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Useful ideas for microcomputer operating systems
Authors: William Cunningham, Steve Wixson
Venue: Proceedings of the 17th annual Southeast regional conference (1979)

Microprocessor applications fall into two classes: general purpose computer systems as are found in home and hobby computers, and special applications where the microprocessor is dedicated to a single task as in microwave ovens and medical instruments. General purpose operating systems are too big and too complicated to be appropriate for use in a special purpose application. However, some operating system services find widespread use in a variety of dedicated microprocessor applications.This paper describes three generally useful ideas for special purpose microcomputer operating systems: a system stack, a timer controller, and a keyboard handler. A device based on a Texas Instruments TMS 9980A 16 bit microprocessor (1) is presented to illustrate these ideas in a dedicated data collection system.
Quicken 6 for Windows 95, NT, and 3.1 (Mastering)
Authors: Stephen L. Nelson
Venue:  (1996)

:Finally: a Quicken book that's organized by financial management task--not software feature. This incredibly user-friendly book offers extensive coverage of the topics that interest you most: setting up a budget, retirement planning, saving for college, and mutual fund and stock investment strategies. It also offers expanded coverage of Quicken's small business management features, ways to get more from Quicken, online banking, and plenty of money-smart tips. 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
Microsoft Publisher 97 by Design, 4th edition
Authors: Luisa Simone
Venue:  (1997)

:A hands-on visual reference and design companion for Microsoft Publisher, this resource gives readers design principles and practical advice on creating the right look for their audience. The book includes essential reference information, which is no longer included in documentation. 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
Digital Signal Processing: Spectral Computation and Filter Design, 1st edition
Authors: Chi-Tsong Chen
Venue:  (2000)

:Designed for a first course in digital signal processing, Digital Signal Processing: Spectral Computation and Filter Design covers two major topics: the computation of frequency contents of signals and the design of digital filters. While it focuses on basic ideas and procedures and covers the standard topics in the field, this unique text distinguishes itself from competing texts by extensively employing the fast Fourier transform (FFT)." "Digital Signal Processing features careful definitions of all terminology and a wealth of examples and problems. All numerical examples and most end-of-chapter problems are simple enough to be solved analytically by hand; these results can then be compared with the computer-generated solutions. MATLAB is an integral part of the text. 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
Upgrading and Fixing PCs for Dummies, 5th edition
Authors: Andy Rathbone
Venue:  (2000)

:Revive and recharge your old PC in a jiffy, the cheap and painless way with Upgrading & Fixing PCs For Dummies, 3rd Edition. This newly revised, hands-on guide helps you install the hardware you need and fix nagging problems in your PC with clear, easy-to-follow instructions and figures. You'll also find out how to fix your PC troubles yourself so you can spend your money on upgrades instead of costly repairs. Inside, find helpful advice on how to Figure out what's broken and how to fix it Install inexpensive new memory chips for faster performance Upgrade your computer to run Windows 95 and surf the Internet Give your computer more horsepower with a CPU upgrade chip Untangle the octopus that lives behind your PC Safely retrieve screws that "fell in there someplace" Add a speedy new video card or hard disk with ease Decide whether to upgrade or buy a new computer Plus, Andy's Top Ten Lists: Ten cheap fixes to try first Ten easiest things to upgrade Ten hardest things to upgrade
P-MIP: paging extensions for mobile IP
Authors: Xiaowei Zhang, Javier Gomez Castellanos, Andrew T. Campbell
Venue: Mobile Networks and Applications (2002)

As the number of Mobile IP users grows, so will the signalling overhead associated with Internet mobility management in the core IP network. This presents a significant challenge to Mobile IP as the number of mobile devices scale-up. In cellular networks, registration and paging techniques are used to minimize the signalling overhead and optimize the mobility management performance. Currently, Mobile IP supports registration but not paging. In this paper, we argue that Mobile IP should be extended to support paging to improve the scalability of the protocol to handle large populations of mobile devices. To address this, we introduce P-MIP, a set of simple paging extensions for Mobile IP, and discuss the construction of paging areas, movement detection, registration, paging and data handling. We present analysis and simulation results for Mobile IP with and without paging extensions, and show that P-MIP can scale well supporting large numbers of mobile devices with reduced signalling under a wide variety of system conditions.
Optimizing software cache-coherent cluster architectures
Authors: Xiaohan Qin, Jean-Loup Baer
Venue: Proceedings of the 1998 ACM/IEEE conference on Supercomputing (CDROM) (1998)

