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Creating Dynamic Presentations with Streaming Media
Authors: Matt Lichtenberg, Jim Travis, Matt Litchenberg
Venue:  (2001)

:Whether it's a key sales presentation, executive briefing, or online training event, Creating Dynamic Presentations With Streaming Media can help business professionals maximize the impact of their communications. This handbook introduces Microsoft &reg; Windows Media Producer, a new tool for capturing and integrating rich streaming media with Microsoft PowerPoint&reg; presentations, HTML, and other digital media. Readers of this book should know how to use PowerPoint, but do not need experience working with digital media. Written by a member of Microsoft Windows Media Technologies team, this easy-to-read and expert guide steps readers through the entire processteaching them how to record or import high-quality video and audio, edit and synchronize media, incorporate media into ready page-layout templates or create custom templates, and publish presentations to the Web or an intranet site. Throughout, the focus is on developing more compelling and effective presentations for real-world business scenarios. The companion CD-ROM comes loaded with ready-to-use audio and video content, Windows Media applications, templates, and a complete sample presentation. Your one-stop handbook for creating rich streaming-media presentations using Windows Media Producer and PowerPoint The business professional's guide to creating more-dynamic presentations using tools and information direct from the Windows Media Technologies team Key Book Benefits: * Demonstrates how to easily capture, edit, synchronize, and publish streaming media using PowerPoint and Windows Media Producer * Provides expert advice and how-to's for creating better and morecompelling presentations * Features insider tips and tricks from the Microsoft team that created Windows Media Producer and other Windows Media technologies * CD contains sample video and audio content; Windows Media Player 7, Windows Media Encoder 7, and ASF Indexer; templates for Windows Media Producer and PowerPoint; and a complete sample presentation, including all media files.
Some New Results for the Semidefinite Linear Complementarity Problem
Authors: M. Seetharama Gowda, Y. Song
Venue: SIAM Journal on Matrix Analysis and Applications (2002)

In this paper, we present some new results for the semidefinite linear complementarity problem (SDLCP). In the first part, we introduce the concepts of (i) nondegeneracy for a linear transformation $L:{\cal S}^n \rightarrow {\cal S}^n$ and (ii) the locally-star-like property of a solution point of an SDLCP(L,Q) for $Q\in {\cal S}^n$, and we relate them to the finiteness of the solution set of SDLCP(L,Q) as Q varies in ${\cal S}^n$. In the second part, we show that for positive stable matrices A1,. . ., Ak, the linear transformation L:=LA1 \circ L_{A_2} \circ \cdots \circ L_{A_k} $ has the Q-property where LAi(X):= AiX + XAiT. A similar result is proved for the transformation $S:=S_{A_1} \circ S_{A_2} \circ \cdots \circ S_{A_k}$, where each Ai is Schur stable and $S_{A_i}(X):=X-A_iXA_i^{T}$. We relate these results to the simultaneous stability of a finite set of matrices.
Dependence analysis in reduction of requirement based test suites
Authors: Boris Vaysburg, Luay H. Tahat, Bogdan Korel
Venue: Proceedings of the 2002 ACM SIGSOFT international symposium on Software testing and analysis (2002)

Requirement-based automated test case generation is a model-based technique for generating test suites related to individual requirements. The technique supports test generation from EFSM (Extended Finite State Machine) system models. Several requirement-based selective test generation techniques were proposed. These techniques may significantly reduce a number of test cases with respect to a requirement under test as opposed to a complete system testing. However, the number of test cases may still be very large especially for large systems. In this paper, we present an approach of reduction of requirement based test suites using EFSM dependence analysis. Different types of dependencies are identified between elements of the EFSM system model. These dependencies capture potential interactions between elements of the model and are used to determine parts of the model that affect a requirement under test. This information is used to reduce the test suite by identifying repetitive tests, i.e., tests that exhibit the same pattern of interactions with respect to the requirement under test. Our initial experience shows that this approach may significantly reduce the size of selective test suites.
Odd/even bus invert with two-phase transfer for buses with coupling
Authors: Yan Zhang, John Lach, Kevin Skadron, Mircea R. Stan
Venue: Proceedings of the 2002 international symposium on Low power electronics and design (2002)

