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IRQ Book
Authors: Kate Chase
Venue:  (1999)

:Troubleshoot and fix virtually any PC hardware conflict! Error messages and system freezes are all common to PCs as they try to cope with the techno-weight of modems,printers,scanners,video boards,sound cards,and other multiple devices heaped on top of the buggy versions of Windows. This indispensable text/CD-ROM package offers you up-to-the-minute preventive guidance and troubleshooting solutions to the many hardware conflicts that can plague your PC. Keep every peripheral device attached to your PC tuned and optimized for peak performanceand solve conflicts in no timewith this dynamic duo from two of today's top troubleshooting experts. The IRQ Book. Error messages and system freezes are all common to PCs as they try to cope with the techno-weight of modems,printers,scanners,video boards,sound cards,and other multiple devices heaped on top of the buggy versions of Windows. This indispensable text/CD-ROM package offers you up-to-the-minute preventive guidance and troubleshooting solutions to the many hardware conflicts that can plague your PC. The IRQ Book first emphasizes the importance of proper configuration to your PC prductivity,giving you all the basics of how to configure system components and manage configuration to minimize conflicts,maximize performance,and reduce the downtime troubleshooting through a tricky setup. It offers you a solid body of troubleshooting techniques,including how to identify and resolve fatal errors,use configuration files and logs in troubleshooting,troubleshoot through Windows Protection Errors at boot,and troubleshoot Plug-and-Play devices. You'll also find clarifying coverage of the new PC99 specs,USBtechnology,device-management workings of the Windows Registry,and a lot more. Highlighted by a chapter that helps you resolve the 12 most common hardware conflicts and problems,The IRQ Book guides you expertly through the maze of system interrupts to help you ensure your PC is as problem-free as possible.
Business Analysis with Excel
Authors: Conrad Carlberg
Venue:  (1995)

:The small business market is booming, and business owners and financial analysts are looking for a book to give them an edge over everyone else. Que is the only publisher to do that, with this comprehensive guide to running a business using Excel's powerful financial capabilities. Readers will learn how to do income statements, balance the books, optimize cash flow, budget, forecast, and more!Covers analysis contribution, margin, fixed assets, growth, investment, and sensitivity analysisWritten by a small business ownerDisk can be used to automate the creation of forecasts, quality control, charts, and sales and marketing analysis and to incorporate fully developed Excel worksheets into your own business analysis challenges
Probabilistic robotics
Authors: Sebastian Thrun
Venue: Communications of the ACM (2002)

Planning and navigation algorithms exploit statistics gleaned from uncertain, imperfect real-world environments to guide robots toward their goals and around obstacles.
A modular geometric constraint solver for user interface applications
Authors: Hiroshi Hosobe
Venue: Proceedings of the 14th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology (2001)

Constraints have been playing an important role in the user interface field since its infancy. A prime use of constraints in this field is to automatically maintain geometric layouts of graphical objects. To facilitate the construction of constraint-based user interface applications, researchers have proposed various constraint satisfaction methods and constraint solvers. Most previous research has focused on either local propagation or linear constraints, excluding more general nonlinear ones. However, nonlinear geometric constraints are practically useful to various user interfaces, e.g., drawing editors and information visualization systems. In this paper, we propose a novel constraint solver called Chorus, which realizes various powerful nonlinear geometric constraints such as Euclidean geometric, non-overlapping, and graph layout constraints. A key feature of Chorus is its module mechanism that allows users to define new kinds of geometric constraints. Also, Chorus supports "soft" constraints with hierarchical strengths or preferences (i.e., constraint hierarchies). We describe its framework, algorithm, implementation, and experimental results.
Internet Activities: Adventures On The Superhighway
Authors: Gary L. Ashton
Venue:  (1995)

:Welcome yourself to the Internetthe largest computer network in the worldwith this activity-oriented, hands-on text-workbook. Learning activities give you all the skills you need to navigate the Internet. Internet Activities is divided into three sections. This book will give you the skills you need to experience the superhighway and expand your knowledge.
The Illustrated AutoCAD 2000 Quick Reference, 1st edition
Authors: Ralph Grabowski
Venue:  (1999)

:This illustrated quick reference, which covers all AutoCAD software commands, will put the power and speed of AutoCAD 2000 at your fingertips. For easy reference, commands and functions are listed alphabetically, with new AutoCAD 2000 commands and features highlighted. The clear, direct descriptions are enhanced by numerous illustrations. Commands include: toolbar icon, command name, command description, all variables on command input, complete sequence of commands, dialog box or screen shot, and tablet coordinates.Keywords: AutoCAD Quick Reference
Crosstalk noise optimization by post-layout transistor sizing
Authors: Masanori Hashimoto, Masao Takahashi, Hidetoshi Onodera
Venue: Proceedings of the 2002 international symposium on Physical design (2002)

