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Wireless Local-Area Network Fundamentals
Authors: Pejman Roshan, Jonathan Leary
Venue:  (2003)

Master the basics in designing, building, and managing a Cisco Aironet WLAN. Master the basics of Wireless LANs with this concise design and deployment guide Understand implementation issues for a variety of environments including vertical, SOHO, and enterprise networks Learn design and troubleshooting advice from real-world case studies802.11 Wireless LAN Fundamentals gives networking engineers and IT professionals the knowledge they need to design, deploy, manage, and troubleshoot their own wireless local-area networks (WLANs). Starting with an overview of the technology and architecture of WLANs, the book goes on to explain services and advanced features that such applications can provide. Most importantly, it provides practical design guidance and deployment recommendations.Wireless LANs connect computer networks via radio transmissions instead of traditional phone lines or cables. Benefits to these systems go well beyond getting rid of all the cables and wires. Campus networks can grow geographically larger while still retaining all their efficiency and speed. Additionally, cost savings can be realized when third-party phone lines are no longer necessary, saving the cost of line rental and equipment upkeep. Finally, flexibility in campus network design increases significantly for the networking professional, while the network accessibility and usefulness increases for the individual users.802.11 Wireless LAN Fundamentals helps networking professionals realize these benefits by helping them understand how to design, build, and maintain these networks, as well as how to justify their value within organizations.
Classification of gene-expression data: The manifold-based metric learning way
Authors: Jianguo Lee, Changshui Zhang
Venue: Pattern Recognition (2006)

Classification of microarray gene-expression data can potentially help medical diagnosis, and becomes an important topic in bioinformatics. However, microarray data sets are usually of small sample size relative to an overwhelming number of genes. This makes the classification problem fairly challenging. Instance-based learning (IBL) algorithms, such as nearest neighbor (k-NN), are usually the baseline algorithm due to their simplicity. However, practices show that k-NN performs not very well in this field. This paper introduces manifold-based metric learning to improve the performance of IBL methods. A novel metric learning algorithm is proposed by utilizing both local manifold structural information and local discriminant information. In addition, a random subspace extension is also presented. We apply the proposed algorithm to the gene-classification problem in three ways: one in the original feature space, another in the reduced feature space, and the third via the random subspace extension. Statistical evaluation shows that the proposed algorithm can achieve promising results, and gain significant performance improvement over traditional IBL algorithms.
Adobe GoLive CS2 Official JavaScript Reference
Venue:  (2005)

Written by the engineers and scripting experts at Adobeï¾and now available for the first time in printï¾this book is an essential reference guide for developers who want to extend the capabilities of Adobe GoLive CS2 using JavaScript and the special markup tags that the GoLive CS2 SDK (Software Developer's Kit) provides. If you're familiar with GoLive, JavaScript, and C and C++ programming, you'll find the information you need to create custom tools and extensions tailored to your specific GoLive tasks. For example, you can create floating palettes and task-specific dialogs that include text, graphics, and controls; add custom HTML elements that can be edited in an Inspector palette; add new controls to the Objects paletteï¾anything that helps streamline your company's GoLive workflow. And since nearly all of the user commands in GoLive are made available in JavaScript, you can use JavaScript to automate repetitive tasks--for example, editing all the documents on your Web site automatically, or customizing menu items in GoLive according to the contents of a specific database. These are just a few of the ways that scripting can save you from hours of time-consuming tasks in GoLive. 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
Optimal combinational quota-share and excess-of-loss reinsurance policies in a dynamic setting: Research Articles
Authors: Xin Zhang, Ming Zhou, Junyi Guo
Venue: Applied Stochastic Models in Business and Industry (2007)

In this paper, we describe a large insurance company's surplus by a Brownian motion with positive drift, which is the approximation of a classical risk process. The problem of minimizing the probability of ruin by controlling the combinational quota-share and excess-of-loss reinsurance strategy is considered. We show that the optimal combinational reinsurance strategy must be the pure excess-of-loss reinsurance strategy. Moreover, we give an explicit solution for the optimal reinsurance strategy. Copyright &copy; 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Phase-field simulations of interfacial dynamics in viscoelastic fluids using finite elements with adaptive meshing
Authors: Pengtao Yue, Chunfeng Zhou, James J. Feng, Carl F. Ollivier-Gooch, Howard H. Hu
Venue: Journal of Computational Physics (2006)

