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Web Site Cookbook (Cookbooks (O'Reilly))
Authors: Doug Addison
Venue:  (2006)

The total number of web pages today has been estimated at over 3 billion, spanning millions of individual websites. Not surprisingly, there is tremendous pressure on web developers and designers to remain current with the latest technologies.The Web Site Cookbook from O'Reilly covers all the essential skills that you need to create engaging, visitor-friendly websites. It helps you with the practical issues surrounding their inception, design, and maintenance. With recipes that teach both routine and advanced setup tasks, the book includes clear and professional instruction on a host of topics, including:registering domainsensuring that hostnames workmanaging the directorymaintaining and troubleshooting a websitesite promotionvisitor trackingimplementing e-commerce systemslinking with sales sitesThis handy guide also tackles the various elements of page design. It explains how to control a reader's eye flow, how to choose a template system, how to set up a color scheme, and more.Typical of O'Reilly's "Cookbook" series, the Web Site Cookbook is written in a straightforward format, featuring recipes that contain problem statements and solutions. A detailed explanation then follows each recipe to show you how and why the solution works. This question-solution-discussion format is a proven teaching method, as any fan of the "Cookbook" series can attest to.Regardless of your strong suit or your role in the creation and life of a website, you can benefit from the teachings found in the Web Site Cookbook. It's a must-have tool for advancing your skills and making better sites. The ACM Portal is published by the Association for Computing Machinery. Copyright © 2010 ACM, Inc. Terms of Usage Privacy Policy Code of Ethics Contact Us Useful downloads: Adobe Acrobat QuickTime Windows Media Player Real Player
Microsoft Entourage 2004 for Mac OS X (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Authors: Steve Schwartz
Venue:  (2004)

Both by itself and as part of Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac OS X, Entourage 2004 is about more than just email: It's about managing contacts and setting up appointments and creating task lists. But most of all it's about organization--providing a unified view for sharing, creating, and managing the information that threatens to engulf us. Here to help you make the most of it is the first Visual QuickStart Guide devoted entirely to the topic. In these pages you'll find all the task-based, step-by-step instruction you need to master every aspect of Entourage--from managing multiple email accounts to setting up groups, creating customized send and receive schedules, and more. Best of all, youï¾¿ll get the skinny on all of Entourage 2004's new features--most notably, the very cool Project Center, which provides a single location from which you can view and organize all of the email, files, contacts, meetings, and tasks associated with a given project.
Database, protocols and tools for evaluating score-level fusion algorithms in biometric authentication
Authors: Norman Poh, Samy Bengio
Venue: Pattern Recognition (2006)

Fusing the scores of several biometric systems is a very promising approach to improve the overall system's accuracy. Despite many works in the literature, it is surprising that there is no coordinated effort in making a benchmark database available. It should be noted that fusion in this context consists not only of multimodal fusion, but also intramodal fusion, i.e., fusing systems using the same biometric modality but different features, or same features but using different classifiers. Building baseline systems from scratch often prevents researchers from putting more efforts in understanding the fusion problem. This paper describes a database of scores taken from experiments carried out on the XM2VTS face and speaker verification database. It then proposes several fusion protocols and provides some state-of-the-art tools to evaluate the fusion performance.
A first&dash;order representation of stable models[1]A preliminary version of this paper has appeared in&colon; Proc. 4th International Conference on Logic Programming and Nonmonotonic Reasoning (LPNMR &rsquo;97), J. Dix, U. Furbach and A. Nerode, eds, LNCS 1265, Springer, 1997.
Authors: Thomas Eiter, James Lu, V. S. Subrahmanian
Venue: AI Communications (1998)