This paper proposes a post-layout transistor sizing method for crosstalk noise reduction. The proposed method downsizes the drivers of the aggressor wires for noise reduction, utilizing the precise interconnect information extracted from the detail-routed layouts. We develop a transistor sizing algorithm for crosstalk noise reduction under delay constraints, and construct a crosstalk noise optimization method utilizing a crosstalk noise estimation method and a transistor sizing framework which are previously developed. Our method exploits the transistor sizing framework that can vary the transistor widths inside cells with interconnects unchanged. Our optimization method therefore never cause a new crosstalk noise problem, and does not need iterative layout optimization. The effectiveness of the proposed method is experimentally examined using 2 circuits. The maximum noise voltage is reduced by more than 50% without delay increase. These results show that the risk of crosstalk noise problems can be considerably reduced after detail-routing.
Formal specification and verification of safety and performance of TCP selective acknowledgment
Authors: Mark A. Smith, K. K. Ramakrishnan
Venue: IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (TON) (2002)

We present a formal specification of the selective acknowledgment (SACK) mechanism that is being proposed as a new standard option for TCP. The formal specification allows one to reason about the SACK protocol; thus, we are able to formally prove that the SACK mechanism does not violate the safety properties (reliable, at most once, and in order message delivery) of the acknowledgment (ACK) mechanism that is currently used with TCP. The new mechanism is being proposed to improve the performance of TCP when multiple packets are lost from one window of data. The proposed mechanism for implementing the SACK option for TCP is sufficiently complicated that it is not obvious that it is indeed safe, so we think it is important to formally verify its safety properties.In addition to safety, we are also able to show that SACK can improve the time it takes for the sender to recover from multiple packet losses. With the additional information available at a SACK sender, the round-trip time that a cumulative ACK sender waits before retransmitting each subsequent packet lost after the very first loss can be saved. We also show that SACK can improve performance even with window sizes as small as four packets and in situations where acknowledgment packets are lost.
Local microcomputer networks and their impact on computer science education
Authors: Hayden S. Porter
Venue: Proceedings of the 20th annual Southeast regional conference (1982)

Advances in computer science and semiconductor technology have combined to create what now generally is recognized as the computer revolution. Three features of this revolution are examined as to their impact on computer science education: 1) the reduction of the cost threshold to gain access to computation, 2) the avaliability of dedicated processors for real-time computation, and 3) the existence of local computer networks in which the nodes are stand-alone microcomputers that share information and expensive peripheral devices. It is argued that major benefits such as decreased cost/performance ratios, enhanced flexibility and freedom from obsolescence accrue to computer science programs using such microcomputer networks versus a central host computer using interactive timesharing.
U S WEST Implements a Cogent Analytical Model for Optimal Vehicle Replacement
Authors: Dennis C. Dietz, Paul A. Katz
Venue: Interfaces (2001)

We developed and implemented a model-based replacement process for a diverse fleet of vehicles at U S WEST, a major telecommunications company (since June 2000, Qwest Communications International). The model considers relevant age-dependent factors, including annual maintenance cost, opportunity cost of downtime, depreciation, and salvage value. It assigns a replacement score to each candidate vehicle based on age, type, estimated replacement cost, and estimated maintenance cost in the next year of operation. The model then rank-orders the vehicles by score and identifies them for replacement subject to a budget constraint on fleet capital expenditure. Through implementation of the model-based process, the company expects an annual benefit of more than $13 million.
Shamans, Software, and Spleens: Law and the Construction of the Information Society
Authors: James Boyle
Venue:  (1997)

:Who owns your genetic information? Might it be the doctors who, in the course of removing your spleen, decode a few cells and turn them into a patented product? In 1990 the Supreme Court of California said yes, marking another milestone on the information superhighway. This extraordinary case is one of the many that James Boyle takes up in Shamans, Software, and Spleens, a timely look at the infinitely tricky problems posed by the information society. Discussing topics ranging from blackmail and insider trading to artificial intelligence (with good-humored stops in microeconomics, intellectual property, and cultural studies along the way), he has produced a penetrating social theory of the information age. Now more than ever, information is power, and questions about who owns it, who controls it, and who gets to use it carry powerful implications. Boyle finds that our ideas about intellectual property rights rest on the notion of the Romantic author - a notion that Boyle maintains is not only outmoded, but actually counterproductive, restricting debate, slowing innovation, and widening the gap between rich and poor nations. What emerges from this lively discussion is a compelling argument for relaxing the initial protection of authors' works and expanding the concept of the fair use of information.
Computer Science Tapestry: Exploring Programming and Computer Science with C++, 2nd edition
Authors: Owen L. Astrachan
Venue:  (1999)

