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Marketing on the Internet: Seven Steps to Succeeding in Ebusiness Now That the Hype Is Over, 6th edition
Authors: Jan Zimmerman
Venue:  (2002)

:This updated edition reflects the rapid changes in online marketing topics such as effective Web site design, secure payment methods, Web promotion techniques, and building relationships with online customers. Dozens of worksheets help readers sharpen the focus of the online needs and goals of their businesses, and hundreds of screen shots illustrate successful tactics. Case studies of online business successes explain the concepts in the book and illustrate how they work in real-life situations.Jan Zimmerman is the president of Sandia Consulting Group, a high technology marketing and media production company. She lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Expert Systems: Design and Development, 1st edition
Authors: Jack Durkin, John Durkin
Venue:  (1998)

:Presents a step-by-step methodology for designing expert systems. Each chapter on design methodology starts with a problem and leads the reader through the design of a system which solves that problem.
Form operation by example: a language for office information processing
Authors: Dawei Luo, S. Bing Yao
Venue: Proceedings of the 1981 ACM SIGMOD international conference on Management of data (1981)

In this paper we introduce a high level nonprocedural language Form Operation by Example (FOBE) to manipulate forms in office systems. The form data model is selected as the basis for the user interface. The idea of query-by-example is applied to forms. A precise semantics definition of the language is given. FOBE has a predetermined structure. It combines the advantages of procedural and nonprocedural languages. We believe that it is user-friendly and sufficiently powerful for office environments.
Digital Photography Handbook
Authors: Mark L. Chambers, Julie Adair King
Venue:  (2001)

:expand your creativity If you want to get started with digital photography but aren't sure where to begin, then this official hp guide is for you. You'll discover how to take great pictures, fine-tune photos on the computer, and print out terrific-looking images.Select the right camera for your needs and budgetUnderstand lenses, light, exposure, and photo compositionMake photos look even better using image-editing softwareGet great results when you print your photosFind advice on storing your picturesUse family or vacation photos in cool projectsTransform your photos with interesting editing effectsComplete with advice from the support pros at hp, this guide is just what you need to get up to speed on digital photography  and create memorable images that you'll cherish for a lifetime. Includes tips and tricks for creating professional looking digital photographs. reader level: beginning to intermediate shelving category: photography www.hungryminds.com www.hp.com/hpbooksAuthor Biography: about the author Mark L. Chambers's many books include Computer Gamer's Bible, Scanners For Dummies, Hewlett-Packard Official Recordable CD Handbook, and the Hewlett-Packard Official Printer Handbook, now in its second edition. Foreword by Andrew Tallian, Vice President of Worldwide Marketing, Consumer Business, Hewlett-Packard Company
The Complete MBA for Dummies
Authors: Kathleen Allen, Peter Economy
Venue:  (2000)

:How to get up to speed on the fundamentals of an MBA education  without spending $40,000 and two more years in school! Increased salary, job opportunities, business savvy  these are just a few reasons why business school enrollment is soaring. Now with this friendly guide, everyone can sample the benefits of an MBA education  in a fraction of the time and at a fraction of the cost! Covers all the key areas: sales, marketing, accounting, finance, customer service, distribution, and more. Jammed with case studies, examples, checklists, charts, worksheets, and cheatsheets  all the tools used by major business schools.
Performance monitoring of java applications
Authors: M. Harkema, D. Quartel, B. M. M. Gijsen, R. D. van der Mei
Venue: Proceedings of the 3rd international workshop on Software and performance (2002)