The coupling capacitances between on-chip bus lines become dominant in deep-submicron technologies. Coding to reduce the switching activity of the individual lines was enough to reduce power on buses in older technologies, but new coding techniques that reduce the coupling activity between lines are needed for deep-submicron buses. One such coding technique uses the simple observation that coupling capacitances are always charged and discharged by activity on neighboring bus lines, where one line has an odd number and the other has an even number (if bus lines are numbered "in-order"). We thus propose to reduce the coupling activity by independently controlling the odd and even bus lines with two separate lines, the Odd Invert, and Even Invert line, respectively. We obtain significant reductions in power simply by comparing the coupling activity for the four possible cases of the Odd and Even Invert lines (00, 01, 10, 11), and then choosing the value with the smallest coupling activity to transmit on the bus. Even after encoding, the coupling activity for a pair of bus lines is still strongly dependent on the data. In particular the toggling sequences 01&rarr;10 and 10&rarr;01 result in 4 times more coupling energy dissipation than other coupling events. We thus propose a targeted Two-Phase transfer in order to reduce total power only on the pairs of lines that carry such toggling events.
Intelligent Autonomous Systems - 5 - IAS 5, 1st edition
Authors: Y. Kakazu, M. Wada, T. Sato
Venue:  (1998)

:This book contains scientific and engineering activities of the fifth international conference of Intelligent Autonomous Systems (IAS-5). The exploration for automatic systems has much attention over the centuries and created attractive research activities. The Intelligent and Autonomous systems are the current trend toward fully automatic systems that can adapt to changes in their environment. The purpose of the fifth IAS conference is to provide an opportunity for the international community of researchers in the field of autonomous systems as well as architectures, tools, components, techniques, and new IAS design methodologies. The emphasis will be on science and technology for autonomous systems working in a complex environment.
Modeling Reactive Systems with Statecharts: The Statemate Approach, 1st edition
Authors: David Harel, Michal Politi
Venue:  (1998)

:The only in-depth guide to Statecharts,the most popular approach forthe development of real-time and reactive systems. For systems engineers,software engineers,and electrical engineers in all fields,here at last is complete information on the concepts behind the Statemate toolset developed by I-Logix,Inc.,the fullest and most powerful approach to the modeling of reactive systems. This guide first describes the dominant Statecharts,which are used to describe system behavior,and then explores the hierarchical language of Activity-charts,which describe the system's activities and the data that flows between them. It then shows how to use these two synergistic languages to develop a conceptual model of the system,which can then be combined with a physical or structural model using the third language of Module-charts. These languages and the subsequent Statemate toolset constitute a breakthrough approach in requirements analysis,specification,and high-level design. They also provide a powerful method for inspecting,testing,and analyzing models. Author David Harel invented Statecharts,and he and coauthor Michal Politi co-developed the other two languages in the set. Ms Politi also headed the Statemate development team for more than a decade. Their work has earned them the Most Influential Paper Award from the International Conference on Software Engineering,and Harel's work on the language of Statecharts has won him the Stevens Award in Software Development Methods in 1996 and the first Israel Prime Minister's Prize for Software in 1997. No authors are more highly qualified to describe the syntax and semantics of these intricate languages precisely and rigorouslyand withextensive examples based on a model early warning system. No book provides better guidance than Modeling Reactive Systems with Statecharts
Exploring IBM Eserver Xseries and PCs: The Instant Insiders Guide to PC Systems, Software and Business Strategies, 11th edition
Authors: Jim Hoskins, Bill Wilson
Venue:  (2000)

:Helping users select the IBM "brand" computer that is right for them, this book introduces the latest line of IBM computers, provides an overview of each model, and shows users how to integrate the systems into their business for greater efficiency, productivity, and overall business management. It details the different uses of ThinkPad, Aptiva, IntelliStation, Netfinity, and other systems. Instructions are given on how to evaluate software options, peripherals, and various operating systems including Windows 2000. To help users understand how to apply PC technology to their business, this book presents three hypothetical companies-a small, medium, and large firm-and outfits them with appropriate computer-based solutions. IBM networking solutions-such as establishing company-wide network access through one connection or using a PC as a Web server-are also addressed. Future IBM products still in the development phase are previewed. This replaces" Jim Hoskins is author of the bestselling IBM Personal Systems: A Business Perspective and the editor of the Exploring IBM series, which has sold over 250,000 copies. He lives in Gulf Breeze, Florida. Bill Wilson is a senior staff member with IBM PC Company. He lives in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Open Source Development with Cvs, 2nd edition
Authors: Karl Franz Fogel, Moshe Bar
Venue:  (2001)

:CVS and source code management for networked groups is presented topic-by-topic, from the introduction to expert-level use. The book examines open source software development from a design and organization standpoint and explains how CVS affects the architecture and design of applications. The popular first edition was one of the first books available on development and implementation of open source software using CVS. The second edition has been enhanced with more value-added material covering strategies, third-party tools, scalability, client access limits, and overall server administration for CVS. In order to practice what we preach, some chapters of this book are also available online under the GNU General Public License.
Software for uniform random number generation: distinguishing the good and the bad
Authors: Pierre L'Ecuyer
Venue: Proceedings of the 33nd conference on Winter simulation (2001)

