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Linear Control Systems: Synthesis of Multivariable Systems and Multidimensional Systems
Authors: Tadeusz Kacorek
Venue:  (1993)

:Addresses recent developments in multivariable one-dimensional (1-D) and multidimensional linear system theory with special attention to polynominal-equation techniques. Coverage includes solvability conditions of generalized discrete- and continuous-time 1-D linear systems and methods of finding their solutions; tests for checking the output-reachability and observability of composite systems described by differential operations; canonical forms of linear multivariable 1-D systems; the realization problem of transfer matrices for generalized linear systems and much more. Each chapter contains many examples to illustrate the theoretical developments discussed. 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
Starcraft 64, 4th edition
Authors: Mark L. Cohen
Venue:  (2000)

:As earlier StarCraft gamers have realized, Blizzard's tremendous StarCraft games require extensive strategic planning and combative know-how. StarCraft 64: Prima's Official Strategy Guide provides the strategy, statistics, and maps necessary to navigate the N64 version of the original, wildly popular StarCraft and Brood War missions. Blizzard provides the game you want. Prima provides the strategy you need, including:Extensive walkthroughs and maps for all 58 original missions and 27 new scenariosComplete stats on every structure, airship, and ground unitIn-depth tactics for constructing and organizing powerful base campsExhaustive resource management techniquesCustomized battle strategies for each race: Terran, Zerg, and Protoss 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
Inside CorelDRAW!: 4.0 Special Edition, 1st edition
Authors: Daniel Gray
Venue:  (1993)

:An updated edition of the #1 selling tutorial on CorelDRAW!Features easy-to-follow lessons that introduce and help the reader master CorelDRAW!Includes expert tips, techniques, and warnings to avoid pitfallsDisk includes high-quality shareware programs and customized programs developed specifically for use in Inside CorelDRAW! 4.0
Pocket PC Reference, 3rd edition
Authors: Thomas J. Glover
Venue:  (1993)

:The heart of every IBM and compatible PC is the BIOS, a low-level operating environment that handles the initial boot, start up and loading of the operating system and hardware level functions, System and service technicians and professionals assembling computer systems, troubleshooting computer hardware troubleshooting, performance tuning or home hobbyists building their own computer will benefit from this book.There are over 50,000 companies focused in the computer technical service and configuration business in the United States alone. Most of these companies employ between 10-50 technicians. In addition, the target audienceKey Features-- Over 6,500 hard disks covered (almost twice the number of any competitive product).-- Also covers common and unusual IDE disk controllers.
An Introduction to AS/400 System Operations, 1st edition
Authors: Heidi Rothenbuehler
Venue:  (1999)

:This textbook covers all the basics students need to know to be successful system operators. The information covers typical daily, weekly, and monthly AS/400 operational tasks using V3R1MO of OS/400. Students should have a basic understanding of the AS/400: how to sign on, work with function keys, work with CL and access AS/400 on-line information.Recognizing that instructors will have varying situations with regard to students' actual use of an AS/400, the authors have achieved a versatile textbook designed to be useful in the most common classroom situations.Instructor's kits are available for teachers who choose this textbook for their classes.
I Want My Webtv
Authors: David Fox
Venue:  (1997)

:Witty and conversational, this invaluable road map explains just what the heck WebTV is and shows you how to tune in, turn on, and hook up within minutes. Clear instructions teach you to effortlessly maneuver this new type of remote control. In no time, you'll become a master of email and a swami of searching the Net, traversing cyberspace for the best games, live chats, news, sports, entertainment, travel, education, shopping, and more. All you need is any television set, an existing phone line, a WebTV Internet terminal, remote control, and a subscription to the WebTV Network.
Building bridges: using collaboration to leverage resources
Authors: Marie Mayer, Frank Poduska
Venue: Proceedings of the 29th annual ACM SIGUCCS conference on User services (2001)

This paper focuses on using collaboration to get more mileage out of your efforts, especially when faced with static or declining resources. In addition, collaboration has beneficial aspects that can help bridge gaps between individuals, offices, and departments. Benefits you can realize by using collaboration include:More leverage for your efforts by tapping established networks of other offices and departments.Delivery of a consistent message to your audience even when the message comes from different areas and departments.Extend the reach of your marketing and support efforts without additional resources.Develop more innovative ideas by bringing in different perspectives.Help in finding, selecting, developing, and adapting resources for your support efforts..Several areas and projects where we used collaboration to benefit both us and our various audiences include: student, staff, and faculty orientation; Connected @ Iowa State; Solutions! CD; university handbooks; computer training; resource fairs; and university-wide recruitment and marketing materials.
Computing walsh, arithmetic, and reed-muller spectral decision diagrams using graph transformations
Authors: Whitney J. Townsend, Mitchell A. Thornton, Rolf Drechsler, D. Michael Miller
Venue: Proceedings of the 12th ACM Great Lakes symposium on VLSI (2002)