Turi (1991) introduced the important notion of a constrained atom&colon; an atom with associated equality and disequality constraints on its arguments. A set of constrained atoms is a constrained interpretation. We investigate how non&dash;ground representations of both the stable model semantics and the well&dash;founded semantics may be obtained through Turi&rsquo;s approach. The practical implication of this is that the well&dash;founded model (or the set of stable models) may be partially pre&dash;computed at compile&dash;time, resulting in the association of each predicate symbol in the program to a constrained atom. Algorithms to create such models are presented, both for the well founded case, and the case of stable models. Query processing reduces to checking whether each atom in the query is true in a stable model (resp. well&dash;founded model). This amounts to showing the atom is an instance of one of some constrained atom whose associated constraint is solvable. Various related complexity results are explored, and the impacts of these results are discussed from the point of view of implementing systems that incorporate the stable and well&dash;founded semantics.
MySQL, Second Edition (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Authors: Larry Ullman
Venue:  (2006)

Even if you've never used MySQL before, this Visual QuickStart Guide will have you up and running with the world's most popular open source database application in no time. In this completely updated edition of our best-selling guide to MySQL, leading technology author Larry Ullman uses his trademark crystal-clear instructions and friendly prose to introduce you to everything that's new in MySQL. Filled with step-by-step, task-based instructions and loads of visual aids, this book explains how to interact with MySQL using SQL, the language common to all databases. The interface examples show how to use MySQL's own tools and how to use three popular programming languages (PHP, Perl, and Java). The book covers MySQL versions 3 and 4, as well as everything new in the eagerly anticipated version 5. Along the way, you'll find extensive coverage of MySQL installation, administration, database design, as well as its use with various programming languages, database programming techniques, utilities, advanced MySQL and SQL, and more! ·ï¾ ï¾ ï¾ Takes an easy, visual approach to teaching MySQL, using pictures to guide you through the software and show you what to do. ·ï¾ ï¾ ï¾ Works like a reference book-you look up what you need and then get straight to work. ·ï¾ ï¾ ï¾ No long-winded passages-concise, straightforward commentary explains what you need to know. ·ï¾ ï¾ ï¾ Affordably priced, because buying a computer book shouldn't be an investment in itself. ·ï¾ ï¾ ï¾ Companion Web site at www.DMCInsights.com/mysql2 contains complete source code for examples in the book, online resources, extra scripts and tutorials, updates, a reader forum, and more.
3D discrete skeleton generation by wave propagation on PR-octree for finite element mesh sizing
Authors: W. R. Quadros, K. Shimada, S. J. Owen
Venue: Proceedings of the ninth ACM symposium on Solid modeling and applications (2004)

This paper proposes a new algorithm to generate a disconnected, three-dimensional (3D) skeleton and an application of such a skeleton to generate a finite element (FE) mesh sizing function of a solid. The mesh sizing function controls the element size and the gradient, and it is crucial in generating a desired FE mesh. Here, a geometry-based mesh sizing function is generated using a skeleton. A discrete skeleton is generated by propagating a wave from the boundary towards the interior on an octree lattice of an input solid model. As the wave propagates, the distance from the boundary and direction of the wave front are calculated at the lattice-nodes (vertices) of the new front. An approximate Euclidean distance metric is used to calculate the distance traveled by the wave. Skeleton points are generated at the region where the opposing fronts meet. The distance at these skeleton points is used to measure both proximity between geometric entities and feature size, and is utilized to generate the mesh size at the lattice-nodes. The proposed octree-based skeleton is more accurate and efficient than traditional voxel-based skeleton and proves to be great tool for mesh sizing function generation.
Development of a runtime infrastructure for large-scale distributed simulations
Authors: Buquan Liu, Yiping Yao, Jing Tao, Huaimin Wang
Venue: Proceedings of the 38th conference on Winter simulation (2006)

With the development of distributed modeling and simulation, it is necessary for the RTI to support large-scale applications. However, many RTIs can not support largescale distributed simulations with more than 100 federates very well nowadays. StarLink+ is an RTI developed according to the IEEE 1516 standard, which can be used for large-scale simulations with thousands of federates. Great innovations are made in StarLink+, such as its architecture and inner implementation technologies. This paper presents the two-level architecture in StarLink+. The unique architecture has the advantages of both central architecture and distributed architecture. To improve the performance much more for large-scale simulations, two important technologies, i.e. multiple threads and data packing, are adopted in StarLink+. In addition, this paper explains the efficient advancing mechanism in time management and discusses the large-scale experiments with thousands of federates in StarLink+.
XQuery
Authors: Priscilla Walmsley
Venue:  (2007)

