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Alan Simpson's Windows 98 Bible
Authors: Alan Simpson
Venue:  (1998)

:Alan Simpson's Windows 98 Bible Take full command of Windows 98's new Internet functionality and multimedia capabilities! With detailed instructions, hands-on examples, and a fun, engaging style, bestselling author Alan Simpson offers complete coverage of every Windows 98 task from setup to shutdown  including how to take advantage of Internet channels, DVD, multiple monitors, and all the other powerful new features of Windows 98. Inside, You'll find complete coverage of Windows 98*Customize your environment  Active Desktop, menus, toolbars, and more*Optimize your system by automating routine maintenance tasks*Master Windows 98's new audio, video, TV, and DVD capabilities*Use Multiple Display Support to extend your desktop across multiple monitors*Dock your laptop to your home or office computer*Use Briefcase for mobile computing with your laptop*Connect to your office computer while on the road*Configure and maintain your own LAN*Manipulate the Registry using Tweak UIOver 160 powerful shareware programs  on CD-ROM! Utilities  FontLister, FontPak, Holyear vs. Teethson Screensaver, HyperCam, RISS Icon Pack Home and Home Office  Checkbook, Genius, Things to Do, Ultimate Event Planner, Zip Express, Just the Fax Business and Professional  Employee Scheduling for Windows, Medlin Accounts Payable, Medlin Accounts Receivable, Medlin General Ledger, Medlin Payroll Children  Animals-n-Things, Kids at Play, Mattie's Math Games, Roxie's Reading Fish, My First Computer Book of Faces, Wordtrix Education  Desktop Guitarist, Knowledge Machine, PC Insight, Type Now!, Word of the Day Games andSports  Hong Kong Mahjong, Lotto PC, MVP Backgammon, MVP Bridge, Vegas Poker and Blackjack, Xross Words Multimedia and Graphics  Crystal 3D IMPACT!, EZ Animator, EZ SlideShow, Noteworthy Composer, Paint Shop Pro and much more! Shareware programs are fully functional, free trial versions of copyrighted programs. If you like particular programs, register with their authors for a nominal fee and receive licenses, enhanced versions, and technical support. Freeware programs are free copyrighted games, applications, and utilities. You can copy them to as many PCs as you likefreebut they have no technical support. System Requirements: PC running Windows 98
Introductory Logic and Sets for Computing Scientists, 1st edition
Authors: Nimal Nissanke, Nimmal Nissanice
Venue:  (1998)

:modern approach to teaching logic and set theory, equipping students with the necessary mathematical understanding and skills required for the mathematical specification of software. It covers all the areas of mathematics that are considered essential to computer science including logic, set theory, modern algebra (group theory), graph theory and combinatorics, whilst taking into account the diverse mathematical background of the students taking the course. In line with current undergraduate curricula this book uses logic extensively, together with set theory, in mathematical specification of software. Languages such as Z and VDM are used for this purpose. Features Particular emphasis is placed on the application of logic in the fields of software engineering, artificial intelligence and natural language processing 0201179571B04062001
Lie Algebraic Obstructions to $\Gamma$-Convergence of Optimal Control Problems
Authors: Ariela Briani, Franco Rampazzo
Venue: SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization (2001)

