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Wireless Internet and m-Business: How to Program, 1st edition
Authors: Harvey M. Deitel, Paul J. Deitel, T.R. Nieto
Venue:  (2001)

:Learn how to build winning wireless and mobile business solutions, start to finish! In this 1400-page book, the best-selling authors of the How to Program Series apply their proven methodology and signature Live-CodeTM Approach to teaching wireless/mobile application development!This book covers every key aspect of building wireless Internet and mobile business applications: programming, location-based technologies, e-marketing, wireless payment options, security  even legal, social, and internationalization issues. The Deitels offer in-depth introductions to wireless development on Palm and Pocket PC/Windows CE platforms; then present detailed coverage of WML, and WMLScript. Wireless Internet and Mobile How to Program also reviews the following cutting-edge technologies and approaches: Web Clipping, i-Mode, Bluetooth, server-side development, J2ME, XML/XSL/XSLT, Microsoft's .NET mobile framework, Qualcomm's Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless (BREW), and options for wireless multimedia. Hundreds of expert tips offer invaluable insight into good programming practices, avoiding errors, maximizing performance, testing, and debugging. For beginning programmers, and for all experienced programmers seeking to leverage their experience in wireless Internet and mobile business development.
Entropy Satisfaction of a Conservative Shock-Tracking Method
Authors: Mao De-kang
Venue: SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis (1999)

In this paper we discuss the entropy satisfaction of the conservative shock-tracking technique developed in [D. K. Mao, J. Comput. Phys., 92 (1991), pp. 422--455], [D. K. Mao, J. Comput. Phys., 103 (1992), pp. 359--369], and [D. K. Mao, SIAM J. Numer. Anal., 32 (1995), pp. 1677--1703] when it is applied to the Godunov scheme. We consider the scalar case in one-space dimension and assume that both the flux and entropy functions are strictly convex. We prove that, when the tracked shocks are strong enough in comparison with the variation of the numerical solution around them, the numerical solution satisfies the entropy condition in a certain sense. We also discuss the entropy situation when the convexity of the flux function is very weak and the tracked shock neighbors to strong simple waves.
Starter Kit for the IBM iSeries and AS/400
Authors: Gary Guthrie, Wayne Madden
Venue:  (2001)

:Without a doubt, the strong suit of IBM's iSeries and AS/400 systems is their sophisticated operating system, OS/400. But along with OS/400's unmatched level of functionality and integration comes a complexity you must learn to manage. Starter Kit for the IBM iSeries and AS/400 provides essential information to help you understand the basic concepts and nuances of iSeries and AS/400 systemsinformation that will make your job easier and will increase your comfort level working on these systems. The book is arranged in logical order from basic system setup information through some of the more important areas you need to understand to operate, program, and manage your system. Comprehensive sections provide essential information about the following topics: system setupincluding planning for installation, setting up a basic work environment, creating user profiles, establishing default public authorities, and managing PTFs operationsincluding message handling, working with printer files and output queues, disk management, and job scheduling system managementincluding backup and recovery and work management file basicsincluding file structure, file overrides, logical files, and file sharing basic CL programmingincluding coding CL with style, using APIs with CL, using CL programs with display files and database files, communicating between CL programs, and using commands Two additional chapters focus on TCP/IP and Operations Navigator to get you up to speed on these two important aspects of working with iSeries and AS/00 systems today. Whether you're a programmer, a system administrator, or an operator, the information presented in Starter Kit for the IBM iSeries and AS/400 will help you develop a basic working knowledge of some of the key concepts and functions you'll encounter on these systems. With this foundation, you'll be solidly prepared to explore each subject in depth and apply what you've learned to make your iSeries or AS/400 environment more secure, productive, and manageable. CD Features The CD accompanying this book contains all the utilities and sample code presented in the book, including a plug-and-play output queue monitor commands to copy user profiles and create standard user profiles a command to duplicate job schedule entries commands to retrieve a device's IP address and display a list of up to 25 IP addresses a command to print the object authorities for selected objects in one or more libraries a command interface to API QEZSndMg that lets you send break messages to users
Cybersurgery: Advanced Technologies for Surgical Practice, 1st edition
Authors: Jonathan M. Sackier
Venue:  (1997)

:Developments in minimal access surgery are increasingly being driven by advances in technology. The operating room of the future will be a sophisticated mix of stereo imaging systems, microbots, robotic manipulators, virtual reality/telepresence workstations, and computer integrated surgery. This volume explores the emerging technologies that are revolutionizing modern surgical practice.
Significance Of inter-species matches when evolutionary rate varies
Authors: Jia Li, Webb Miller
Venue: Proceedings of the sixth annual international conference on Computational biology (2002)