Software cache-coherent systems using programmable protocol processors provide a flexible infrastructure to expand the systems in size and function. However this flexibility comes at a cost in performance. First, the software implementation of protocols is inherently slower than a hardware implementation. Second, when multiple processors share a protocol processor, contention may result in a substantial increase in memory latency.In this paper, we study how the overhead of a software scheme can be reduced in the context of a shared-memory system consisting of SMP clusters. We study various design choices including hardware assists such as forwarding logic in the protocol processor and software hints through explicit communication primitives. We conduct our experiments via trace-driven simulation and compare the execution of three programs from the SPLASH-2 suite.We found that small cluster sizes (up to 4 processors/node) work well for both hardware and software implementations. When the forwarding logic is incorporated with the software scheme, the performance is competitive to that of the hardware scheme. When enhanced further by explicit communication primitives, the software scheme can perform even better than a pure hardware implementation. This is particularly noticeable when the network latency is high.
An analysis of oblivious and adaptive routing in optical networks with wavelength translation
Authors: Jonathan P. Lang, Vishal Sharma, Emmanouel A. Varvarigos
Venue: IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (TON) (2001)

We present an analysis for both oblivious and adaptive routing in regular, all-optical networks with wavelength translation. Our approach is simple, computationally inexpensive, accurate for both low and high network loads, and the first to analyze adaptive routing with wavelength translation in wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) networks while also providing a simpler formulation of oblivious routing with wavelength translation. Unlike some previous analyses which use the link independence blocking assumption and the call dropping (loss) model (where blocked calls are cleared), we account for the dependence between the acquisition of wavelengths on successive links of a session's path and use a lossless model (where blocked calls are retried at a later time). We show that the throughput per wavelength increases superlinearly (as expected) as we increase the number of wavelengths per link, due both to additional capacity and more efficient use of this capacity; however, the extent of this superlinear increase in throughput saturates rather quickly to a linear increase. We also examine the effect that adaptive routing can have on performance. The analytical methodology that we develop can be applied to any vertex and edge symmetric topology, and with modifications, to any vertex symmetric (but not necessarily edge symmetric) topology. We find that, for the topologies we examine, providing at most one alternate link at every hop gives a per-wavelength throughput that is close to that achieved by oblivious routing with twice the number of wavelengths per link. This suggests some interesting possibilities for network provisioning in an all-optical network. We verify the accuracy of our analysis for both oblivious and adaptive routing via simulations for the torus and hypercube networks.
Advanced Topics in UNIX: Processes, Files, and Systems
Authors: Ronald J. Leach
Venue:  (1994)

:Goes beyond introductory level material to provide a uniform, thorough treatment of numerous topics important to UNIX power users. Features information on fault-tolerance as well as memory and process management. Includes scores of example code and exercises to facilitate understanding.
It Certification Success, 3rd edition
Authors: Ed Tittel
Venue:  (2000)

:A well-rounded treatise on the benefits of certification and how to prepare for certification exams. The reader is exposed to first-rate insider information on the number of core and elective exams you must pass, registration and cost of exams, locating practice tests, deciphering certification acronyms, industry trends and statistics, and answers to commonly asked questions. This book is a must have for IT industry professionals who are serious about career advancement. About the Author: Ed Tittel (Austin, TX) is president of LANWrights, Inc., a training and content development company. His author team specializes in certification training and networking and has authored over 100 best-selling computer books.
Perspectives in Control Engineering: Technologies, Applications, and New Directions, 1st edition
Authors: Tariq Samad
Venue:  (2000)

:"What important research developments are under way in control science and engineering? What are key challenges in control technology applications to different domains? What new directions are being charted for control systems?Now practicing control engineers and students can find accessible answers to these multifaceted control issues without the intensive mathematical analysis usually found in control systems books. This all-in-one resource brings you state-of-the-art research results by contributors who are leading experts in control.You will find insightful introductions and discussions of future trends for a range of control technologies and applications, including:*Computer-aided control system design*Discrete event systems*Intelligent control*Industrial process control*Intelligent transportation systems. PERSPECTIVES IN CONTROL ENGINEERING is the one-stop volume you need to gain an overview of the latest advances in control systems."Sponsored by:IEEE Control Systems Society.
Running Microsoft Windows 95 with Cdrom, 1st edition
Authors: Craig Stinson
Venue:  (1995)

:Easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions, real-world examples, screen illustrations, and expert tips show you how to use Windows 95 in the most efficient way possible. Running Microsoft Windows 95 also contains valuable software on CD-ROM.Experience Level: Beginner/ Intermediate
Optimal n-tier multilevel interconnect architectures for gigascale integration (GSI)
Authors: Raguraman Venkatesan, Jeffrey A. Davis, Keith A. Bowman, James D. Meindl
Venue: IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems (2001)