This paper describes a novel numerical algorithm for simulating interfacial dynamics of non-Newtonian fluids. The interface between two immiscible fluids is treated as a thin mixing layer across which physical properties vary steeply but continuously. The property and evolution of the interfacial layer is governed by a phase-field variable φ that obeys a Cahn-Hilliard type of convection-diffusion equation. This circumvents the task of directly tracking the interface, and produces the correct interfacial tension from the free energy stored in the mixing layer. Viscoelasticity and other types of constitutive equations can be incorporated easily into the variational phase-field framework. The greatest challenge of this approach is in resolving the sharp gradients at the interface. This is achieved by using an efficient adaptive meshing scheme governed by the phase-field variable. The finite-element scheme easily accommodates complex flow geometry and the adaptive meshing makes it possible to simulate large-scale two-phase systems of complex fluids. In two-dimensional and axisymmetric three-dimensional implementations, the numerical toolkit is applied here to drop deformation in shear and elongational flows, rise of drops and retraction of drops and torii. Some of these solutions serve as validation of the method and illustrate its key features, while others explore novel physics of viscoelasticity in the deformation and evolution of interfaces.
Fitting timeseries by continuous-time Markov chains: a quadratic programming approach
Authors: D. T. Crommelin, E. Vanden-Eijnden
Venue: Journal of Computational Physics (2006)

Construction of stochastic models that describe the effective dynamics of observables of interest is an useful instrument in various fields of application, such as physics, climate science, and finance. We present a new technique for the construction of such models. From the timeseries of an observable, we construct a discrete-in-time Markov chain and calculate the eigenspectrum of its transition probability (or stochastic) matrix. As a next step we aim to find the generator of a continuous-time Markov chain whose eigenspectrum resembles the observed eigenspectrum as closely as possible, using an appropriate norm. The generator is found by solving a minimization problem: the norm is chosen such that the object function is quadratic and convex, so that the minimization problem can be solved using quadratic programming techniques. The technique is illustrated on various toy problems as well as on datasets stemming from simulations of molecular dynamics and of atmospheric flows.
Simulation results for supply chain configurations based on information sharing
Authors: Rong Liu, Akhil Kumar, Alan J. Stenger
Venue: Proceedings of the 38th conference on Winter simulation (2006)

As supply chains evolve beyond the confines of individual organizations, information sharing has become the Holy Grail in supply chain technology. Although the value of information sharing is well recognized, there is little research on how to use it to configure supply chains. This paper proposes a parameterized model to capture information sharing in a supply chain. By changing the parameters of this model, we actually adjust information sharing and create supply chain configurations. Configurations are the means of responding to events or changes in supply chains in a timely manner. A complete example is used to demonstrate this methodology. We also perform simulation experiments to compare configurations and to understand the effect of information sharing on supply chain performance. Thus, we show how to achieve supply chain configurability by leveraging information sharing.
Windows Vista for Starters: The Missing Manual
Authors: David Pogue
Venue:  (2007)

Fast-paced and easy to use, this concise book teaches you the basics of Windows Vista so you can start using this operating system right away. Written by "New York Times" columnist, bestselling author, Emmy-winning CBS News correspondent and Missing Manuals creator David Pogue, the book will help you: Navigate the desktop, including the fast, powerful and fully integrated desktop search functionUse the Media Center to record TV and radio, present photos, play music, and record all of these to a DVDBreeze across the Web with the vastly improved Internet Explorer 7 tabbed browserBecome familiar with Vista's beefed up security, and much moreAimed at new and experienced computer users alike, Windows Vista for Starters: The Missing Manual is right there when you need it. This jargon-free book explains Vista's features quickly and clearly -- revealing which work well and which don't. Windows Vista is a vast improvement over its predecessors, with an appealing, glass-like visual overhaul, superior searching and organization tools, a multimedia and collaboration suite, and a massive, top-to-bottom security-shield reconstruction. Every corner of the traditional Windows operating system has been tweaked, overhauled, or replaced entirely.
Firefox Secrets
Authors: Cheah Chu Yeow
Venue:  (2005)

This is a must read guide to anyone who wants to learn how to browse faster and more conveniently with Firefox. Firefox Secrets will teach you how to get the most from Mozilla, including how to find and use all the hidden features, extensions available to you. You'll learn: Ways to ease the transition from Internet Explorer A way to setup multiple "homepages" when you launch your browser Read RSS feeds from within Firefox using a free extension Where to download a new and less obtrusive "Download Manager" The best "must-have" extensions to download as well as the "fun" ones Two different ways to speed up Firefox downloads with prefetcher and pipelining Firefox's secret features for Web Developers And much, much more! Firefox Secrets is the ultimate guide to the Web Browser that major magazines, newspapers and even Microsoft's own "Slate.com" website are recommending as the ultimate replacement to Internet Explorer. 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
An unbiased approach to iterated fusion by weakening
Authors: íric Grégoire
Venue: Information Fusion (2006)