Over the past few years, Java has evolved into a mature platform for developing enterprise applications. A critical factor for the commercial success of these applications is end-to-end performance, e.g., in terms of response times, throughput and availability. This raises the need for the development, validation and analysis of performance models to predict performance metrics of interest. To develop and validate performance models, insight in the execution behavior of the application is essential, requiring advanced monitoring capabilities.In this paper we introduce our Java Performance Monitoring Toolkit (JPMT). JPMT represents internal execution behavior of Java applications by event traces. An event represents the occurrence of some activity, such as thread creation, method invocation, and locking contention. Events are annotated by high-resolution performance attributes, e.g., duration of locking contention and CPU time usage by method invocations. JPMT is an open toolkit, its event trace API can be used to develop custom performance analysis applications. JPMT comes with an event trace visualizer and a command-line event trace query tool for scripting. JPMT supports event filtering during and after application execution. The instrumentation required for monitoring the application is added transparently to the user during run-time. Overhead is minimized by only instrumenting for events the user is interested in. Furthermore, the instrumentation itself is carefully optimized.This paper discusses the architecture and implementation of the toolkit in detail and reports on our experience in applying the toolkit to model a CORBA implementation.
Implementation aspects of a SPARC V9 complete machine simulator
Authors: Bill Clarke, Adam Czezowski, Peter Strazdins
Venue: Proceedings of the twenty-fifth Australasian conference on Computer science - Volume 4 (2002)

In this paper we present work in progress in the development of a complete machine simulator for the UltraSPARC, an implementation of the SPARC V9 architecture. The complexity of the UltraSPARC ISA presents many challenges in developing a reliable and yet reasonably efficient implementation of such a simulator. Our implementation includes a heavily object-oriented design for the simulator modules and infrastructure, caching of repeated computations for performance, adding an OS (system call) emulation mode to the simulator and a variety of testing strategies. An ultimate and critical goal in constructing such an artifact is to successfully boot an existing operating system from it; we describe techniques implemented so far, and outline the remaining work and issues, in order to achieve this goal.
Oracle9i Sqlj Programming
Authors: Nirva Morisseau-Leroy, Martin Solomon, Gerald Momplaisir
Venue:  (2001)

:From the official publishers of Oracle Press books,here is an essential handbook for developers and administrators working with Oracle Portal. The book explains how to build and deploy portal-driven Web sites using Oracle Portal. Step-by-step walkthroughs and significant code samples demonstrate methods for rapidly creating robust forms,reports,charts,and content management applications. Written by a member of the Oracle Portal Customer Advisory Board (CAB) and a member of the IOUG-A Portal Special Interest Group (SIG),this Oracle-authorized resource includes Oracle 9i Application Server 1. 0. 2. 2 on CD-ROM. Create Powerful,Flexible Applications with SQLJTake advantage of greater programming capabilities with SQLJa standard language specification that embeds SQL statements in Javain the Oracle9i environment. Officially authorized by Oracle Corporation,this authoritative resource explains how to develop hosted applications,achieve remarkable scalability,implement real-time business intelligence features,and reach a new level of programming functionality. Get comprehensive coverage of SQLJ programming techniques,including SQL programming and development,SQLJ stored programs,triggers,and object-relational processing. Oracle9i SQLJ Programming will help you control each piece of the development process. Discover the benefits of Oracle's highly developed SQL-embedded Java programming standard. Develop SQLJ programs,applets,stored procedures,and database triggersBuild object-oriented applications to access SQL databases on any Java-compatible platformManage multiple database connections with SQLJTune SQL and SQLJsource code to improve performanceLearn SQLJ programming essentials,such as executing commands,statements,and transaction processingDistribute business and scientific object components over networksDeploy SQLJ components with Java Remote Method Invocation (RMI),Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB),and CORBA objectsConnect to databases and run programs using JDBC driversUse the JDBC 2. 0 LOB (BLOB and CLOB) types and the Oracle BFILE data type in SQLJConvert Java streams to SQLJ Streams to communicate with the Oracle database. Develop multi-threaded applications with SQLJ
Security Transformation: Digital Defense Strategies to Protect Your Company's Reputation and Market Share
Authors: Mary Pat McCarthy, Stuart Campbell
Venue:  (2001)