:A Computer Science Tapestry provides a compelling introduction to computer science and program using C++. Drawing from real-world examples, the text exploits the best features of C++ in teaching programming, computer science, and problem-solving and software engineering skills. The book is designed to be used by students with no programming experience but provides a solid introduction to C++ and object-based object-oriented programming for those with knowledge of another programming language. The book focuses on reading, using, and modifying classes before designing and implementing them; the classes are based on industry-accepted standards but have been developed and tested for use by beginning students. Emphasizing recent approaches to programming and pedagogy, students use classes as clients or apprentices to begin their study of programming and computer science and as a gradual introduction to object-based programming. In later chapters, class implementations are used to study advanced features of C++.
Out of many, one: reliable results from unreliable recognition
Authors: Henry Lieberman
Venue: CHI '02 extended abstracts on Human factors in computing systems (2002)

Recognition technologies such as speech recognition and optical recognition are still, by themselves, not reliable enough for many practical uses in user interfaces. However, by combining input from several sources, each of which may be unreliable by itself, and with knowledge of a specific task and context that the user is engaged in, we might achieve enough recognition to provide useful results. We describe a preliminary experiment to assist the user in giving directions for urban navigation by combining partial results from unreliable speech recognition and unreliable visual recognition.
Little iMac Book
Authors: Robin Williams
Venue:  (1998)

:So you've gotten yourself a nifty new iMac, but now what do you do? Open this book, sit down at your iMac, and let Robin Williams show you how to get started with your new computer. This book is completely understandable, basic, and fun - as fun as the iMac itself. There's no better way to get up and running and productive on your iMac and have a good time doing it.
FileMaker Pro 5 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide
Authors: Nolan Hester
Venue:  (2000)

:FileMaker is a popular, flexible, and powerful tool that makes people more productive and saves them hours of grunt work. So is Peachpit's FileMaker Pro 5 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide. Whether you're new to FileMaker, upgrading to version 5, or a Web developer looking for a simple way to serve databases, this book will have you up and running in no time. In the tradition of Peachpit's other Visual QuickStart Guides, FileMaker Pro 5: VQS is loaded with screenshots and clear, concise explanations of critical database publishing tasks. Start with basics like working with records and files, and move on to more advanced tasks such as creating and designing databases. Or, use the handy tabbed format to page straight to the specific topics that interest you, such as printing and networking or Web publishing with FileMaker. Platform: MAC WIN
Job performance evaluation of data processing personnel: an empirical study
Authors: Charles K. Woodruff
Venue: Proceedings of the 18th annual Southeast regional conference (1980)

Job performance evaluations of 16 systems analysts, 52 programmer analysts, 63 programmers, and 71 operations personnel from twelve data processing centers in metropolitan Atlanta are presented. Judgmental ratings of eight job characteristic traits by the individual's manager or supervisor were used. Study subjects were rated highest in Cooperation and lowest in Innovativeness. Systems analysts were rated highest of the functional groups.
LAN Times Encyclopedia of Networking, 2nd edition
Authors: Thomas Sheldon
Venue:  (1996)

:1,000 + Pages of Instant Networking Answers Just how fast is ATM? SHould I use OSI to manage my network? What is the most secure way to conduct business transactions over the Internet? For instant answers to hundreds of questions like these, turn to the LAN Times Encyclopedia of Networking, by Tom Sheldon. It's the ultimate desktop guide to networking trends and technologies--from peer-to-peer communication and data encryption to broadband communications and LANs and WANs. Organized alphabetically, each clearly-written entry gives you ready-tosue facts, concepts and procedures on: Standards and protocols, including the WAN protocol, client-server protocol, messaging APIs, E-mail and more; Management and security issues such as authentication and authorization, digital signatures, key encryption, distributed file systems and more; Methods and technologies: Ethernet, Token Ring, ARCNETl TCPP and many others; Telecommunications topics, including carrier services like Frame Relay, ATM, ISDN, and SONET; and much, much more.
Champions of Silicon Valley: Visionary Thinking from Today's Technology Pioneers
Authors: Charles G. Sigismund
Venue:  (2000)

:Cutting-edge ideas flow like water in Silicon Valley. Managers and business professionals all over the world look to this region as a model for creating their own success stories. The growth of the high-tech industry can be attributed to a combination of risk taking and vision coming from a handful of individuals. Taken straight from the mouths and minds of the people who created and now champion them, Champions of Silicon Valley focuses on some of the most important and influential visions and business approaches to come out of Silicon Valley. Charles Sigismund examines the unique accomplishments of these Silicon Valley companies and their visionaries through extensive field research and interviews. He explores high tech's most influential visions and details how these ideas reached fruition. The approaches included are as varied and effective as the individuals and organizations that work with them. 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
A comparative study of speech in the call center: natural language call routing vs. touch-tone menus
Authors: Bernhard Suhm, Josh Bers, Dan McCarthy, Barbara Freeman, David Getty, Katherine Godfrey, Pat Peterson
Venue: Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on Human factors in computing systems: Changing our world, changing ourselves (2002)