With the XQuery 1.0 standard, you finally have a tool that will make it much easier to search, extract and manipulate information from XML content stored in databases. This in-depth tutorial not only walks you through the XQuery specification, but also teaches you how to program with this widely anticipated query language.XQuery is for query writers who have some knowledge of XML basics, but not necessarily advanced knowledge of XML-related technologies. It can be used both as a tutorial, by reading cover to cover, and as a reference, by using the comprehensive index and appendixes. Either way, you will find the background knowledge in namespaces, schemas, built-in types and regular expressions that is relevant to writing XML queries. This book provides:A high-level overview and quick tour of XQueryInformation to write sophisticated queries, without being bogged down by the details of types, namespaces, and schemasAdvanced concepts for users who want to take advantage of modularity, namespaces, typing and schemasGuidelines for working with specific types of data, such as numbers, strings, dates, URIs and processing instructionsA complete alphabetical reference to the built-in functions and typesYou will also learn about XQuery's support for filtering, sorting, and grouping data, as well as how to use FLWOR expressions, XPath, and XQuery tools for extracting and combining information. With this book, you will discover how to apply all of these tools to a wide variety of data sources, and how to recombine information from multiple sources into a single final output result.Whether you're coming from SQL, XSLT, or starting from scratch, this carefully paced tutorial takes you through the final 1.0 standard in detail.
Multi-path TCP: a joint congestion control and routing scheme to exploit path diversity in the internet
Authors: Huaizhong Han, Srinivas Shakkottai, C. V. Hollot, R. Srikant, Don Towsley
Venue: IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (TON) (2006)

We consider the problem of congestion-aware multi-path routing in the Internet. Currently, Internet routing protocols select only a single path between a source and a destination. However, due to many policy routing decisions, single-path routing may limit the achievable throughput. In this paper, we envision a scenario where multi-path routing is enabled in the Internet to take advantage of path diversity. Using minimal congestion feedback signals from the routers, we present a class of algorithms that can be implemented at the sources to stably and optimally split the flow between each source-destination pair. We then show that the connection-level throughput region of such multi-path routing/congestion control algorithms can be larger than that of a single-path congestion control scheme.
Metrics for evaluating human information interaction systems
Authors: Jean Scholtz
Venue: Interacting with Computers (2006)

Society today has a wealth of information available due to information technology. The challenge facing researchers working in information access is how to help users easily locate the information needed. Evaluation methodologies and metrics are important tools to assess progress in human information interaction (HII). To properly evaluate these systems, evaluations need to consider the performance of the various components, the usability of the system, and the impact of the system on the end user. Current usability metrics are adequate for evaluating the efficiency, effectiveness, and user satisfaction of such systems. Performance measures for new intelligent technologies will have to be developed. Regardless of how well the systems are and how usable the systems are, it is critical that impact measures are developed. For HII systems to be useful, we need to assess how well information analysts work with the systems. This evaluation needs to go beyond technical performance metrics and usability metrics. What are the metrics for evaluating utility? This paper describes research efforts focused on developing metrics for the intelligence community that measure the impact of new software to facilitate information interaction.
An independent component analysis-based filter design for defect detection in low-contrast surface images
Authors: Du-Ming Tsai, Ping-Chieh Lin, Chi-Jie Lu
Venue: Pattern Recognition (2006)