We investigate the possibility of describing the "limit problem" of a sequence of optimal control problems $({\cal P})_{\piccolo (b_n)}$, each of which is characterized by the presence of a time dependent vector valued coefficient $b_n=(b_{\piccolo n_1},\ldots,b_{\piccolo n_M})$. The notion of "limit problem" is intended in the sense of $\Gamma$-convergence, which, roughly speaking, prescribes the convergence of both the minimizers and the infimum values. Due to the type of growth involved in each problem $({\cal P})_{\piccolo (b_n)}$ the (weak) limit of the functions $(\bunq,\ldots,\bMnq)$---beside the limit (b1, . . . ,bM) of the $(\bun,\ldots,\bMn)$---is crucial for the description of the limit problem. Of course, since the bn are L2 maps, the limit of the $(b_{\piccolo n_1}^2,\ldots,b_{\piccolo n_M}^2)$ may well be a (vector valued) measure $\mu=(\mu_1,\ldots,\mu_M)$. It happens that when the problems $({\cal P})_{\piccolo (b_n)}$ enjoy a certain commutativity property, then the pair $(b,\mu)$ is sufficient to characterize the limit problem.This is no longer true when the commutativity property is not in force. Indeed, we construct two sequences of problems $({\cal P})_{\piccolo (b_n)}$ and $({\cal P})_{\piccolo (\tilde{b}_n)}$ which are equal except for the coefficient $b_n(\cdot)$ and $\tilde{b}_n(\cdot)$, respectively. Moreover, both the sequences $(b_n,b^2_n)$ and $(\tilde{b}_n,\tilde{b}^2_n)$ converge to the same pair $(b,\mu)$. However, the infimum values of the problems $({\cal P})_{\piccolo (b_n)}$ tend to a value which is different from the limit of the infimum values of the $({\cal P})_{\piccolo (\tilde{b}_n)}$. This means that the mere information contained in the pair $(b,\mu)$ is not sufficient to characterize the limit problem. We overcome this drawback by embedding the problems in a more general setting where limit problems can be characterized by triples of functions $(B_0,B,\gamma)$ with $B_0 \geq 0$.
Troubleshooting Your PC with Cdrom, 4th edition
Authors: Jim Aspinwall, Mike Todd
Venue:  (1999)

:Completely revised and updated for Windows 98/Windows NT upgrades, the Internet, and networking, this new edition of Troubleshooting Your PC explains absolutely everything you need to know to help figure out what is wrong with your PC - and how to fix it. Whether your machine is sending you cryptic messages, your Windows system is crashing over and over again, or you just cannot get that modem to work, do not give up. With this definitive reference guide close at hand, you will quickly and easily get the answers you need to fix it yourself - and get right back to work.
Spatio-temporal evolution: querying patterns of change in databases
Authors: Nassima Djafri, Alvaro A. A. Fernandes, Norman W. Paton, Tony Griffiths
Venue: Proceedings of the 10th ACM international symposium on Advances in geographic information systems (2002)

This paper contributes a general approach to characterizing patterns of change in a spatio-temporal database.While there is a particular interest in modelling and querying how spatio-temporal entities evolve, the approach contributed by the paper is distinctive in being applicable without modification to aspatial entities as well. The paper uses the Tripod spatio-temporal model to describe and instantiate in detail the contributed approach. After briefly describing a typical application and providing basic knowledge about Tripod, the paper characterizes and classifies evolution queries and describes in detail how they are evaluated.
A+ Fast Track, 1st edition
Authors: Scott Berkel, John Alumbaugh
Venue:  (1999)

:This book has two parts. 'Learn it quick' in Part I gets you ready for the test FAST, covering just what you need to know to pass the test, assuming you have a working knowledge of the technology to begin with. It begins with an About the Exam preview, giving down-and-dirty details on passing score, number of questions, objective categories, and exam idiosyncrasies. Each subsequent Part I chapter begins with an expansion of the objective category into sub-objectives. Tables communicate essential, correlative information instantly. What Is Important To Know section closes the main part of each chapter, listing summary information of bare-bone facts. Part II offers: Fast Facts Review Section: Digest of each chapter-ending 'What's Important-to-Know' section from Part I; Hotlists of Exam-Critical Concepts; Sample Test Questions - One question per key point made in the book; Insider's Spin: What the people who create the exam don't necessarily want you to know; and Did You Know?
Cyberdemocracy: Technology, Cities and Civic Networks
Authors: Roza Tsagarousianou, Damian Tambini, Cathy Bryan
Venue:  (1997)

: Cyberdemocracy is a study of the potential for "electronic democracy" through the examination of case studies in US and European cities and civic projects. It aims to strike a balance between enthusiastic and dismissive approaches to "electronicdemocracy." The authors consider the impact of new technology with regard to the history of broadcasting and communications technology--in particular, the ways in which the principles and requirements of public service and universal access will, or will not be maintained. This is a vigorous contribution to a vital debate about the state of democracy and the impact of communications technology. It will be essential reading for both students and policy makers. (WIRED)
Measuring and Managing Knowledge, 1st edition
Authors: Thomas J. Housel, Arthur H. Bell
Venue:  (2001)

