP.
E-Shock: The Electronic Shopping Revolution: Strategies for Retailers and Manufacturers
Authors: Michael De Kare-Silver
Venue:  (1999)

:Mass electronic commerce-it's a whole new realm of consumerism, a virtual 24-hour, worldwide sales arena, a burgeoning retail revolution-and it's happening right now. Sounds like heaven for retailers and manufacturers. Right? Then why are so many businesses in electronic shock, risking extinction rather than embracing the inevitable evolution of shopping? This illuminating guide explains why, discusses the growth of electronic shopping-and helps businesses overcome their uncertainty and inertia. At the heart of E-shock is the ES test designed to help businesses decide how their company is going to be affected by the revolution and determine the level of response required. Then, E-shock provides 10 strategies to help retailers and manufacturers map a path through the new market challenges and develop a clear, long-term strategy for growth and success in the electronic marketplace.
Computer-assisted evaluation of interface designs
Authors: Mohamed Khalifa
Venue: ACM SIGMIS Database (1997)

Research in human-computer interaction has resulted in the development of task-theoretic analytical models that allow interface designers to evaluate the interface design on paper before building a prototype. Despite the potential of such models to reduce interface development costs and improve design quality, they are not widely used. We believe that the complexity of these models is the main impediment and propose a computer system to remove this obstacle. The proposed system enables interface designers to describe an interface design formally and then assess it in terms of usability dimensions such as ease of learning and ease of use. It facilitates and structures task analysis and spares designers the burden of learning the complex syntax of analytical models. This paper describes the proposed system and discusses an empirical study designed to evaluate it. The empirical results show that the proposed system improves the accuracy and speed of evaluation of interface designs and contributes to more favorable attitudes towards analytical models.
Upgrading and Repairing PCs, 12th Edition with CDROM, 12th edition
Authors: Scott Mueller
Venue:  (2000)

:Scott Mueller is the bestselling, most trusted PC hardware author of all-time. His book has sold more than 2 million copies worldwide and is an industry classic. This newest edition contains more than 100 pages of all-new content, illustrations and photos. The information contained in this book has launched and promoted thousands of careers. If you are at all curious about what goes on inside your computer or want to start a new career in PC building, upgrading, repair and troubleshooting, this book will be an indispensable addition to your desk or workbench. If you are a long-time reader of Scott's book, you'll find the additions in this edition to be a vital addition to your arsenal. The CD includes 90 minutes of all new how-to video.
CSIM18/OptQuest: optimizing simulations with CSIM18/OptQuest: finding the best configuration
Authors: Herb Schwetman
Venue: Proceedings of the 32nd conference on Winter simulation (2000)

In many cases, a simulation model of a system is used to evaluate alternative configurations of that system, with the goal of finding the configuration which maximizes (or minimizes) the value of an objective while meeting all of the stated requirements. The CSIM18/OptQuest package automates this kind of search for the best configuration by combining a powerful simulation engine, CSIM18, and a state-of-the-art optimization package, OptQuest. This paper describes this integrated package for doing optimization and simulation. The paper concludes with two examples: finding the best configuration for a job-shop, and finding the best configuration for a web server.
Infrastructure for electronic business on the Internet
Venue:  (2001)

The rapidly growing field of Electronic Business to the Internet (EBI) includes a number of subfields, such as electronic commerce, electronic multimedia, workflow technologies, and collaboration technologies. The term electronic business implies a synergistic interaction between a number of different fields with the purpose of maximizing not only the short term profit, but the long term profit as well. In order to establish technical prerequisltes for efficient electronic business on the Internet, appropriate system support is needed. INFRASTRUCTURE FOR ELECTRONIC BUSINESS ON THE INTERNET discusses the topic of system support and its main bottlenecks, stressing explanations that link the newly emerging problems with those found in the general computer architecture field. Attention is
Install, Configure, and Customize Red Hat Linux 7 with Cdrom
Authors: Brian Proffitt
Venue:  (2000)

:So, you've just purchased or downloaded the latest version of Red Hat Linux and need to get it up and running on your computer. Ease the transition to Red Hat Linux with step-by-step instruction and plenty of screenshots to guide you through each component of the Red Hat operating system. This updated and expanded edition covers topics such as running the installation, configuring the X Window System, customizing your desktop, and dealing with the kernel, making this a must-have reference for any Linux enthusiast.
Structures and Abstractions: An Introduction to Computer Science with Turbo Pascal, 2nd edition
Authors: William I. Salmon
Venue:  (1994)