Spectral techniques have found many applications in computer-aided design, including synthesis, verification, and testing. Decision diagram representations permit spectral coefficients to be calculated via graph-based algorithms. In this paper, algorithms are described for transforming multi-output functions to produce Walsh, arithmetic, and Reed-Muller spectral decision diagrams and the experimental results of those implementations are presented.
Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Integration
Authors: Stephen Chelack
Venue:  (2000)

:Master the Complexities of a Multi-Database Environment Introducing the first-ever guide to Oracle-SQL Server integration-an indispensable reference if you're migrating from one relational database management system to the other or if you need to make separate databases work together in harmony. Delving deep into the inner workings of each RDBMS, veteran database architect Stephen Chelack shows you in detail how to migrate database objects and code, integrate through linked servers or UDA, harness XML for Internet integration, and much more. Proven Solutions to Database Integration Challenges Get the lowdown on how MSDE and Oracle Instance work Understand data storage, optimization, and locking in each RDBMS Overcome typical hurdles in migrating database objects and code Master SQL Server DTS and Oracle Migration Workbench Put Universal Data Access, replication, and other integration options to work Use Oracle and Microsoft development tools to create integrated applications Orchestrate Internet database integration using XML Prepare for Microsoft BizTalk Server and other next-generation technologies 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
Runtime aspect weaving through metaprogramming
Authors: Jason Baker, Wilson Hsieh
Venue: Proceedings of the 1st international conference on Aspect-oriented software development (2002)

We describe an extension to the Java language, Handi-Wrap, that supports weaving aspects into code at runtime. Aspects in Handi-Wrap take the form of method wrappers, which allow aspect code to be inserted around method bodies like advice in AspectJ. Handi-Wrap offers several advantages over static aspect languages such as AspectJ. First, aspects can be woven into binary libraries. Second, a wrapper in Handi-Wrap is a first-class Java value, which allows users to exploit Java mechanisms to define and weave wrappers. For example, wrappers can be passed explicit constructor arguments, and wrapper objects can be composed. Finally, methods in all Java classes, including anonymous classes, can be wrapped. A prototype of Handi-Wrap is implemented in a compile-time metaprogramming system for Java, called Maya; we briefly describe how Maya's features support Handi-Wrap.
Introduction to Multimedia: Featuring Windows Applications, 1st edition
Authors: Edwin J. Pinheiro
Venue:  (1995)

:The book begins with a discussion of how multimedia data is generated, which clarifies why multimedia data is unique. It moves on to discuss the importance of data compression in the multimedia environment. Although this book provides up-to-date information about multimedia technology and applications, as well as extensive coverage of multimedia software, you won't be overwhelmed with technical details. Sufficient explanations are provided in special concepts chapters for a thorough understanding of all the technological components. 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
About possibilistic queries against possibilistic databases
Authors: Patrick Bosc, Laurence Duval, Olivier Pivert
Venue: Proceedings of the 2002 ACM symposium on Applied computing (2002)

This paper is situated in the area of the so-called fuzzy databases, i.e., databases containing imprecise information. It is now recognized that querying databases containing imperfect information raises several problems, including complexity. In this paper, we consider a specific kind of queries, called possibilistic queries, of the form "to what extent is it possible that a given tuple t belongs to the answer of Q (a regular relational query)". The major objective is to show that a reasonable complexity can be expected for a specific (although not too restricted) subset of possibilistic queries.
Software Requirements
Authors: Karl Eugene Wiegers
Venue:  (1999)

:Concise, readable, and expert advice for collecting and analyzing software requirements. Wiegers presents a palette of best practices for collecting, validating and managing software requirements, together with examples of their successful application to real-world projects. This is one of the few pragmatic resources on this topic.
Hook up, Get Hired!: The Internet Job Search Revolution, 1st edition
Authors: Joyce Lain Kennedy
Venue:  (1995)

:A successful author and leading career columnist provides superlative information regarding opportunities offered by electronic job ads, various employment-related online databases and informal bulletin boards available on the Internet. Identifies commercial and nonprofit services that post help-wanted ads. Contains excellent tips on analyzing technical and personal skills and how to use them in searching for appropriate job matches. Features the experiences of approximately 50 individuals in an outplacement center with online job searching. Includes a brief overview of Internet etiquette.
Using Microsoft Works 4.5, 1st edition
Authors: Debbie Walkowski
Venue:  (1997)