:Measuring and Managing Knowledge provides a framework for managing and maximizing the return on intellectual capital. Like any emerging field,knowledge management has so far been hobbled by a lack of clarity on key questions: What do we mean by "knowledge"? How can it be measured and managed? How can return on knowledge (ROK) be maximized? To answer these questions,the authors avoid the obtuse language of sociology and economics in favor of plain talk. They weave the central insights of the growing body of knowledge management literature and their own research into a clear,compelling story of what knowledge management is at present and will become in the years ahead.
A real-time medium access control protocol for ad hoc wireless local area networks
Authors: Rusty O. Baldwin, Nathaniel J. Davis,  IV, Scott F. Midkiff
Venue: ACM SIGMOBILE Mobile Computing and Communications Review (1999)

We develop and analyze a simple, elegant medium access control (MAC) protocol for use in transmitting real-time data in point to point ad hoc wireless local area networks (WLANs). Our enhancement of IEEE 802.11, real-time MAC (RT-MAC), achieves dramatic reductions in mean delay, missed deadlines, and packet collisions by selectively discarding packets and sharing station state information. For example, in a 50 station network with a normalized offered load of 0.7, mean delay is reduced from more than 14 seconds to less than 45 ms, late packets are reduced from 76% to less than 1%, and packet collisions are reduced from 36% to less than 1%. Regression models are developed from simulation data to describe network behavior in terms of throughput, mean delay, ratio of late packets, and ratio of collisions. Stations using RT-MAC are interoperable with stations using IEEE 802.11.
Oracle Designer Handbook, 2nd edition
Authors: Paul Dorsey, Peter Koletzke
Venue:  (1998)

:This book offers a comprehensive system development method using Oracle's design tools. Develop applications that meet the needs of your organization. Make your software design and development process more accurate and flexible using this comprehensive handbook on Oracle Designer. Designer (formerly Designer/2000) is Oracle's powerful CASE tool that assists you in creating systems that reflect the business needs and requirements of your organization. Using Designer to capture and mange the voluminous data involved in application system development,you can develop better applicationson target and on budget. This unique handbook guides you through each step of the CASE Application Development Method (CADM),a methodology that integrates Designer into the development process. The author's complete exploration of the goals,processes,and deliverables for each step in the CADM process is balanced with practical how-to discussions based on actual experiences. Software designers and developers can use this guide to: Build systems from the smallest to the largest using a comprehensive development method fully integrated with Designer Version 2. 1 Fine-tune finished product using Designer's robust features Design and build Web and Oracle Developer applications and Oracle8 objects Successfully manage a project using the tips and techniques of experts To quickly plan and build high-quality applications in less time,use Oracle Designer and the only officially Oracle-authorized book to explain it in detail: Oracle Designer Handbook,Second Edition.
Developer's Guide to the Java Web Server: Building Effective and Scalable Server-Side Applications with Cdrom, 1st edition
Authors: Dan Woods, Tom Snee, Karne Pekowsky
Venue:  (1999)

:The Developer's Guide to the Java Web Server provides a comprehensive description of the Java Web Server and specific techniques for putting this technology to work. The book describes the underlying servlet technology, reviews Java Web Server features, explores design options, and demonstrates the development process.
Simulation in practice: challenges of introducing simulation as a decision making tool
Authors: Martha A. Centeno, Manuel Carrillo
Venue: Proceedings of the 33nd conference on Winter simulation (2001)