:The first two of the above stories are based on fact. The third hasn't occurred -- yet. But how can you be sure that it won't? Security Transformation shows you how to determine your company's biggest vulnerabilities, details the methods for treating those vulnerabilities, and provides the tools to help lift your information security program from a supporting role into one that advances your business goals and objectives. Accessible, nontechnical, and jargon-free, this timely book presents a practical approach for ensuring your company's ability to fully exploit the many profitable advantages of today's digital world while protecting itself against the unwanted intrusions that have become a fact of life. Interviews with many renowned business and information security leaders including Compaq CEO Michael Capellas, VeriSign CEO Stratton Sclavos, and ExodusCommunications CEO Ellen Hancock, combine with KPMG's insightful commentary to illustrate the direct operational benefits of taking network security seriously. Security Transformation covers everything from the psychological aspects of system security to the actual nuts and bolts of instituting a structured Enterprise Security Architecture -- one that effectively supports your company's business strategies and objectives. McCarthy and Campbell detail the often overlooked ROI that a sound security program can generate. They outline the critical role information security plays in engendering trust, value, and loyalty -- the foundation for all good relationships. As everything from retail marketing through internal corporate communication takes advantage of the tremendous efficiencies and cost advantages of the World Wide Web, computer network security is no longer a little-noticed, back-office responsibility -- it is among the most critical issues facing businesses today. Security Transformation looks at the issue from every angle, and acquaints business decision makers with the bottom-line issues of security they need to understand in order to effectively transact business in an increasingly digital world.
Tutorial: application servers and associated technologies
Authors: C. Mohan
Venue: Proceedings of the 2002 ACM SIGMOD international conference on Management of data (2002)

Application Servers (ASs), which have become very popular in the last few years, provide the platforms for the execution of transactional, server-side applications in the online world. ASs are the modern cousins of traditional transaction processing monitors (TPMs) like CICS. In this tutorial, I will provide an introduction to different ASs and their technologies. ASs play a central role in enabling electronic commerce in the web context. They are built on the basis of more standardized protocols and APIs than were the traditional TPMs. The emergence of Java, XML and OMG standards has played a significant role in this regard. Consequently, I will also briefly introduce the related XML, Java and OMG technologies like SOAP, J2EE and CORBA. One of the most important features of ASs is their ability to integrate the modern application environments with legacy data sources like IMS, CICS, VSAM, etc. They provide a number of connectors for this purpose, typically using asynchronous transactional messaging technologies like MQSeries and JMS. Traditional TPM-style requirements for industrial strength features like scalability, availability, reliability and high performance are equally important for ASs also. Security and authentication issues are additional important requirements in the web context. ASs support DBMSs not only as storage engines for user data but also as repositories for tracking their own state. Recently, the ECPerf benchmark has been developed via the Java Community Process to evaluate in a standardized way the cost performance of J2EE-compliant ASs. Several caching technologies have been developed to improve performance of ASs.Soon after this conference is over, the slides of this tutorial will be available on the web at the following URL: http://www.almaden.ibm.com/u/mohan/AppServersTutorial_SIGMOD2002_Slides.pdf
Microsoft Office 2000 6-in-1: Small Business Edition
Authors: Joe Habraken
Venue:  (1999)

:This book offers integrated support to all the components of Microsoft Office Small Business Edition and Windows 95/98. This edition continues to feature and improve on the strong coverage of small business components of the software. The user will quickly be able to learn the main applications of the Office Small Business Edition by using the five core sections of the book: Windows 95/98, Word 2000, Excel 2000, Publisher 2000, and Outlook 2000 along with the sixth section covering small business solutions. In addition, the Windows 95/98 section includes coverage of the integrated Internet Explorer 4 component in Windows 95/98 and Internet Explorer 5 from Office 2000. The approach of this book is a step by step tutorial broken down into short, easy to digest lessons. Most of the lessons can be accomplished in ten minutes or less, like the famous Ten Minute Guide series and the new STYS in 10 Minutes.
Ready 2 Rumble Boxing: Round 2
Authors: Keith M. Kolmos
Venue:  (2000)