Many approaches to handle inconsistent knowledge require some information to be dropped in order to ensure logical consistency. In this paper, a syntax-based technique that simply weakens the conflicting information by means of semaphores is proposed and analyzed in the context of the fusion of several possibly mutually conflicting knowledge sources. The proposed approach basically adopts an unbiased position with respect to two knowledge sources in the sense that it does not conduct one source to predominate the other one. However marking a preference for one source and retracting this preference is easy. When the fusion process is iterated, it is shown that semaphores can conduct sources to become actually rejected. Conditions preventing such a drawback are investigated. It is also shown how this problem can be solved when all sources are available simultaneously and how a preference for less-contradicted sources can be realized as well.
Specification and Performance Evaluation of Two Zone Dissemination Protocols for Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks
Authors: Jeppe Bronsted, Lars Michael Kristensen
Venue: Proceedings of the 39th annual Symposium on Simulation (2006)

Vehicular ad-hoc networks is an emerging research area focussing on communication infrastructures that support vehicles and road-signs in distributing roadstate data such as information about hazardous road conditions ahead, approaching emergency vehicles, and traffic delays. Vehicular ad-hoc networks combine the areas of sensor networks (data acquisition) with mobile ad-hoc networks (highly dynamic topology and lack of pre-existing infrastructure). One of the main challenges of vehicular ad-hoc networks is the data dissemination protocols capable of distributing road-state information among vehicles. This paper presents two candidates for dissemination protocols: a zone flooding protocol and a zone diffusion protocol. The two protocols combine ideas from sensor networks and geocasting to ensure that data is aggregated and distributed only in a bounded geographical area. We present a comparative simulation study of the two protocols evaluating their relative performance using conventional metrics (such as network load) as well as application-specific metrics (such as awareness). The simulation study has been conducted using the Network Simulator 2 (NS-2) and has highlighted key properties of the two protocols that can be used as a basis for selecting the most appropriate protocol.
FireμSat: meeting the challenge of detecting microsatellites in DNA
Authors: Corne de Riddera, Derrick G. Kourie, Bruce W. Watson
Venue: Proceedings of the 2006 annual research conference of the South African institute of computer scientists and information technologists on IT research in developing countries (2006)

In the context of this paper, microsatellites refer to consecutive patterns contained by genomic sequences. There are several algorithms that detect microsatellites in DNA, using various computational techniques. In spite of this, there are still molecular biologists who find the output of these algorithms inadequate, and therefore visually scan hardcopy information of sequenced DNA in order to detect microsatellites. The purpose of this paper is threefold: to provide a literature overview of the existing software that detects microsatellites, either directly or indirectly; to compile criteria to which algorithms should comply in order to search effectively for microsatellites; and to motivate the corresponding parameters that have been designed to promote the usability of an analytical, effective algorithm to detect microsatellites. (Details of this algorithm are reported elsewhere.)
Web content adaptation for mobile handheld devices
Authors: Dongsong Zhang
Venue: Communications of the ACM (2007)

Creative technologies can help overcome the limitations of mobile handheld devices while maximizing their strengths.
MCTS Windows Vista Client Configuration Passport (Exam 70-620), 2 edition
Authors: Brian Culp
Venue:  (2007)

From the #1 Name in Professional Certification Get on the fast track to becoming a Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist with this affordable, portable study tool. Inside, Microsoft Certified Trainer Brian Culp will guide you on your career path, providing expert tips and sound advice along the way. With an intensive focus on only what you need to know to pass MCTS Exam 70-620, this certification passport is your ticket to success on exam day.Featuring:Itineraries--List of official exam objectives covered ETAs--Amount of time needed to complete each lesson Travel Advisories--Expert advice on critical topics Local Lingo--Concise definitions of key terms and concepts Travel Assistance--Recommended resources for more information Exam Tips--Common exam pitfalls and solutions Checkpoints--End-of-chapter questions, answers, and explanations Career Flight Path--Career options mapped out to maximize the return from your IT journey 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
An oblivious shortest-path routing algorithm for fully connected cubic networks
Authors: Xiaofan Yang, Graham M. Megson, David J. Evans
Venue: Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing (2006)

Fully connected cubic networks (FCCNs) are a class of newly proposed hierarchical interconnection networks for multicomputer systems, which enjoy the strengths of constant node degree and good expandability. The shortest path routing in FCCNs is an open problem. In this paper, we present an oblivious routing algorithm for n-level FCCN with N = 8n nodes, and prove that this algorithm creates a shortest path from the source to the destination. At the costs of both an O(N)-parallel-step off-line preprocessing phase and a list of size N stored at each node, the proposed algorithm is carried out at each related node in O(n) time. In some cases the proposed algorithm is superior to the one proposed by Chang and Wang in terms of the length of the routing path. This justifies the utility of our routing strategy.
3ds Max 8 Fundamentals
Authors: Ted Boardman
Venue:  (2006)