Over the years, simulation models have been successfully built to observe the behavior of systems. Despite advances in the field and its growth in popularity, when simulation is to be introduced to an organization, there are challenges to be met including acceptance by staff, availability of staff to describe the various operations, existence of useful data, and management expectations. Organizations are continuously collecting data, which may lead one to believe that developing stochastic models of an organization's activities should be easy. However, elicitation of useful information may end up being a major bottleneck because usually the information system collecting such data is not designed for stochastic modeling. Unrealistic management expectations may result in simulation modeling being thrown away when these expectations are not met. Success in introducing simulation modeling will depend heavily on how well these challenges are addressed and managed.
Logic and uncertainty in information retrieval
Authors: Fabio Crestani, Mounia Lalmas
Venue: Lectures on information retrieval (2001)

The use of logic in Information Retrieval (IR) enables one to formulate models that are more general than other well known IR models. Indeed, some logical models are able to represent, within a uniform framework, various features of IR systems, such as hypermedia links, mulimedia content, and user knowledge. Logic also provides a common approach to the integration of IR systems with logical database systems. Finally, logic makes it possible to reason about an IR model and its properties. This latter possibility is becoming increasingly important since conventional evaluation methods, although good indicators of the effectiveness of IR systems, often give results which cannot be predicted, or for that matter satisfactorily explained. However, logic by itself cannot fully model IR. In determining the relevance of a document to a query the truth value or the validity of a logical formula relating the two is not enough. It is necessary to take into account the uncertainty inherent in such a formulation. This paper gives an overview of how past and current research have combined the use of logical and uncertainty theories for the formulation of more advanced models for the representation and retrieval of information.
Transactions modeling
Authors: C. Rolland, C. Richard
Venue: Proceedings of the 1982 ACM SIGMOD international conference on Management of data (1982)

We are concerned by data processing in both centralized and distributed environments. We claim that it is profitable and efficient to make the same effort to the design of the transactions system as we made to the design of the data system. To define such a system, we present in this paper two levels of transactions modeling. We discuss the impact of the proposed modeling upon concurrency and parallelism management.
General Orthonormal Bases for Robust Identification in $H_\infty$
Authors: Hüseyin Akçay
Venue: SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization (2001)

In this paper, the problem of system identification in $H_{\infty}$ with general orthonormal basis functions is investigated. A two-stage algorithm is shown to be robust, provided that the number of basis elements as a function of the amount of data does not increase faster than $O(N^{\frac{2}{5}})$. Worst-case identification error bounds in the $H_{\infty}$ norm are derived. The algorithm also works on nonuniformly spaced frequency response measurements. An example is provided to illustrate the application of the algorithm.
Java Distributed Computing, 1st edition
Authors: Jim Farley
Venue:  (1998)

:Distributed computing and Java go together naturally. As the first language designed from the bottom up with networking in mind, Java makes it very easy for computers to cooperate. Even the simplest applet running in a browser is a distributed application, if you think about it. The client running the browser downloads and executes code that is delivered by some other system. But even this simple applet wouldn't be possible without Java's guarantees of portability and security: the applet can run on any platform, and can't sabotage its host. Of course, when we think of distributed computing, we usually think of applications more complex than a client and server communicating with the same protocol. We usually think in terms of programs that make remote procedure calls, access remote databases, and collaborate with others to produce a single result. Java Distributed Computing discusses how to design and write such applications. It covers Java's RMI (Remote Method Invocation) facility and CORBA, but it doesn't stop there; it tells you how to design your own protocols to build message passing systems and discusses how to use Java's security facilities, how to write multithreaded servers, and more. It pays special attention to distributed data systems, collaboration, and applications that have high bandwidth requirements. In the future, distributed computing can only become more important. Java Distributed Computing provides a broad introduction to the problems you'll face and the solutions you'll find as you write distributed computing applications. Topics covered in Java Distributed Computing: Introduction to Distributed Computing Networking Basics Distributed Objects (Overview of CORBA and RMI) Threads Security Message Passing Systems Distributed Data Systems (Databases) Bandwidth Limited Applications Collaborative Systems
The eBay Phenomenon: Business Secrets Behind the World's Hottest Internet Company
Authors: David Bunnell, Richard Luecke
Venue:  (2000)

