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The MATLAB 5 Handbook, 2nd edition
Authors: Eva Dart-Enander, Eva Part-Enander, Anders Sjoberg
Venue:  (1999)

:Do you know what you want to achieve but are not sure how to do it using MATLAB? Would you like some practical guidance on the use of MATLAB? Are you an experienced MATLAB user in need of a complete reference? Would you like a quick reference to the MATLAB commands? Would you like to see examples of what a given MATLAB command can do? Would you like to create user-defined programs in MATLAB code? Are you looking for an alternative to the manuals and all those MATLAB books tied to specific subjects? If the answer to any of these questions is yes, then The MATLAB 5 Handbook is a must-have reference for you. It will provide you with the skills to use MATLAB efficiently and effectively, an understanding of the mathematical models underpinning MATLAB and the confidence to explore the potential of MATLAB further. The MATLAB 5 Handbook features: Conceptually-close commands grouped together in chapters, sections and tables so that problems can be solved in the easiest possible way Self-contained chapters which can be read independently of each other Straightforward examples and demonstrations of the commands Complete description of MATLAB's powerful graphics package Step-by-step introduction for the beginner Thorough description of how MATLAB can be used with C and Fortran Brief overview of available toolboxes The book is based on MATLAB 5.2 but can be used with other releases and also with both Student and Professional versions of the software. The authors have successfully developed, tried and tested this material with thousands of students.
Managing Software Quality
Authors: Richard E. Nance, James D. Arthur
Venue:  (2002)

:What should be every software organization's primary goal? Managing Software Quality. Producing and sustaining the high quality of products and processes in evolutionary systems are at the core of software engineering, and it is only through a comprehensive measurement program that a successful outcome can be assured. Cost and budget limitations, schedule due dates, all represent systems engineering constraints which impinge on the degree to which software development and maintenance professional can achieve maximum quality. Richard Nance and James Arthur's guide to managing software quality goes beyond the usual answers to the "why" and "what" questions generally provided in the standards documents. They not only look at the "how to" in their focus of the measurement of software quality, but also come up with specific suggestions to the pressing needs of practising software engineers, quality assurance engineers and software and project managers. "This is one of the few books in this area that addresses the 'quality' aspect based upon the important aspect of documentation. In addition, the book provides a basis for not only the software manager concerned with measurement implementation, but also the researcher in identifying the current state of the art and practice. This will be a key reference guide for anyone that is concerned with developing quality software." (William H Farr, PhD, Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division) About the Authors: Research motivated by problems arising in large, complex software systems is what stimulates Richard Nance. His collaboration with the U.S. Navy on major software-intensive programs spans over 30 years. James Arthur is an AssociateProfessor of Computer Science at Virginia Tech.
Markowitz Revisited: Mean-Variance Models in Financial Portfolio Analysis
Authors: Marc C. Steinbach
Venue: SIAM Review (2001)

Mean-variance portfolio analysis provided the first quantitative treatment of the tradeoff between profit and risk. We describe in detail the interplay between objective and constraints in a number of single-period variants, including semivariance models. Particular emphasis is laid on avoiding the penalization of overperformance. The results are then used as building blocks in the development and theoretical analysis of multiperiod models based on scenario trees. A key property is the possibility of removing surplus money in future decisions, yielding approximate downside risk minimization.
On Tractable Approximations of Uncertain Linear Matrix Inequalities Affected by Interval Uncertainty
Authors: Aharon Ben-Tal, Arkadi Nemirovski
Venue: SIAM Journal on Optimization (2002)

We present efficiently verifiable sufficient conditions for the validity of specific NP-hard semi-infinite systems of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs) arising from LMIs with uncertain data and demonstrate that these conditions are "tight" up to an absolute constant factor. In particular, we prove that given an $n\times n$ interval matrix ${\cal U}_\rho=\{A\mid\, |A_{ij}-A^*_{ij}|\leq\rho C_{ij}\}$, one can build a computable lower bound, accurate within the factor ${\pi\over 2}$, on the supremum of those $\rho$ for which all instances of ${\cal U}_\rho$ share a common quadratic Lyapunov function. We then obtain a similar result for the problem of quadratic Lyapunov stability synthesis. Finally, we apply our techniques to the problem of maximizing a homogeneous polynomial of degree 3 over the unit cube.
Introduction to PCs, 4th edition
Authors: Katherine Murray, Doug White, Tony Shafer
Venue:  (1993)