A multilevel interconnect architecture design methodology that optimizes the interconnect cross-sectional dimensions of each metal layer is introduced that reduces logic macrocell area, cycle time, power consumption or number of metal layers. The predictive capability of this methodology, which is based on a stochastic wiring distribution, provides insight into defining the process technology parameters for current and future generations of microprocessors and application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs). Using this methodology on an ASIC logic macrocell case study for the 100-nm technology generation, the optimized n-tier mulilevel interconnect architecture reduces macrocell area by 32%, cycle time by 16% or number of wiring tracks required on the topmost tier by 62% compared to a conventional design where pitches are doubled for every successive pair of levels. A new repeater insertion methodology is also described that further enhances gigascale integration (GSI) system performance. By using repeaters, a further reduction of 70% in macrocell area, 18% in cycle time, 25% in number of metal levels or 44% in power dissipation is achieved, when compared to an n-tier design without repeaters. The key distinguishing feature of the methodology is its comprehensive framework that simultaneously solves two distinct problems - optimal wire sizing and wiring layer assignment - using independent constraints on maximum repeater area for efficient deisgn space exploration to optimize the repeater area for efficient design space exploration to optimized the area, power, frequency, and metal levels of a GSI logic megacell
Managing The Testing Process
Authors: Rex Black
Venue:  (1999)

:In Managing the Testing Process, you'll examine an integrated approach - the bricks and mortar - of test management, based on the author's extensive, from-the-field experience with computer hardware and software test projects." "Simple and effective, the tools and tactics in this book comply with industry standards and reflect the best test-management practices of leading hardware and software vendors." "You'll find all the book's templates, test plans, spreadsheets, and tracking tools on the companion CD-ROM - where they're ready to help you organize your testing strategy, and focus on delivering the best possible product to your customers.
Advanced User's Guide to NOVELL DOS 7
Authors: Brian Underdahl
Venue:  (1993)

:This software helps people work more effectively together by making it easy for them to share information on their computers, manage projects and send E-mail to one another. It is the first version of DOS to contain built-in networking software, full multi-tasking, network security and other built-in applications. This easy-to-follow guide explains how to set up a network with DOS 7, do multi-tasking, maximize memory and use all advanced features.
Red Hat Linux: The Complete Reference,Second Edition, 2nd edition
Authors: Richard Petersen
Venue:  (2001)

:The most complete Red Hat Linux resource available! Get in-depth details on Red Hat Linux installation,administration,management,and troubleshooting. You'll master the major GUIs,Gnome,KDE,and the FVWM Windows Manager,and you'll find step-by-step coverage of dual boot installation. The Most Comprehensive Red Hat Linux Resource Available Master Red Hat Linuxincluding version 7. 2using this authoritative reference. Linux guru Richard Petersen provides details on networking,kernel management,Internet servers,system administration,and much more. You'll also get full coverage of Internet clients,office suites,file systems,firewalls,encryption,and access to Windows networks (Samba). Understand the workings of the GNOME 1. 4 and the Nautilus file manager as well as KDE 2. 2. Clearly and logically organized,this resource explains the different ways of setting up Red Hat Linux as a desktop workstation,a network workstation,or an administrative platform. Plus,the bonus CD-ROM includes the publisher's version of Red Hat Linux 7. 2. Install,manage,and troubleshoot Red Hat Linux 7. 2 and kernel 2. 4 Learn how to set up,configure,and administer a local network with DNS,Sendmail,and Samba Work with and configure GNOME 1. 4 (Nautilus) and the K DesktopKDE 2. 2 Set up Internet servers,FTP (ProFTP),Web (Apache),DNS (Bind),proxy (Squid),printer (LPRng and CUPS),and mail (Sendmail) servers Update software either automatically with the Red Hat Network or manually with RPM Protect your network with firewalls,public key encryption,and intrusion protection Enable network access to remote file systems and to Windows clients,includingWindows XP Administer TCP/IP networks using CIDR and class-based addressing
Simulation using software agents I: linking spatially explicit parallel continuous and discrete models
Authors: Boleslaw K. Szymanski, Gilbert Chen
Venue: Proceedings of the 32nd conference on Winter simulation (2000)