We develop techniques to estimate the statistical significance of gap-free alignments between two genomic DNA sequences, using human-mouse alignments as an example. The sequences are assumed to be sufficiently similar that some but not all of the neutrally evolving regions (i.e., those under no evolutionary constraint) can be reliably aligned. Our goal is to model the situation in which the neutral rate of evolution, and hence the extent of the aligning intervals, varies across the genome. In some cases, this permits the weaker of two matches to be judged as less likely to have arisen by chance, provided it lies in a genomic interval with a high level of background divergence. We employ a Hidden Markov Model to capture variations in divergence rates, and assign probability values to gap-free alignments using techniques related to those used for the same purpose by Blast. Our methods are illustrated in detail using a 1.49 Mb genomic region. Preliminary results using all of human chromosome 22 indicate that these techniques will work for the entire human genome.
Class Warfare in the Information Age
Authors: Michael Perelman
Venue:  (1999)

:The mention of class struggle evokes images of a grimy age in which bygone captains of industry callously oppressed armies of overworked and underpaid proletarians. This dark portrait of class conflict stands in sharp contrast to the glorious promise of an information age. In Class Warfare in the Information Age, Michael Perelman shows how class conflict remains a contemporary issue. He challenges the notion that, with the help of modern computer and telecommunication technologies, we can look forward to life in a well-educated society in which anybody with even a modicum of intelligence and discipline can enjoy a more than comfortable existence. In a relatively jargon-free economic and political analysis, Perelman reveals how the efforts of business to profit from the sale of information will result in the reduction of access to information, rather than the increase. He demonstrates how the treatment of information as a commodity will cause it to be more regulated and less accessible. In the future, Perelman argues, it will still become a class-based privilege to access and afford information, and the rights of individuals will disintegrate as the power of the corporate sector grows. Class Warfare in the Information Age is a refreshingly critical work that forces readers to rethink the conventional hype surrounding the information superhighway. 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
Korn Shell Programming by Example
Authors: Dennis O'Brien, David Pitts
Venue:  (2001)

:Korn Shell Programming by Example is a straight-forward, nuts and bolts book that will become a standard in the libraries of Unix administrators everywhere because of its real-life examples, progressive style, and lack of unnecessary fluff. Based on the Korn shell, it is an essential reference for administrators on how to program their system, and it is also beneficial for those new to Unix who need to know how to automate their system. Most of all, Korn Shell Programming by Example teaches and arms readers with the ability to solve problems they might encounter.
Tangible user interaction using augmented reality
Authors: Hannah Slay, Bruce Thomas, Rudi Vernik
Venue: Australian Computer Science Communications (2002)

This paper describes a novel use of augmented reality for the visualisation of virtual objects as part of the move towards pervasive computing. It uses fiducial markers as switches to "toggle" the displayed properties of the virtual objects. Using collision detection, fiducial markers are also used to track and select nodes within virtual objects. This research uses the ARToolkit Version 2.33 and acts as a component within the DSTO's InVision framework.
Star Wars: Force Commander, Prima's Official Strategy Guide
Authors: Rick Barba, Steve Honeywell
Venue:  (2000)

:Force Commander is a real-time strategy for the PC that includes "Star Wars" units. This guide to the game includes a walk-through of all scenarios, as well as powerful tactics for both the Rebel Alliance and the Galactic Empire. Also includes extensive combat tips, resource management, and a breakdown of all characters.
Principles of Signaling for Cell Relay and Frame Relay, 1st edition
Authors: Daniel Minoli, George Dobrowski
Venue:  (1994)

:Learn what signaling is, what it can and cannot do, and exactly what your network's equipment must support for application use. This book describes the important evolving communication capabilities of public networks  and the ensuing opportunities for designing sophisticated enterprise networks supporting user applications such as high-speed data, multimedia, multipoint videoconferencing, and high-resolution image transfer.
Synthesis of bidirectional texture functions on arbitrary surfaces
Authors: Xin Tong, Jingdan Zhang, Ligang Liu, Xi Wang, Baining Guo, Heung-Yeung Shum
Venue: Proceedings of the 29th annual conference on Computer graphics and interactive techniques (2002)