:A solid introduction to the world of PCs-ideal for users who need to know the basics!Identifies each element of the PC and explains its importanceIntroduces readers to different types of software, including a complete overview of operating systemsIncludes a comprehensive glossary of PC terminology
Multimedia: Computing, Communications and Applications: Media Coding and Content Processing, 1st edition
Authors: Ralf Steinmetz, Klara Nahrstedt
Venue:  (2002)

:The state-of-the-art in multimedia content analysis, media foundations, and compressionCovers digital audio, images, video, graphics, and animationIncludes real-world project sets that help you build and test your expertise By two of the world's leading experts in advanced multimedia systems developmentThe practical, example-rich guide to media coding and content processing for every multimedia developer.From DVDs to the Internet, media coding and content processing are central to the effective delivery of high-quality multimedia. In this book, two of the field's leading experts introduce today's state-of-the-art, presenting realistic examples and projects designed to help implementers create multimedia systems with unprecedented performance. Ralf Steinmetz and Klara Nahrstedt introduce the fundamental characteristics of digital audio, images, video, graphics, and animation; demonstrate powerful new approaches to content analysis and compression; and share expert insights into system and end-user issues every advanced multimedia professional must understand. Coverage includes: Generic characteristics of multimedia and data streams, and their impact on multimedia system designEssential audio concepts and representation techniques: sound perception, psychoacoustics, music, MIDI, Speech signals, and related I/O and transmission issuesGraphics and image characteristics: image formats, analysis, synthesis, reconstruction, and outputVideo signals, television formats, digitization, and computer-based animation issuesFundamental compression methods: run-length, Huffman, and subbandcodingMultimedia compression standards: JPEG, H.232, and various MPEG techniques Optical storage technologies and techniques: CD-DA, CD-ROM, DVD, and beyondContent processing techniques: Image analysis, video processing, cut detection, and audio analysisFirst in an authoritative 3-volume set on tomorrow's robust multimedia desktop: real-time audio, video, and streaming media.Multimedia Fundamentals offers a single, authoritative source for the knowledge and techniques you need to succeed with any advanced multimedia development project. Look for Volume 2 focusing on networking and operating system-related issues, and Volume 3 focusing on service and application issues.
An operational approach to data bases
Authors: N. Spyratos
Venue: Proceedings of the 1st ACM SIGACT-SIGMOD symposium on Principles of database systems (1982)

We present a model-independent treatment of some important data base problems. Our approach uses the data base update as elementary concept. The basic tool is the data base view defined by a set of data base updates rather than by the usual view definition mapping.
Using Freelance Graphics Release 2.0 for Windows
Authors: Stephen W. Sagman
Venue:  (1993)

:This is the most reliable resource for developing complete business presentations!Covers all the commands and proceduresExplains how to import text and graphics, use color, manage files, and moreNumerous tips and hints for more efficiency, including a pull-out reference sheet
Java 1.1: The Complete Reference, 2nd edition
Authors: Patrick Naughton, Herbert Schildt
Venue:  (1997)

:Two leading authors bring their reputations to this hands-on, authoritative reference work on Java. Completely updated and expanded, this second edition covers new technologies such as Java Beans, updated AWT Class information, Java Database Connectivity API, and RMI/CORBA integration.
Exploring LANs for the Small Business and Home Office
Authors: John Breeden, Michael Cheek
Venue:  (2001)

:Breeden and Cheek provide an insight into the newest product from Microsoft  Office XP. Office XP is the replacement for Microsoft Office, designed to take users into the 21st century. Breeden and Cheek provide tips and tricks for the experienced office user, to help them find maximum value in this new software.
Making It Personal: How to Profit from Personalization without Invading Privacy
Authors: Bruce Kasanoff, Martha Rogers, Don Peppers
Venue:  (2001)