:This text is intended for the first course in Computer Science (CS1) for those who intend to major in the field or want a deeper understanding of programming methodology.
Hardware accelerated real time charcoal rendering
Authors: Aditi Majumder, M. Gopi
Venue: Proceedings of the 2nd international symposium on Non-photorealistic animation and rendering (2002)

In this paper, we present simple rendering techniques implemented using traditional graphics hardware to achieve the effects of charcoal drawing. The effects include characteristics of charcoal drawings like broad grainy strokes and smooth tonal variations that are achieved by smudging the charcoal by hand. Further, we also generate the closure effect that is used by artists at times to avoid hard silhouette edges. All these effects are achieved using contrast enhancement operators on textures and/or colors of the 3D model.Our contribution lies in unifying the methods to achieve these effects under the common framework of contrast enhancement operators. Further, since the effects have been implemented using traditional graphics hardware, a single rendering pass is sufficient to create different effects. Hence, we can render highly complex models with large number of triangles at interactive rates. Thus, our method is especially suited for applications like scientific visualization and preliminary sketches/animations.
Using CorelDRAW! 6 for Windows 95, with CD-ROM (Special Edition), 1st edition
Authors: Que Corporation
Venue:  (1995)

:This complete reference offers the most information available on using the entire Corel package-DRAW, PHOTO-PAINT, CHART, VENTURA, and more! Readers learn how to take advantage of this all-in-one suite for drawing, painting, and desktop publishing.Special Learning from the Pros section features interviews and tips from top graphic artists and designersFull-color sections show effective applications of color that users can createCovers everything from object drawing and scanning to special effects with images, animation, and presentations
Engineering component-based net-centric systems for embedded applications
Authors: Jens H. Jahnke
Venue: Proceedings of the 8th European software engineering conference held jointly with 9th ACM SIGSOFT international symposium on Foundations of software engineering (2001)

The omnipresence of the Internet and the World Wide Web (Web) via phone lines, cable-TV, power lines, and wireless RF devices has created an inexpensive media for telemonitoring and remotely controlling distributed electronic appliances. The great variety of potential benefits of aggregating and connecting embedded systems over the Internet is matched by the currently unsolved problem of how to design, test, maintain, and evolve such heterogeneous, collaborative systems. Recently, component-oriented software development has shown great potential for cutting production costs and improving the maintainability of systems. We discuss component-oriented engineering of embedded control software in the light of emerging requirements of distributed, net-centric systems. Our approach is baed on applying the graphical specification language SDL for composing complex networks of embedded software components. From the SDL specification, we generate internet-aware connector components to local embedded controller networks. The described research is carried out in a collaborative effort between industry and academia.
Applications of root finding methods for discrete rational Chebyshev approximation
Authors: David F. McAllister, Stephen M. Pizer
Venue: Proceedings of the 18th annual Southeast regional conference (1980)

Root finding algorithms are shown to be applicable for finding best rational Chebyshev approximations over finite point sets when the denominator of the approximating function is bounded below by a positive constant. The methods are applicable to approximation in several variables and are shown to be competitive with the differential correction algorithm.
Acrobat PDF and Workflow Indetail
Authors: Frank J. Romano
Venue:  (2000)

From the Book:PREFACE:PDF is a phenomenon. Adobe's Portable Document Format, known as "that cross-platform utility," is also the cross-media utility. It is profoundly changing the the print industry. It is also helping to evolve electronic publishing. If you are a graphic designer, a prepress specialist, a printing company, an art director, a production person, a Web publisher, or a publishing professionalyou had better stay up to date on Acrobat.Acrobat 4 has features of interest to the high-end printing industry. It is designed to be the sub-atomic particle of new digital workflows. Workflow is more than moving electronic files around. It is the "glue" that links the creative professional to the information consumer. A PDF-centric workflow uses a complete, self-contained file as a component in a production workflow or the final document in a publishing workflow. Designers and their printers send PDFs to their clients for soft-proofing on screen or hard copy printouts on their printer. Fonts and graphics are already embedded in the PDF file (if all went well). They don't need the page-layout program the designer used, because they can view and print the PDF with the free Acrobat Reader. With the full version of Acrobat, the client can annotate revisions or approvals with notes, sound files, strike-throughs, drawings, or highlightsright in the PDF. For publishing purposes it is the one format that preserves the form and content of the information and is universally accessible. Every day, thousands of people around the world, using every major computer platform, download the free Adobe Reader from adobe.com. A decade ago, when Acrobat was introduced,itwas seen as the replacement for print. Today, it is seen as the salvation of print. It makes printing production more effective and engenders new workflows. It has a natural place on the Web and disk-based information distribution. Adobe Acrobat is the product. PDF is the file format. This book is about both and the way you work with this unique program in digital systems.Frank RomanoRochester, NYApril, 2000
Your First Computer, 2nd edition
Authors: Alan Simpson
Venue:  (1993)