The bidirectional texture function (BTF) is a 6D function that can describe textures arising from both spatially-variant surface reflectance and surface mesostructures. In this paper, we present an algorithm for synthesizing the BTF on an arbitrary surface from a sample BTF. A main challenge in surface BTF synthesis is the requirement of a consistent mesostructure on the surface, and to achieve that we must handle the large amount of data in a BTF sample. Our algorithm performs BTF synthesis based on surface textons, which extract essential information from the sample BTF to facilitate the synthesis. We also describe a general search strategy, called the k-coherent search, for fast BTF synthesis using surface textons. A BTF synthesized using our algorithm not only looks similar to the BTF sample in all viewing/lighthing conditions but also exhibits a consistent mesostructure when viewing and lighting directions change. Moreover, the synthesized BTF fits the target surface naturally and seamlessly. We demonstrate the effectiveness of our algorithm with sample BTFs from various sources, including those measured from real-world textures.
Writing with a Computer
Authors: Mike Palmquist, Donald E. Zimmerman
Venue:  (1998)

:The computer age has accelerated the pace of communication and thought in a permanent and global way, altering the way all individuals write and disburse information. Relying on the computer as their primary tool, many writers have optimized the process of writing, editing, and revising documents. Providing clear guidance on the strengths and weaknesses of modern word processors and operating systems, Writing with a Computer emphasizes how computers can help serve the needs of writers This is the first book to emphasize how computers help people write more effectively and efficiently. It recognizes that the majority of word processor users only take advantage of about 10% of the functionality of most modern word processors. The book therefore helps readers explore how other functions of word processors can help them write better and faster. Its primary goal is to explore how technology can support the range of composing and information-gathering processes that writers use to create new documents. It focuses on how computers help writers generate ideas; collect and evaluate information; draft, review, revise, and edit text; and design documents.. For professional and technical writers, instructors of writing, and anyone interested in improving their writing and technological skills.
Tricks to animating characters with a computer
Authors: John Lasseter
Venue: ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics (2001)

When I presented the first animation I had created with a computer, The Adventures of Andr&eacute; and Wally B., at SIGGRAPH 84, a number of people asked me what cool new software I had used to achieve such believable characters. I explained to them that the software was a keyframe animation system, not much different in theory than other systems that were around then. What was different was that I was using basic animation principles that I had learned as a traditional animator. It was not the software that gave life to the characters, it was these principles of animation, these tricks of the trade that animators had developed over 50 years ago. I was surprised at how few people in the computer animation community were aware of these principles.Traditional animation is basically one trick after another. Whatever it takes to get it working right on the screen is fair game. It should be the same in computer animation. At Pixar, we constantly use tricks, old and new, to get what we need on the screen. In this talk, I will give away a few trade secrets that will be useful to anyone attempting to animate characters with computers, regardless of the software they are using.
Foundations of Web Technology
Authors: Ramesh R. Sarukkai, Sekhar R. Sarukkai
Venue:  (2002)

:Foundations of Web Technology is designed to meet the needs of practitioners and researchers in industry, and as a secondary text for upper undergraduate and graduate students in Computer Science and Engineering.
PC Architecture from Assembly Language to C
Authors: David Hergert, Nancy Thibeault
Venue:  (2000)

: Starting with the basics and then carefully and gradually progressing to more advanced levels, this book helps readers develop a solid understanding of how the PC operating system works. The book provides a practical balance between hardware and software (with a slightly stronger focus on assembly language and emphasizes programming as a means to teach PC architecture. A Windows-based program is used to simulate a simple microprocessor. For anyone interested in Assembly Language, Microprocessor Technology, and PC Instrumentation. This book is also appropriate for anyone interested in computer or electrical engineering technology, computer tech or computer science.
Online Journalism: A Critical Primer
Authors: Jim Hall
Venue:  (2001)

:Online journalism is revolutionizing the way news is reported and read. The rise of the Internet has forever changed the way audiences interact with the newsstories are posted the moment they break and readers routinely expect to be able to access both the news sources and local perspectives. Online news and the media juggernauts who own it raise a number of urgent questions about accuracy, press autonomy, freedom of speech, and economic exclusion. Jim Hall provides a comprehensive guide to the emerging field of cyberjournalism and examines the issues it raises. Looking at how interactive texts are both written and read, the book surveys the new technologies and conventions that online journalism has ushered in. The author uses case studies such as Monicagate and the war in Kosovo to illustrate both the opportunities and the limitations of cyberjournalism. It is designed as a text to introduce how cyberjournalism works and how it can be used in innovative ways. For scholars and students of the media and cultural studies, "Online Journalism" is indispensable."
Necessary Suboptimality and Optimality Conditions via Variational Principles
Authors: Boris S. Mordukhovich, Bingwu Wang
Venue: SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization (2002)