:Using Microsoft Works 4.5 is a task-oriented tutorial. This approach will help readers get the most out of the Works for Windows software. The material is presented in a clear, concise way so that readers can find answers quickly Readers will learn how to increase productivity and complete projects more efficiently with Using Works no nonsense approach Essential features of Works (word processing, database, spreadsheet, Task Launcher and communication tools) discussed, insuring reader has solid grounding in all the new suite features Covers the latest features of Works, including the added templates and IE 3.02Information-packed tutorial for the latest version of one of the best-selling integrated suite products on the marketClear, task-oriented approach makes it easy for readers to find answers quicklyMore content for the money than any other book currently on the shelves
Decomposable negation normal form
Authors: Adnan Darwiche
Venue: Journal of the ACM (JACM) (2001)

Knowledge compilation has been emerging recently as a new direction of research for dealing with the computational intractability of general propositional reasoning. According to this approach, the reasoning process is split into two phases: an off-line compilation phase and an on-line query-answering phase. In the off-line phase, the propositional theory is compiled into some target language, which is typically a tractable one. In the on-line phase, the compiled target is used to efficiently answer a (potentially) exponential number of queries. The main motivation behind knowledge compilation is to push as much of the computational overhead as possible into the off-line phase, in order to amortize that overhead over all on-line queries. Another motivation behind compilation is to produce very simple on-line reasoning systems, which can be embedded cost-effectively into primitive computational platforms, such as those found in consumer electronics.One of the key aspects of any compilation approach is the target language into which the propositional theory is compiled. Previous target languages included Horn theories, prime implicates/implicants and ordered binary decision diagrams (OBDDs). We propose in this paper a new target compilation language, known as decomposable negation normal form (DNNF), and present a number of its properties that make it of interest to the broad community. Specifically, we show that DNNF is universal; supports a rich set of polynomial--time logical operations; is more space-efficient than OBDDs; and is very simple as far as its structure and algorithms are concerned. Moreover, we present an algorithm for converting any propositional theory in clausal form into a DNNF and show that if the clausal form has a bounded treewidth, then its DNNF compilation has a linear size and can be computed in linear time (treewidth is a graph-theoretic parameter that measures the connectivity of the clausal form). We also propose two techniques for approximating the DNNF compilation of a theory when the size of such compilation is too large to be practical. One of the techniques generates a sound but incomplete compilation, while the other generates a complete but unsound compilation. Together, these approximations bound the exact compilation from below and above in terms of their ability to answer clausal entailment queries. Finally, we show that the class of polynomial--time DNNF operations is rich enough to support relatively complex AI applications, by proposing a specific framework for compiling model-based diagnosis systems.
Using PowerPoint for Windows 95, with CD-ROM (Special Edition), 1st edition
Authors: Que Corporation
Venue:  (1995)

:With its comprehensive coverage of PowerPoint, this book teaches readers how to become productive quickly and easily. Covers everything the PowerPoint user will need including drawing objects, creating speaker notes, developing outlines, and integrating PowerPoint with other Microsoft Office applications.Includes an extensive Gallery of Presentation Examples and an index for quick and easy access to informationCovers all the program features thoroughly, from the basics to the complexReaders learn how to develop powerful business presentations through entering and editing text, and working with charts, graphics, and colors
Ontological computing
Authors: Felipe Castel
Venue: Communications of the ACM (2002)

Ontologies help us represent information in different ways, but we need to look much deeper for a sharper picture.
PGP Companion for Windows
Authors: Peter Kent
Venue:  (1995)

:Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) is the practically perfect - and completely free - program for protecting your electronic data against unauthorized access. Just add WinPGP (included on the companion disk), shareware that puts a graphical interface on PGP's DOS format, and you have simple, point-and-click privacy. Concise, to-the-point, PGP Companion for Windows provides everything you need to know to create and distribute public keys; encrypt your communications, files and directories; use your secret key to guarantee your signature on documents; manage your keys; and recover from disaster. In practically no time, you'll be able to encrypt company files on your laptop, in case it's lost or stolen; protect the privacy of your information and data sources; ensure the security of confidential information by using PGP to electronically "lock" reports and memos; prevent private communications from becoming public by requiring a "key" to read your e-mail; and guarantee your readers and correspondents that documents are genuine or that a signed memo actually came from you.
Linux and Samba in a federal lab
Authors: Brian Gollsneider, Mike Martin
Venue: Linux Journal (2001)

Users at this army research lab think they're accessing data from an NT fileserver--but it's Linux.
Inside OrCAD Capture, 1st edition
Authors: Paul G. Krol
Venue:  (1998)