This paper presents a field study that compares natural language call routing with standard touch-tone menus. Call routing is the task of getting callers to the right place in the call center, which could be the appropriate live agent or automated service. Natural language call routing lets callers describe the reason for their call in their own words, instead of presenting them with a list of menu options to select from using the telephone touch-tone keypad. The field study was conducted in a call center of a large telecommunication service provider. Results show that with natural language call routing, more callers respond to the main routing prompt, more callers are routed to a specific destination (instead of defaulting to a general operator who may have to transfer them), and more callers are routed to the correct agent. Our survey data show that callers overwhelmingly prefer natural language call routing over standard touch-tone menus. Furthermore, natural language call routing can also deliver significant cost savings to call centers
Windows 95 Bible, with CD, 2nd edition
Authors: Alan Simpson
Venue:  (1997)

:The world took a while to catch up to the Windows 95 operating system. Now, in Windows 95 Bible, best-selling author and Windows guru Alan Simpson updates you on all the revolutionary developments following his Windows&reg; 95 Uncut, including Getting the most out of the Internet with Microsoft Internet Explorer 4, Outlook Express, Microsoft NetMeeting, and Microsoft Chat Taking advantage of the new Active Desktop and live desktop components Effectively using Windows 95 in a corporate environment Getting under the hood to do things like tweak the Windows Registry Plus, along with all the latest information on customizing and maintaining Windows 95, networking, and hardware and software installation, Windows 95 Bible comes complete with a bonus CD-ROM that is full of shareware utilities, educational programs, games, and more.
A 2-D HMM method for offline handwritten character recognition
Authors: Hee-Seon Park, Bong-Kee Sin, Jongsub Moon, Seong-Whan Lee
Venue: Hidden Markov models: applications in computer vision (2001)

In this paper we consider a hidden Markov mesh random field (HMMRF) for character recognition. The model consists of a "hidden" Markov mesh random field (MMRF) and on overlying probabilistic observation function of the MMRF. Just like the 1-D HMM, the hidden layer is characterized by the initial and the transition probability distributions, and the ovservation layer is defined by distribution functions for vector-quantized (VQ) observations. The HMMRF-based method consists of two phases: decoding and training. The decoding and the training algorithms are developed using dynamic programming and maximum likelihood estimation methods. To accelerate the computation in both phases, we employed a look-ahead scheme based on maximum marginal a posteriori probability criterion for third-order HMMRF. Tested on a largetst-set handwritten Korean Hangul character database, the model showed a promising result: up to 87.2% recognition rate with 8 state HMMRF and 128 VQ levels.
A new notation for arrows
Authors: Ross Paterson
Venue: Proceedings of the sixth ACM SIGPLAN international conference on Functional programming (2001)

The categorical notion of monad, used by Moggi to structure denotational descriptions, has proved to be a powerful tool for structuring combinator libraries. Moreover, the monadic programming style provides a convenient syntax for many kinds of computation, so that each library defines a new sublanguage. Recently, several workers have proposed a generalization of monads, called variously "arrows" or Freyd-categories. The extra generality promises to increase the power, expressiveness and efficiency of the embedded approach, but does not mesh as well with the native abstraction and application. Definitions are typically given in a point-free style, which is useful for proving general properties, but can be awkward for programming specific instances. In this paper we define a simple extension to the functional language Haskell that makes these new notions of computation more convenient to use. Our language is similar to the monadic style, and has similar reasoning properties. Moreover, it is extensible, in the sense that new combining forms can be defined as expressions in the host language.
Unsupervised Learning of Finite Mixture Models
Authors: Mario A. T. Figueiredo, Anil K. Jain
Venue: IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (2002)

This paper proposes an unsupervised algorithm for learning a finite mixture model from multivariate data. The adjective ¿unsupervised¿ is justified by two properties of the algorithm: 1) it is capable of selecting the number of components and 2) unlike the standard expectation-maximization (EM) algorithm, it does not require careful initialization. The proposed method also avoids another drawback of EM for mixture fitting: the possibility of convergence toward a singular estimate at the boundary of the parameter space. The novelty of our approach is that we do not use a model selection criterion to choose one among a set of preestimated candidate models; instead, we seamlessly integrate estimation and model selection in a single algorithm. Our technique can be applied to any type of parametric mixture model for which it is possible to write an EM algorithm; in this paper, we illustrate it with experiments involving Gaussian mixtures. These experiments testify for the good performance of our approach.