The paper aims to develop some basic principles and tools of nonconvex variational analysis with applications to necessary suboptimality and optimality conditions for constrained optimization problems in infinite dimensions. We establish a certain subdifferential variational principle as a new characterization of Asplund spaces. This result is different from conventional support forms of variational principles and appears to be convenient for applications to nonsmooth optimization. Based on the subdifferential variational principle, we obtain new necessary conditions for suboptimal solutions in general nonsmooth optimization problems with equality, inequality, and set constraints in Asplund spaces. In this way we establish the so-called sequential normal compactness properties of constraint sets that play an essential role in infinite-dimensional variational analysis and its applications. As a by-product of our approach, we derive various forms of necessary optimality conditions for nonsmooth constrained problems in infinite dimensions, which extend known results in that direction.
Determining Consensus Numbers
Authors: Eric Ruppert
Venue: SIAM Journal on Computing (2000)

Conditions on a shared object type T are given that are both necessary and sufficient for wait-free n-process consensus to be solvable using objects of type T and registers. The conditions apply to two large classes of deterministic shared objects: read-modify-write objects [C. P. Kruskal, L. Rudolph, and M. Snir, { ACM Trans. Prog. Lang. Syst., 10 (1988), pp. 579--601] and readable objects, which have operations that allow processes to read the state of the object. These classes include most objects that are used as the primitives of distributed systems. When the sequential specification of T is finite, the conditions may be checked in a finite amount of time to decide the question "Is the consensus number of T at least n?" The conditions are also used to provide a clear proof of the robustness of the consensus hierarchy for read-modify-write and readable objects.
The Transparent Market: Management Challenges in the Electronic Age
Authors: Mats Larsson, David Lundberg
Venue:  (1998)

:This book looks into the new and challenging market that is starting to develop on the worldwide network. It takes the new market scene as the starting point and reasons about what this market will look like, what companies have to do to be successful here, how organisations have to find new ways of working to take advantage of new possibilities and last but not least, how we as individuals have to act to stay in the future job market.
Interactive Computing Series: Microsoft Outlook 2000 Brief Edition, 1 edition
Authors: Kenneth C. Laudon, Michael W. Domis
Venue:  (2000)

SERIES TAGLINE: The Interactive Computing Series is the Visual, Interactive way to develop and apply software skills. This Skills based approach coupled with its highly illustrated, 2 page-spread design is ideal for the intro CIS course, the self-paced course or students in non-traditional education settings. Table of contentsIntroducing Outlook 2000Managing EmailManaging a CalendarManaging Contacts, Tasks, and Notes
Performance study of dispatching algorithms in multi-tier web architectures
Authors: Mauro Andreolini, Michele Colajanni, Ruggero Morselli
Venue: ACM SIGMETRICS Performance Evaluation Review (2002)

The number and heterogeneity of requests to Web sites are increasing also because the Web technology is becoming the preferred interface for information systems. Many systems hosting current Web sites are complex architectures composed by multiple server layers with strong scalability and reliability issues. In this paper we compare the performance of several combinations of centralized and distributed dispatching algorithms working at the first and second layer, and using different levels of state information. We confirm some known results about load sharing in distributed systems and give new insights to the problem of dispatching requests in multi-tier cluster-based Web systems.
Perl for System Administration: Managing multi-platform environments with Perl
Authors: David N. Blank-Edelman
Venue:  (2000)

:Some people plan to become administrators. The rest of us are thrust into it: we are Webmasters, hobbyists, or just the default "technical people" on staff who are expected to keep things running. After some stumbling around repeating the same steps over and over again (and occasionally paying the price when we forget one), we realize that we must automate these tasks, or suffer endless frustration. Thus enters Perl. The Perl programming language lets you write quick yet powerful scripts for automating many administrative tasks. It's modular, it's powerful, and it's perfect for managing systems and services on many platforms. Perl for System Administration is aimed at all levels of administratorsfrom hobbyists to card-carrying SAGE members sysadmins on multi-platform sites. Written for several different platforms (Unix, Windows NT, and MacOS), it leads you through the pockets of administration where Perl can be most useful for sites large and small, including: Filesystem management User administration with a dash of XML DNS and other network name services Database administration using DBI and ODBC Directory services and frameworks like LDAP and ADSI Using email for system administration Working with log files of all kinds Security and network monitoring including SNMP Each chapter concentrates on a single administrative area, discusses the possible pitfalls, and then shows how Perl comes to the rescue. Along the way we encounter interesting Perl features and tricks, with many extended examples and complete programs. You can simply use the scripts included in the book as written or with minimaladaptation. But it's likely you'll also get a taste of what Perl can do, and start extending those scripts for tasks that we haven't dreamed of. Perl for System Adminstration doesn't attempt to teach the Perl language, but it is an excellent introduction to the power and flexibility of Perl, and whets your appetite to learn more. It's for anyone who needs to use Perl for system administration and needs to hit the ground running.