The requirements, design principles, and statistical testing approaches of uniform random number generators for simulation are briefly surveyed. An object-oriented random number package where random number streams can be created at will, and with convenient tools for manipulating the streams, is presented. A version of this package is now implemented in the Arena and AutoMod simulation tools. We also test some random number generators available in popular software environments such as Microsoft's Excel and Visual Basic, SUN's Java, etc., by using them on two very simple simulation problems. They fail the tests by a wide margin.
PRIMS: an interactive system for the design of hybrid circuit layout
Authors: F. Hadlock
Venue: ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics (1976)

PRIMS is an interactive system to be used in the layout of hybrid circuits. The layout involves positioning integrated circuit chips and resistors on a substrate surface. Conducting paths are then defined in order to make interconnections between chips, external connection pads positioned around the edge of the substrate, etc.PRIMS is actually a language which includes commands for defining regions corresponding to integrated circuit chips, and for causing the system to define a tree of conducting paths to interconnect a set of points. There are also commands for displaying a partial layout, for editing the layout, and for generating plotter code for the final layout.
The C++ How-To
Authors: Jan Walter, Paul Snaith, Scott Roberts, Danny Kalev, Michael J. Tobler, Andrei Kossoroukov
Venue:  (1998)

:A new definitive C++ problem-solving resource, this guide provides programmers with all the tools they need to solve complex and everyday problems quickly, including types and declarations, pointers, overloading, derived classes and exception handling.
Beginning XML, 2nd edition
Authors: Wrox Author Team, Chris Dix, Roger Kovack, Jeff Rafter, David Hunter, Jon Pinnock
Venue:  (2001)

:Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a rapidly maturing technology with powerful real-world applications, particularly for the management, display, and organization of data. Together with its many related technologies it is an essential technology for anyone using markup languages on the web or internally. This book teaches you all you need to know about XML - what it is, how it works, what technologies surround it, and how it can best be used in a variety of situations, from simple data transfer to using XML in your web pages. It builds on the strengths of the first edition, and provides new material to reflect the changes in the XML landscape - notably SOAP and Web Services, and the publication of the XML Schemas Recommendation by the W3C. This book covers: XML syntax and writing well-formed XML Using XML Namespaces Transforming XML into other formats with XSLT XPath and XPointer for locating specific XML data XML Validation using DTDs and XML Schemas Manipulating XML documents with the DOM and SAX 2.0 SOAP and Web Services Displaying XML using CSS and XSL Incorporating XML into tradition databases and n-tier architectures XLink and XPointer for linking XML and non-XML resources Beginning XML 2nd Edition is for any developer who is interested in learning to use XML in web, e-commerce or data-storage applications. Some knowledge of mark up, scripting, and/or object oriented programming languages is advantageous, but not essential, as the basis of these techniques are explained as required.
Network+ Fast Track: Network+ Exam
Authors: Glenn Berg, Mary Foote
Venue:  (1999)

:Learn It Fast in Part I: What You Need to Know About the Network+ Exam uses an incredibly easy-to-follow approach to drill you on exam-critical information. All from an insider's perspective, it's like having the trainer's notes before the exam. Review It Even Faster in Part II: 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?
Robust design of server capability in M/M/1 queues with both partly random arrival and service rates
Authors: So Young Sohn
Venue: Computers and Operations Research (2002)

In this paper we consider a robust design of controllable factors related to the server capability in M/M/1 queues where both arrival and service rates are assumed to be partly random. The performance of an individual queue is measured in terms of the random traffic intensity parameter defined as the ratio of the arrival rate to the service rate where both rates are functions of associated characteristics of an individual queue and a random error. We utilize the empirical Bayes estimator of the traffic intensity parameter and employ a Monte-Carlo simulation to find the optimal levels of server characteristics with respect to mean squared error. An example is given to illustrate how the proposed procedures can be applied to the robust design of a transmission line.
Photoshop 6/ImageReady 3 Hands-on Training, 2nd edition
Authors: Lynda Weinman
Venue:  (2001)