:Alan Simpson's all-time favorite guide for computer novices. Find out what computers are, how they work, and what they can do for you. Written in clear, nontechnical language, this book is a must for every computer library. 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
AppleWorks 6 for Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide, 2nd edition
Authors: Nolan Hester
Venue:  (2000)

:Using the AppleWorks 6 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide, readers will learn every thing they need to master the many tools in AppleWorks. Revised from the ground up by a new author, the new edition offers complete cross-platform coverage replete with hundreds of illustrations and examples highlighting classroom and home-use projects. Additions not in previous edition will include a section highlighting AppleWorksÕs new Presentation module.
The Neatest Little Guide to Making Money Online
Authors: Jason Kelly
Venue:  (1999)

:Practical advice for Internet beginners who want to explore the new online frontierWith his hugely popular Neatest Little Guide series, Jason Kelly has established a reputation for providing sound business and investment expertise in an accessible format. With The Neatest Little Guide to Making Money Online, Kelly reaches out to the burgeoning segment of people who are intrigued yet intimidated by the power of the Internet as a business tool. Kelly provides readers with all the information they need to set up their own online business and earn extra money. This practical, step-by-step guide shows how to: Select an Internet service provider and register an Internet address Design a website-from purchasing the right software to keeping navigation simple and content fresh Market a website through newsletters, discussion forums, and reciprocal linksWritten with Jason Kelly's trademark flair, The Neatest Little Guide to Making Money Online helps readers get connected-and on their way to earning money. Filled with advice and tips from business experts, it will have people up and running in no time. 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
Fast, small-space algorithms for approximate histogram maintenance
Authors: Anna C. Gilbert, Sudipto Guha, Piotr Indyk, Yannis Kotidis, S. Muthukrishnan, Martin J. Strauss
Venue: Proceedings of the thiry-fourth annual ACM symposium on Theory of computing (2002)

(MATH) A vector A of length N is defined implicitly, via a stream of updates of the form "add 5 to A3." We give a sketching algorithm, that constructs a small sketch from the stream of updates, and a reconstruction algorithm, that produces a B-bucket piecewise-constant representation (histogram) H for A from the sketch, such that ||A&mdash;H||&xie;(1+&egr;)||A&mdash;Hopt|&#124, where the error ||A&mdash;H|| is either $\ell_1$ (absolute) or $\ell_2$ (root-mean-square) error. The time to process a single update, time to reconstruct the histogram, and size of the sketch are each bounded by poly(B,log(N),log||A,1/&egr;. Our result is obtained in two steps. First we obtain what we call a robust histogram approximation for A, a histogram such that adding a small number of buckets does not help improve the representation quality significantly. From the robust histogram, we cull a histogram of desired accruacy and B buckets in the second step. This technique also provides similar results for Haar wavelet representations, under $\ell_2$ error. Our results have applications in summarizing data distributions fast and succinctly even in distributed settings.
Local search characteristics of incomplete SAT procedures
Authors: Dale Schuurmans, Finnegan Southey
Venue: Artificial Intelligence (2001)

Effective local search methods for finding satisfying assignments of CNF formulae exhibit several systematic characteristics in their search. We identify a series of measurable characteristics of local search behavior that are predictive of problem solving efficiency. These measures are shown to be useful for diagnosing inefficiencies in given search procedures, tuning parameters, and predicting the value of innovations to existing strategies. We then introduce a new local search method, SDF ("smoothed descent and flood"), that builds upon the intuitions gained by our study. SDF works by greedily descending in an informative objective (that considers how strongly clauses are satisfied, in addition to counting the number of unsatisfied clauses) and, once trapped in a local minima, "floods" this minima by re-weighting unsatisfied clauses to create a new descent direction. The resulting procedure exhibits superior local search characteristics under our measures. We show that this method can compete with the state of the art techniques, and significantly reduces the number of search steps relative to many recent methods. Copyright 2001 Elsevier Science B.V.