:"Everything we do and everywhere we go leaves a trail; the difference now is that it's all being recorded, analyzed, and disseminated by powerful technologies and sophisticated processing systems. The potential of these systems is enormous. Gathering data on behaviors and preferences allows businesses to enhance customer relationships, distribute knowledge and expertise around the world, and negotiate more effectively with suppliers, distributors, and partners. Meanwhile, the medical, educational, governmental, and non-profit communities are using them to provide more effective services to their constituents." In Making It Personal, business and technology expert Bruce Kasanoff explores the impact of these "personalization" technologies, and how to apply them without crossing that line. In fascinating detail, he describes initiatives underway that sound like science fiction - from biometric facial recognition sensors to employee behavior monitoring programs to geospatial vehicle-tracking devices. Illustrating these increasingly common practices with examples drawn from all types of organizations, Kasanoff considers the commercial, cultural, and legal implications, as individuals and businesses become increasingly interconnected. The result is not only a compelling and thought-provoking narrative, but also a practical framework from which to assess the opportunities and threats posed by personalization - and how you and your organization will respond.
Java and Object Orientation: An Introduction, 1st edition
Authors: John Hunt
Venue:  (1997)

:Java and Object Orientation: An Introduction (2nd edition) shows readers how to build object oriented applications in Java. Written in a clear and concise style, with lots of examples, this revised edition provides: - A detailed understanding of object orientation - A thorough introduction to Java including building blocks, constructs, classes, data structures etc. - Coverage of graphical user interfaces and applets (AWT, Servlets) - Object oriented analysis and design including UML. If you are looking for a good introduction to Java and object orientation, then this is the book for you.
WebMaster in a Nutshell
Authors: Stephen Spainhour, Valerie Quercia
Venue:  (1996)

:WebMaster in a Nutshell takes all the essential reference information for the Web and pulls it together into one slim volume. This book is a quick reference for anyone who works on the Web - content providers, programmers, and administrators alike. WebMaster in a Nutshell covers HTML 3.2, the markup language for Web documents; CGI, for creating interactive content on the Web; JavaScript, a scripting language that can be embedded directly into HTML to make interactive Web page; HTML extensions from Netscape Navigator 3.0 and Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0; examples and descriptions of the HTML tags for creating frames, tables, and fill-in forms; HTTP 1.1, the underlying protocol that drives the Web; configuration for the Apache, NCSA, CERN, Netscape, and Website servers; Perl 5, the programming language used most often for CGI; WinCGI, the CGI interface for Windows-based programming languages; Cookies, for maintaining state between multiple HTTP transactions ; and Server Side Includes, for embedding dynamic data into Web pages. WebMaster in a Nutshell breaks up these topics into concise, distinct chapters, designed to make it easy to find the information you want at a moment's notice.
Sams Teach Yourself Ado 2.5 in 21 Days, 1st edition
Authors: Christoph Wille, Bradley Jones, Christian Koller
Venue:  (2000)

:Sams Teach Yourself ADO 2.5 in 21 Days teaches you how to build distributed database applications using today's latest technologies. Step-by-step tutorials and real-world examples illustrate how ADO enables programmers to access data in the most optimal manner. This book's coverage includes basic implementation of ADO 2.5 (i.e., data manipulation, working with recordsets, using stored procedures), advanced techniques (i.e., how to work asynchronously, data shaping, building applications, database management), and using ADO in a distributed environment (i.e., designing COM+ apps, the in-memory database, disconnecting data, using remote data service, debugging and tuning).
DBASE for DOS for Dummies
Authors: Scott D. Palmer, Michael Stabler
Venue:  (1994)