In this paper, we propose a convolution filtering scheme for detecting small defects in low-contrast uniform surface images and, especially, focus on the applications for backlight panels and glass substrates found in liquid crystal display (LCD) manufacturing. A defect embedded in a low-contrast surface image shows no distinct intensity from its surrounding region, and even worse, the sensed image may present uneven brightness on the surface. All these make the defect detection in low-contrast surface images extremely difficult. In this study, a constrained independent component analysis (ICA) model is proposed to design an optimal filter with the objective that the convolution filter will generate the most representative source intensity of the background surface without noise. The prior constraint incorporated in the ICA model confines the source values of all training image patches of a defect-free image within a small interval of control limits. In the inspection process, the same control parameter used in the constraint is also applied to set up the thresholds that make impulse responses of all pixels in faultless regions within the control limits, and those in defective regions outside the control limits. A stochastic evolutionary computation algorithm, particle swarm optimization (PSO), is applied to solve for the constrained ICA model. Experimental results have shown that the proposed method can effectively detect small defects in low-contrast backlight panels and LCD glass substrate images.
Oracle Database 10g Express Edition PHP Web Programming, 1 edition
Authors: Michael McLaughlin
Venue:  (2006)

The turnkey solution for Oracle’s new FREE database--only from Oracle Press This book and CD-ROM package contains everything you need to get started programming on Oracle Database 10g Express Edition. Learn, hands-on, how to develop enterprise applications in PHP which run on Oracle Database 10g Express Edition. The CD-ROM includes a full version of Oracle Database 10g Express Edition with all of the code and solutions from the book. Table of contentsPart I. PHP Language Fundamentals Chapter 1. Overview of PHP and Oracle Web Programming Chapter 2. Installing and Configuring Oracle Express, Apache, and PHP Chapter 3. Writing Web PagesChapter 4. Variables, Operators, Data Types, and File InclusionChapter 5. Control Structures Part II. PHP Programming Chapter 6. Arrays Chapter 7. FunctionsChapter 8. Objects Chapter 9. Error Management and Exception HandlingChapter 10. File I/OPart III. PHP Application DevelopmentChapter 11. Basic HTTP Authentication and FormsChapter 12. Cookies and SessionsPart IV. PHP and Oracle Express DevelopmentChapter 13. Oracle SQL Queries and TransactionChapter 14. Oracle PL/SQL TransactionsChapter 15. Oracle Large Object TransactionsPart V. AppendixesAPPENDIX A: HTML Tag IndexAPPENDIX B: STRINGS, TOOLS, AND TECHNIQUESAPPENDIX C: PHP ENVIRONMENT CONSTANTSAPPENDIX D: ENVIRONMENT INTERFACES AND OBJECT TYPESAPPENDIX E: POSIX FILE FUNCTIONSAPPENDIX F: DATE FUNCTIONSAPPENDIX G: ORACLE DATABASE PRIMERAPPENDIX H: SQL PRIMERAPPENDIX I: PL/SQL PRIMERAPPENDIX J: DATABASE SETUP SCRIPTSINDEX 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
Mixed-Signal Simulation with the Simbus Backplane
Authors: Douglas R. Hickey, Philip A. Wilsey, Robert J. Hoekstra, Eric R. Keiter, Scott A. Hutchinson, Thomas V. Russo
Venue: Proceedings of the 39th annual Symposium on Simulation (2006)

In this paper, the Simbus Backplane is used in conjunction with SAVANT/TyVIS/WARPED, a parallel VHDL simulator, and Xyce, a parallel SPICE simulation engine, to model and simulate a mixed-signal ASIC-driven charging circuit simulation. In particular, the individual components of an airbag deployment system are described and modeled in the digital and analog domains. A VHDL-based microcontroller interface is designed to control an analog charging circuit based on accelerometer output. The accelerometer and charging circuit are modeled in SPICE and interactions between the two domains are established through the Simbus Backplane. The results of this study provide evidence of the implementation possibilities available with a mixed-signal system and demonstrate the feasibility of continuing work in multi-domain simulation.
Rejection strategies for offline handwritten text line recognition
Authors: Roman Bertolami, Matthias Zimmermann, Horst Bunke
Venue: Pattern Recognition Letters (2006)