:Let's get ready to rumble . . . again! With all the pizzazz of the original, not to mention seven new boxers, new secret moves, additional combos, and improved training, arcade AND champion modes, you're gonna need help . . . again. READY 2 RUMBLE BOXING: ROUND 2PRIMA'S OFFICIAL STRATEGY GUIDE has just what you need to knock your way through the glitz and glamour of the best boxing game in town. All secret moves revealed, each combo detailed, and every wacky character covered; this guide's got what you want in the rumble ring !
Rapidly Mixing Random Walks and Bounds on Characters of the Symmetric Group
Authors: Nathan Lulov, Igor Pak
Venue: Journal of Algebraic Combinatorics: An International Journal (2002)

We investigate mixing of random walks on Sn and An generated by permutations of a given cycle structure. The approach follows methods developed by Diaconis, which requires certain estimates on characters of the symmetric group and uses combinatorics of Young tableaux. We conclude with conjectures and open problems.
Java 2 Complete
Authors: Gilmart
Venue:  (1999)

:This book contains the essentials for using Java to develop interactive content for intranets and the World Wide Web. You'll learn all about Java programming - from using Java buttons to creating custom components and building QUIs with the 2D API - and you'll quickly take advantage of all that Java has to offer. Get up to speed with Java, than move on to professional Web programming and advanced Java components such as Swing and JavaBeans.
Classification trees in APL: implementation and application
Authors: Alexander Skomorokhov, Vladimir Kutinsky
Venue: Proceedings of the 2001 conference on APL: an arrays odyssey (2001)

This paper considers the problem of classification tree based data analysis. Among the topics discussed in the paper are: growing a classification tree using CART style exhaustive search for splits, selecting the right size for the tree using minimal cost-complexity cross-validation pruning, and examples of the application of classification trees.The algorithms are implemented in Dyalog APL.Application example is based on data from vibration monitoring equipment installed on a Nuclear Power Plant in Novovoronehz, Russia and includes classification of vibration spectra of steam generators or coolant pumps and classification of vibration spectra of steam generators of different coolant loops.
A.D.A.M. Interactive Laboratory Dissection Guide, 1st edition
Authors: Martha Depecol Sanner, Harry Greer
Venue:  (1998)

:The first truly step by step guide for using A.D.A.M. Interactive that assumes no previous computer training. Tutorials to support every body system are included. It was designed to replace real specimen dissection or can be used to enhance it. Supports both MAC and Windows users.
Introduction to the Internet for Engineers (B.E.S.T. Series)
Authors: Raymond Greenlaw, Ellen Hepp
Venue:  (1999)

:B. E. S. T. (Basic Engineering Series and Tools) consists of modularized textbooks offering virtually every topic and specialty likely to be covered in an introductory engineering course. All the texts boast distinguished authors and the most current content. These inexpensive BEST modules are easily combined with each other to construct the ideal Intro to Engineering course. The goal of this series is to provide the educational community with material that is timely,affordable,of high quality,and flexible in how it is used.
Sequential Stopping Rules for Random Optimization Methods with Applications to Multistart Local Search
Authors: William E. Hart
Venue: SIAM Journal on Optimization (1998)

Sequential stopping rules are described for several stochastic algorithms that estimate the global minimum of a function. Stopping rules are described for pure random search and stratified random search. These stopping rules use an estimate of the probability measure of the $\epsilon$-close points to terminate these algorithms when a specified confidence has been achieved. Numerical results indicate that these stopping rules require fewer samples and are more reliable than the previous stopping rules for these algorithms. These stopping rules can also be applied to multistart local search and stratified multistart local search. Numerical results on a standard test set show that these stopping rules can perform as well as Bayesian stopping rules for multistart local search.
ActionScript: A Beginner's Guide
Authors: Tracy Ann Kelly, Mark Winstanley
Venue:  (2002)

:Create dynamic Internet content using Flash 5 ActionScriptthe most compelling web design and animation technology available. You'll quickly learn the basic fundamentals,and in no time you'll master the integrated tools including the ActionScript Editor and Debugger. Drag and drop movie clips,and get tips on avoiding scripting mistakes,and more with this solid introduction to the hottest tool on the Web.
An automatic testing and grading method for a C++ list class
Authors: Lewis E. Hitchner
Venue: ACM SIGCSE Bulletin (1999)