:As one of the first and most popular database programs for personal computers, dBASE has had a long time to evolve and incorporate powerful, time-saving features. Now, with dBASE For DOS For Dummies, all the capabilities of dBASE versions IV and 5 are at your disposal. Find here all the practical, easy-to-understand information you need to... Install dBASE and customize it to suit your work style Make sense of dBASE's multitude of menus Efficiently enter data -- and even how to undelete records Create a variety of forms to meet particular needs Use queries to sift out the critical data you need Generate mailing labels and form letters Check for errors and format data using on-screen forms Plus, in this plain-English guidebook, authors and database pros Scott Palmer and Michael Stabler share their top ten list of fun facts about dBASE, dBASE problems and how to solve them, and awful database terms (along with suggested penalties for those who use them).
Open Source
Authors: John Morris, Tim O'Reilly, Brian Behlendorf, Erwin J. Basinski
Venue: Proceedings of the 12th annual conference on Computers, freedom and privacy (2002)

Most of the core standards and protocols on which the Internet is built are in the public domain or available on a "royalty free" (RF) basis, and the open source software movement depends on such an approach. Increasingly, however, standards settings organizations such as the IETF and the W3C have considered standards that would be covered by "reasonable and non-discriminatory" (RAND) patent licensing. Standards bodies are also increasingly facing claims by third parties that standards and protocols in development are covered by privately held patents. These patent issues raise fundamental and difficult questions about the work of standards bodies, and the future of open source and the open Internet.
Windows NT Server 4, 2nd edition
Authors: William J. Anderson, R. Andrew Brice, Bill Matsoukas, Michael Lane Thomas
Venue:  (1998)

:This second edition is designed as a self-contained supplement for all MCSE candidates. The book tests readers with hundreds of questions organized by objective, then follows the question sections with answers and in-depth explanations.
Microsoft Word 2002: Introductory Concepts and Techniques, 1st edition
Authors: Gary B. Shelly, Thomas J. Cashman, Misty E. Vermaat
Venue:  (2001)

:Part of the highly successful Shelly Cashman Series, Microsoft Word 2002 Introductory Concepts and Techniques provides step-by-step instructions accompanied by full-color screen shots, helping students learn basic Word skills quickly and easily.
Internet: The Rough Guide, 4th edition
Authors: Angus J. Kennedy
Venue:  (1998)

:Want to get up to speed online without any hassle? This bestselling guide will make you an Internet guru in the shortest possible time. In plain English, with no hint of techie jargon, it explains: sending email, browsing sports, news and travel info, shopping for the best Internet deals, downloading free software and creating your own web pages. The Rough Guide starts at the beginning with a description of what the Internet is and how it developed, takes you through all the steps to get online, and helps you make use of what's there. Includes more than 1100 critical reviews of web sites, and detailed instructions for road warriors connecting anywhere in the world-all in a pocket-size package.
Fixturing features selection in feature-based systems
Authors: Somashekar R. Subrahmanyam
Venue: Computers in Industry (2002)

Fixturing is one of the important steps involved in process planning for machining. This paper deals with finding fixturing features from the design and machining features in a feature-based CAD system. A methodology for consideration of forces and moments generated during machining are presented for drilling and milling processes. The maximum forces and moments generated are primarily used to find fixturing features like supporting, locating, and clamping features. A feature-based approach to fixturing analysis is ideally suited in a CAD/CAM/CAE system based on feature-based design and analysis.
Rescued by Active Server Pages and Asp.Net, 1st edition
Authors: Rob Francis, Kris (Ed.) Jamsa
Venue:  (2001)

:Rescued by ASP is a complete book and reference for working with Active Server Pages (ASP) that will appeal to both new and advanced users and developers of ASP.The first part of the book introduces the reader to the basics and fundamentals of ASP, giving the reader a solid foundation to build more complex and intricate sites using Active Server Pages.In Part II, the book covers some of the common requirements of developers when working with ASP. Some of these common requirements include e-mailing, working with files, handling page counters, and determining properties and capabilities of remote browsers, to name a few.In Part III, the book introduces the reader to the Structured Query Language (SQL) and working with databases. This section includes working with Microsoft Access and Microsoft SQL Server.In Part IV, the reader is shown how to use advanced methods to enhance ASP and extend the capabilities of the language by creating various component models, as well as learning the difference between these component models. Debugging and error handling techniques to aid in overcoming obstacles when writing Active Server Pages, as well as creating user friendly pages that handle problems gracefully, are also covered.
Virtual Addiction: Help for Netheads, Cyberfreaks, and Those Who Love Them
Authors: David Greenfeld, Catharine Sutker
Venue:  (1999)