:The eBay Phenomenon tells the inside story of how a hobby/experiment run from Pierre Omidyar's Silicon Valley apartment gave birth to not just a new business model but a whole new industry - creating one of the most powerful forces on the Internet. Featuring interviews with eBay insiders such as CEO Meg Whitman, this compelling and instructive book reveals how, with no blueprint or road map to follow, eBay executives and employees invented their business on the fly - in Internet time.
Office XP Simplified
Authors: Ruth Maran, Hungry Minds
Venue:  (2001)

:Simply the easiest way to learn Office in full color throughout! Includes new design and Diskman character. Covers the most commonly used features of the Word, Excel, PowerPoint, FrontPage, Access and Outlook programs These books use the new and improved layout and design which includes the color-coded chapter tabs and many other improvements. New Office features will be covered, including the new, streamlined program interface, speech recognition, new integrated Web features, the new task pane, the new AutoCorrect Options button, the new Paste Options button, the Ask A Question. Over 40% of the population is made up of visual learners - with the right tools you can do more and more using Microsoft Office, beyond spreadsheets and letters: create a personal Web page, save documents as HTML files, use Smart Tags, speech recognition, and more! This book will help you get the most out of these newly programmed features.
Mechanisms for compile-time enforcement of security
Authors: Robert E. Strom
Venue: Proceedings of the 10th ACM SIGACT-SIGPLAN symposium on Principles of programming languages (1983)

This paper discusses features of a secure systems programming language designed and implemented at IBM's Watson Research Lab. Two features of the language design were instrumental in permitting security to be enforced with minimum run-time cost: (1) Language constructs (e.g. pointer variables) which could result in aliasing were removed from the programmer's direct control and replaced by higher level primitive types; and (2) traditional strong type checking was enhanced with typestate checking, a new mechanism in which the compiler guarantees that for all execution paths, the sequence of operations on each variable obeys a finite state grammar associated with that variable's type. Examples are given to illustrate the application of these mechanisms.
The Hacker Ethic and the Spirit of the Information Age
Authors: Pekka Himanen
Venue:  (2001)

:Nearly a century ago, Max Weber's The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism articulated the animating spirit of the industrial age, the Protestant ethic. Now, Pekka Himanen-together with Linus Torvalds and Manuel Castells-articulates how hackers* represent a new, opposing ethos for the information age. Underlying hackers' technical creations-such as the Internet and the personal computer, which have become symbols of our time-are the hacker values that produced them and that challenge us all. These values promote passionate and freely rhythmed work; the belief that individuals can create great things by joining forces in imaginative ways; and the need to maintain our existing ethical ideals, such as privacy and equality, in our new, increasingly technologized society. The Hacker Ethic takes us on a journey through fundamental questions about life in the information age-a trip of constant surprises, after which our time and our lives can be seen from unexpected perspectives. *In the original meaning of the word, hackers are enthusiastic computer programmers who share their work with others; they are not computer criminals.
Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft SQL Server 2000 in 21 Days with Cdrom, 1st edition
Authors: Richard Waymire, Rick Sawtell
Venue:  (2000)

:Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft SQL Server 2000 in 21 Days will clearly define and walk the reader through the features of SQL Server 2000. The reader will be given tips and tricks for working within the new SQL Server 2000 product environment as well as working with SQL Server databases. The book will feature information on:* Create and alter databases* Manage security and implement permissions* Protect, backup, and restore data* Enforce and ensure data integrity* Modify and manipulate data* Create views, triggers, functions, and stored proceduresThis book will also show readers how to:* Row-level locking* SQL Server Query Analyzer* Microsoft Management Console (platform that the Enterprise Manager is based upon)* Replication* SQL Server Agent which provides unattended job execution and alter/response management
A Weak-to-Strong Convergence Principle for Fej&eacute;-Monotone Methods in Hilbert Spaces
Authors: Heinz H. Bauschke, Patrick L. Combettes
Venue: Mathematics of Operations Research (2001)

We consider a wide class of iterative methods arising in numerical mathematics and optimization that are known to converge only weakly. Exploiting an idea originally proposed by Haugazeau, we present a simple modification of these methods that makes them strongly convergent without additional assumptions. Several applications are discussed.