This paper presents a scheme for automatic grading of the member functions of a C++ list class. Developing an automatic grading program for C++ classes is non-trivial because a test case to verify one member function of the class may depend upon the correctness of one or more other class member functions. In addition, performing multiple test cases in the same driver program may produce invalid grading outcomes because an erroneous result from one test case could violate the preconditions for a later test case. The method described here uses a weakness of C++ data encapsulation that allows access to private data members of an object. Two instances of a list object are constructed, tested, and compared using student designed and instructor designed classes. If a test case produces incorrect results using the student's class, the instructor written class may be used (via a type cast) to access the private data members of the student's list object to correct the errors. The grading program automatically reports and tallies errors for each member function and for the class total.
MPI-The Complete Reference, Volume 1: The MPI Core, 2nd. (Revised) edition
Authors: Marc Snir, Steve Otto, Steven Huss-Lederman, David Walker, Jack Dongarra
Venue:  (1998)

:Since its release in summer 1994, the Message Passing Interface (MPI) specification has become a standard for message-passing libraries for parallel computations. There exist more than a dozen implementations on a variety of computing platforms, from the IBM SP-2 supercomputer to PCs running Windows NT. The initial MPI Standard, known as MPI-1, has been modified over the last two years. This volume, the definitive reference manual for the latest version of MPI-1, contains a complete specification of the MPI Standard. It is annotated with comments that clarify complicated issues, including why certain design choices were made, how users are intended to use the interface, and how they should construct their version of MPI. The volume also provides many detailed, illustrative programming examples.
Optimal Clock Synchronization Under Different Delay Assumptions
Authors: Hagit Attiya, Amir Herzberg, Sergio Rajsbaum
Venue: SIAM Journal on Computing (1996)

The problem of achieving optimal clock synchronization in a communication network with arbitrary topology and perfect clocks (that do not drift) is studied. Clock synchronization algorithms are presented for a large family of delay assumptions. Our algorithms are modular and consist of three major components. The first component holds for any type of delay assumptions; the second component holds for a large, natural family of local delay assumptions; the third component must be tailored for each specific delay assumption. Optimal clock synchronization algorithms are derived for several types of delay assumptions by appropriately tuning the third component. The delay assumptions include lower and upper delay bounds, no bounds at all, and bounds on the difference of the delay in opposite directions. In addition, our model handles systems where some processors are connected by broadcast networks in which every message arrives at all the processors at approximately the same time. A composition theorem allows combinations of different assumptions for different links or even for the same link; such mixtures are common in practice. Our results achieve the best possible precision in each execution. This notion of optimality is stronger than the more common notion of worst-case optimality. The new notion of optimality applies to systems where the worst-case behavior of any clock synchronization algorithm is inherently unbounded.
Variational Optic Flow Computation with a Spatio-Temporal Smoothness Constraint
Authors: Joachim Weickert, Christoph Schnörr
Venue: Journal of Mathematical Imaging and Vision (2001)

Nonquadratic variational regularization is a well-known and powerful approach for the discontinuity-preserving computation of optic flow. In the present paper, we consider an extension of flow-driven spatial smoothness terms to spatio-temporal regularizers. Our method leads to a rotationally invariant and time symmetric convex optimization problem. It has a unique minimum that can be found in a stable way by standard algorithms such as gradient descent. Since the convexity guarantees global convergence, the result does not depend on the flow initialization. Two iterative algorithms are presented that are not difficult to implement. Qualitative and quantitative results for synthetic and real-world scenes show that our spatio-temporal approach (i) improves optic flow fields significantly, (ii) smoothes out background noise efficiently, and (iii) preserves true motion boundaries. The computational costs are only 50% higher than for a pure spatial approach applied to all subsequent image pairs of the sequence.