:Photoshop 6/ImageReady 3 is one of the few Photoshop books that focuses on the Web instead of print, and much to the delight of Web artists, it shows you how to use both Photoshop 6 and ImageReady 3.0 together. To learn this powerful Web-tools combo to its fullest potential, you need a teacher like Lynda Weinman, whose years of experience and pure enthusiasm for the medium are evident throughout her hands-on lessons. Weinman uses classroom-proven techniques from her training center to demonstrate how and when to use Photoshop 6 and ImageReady 3 to create appealing and quick-loading Web graphics. The latest title in our H.O.T. series, Photoshop 6/ImageReady 3 Hands-On Training focuses on the newest tools and automation devices available in this combined package. The book guides you through a series of exercises of increasing complexity, giving you hands-on, step-by-step experience in optimizing and previewing GIF and JPEG graphics, slicing Web images, using layers to create rollovers and Layer Effects to automate buttons, using ImageReady to "tween" animations, and much more. The book includes a new chapter on layers that shows you how to use layers to create masks, clipping paths and effects, plus a CD-ROM with sample files for all of the exercises and QuickTime movies that illustrate some techniques. Even if you're an experienced artist, you'll be surprised at how much you'll learn about Photoshop from this pioneering Web author.Author Biography: Author and designer Lynda Weinman--creator of lynda.com, a leading force in Web-design training--has taught digital arts since the late 1980s at Art Center College of Design, American Film Institute, San Francisco State University, and UCLA. Lynda also is a featured columnist and writes on digital graphics and animation for numerous nationaland international magazines. Her bestselling books, including Designing Web Graphics, have been translated into six languages and are used by Web designers and teaching professionals nationally and internationally. She and her husband, Bruce Heavin, founded and operate the Ojai Digital Arts Center in Ojai, California, which offers small, intensive workshops in Web design. Lynda has recently launched a series of training videos under the lynda.com imprint.
Dreamweaver 3 Bible: Gold Edition with CDROM
Authors: Joseph W. Lowery
Venue:  (2000)

From the Book:We live in a time of great change and I feel privileged to have the opportunity to affect the expression of a new medium, the Internet. Everything about the Web is evolving quickly-the design, the tools, and even the medium itself. Dreamweaver is an evolutionary product for Macromedia as well as a revolutionary one. Not only is Dreamweaver the state-of-the-art Web authoring tool used by more professionals than any other, it has also evolved into an application platform central to Macromedia's ever-expanding Internet vision. I think one of the reasons that Dreamweaver was so successful from the beginning is because it grew out of a community. Before Dreamweaver, there was a growing community of professional Web developers that no one was listening to. Developers cried, "Leave my code alone!" but all of the available visual editors altered their code. Developers pled, "Help me create tables," but no integrated tool could help. Developers demanded, "I need cutting-edge features," only to get last year's fading standards. Macromedia decided to listen. The Dreamweaver project relied on an advisory board of designers and developers to identify the most desirable features. The development effort, however, was far more than a committee voting on a wish-list. An entire culture was evolving and the Dreamweaver team came out of that culture and remains a part of it still. Throughout the year we listen to our customersboth current and potential-to gather their reactions to the present release as well as better understand their requirements for the future. One of the key underpinnings of Dreamweaver is its extensibility layer. By constantly expanding the core customizability ofDreamweaver, we enable our customers to streamline their workflow. We think it's better that the product adapt to the way you work rather than you adapt to product. The community of extension builders has taken Dreamweaver to unforeseen heights in creating a new set of power tools for its use. In fact, Macromedia itself has taken advantage of Dreamweaver's extensibility to craft a new product, Dreamweaver UltraDev. What's in the future for Dreamweaver? Macromedia is committed to making tools for every aspect of what we call the Web Content Life Cycle. The most effective Web sites are continually developing and changing in response to their visitors' needs and reactions. We see Dreamweaver as a core element in Macromedia's mission to empower developers and their companies to create entertaining, educational, and effective Web content-and to successfully use that content to communicate and refine their message.
New job selection and location policies for load-distributing algorithms
Authors: Marei S. Al-Amri, Rana Ejaz Ahmed
Venue: International Journal of Network Management (2002)

This paper presents a new distributing algorithm that uses new job selection and location policies. The algorithm is shown to outperform the best-reported load distributing algorithms.
Small Business Windows 95 for Dummies, 1st edition
Authors: Stephen L. Nelson, Ruth Maran
Venue:  (1998)

:Finally, a Windows 95 book that specifically addresses the needs of small businesses! Now, with Small Business Windows 95 For Dummies, you can quickly and easily take complete control of Windows 95's multitasking capabilities, boost your productivity with special tools and accessories for small businesses, and bring the power of the Internet right to your desktop! Let Windows 95 take care of basic business: Find out how to multitask programs to meet the complex demands of your business day Take advantage of Windows 95's built-in tools of the trade -- phone dialer, briefcase, and NetMeeting Set up a network in two hours or less Use the Internet for mail, research, and marketing Discover ten things every small business should know about Web publishing Plus, get a sneak preview of Windows 98's new features for small businesses
eBay for Dummies, 1st edition
Authors: Roland Woerner, Stephanie Becker, Marsha Collier
Venue:  (1999)

:Internet auctions are the hottest place to buy and sell anything, and the most popular location is eBay. Woerner introduces readers to the popular online auction service and the convenience of finding elusive collectibles without trudging through flea markets. Learn how to make savvy bids and improve selling techniques with information on image editing, pricing, marketing and more. With over 375,000 new postings and more than 1.7 million hits a day, the e-Bay auction community can be overwhelming. In this new edition of eBay For Dummies,you will find updated strategies for coming out on top, whether you're posting items, making bids, or arranging payments