This paper advocates the use of mobile agents for linking simulations running on different computers. A Mobile Component approach is proposed to enhance reusability of existing simulations and to improve efficiency of component based simulations of complex systems. A basic unit of the mobile component simulation is a simulation server with a communication interface to mobile agents. Each mobile agent links and coordinates component's execution. We used this approach to implement a combined Lyme disease simulation. It consists of a partial differential equation based continuous simulation and parallel discrete event simulation with explicit space representation. The performance of this implementation is presented to demonstrate the feasibility of the Mobile Component approach. In addition, a process-port model of simulation is discussed. Its implementation allows efficient linkage of simulation servers, if they are programmed in a simulation language supporting the process-port model. We finally show that the performance of the Mobile Component approach could be significantly improved by using compiler techniques to eliminate overhead of communication among simulation servers.
Using ISDN, Special Ed., 1st edition
Authors: James Bryce
Venue:  (1995)

:Que's Special Edition Using ISDN is your complete guide to speeding up everything you do online. With comprehensive coverage and expert advice, you'll be able to experience the raw power of ISDN as you surf the World Wide Web in overdrive with ISDN. Whether your goal is personal or professional, this book has the information you need to get productive with ISDN immediately. James Bryce, a recognized expert on communications system, guides you through the installation and configuration of ISDN in a conversational style and comfortable format. He details the various types of ISDN services and hardware that are available so you can decide what best suits your needs. And, you'll explore the new communications possibilities, such as interactive video and voice conferencing, that are available with this high-speed communications standard. 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
Efficient and User-Friendly Verification
Authors: Farn Wang, Pao-Ann Hsiung
Venue: IEEE Transactions on Computers (2002)

A compositional verification method from a high-level resource-management standpoint is presented for dense-time concurrent systems and implemented in the tool of SGM (State-Graph Manipulators) with graphical user interface. SGM packages sophisticated verification technology into state-graph manipulators and provides a user interface which views state-graphs as basic data-objects. Hence, users do not have to be verification theory experts and do not have to trace inside state-graphs to analyze state and path properties to make the best use of verification theory. Instead, users can construct their own verification strategies based on observation on the state-graph complexity changes after experimenting with some combinations of manipulators. Moreover, SGM allows users to control the complexity of state-graphs through iterative state-graphs merging and reductions before they become out of control. Reduction techniques specially designed for the context of state-graph iteration composition and shared variable manipulations are developed and used in SGM. Experiments on different benchmarks to show SGM performance are reported. An algorithm based on group theory to pick a manipulator combination is presented.
Development infrastructure characteristics and process capability
Authors: Ravi Patnayakuni, Arun Rai
Venue: Communications of the ACM (2002)

A substantial portion of most organizational budgets goes toward developing IT applications. Despite the existence of many tools and methodologies, Information Systems Departments (ISDs) continue to face burgeoning costs and delays. In this article, we explore methods of improving the productivity and effectiveness of the application development process using the Capability Maturity Model (CMM) by the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) at Carnegie Mellon University as a benchmark for process maturity levels.
Workflow management: models, methods, and systems
Venue:  (2002)

This book offers a comprehensive introduction to workflow management, the management of business processes with information technology. By defining, analyzing, and redesigning an organization's resources and operations, workflow management systems ensure that the right information reaches the right person or computer application at the right time. The book provides a basic overview of workflow terminology and organization, as well as detailed coverage of workflow modeling with Petri nets. Because Petri nets make definitions easier to understand for nonexperts, they facilitate communication between designers and users. The book includes a chapter of case studies, review exercises, and a glossary.
Demystifying Virtual Private Networks
Authors: Michael Busby
Venue:  (1999)

:This text highlights the important new communications topic which is poised to become a major force in the network market because of its ability to transmit data and voice together for significant cost savings.
Case studies in applicatin of simulation to manufacturing systems: simulating the furniture industry
Authors: Robert G. Kyle,  Jr., Christopher R. Ludka
Venue: Proceedings of the 32nd conference on Winter simulation (2000)

The furniture industry is operating on tighter margins and ever increasing competition. No longer are the days when one could develop a product and market it for years, if not decades. With more competition and ever changing consumer demands, manufacturers are frequently realizing the necessity to reengineer their facility to satisfy the needs of many product groups and styles. Designing facilities that recognize the need for flexibility to reduce costs requires a clear understanding of the interdependent relationships naturally occurring in complex cellular manufacturing environments. However, engineers are often left to their own inherent instincts during the design phase of a project without an analytical tool to help them assess if their assumptions are correct or not. One of the best tools available to provide correct evaluations of system interdependencies is discrete event simulation. With the use of simulation, manufacturers are able to quickly and accurately model future proposed modifications to their facilities without making costly guesses. Furthermore, if modeled correctly, the simulation model built to assess the significance of a proposed layout change can be evolved into an operational planning tool that can be utilized on a continued basis to evaluate issues such as scheduling sequences or batch sizes.