From the Book:When I first approached the idea for this book, it was based in part, on my personal experience with the power of the Internet. When I was first introduced to the Internet I became almost instantly entranced by the online world. I noticed that I was spending far more time online than I had planned to each time I went online (and still do). I also noticed that the Internet experience was exciting to me. It felt like an adventure, and it was fun. The colors, sounds, and information all available 24 hours a day felt almost intoxicating. Like many of you, I had already been using a computer. I had essentially used it for word processing, desktop publishing, and financial programs. Although I liked the computer, it never excited me the way it did after I went online.
Block-Iterative Algorithms with Diagonally Scaled Oblique Projections for the Linear Feasibility Problem
Authors: Yair Censor, Tommy Elfving
Venue: SIAM Journal on Matrix Analysis and Applications (2002)

We formulate a block-iterative algorithmic scheme for the solution of systems of linear inequalities and/or equations and analyze its convergence. This study provides as special cases proofs of convergence of (i) the recently proposed component averaging (CAV) method of Censor, Gordon, and Gordon [Parallel Comput., 27 (2001), pp. 777--808], (ii) the recently proposed block-iterative CAV (BICAV) method of the same authors [IEEE Trans. Medical Imaging, 20 (2001), pp. 1050--1060], and (iii) the simultaneous algebraic reconstruction technique (SART) of Andersen and Kak [ Ultrasonic Imaging, 6 (1984), pp. 81--94] and generalizes them to linear inequalities. The first two algorithms are projection algorithms which use certain generalized oblique projections and diagonal weighting matrices which reflect the sparsity of the underlying matrix of the linear system. The previously reported experimental acceleration of the initial behavior of CAV and BICAV is thus complemented here by a mathematical study of the convergence of the algorithms.
Enterprise Development Using Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 with Cdrom
Authors: David Chesnut, Jo Berry, Shawn Lock
Venue:  (1999)

:Produced by the award-winning Microsoft Mastering series team, this is the ultimate self-study solution for transitioning from desktop to enterprise development. Companion lab exercises provide learn-by-doing practice with critical programming tasks. By the end of the course, students have created a full-featured enterprise solution. The CD contains complete code from the lessons.
Bluetooth End to End
Authors: Dee Dee M. Bakker, Diane McMichael Gilster
Venue:  (2002)

From the Book:PrefaceIn today's mobile society, the need to connect communications and networking devices together with a physical cable is becoming more and more of a nuisance. With the emergence of the digital cellular telephone and handheld (and highly portable) computing devices, users are looking for a way to connect to their local network, the Internet, or even their own desktop computer from wherever they might be. Several emerging technologies can create a wireless world that supports this kind of freedom @md freedom from wires; freedom from land-based telephone systems; and the freedom to access data truly "anytime, anywhere." The Bluetooth technology, which was born from the cellular industry, is only one of the new cable-replacement technologies. Bluetooth, funny name and all, is being developed to provide mobile users with the levels of freedom they desire. Bluetooth technology is certainly a key part of creating what is being called "The Mobile Society." In a Bluetooth world, you can connect your handheld device @md be it a cell phone, a notebook computer, or a personal digital assistant (PDA) @md to your network or even to other Bluetooth-enabled devices to create ad hoc, peer-to-peer networks, using wireless technology. If you and a friend want to share data from one Palm Pilot to another, you don't need to hook up with a link cable. Bluetooth technology enables you and your friend to connect up over a wireless link that is automatically configured. In this book, we offer many other examples of how Bluetooth can be put to use. We provide you with both a general overview of the Bluetooth technology and its applications as well as a more technical, but not too technical, look at the components and how Bluetooth operates to support its applications.