This paper investigates rejection strategies for unconstrained offline handwritten text line recognition. The rejection strategies depend on various confidence measures that are based on alternative word sequences. The alternative word sequences are derived from specific integration of a statistical language model in the hidden Markov model based recognition system. Extensive experiments on the IAM database validate the proposed schemes and show that the novel confidence measures clearly outperform two baseline systems which use normalised likelihoods and local n-best lists, respectively.
Spatial join techniques
Authors: Edwin H. Jacox, Hanan Samet
Venue: ACM Transactions on Database Systems (TODS) (2007)

A variety of techniques for performing a spatial join are reviewed. Instead of just summarizing the literature and presenting each technique in its entirety, distinct components of the different techniques are described and each is decomposed into an overall framework for performing a spatial join. A typical spatial join technique consists of the following components: partitioning the data, performing internal-memory spatial joins on subsets of the data, and checking if the full polygons intersect. Each technique is decomposed into these components and each component addressed in a separate section so as to compare and contrast similar aspects of each technique. The goal of this survey is to describe the algorithms within each component in detail, comparing and contrasting competing methods, thereby enabling further analysis and experimentation with each component and allowing the best algorithms for a particular situation to be built piecemeal, or, even better, enabling an optimizer to choose which algorithms to use.
A level set approach to simulate magnetohydrodynamic-instabilities in aluminum reduction cells
Authors: David Munger, Alain Vincent
Venue: Journal of Computational Physics (2006)

Magnetohydrodynamic instabilities at the metal-bath interface in aluminum reduction cells is an important and not fully understood topic. To simulate the two-fluid three-dimensional unstationary flow subject to a background magnetic field, a level set approach is proposed. It features a formulation in terms of the magnetic vector potential to avoid a numerical growth of the divergence of the magnetic field. The same exact projection scheme (with staggered grids) is used for both the velocity field and the magnetic vector potential. Test simulations show that the overall method behaves well in purely hydrodynamic as well as in fully magnetohydrodynamic regimes, in both cases with a single fluid and with two fluids. We also simulate with our technique the metal pad roll instability and trace the behavior of coupled interracial modes.
Simulation of job scheduling for small scale clusters
Authors: Hassan Rajaei, Mohammad Dadfar, Pankaj Joshi
Venue: Proceedings of the 38th conference on Winter simulation (2006)

Despite growing popularity of small-scale clusters built out of off-the-shelf components, there has been little research on how these small-scale clusters behave under different scheduling policies. Batch scheduling policies with backfilling provide excellent space-sharing strategy for parallel jobs. However, as the performances of uniprocessor and symmetric multiprocessor have improved with timesharing scheduling strategies, it is intuitive that the performance of a cluster of PCs with distributed memory may also improve with time-sharing strategies, or a combination of time-sharing and space-sharing strategies. Apart from the batch scheduling policies, this research explores the possibilities of using synchronized time-sharing scheduling algorithms for clusters. This paper describes simulation of the Gang scheduling policies on top of an existing batch scheme. The simulation results indicate that time-sharing scheduler for clusters could exhibit superior performance over a batch policy.
Design approach to implement implicit traffic in a simulation environment
Authors: Charles A. Brooks, Aaron Chesir, Erica Lindy, Jon A. McConnell, Monica Farah-Stapleton
Venue: Proceedings of the 38th conference on Winter simulation (2006)

As the United States' Army attempts to spiral future force technologies into the current force, realistic representations of network-centric warfare become a priority for modeling and simulation (M&S). Specifically, future communications systems will provide different performance and capabilities than current systems, and these new capabilities need to be represented by the Army's M&S. In order to enable realistic analysis, the new communications systems models will need to be loaded by realistic representations of traffic flows to ensure the accuracy of the command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance (C4ISR) analysis results. This paper will present a design approach and a series of algorithms to implement implicit traffic in the Future Combat Systems (FCS) Simulation Environment (FSE). The paper will focus on a phased approach for the generation of implicit traffic that will realistically load the modeled communications networks as the level of explicit traffic within the simulation environment increases from a small percentage to a large percentage of overall traffic.