:Written to Version 7.2, Inside OrCAD Capture takes readers through the process of capturing an electronic design. Exercises of increasing complexity explore tool basics, the design process, and advanced techniques that increase productivity. Designs are captured and processed for transformation into real world hardware. Workarounds for common design pitfalls and tips and techniques for efficient design capture practices are also provided. The companion disk contains files used in exercises throughout the book. 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
AM+A
Authors: Eugene Chen
Venue: interactions (2002)

AM+A provides user interface design, usability, and strategy services. With design offices on the East and West coasts, AM+A brings 20 years of experience in thorough analysis to provide tailored, flexible design solutions. Our clients' products range from information-rich applications for the professional to everyday innovations for the home, car, and handheld device.
An new approach to multi-layer network survivability: strategies, model and algorithm
Authors: Keping Long, Rod Tucker, Shiduan Cheng, Jian Ma, Runtong Zhang
Venue: Journal of High Speed Networks (2001)

This paper studies multi-layer survivability strategies in multi-layer transport networks. Two escalation strategies, failure-oriented and traffic-oriented, are proposed, with the former reducing the time in both failure detection and notification, and the latter allowing priority restoration for different traffic. To reach the optimal spare resources for multi-layer survivability, a new resource sharing pool (RSP) is provided, which allows resources to be shared among adjacent layers without incurring any additional resource on lower layers to provide for any redundant protection. The RSP is formulated as a difficult optimization problem, and can be combined with any escalation strategies and thus can be used in any type of multiple layer networks, such as WDM-based SDH networks or IP over WDM networks. Finally, simulation is supplied to examine the efficiency of the RSP assuming the SDH-based ATM transport network is in use.
VV&A; IV: validation of trace-driven simulation models: more on bootstrap tests
Authors: Jack P. C. Kleijnen, Russell C. H. Cheng, Bert Bettonvil
Venue: Proceedings of the 32nd conference on Winter simulation (2000)

'Trace-driven' or 'correlated inspection' simulation means that the simulated and the real systems have some common inputs (say, arrival times) so the two systems' outputs are cross-correlated. To validate such simulation models, this paper formulates six validation statistics, which are inspired by practice and statistical analysis; for example, the simplest statistic is the difference between the average simulated and real responses. To evaluate these validation statistics, the paper develops novel types of bootstrapping based on subruns. Three basic bootstrap procedures are devised, depending on the number of simulation replicates: one, two, or more replicates. Moreover, for the case of more than two replicates the paper considers conditional versus unconditional resampling. These six validation statistics and four bootstrap procedures are evaluated in extensive Monte Carlo experiments with single-server queueing systems. The main conclusion is that bootstrapping of the simplest validation statistic gives the correct type I error probability, and has relatively high power.
Business Specifications: The Key to Successful Software Engineering, 1st edition
Authors: Haim Kilov
Venue:  (1998)

:One step is crucial to the success of virtually every software development project: specifying the business problem with clarity and precision. Business Specifications brings together the latest real-world techniques for doing so. Independent of methodology, and refreshingly practical, this book contains extensive examples drawn from real consulting experience in financial services, insurance, telecommunications, and other key industries. The book demonstrates proven techniques for discovering knowledge "buried" throughout the business. It shows why business domain experts must take the lead in defining business rules - and how analysts and technologists can support them. Above all, it demonstrates how to tame complexity while capturing the essence of a business in a rigorous specification that can not only be realized efficiently, but can evolve as the business changes. Whatever your role in business process transformation or software development, this book will dramatically increase your odds of success.
Getting Started with Multimedia
Authors: Calleen Coorough
Venue:  (2000)

:The primary focus of this book is on multimedia concepts, terminology, trends, media elements, design, and emerging hardware and software used to create and distribute interactive multimedia applications.
A methodology for specifying and analyzing consistency of object-oriented behavioral models
Authors: Gregor Engels, Jochem M. Küster, Reiko Heckel, Luuk Groenewegen
Venue: Proceedings of the 8th European software engineering conference held jointly with 9th ACM SIGSOFT international symposium on Foundations of software engineering (2001)

Object-oriented modeling favors the modeling of object behavior from different viewpoints and the successive refinement of behavioral models in the development process. This gives rise to consistency problems of behavioral models. The absence of a formal semantics for UML models and the numerous possibilities of employing behavioral models within the development process lead to the rise of a number of different consistency notions. In this paper, we discuss the issue of consistency of behavioral models in the UML and present a general methodology how consistency problems can be dealt with. According to the methodology, those aspects of the models relevant to the consistency are mapped to a semantic domain in which precise consistency tests can be formulated. The choice of the semantic domain and the definition of consistency conditions can be used to construct different consistency notions. We show the applicability of our methodology by giving an example of a concrete consistency problem of concurrent object-oriented models.