What's new in 3ds Max 8? Should I upgrade? How can 3ds Max 8 help me become more productive? Author and master trainer Ted Boardman answers all those questions and many more in the latest edition of his expert guide, 3ds Max 8 Fundamentals. You'll not only learn the process of modeling and animating objects in 3ds Max 8, but also gain an appreciation for its underlying rationale. As you complete the exercises and tutorials in this book, you'll discover features new in max 8 that make it an even more powerful program than before. Whether you are new to Max 8 or an old pro looking to increase your productivity, you'll benefit from the detailed explanations of such topics as: ·ï¾ ï¾ ï¾ Sharing, controlling, and managing your work-in-progress assets using Asset Tracker, 3ds max 8's new source control solution ·ï¾ ï¾ ï¾ Selecting, viewing, manipulating, and working with curves more easily with the improved Track View ·ï¾ ï¾ ï¾ Developing photorealistic characters with 3ds's improved character development features, cloth and hair simulation tools, award-winning Reactor® physics system, and particle flow ·ï¾ ï¾ ï¾ Using the fast, unique Edit Poly approach to create everything from simple to complex models ·ï¾ ï¾ ï¾ How to best light your scenes and use materials for maximum compatibility with other applications such as Discreet Combustion in collaborative work environments
Photoshop CS2 Raw: Using Adobe Camera Raw, Bridge, and Photoshop to Get the Most Out of Your Digital Camera
Authors: Mikkel Aaland
Venue:  (2006)

The RAW file format is the uncompressed data file captured by a digital camera's electronic sensor. When your camera saves an image in RAW format, settings like white balance, sharpening, contrast and saturation are not applied to the image but are saved instead in a separate header. Because RAW files remain virtually untouched by in-camera processing, they are essentially the digital equivalent to exposed but undeveloped film. This makes RAW an increasingly popular format with amateur and professional digital photographers, because it affords greater flexibility and control during the editing process-if you know how to work with RAW files. Most digital camera manufacturers supply their own software for converting RAW data, as do some third party vendors. Increasingly, however, the RAW converter of choice is a plug-in included in the latest version of Adobe Photoshop, the most popular and widely-used digital image editing tool in the world. Adobe Photoshop CS2 is emerging as the best place to edit RAW images, and the best way to master this new format is with Photoshop CS2 RAW. An important book dedicated to working with RAW in Photoshop, this comprehensive guide features a unique design that helps readers grasp the subject through visual instruction and prompts. The entire RAW process is explored, from shooting to using the Adobe plug-in converter and new Bridge navigation software. The primary focus of Photoshop RAW is, as the title suggests, Photoshop editing technique: automating RAW workflow, correcting exposures, extending exposure range, manipulating grayscale and working with the new DNG (Digital Negative) open standard that Adobe supports. Presented by photographer Mikkel Aaland, a pioneer of digital photography and author of eight books, including O'Reilly's Photoshop for the Web and the award-winning Shooting Digital, Photoshop CS2 RAW investigates and instructs in an accessible visual style. Required reading for professionals and dedicated photo hobbyists alike.
An efficient caching-based rendering of translucent materials
Authors: Shih-Ling Keng, Wang-Yeh Lee, Jung-Hong Chuang
Venue: The Visual Computer: International Journal of Computer Graphics (2006)

This paper presents an efficient caching-based rendering technique for translucent materials. The proposed caching scheme, inspired by the irradiance caching method, is integrated into a hierarchical rendering technique for translucent materials. We propose a split-disk model to determine the cache distribution and derive the subsurface illuminance gradient used for interpolation by reformulating the equation of dipole diffusion approximation as a 3D convolution process. Our experiments show that only a few caches are required to interpolate the entire image, while the visual difference is negligible. The speedup could be achieved up to one order of magnitude.
Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac OS X (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Authors: Steve Schwartz
Venue:  (2004)

If you're like many people, you wouldn't dream of turning on your computer without also instantly (or almost instantly) launching at least one of the applications included in Microsoft Office. This task-based guide recognizes that and gets down to business fast, taking you step-by-step through all of the key features of the Microsoft Office 2004 suite for Mac OS X: Word 2004, Excel 2004, PowerPoint 2004, Entourage 2004and MSN Messenger Version 4.0. If you're a beginning user, youï¾¿ll appreciate the friendly, visual approach to all of Officeï¾¿s word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, calendaring, and email features. And if you're an Office veteran, youï¾¿ll relish the coverage of Office 2004's newest features (many of them exclusive to Macs): Compatibility Reports, which identify and correct discrepancies between different versions of Office documents (including Mac and Windows versions); Word's Notebook Layout View; Excel's Page Layout View; and much more.