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The Art of Causal Conjecture
Authors: Glenn Shafer
Venue:  (1996)

: "Causality plays an important role in many fields, from engineering to medicine to artificial intelligence. Glenn Shafer has written an important, scholarly study of causality. He starts with a novel foundation for probability that is mathematically and philosophically solid, uses it to distinguish carefully between notions of causality -- all of which have played an important role in the literature -- and shows how each can be discovered from evidence. This is a book that will be of interest to those interested in foundational questions of statistics and philosophy, as well as in practical applications of causality." -- Joseph Y. Halpern, Professor, Computer Science Department, Cornell University In The Art of Causal Conjecture, Glenn Shafer lays out a new mathematical and philosophical foundation for probability and uses it to explain concepts of causality used in statistics, artificial intelligence, and philosophy. The various disciplines that use causal reasoning differ in the relative weight they put on security and precision of knowledge as opposed to timeliness of action. The natural and social sciences seek high levels of certainty in the identification of causes and high levels of precision in the measurement of their effects. The practical sciences -- medicine, business, engineering, and artificial intelligence -- must act on causal conjectures based on more limited knowledge. Shafer's understanding of causality contributes to both of these uses of causal reasoning. His language for causal explanation can guide statistical investigation in the natural and social sciences, and it can also be used to formulate assumptions of causal uniformity needed for decision making in the practical sciences. Causal ideas permeate the use of probability and statistics in all branches of industry, commerce, government, and science. The Art of Causal Conjecture shows that causal ideas can be equally important in theory. It does not challenge the maxim that causation cannot be proven from statistics alone, but by bringing causal ideas into the foundations of probability, it allows causal conjectures to be more clearly quantified, debated, and confronted by statistical evidence.
IBM PC Assembly Language and Programming, 4th edition
Authors: Peter Abel
Venue:  (1997)

:IBM® PC Assembly Language and Programming Features The hardware components of the PC; Machine language code and hexadecimal format; The steps involved with assembling, linking, and executing programs; Writing programs in assembly language to handle the keyboard, screen and mouse, convert between data formats, perform table searches and sorts, handle disk operations, and more. Tracing machine execution as an aid in program debugging; Writing macro instructions to facilitate faster coding; Linking separately assembled programs into one executable program. The fifth edition offers a variety of new material, including more details on video components and video operations, revised and additional program examples, more information about protected mode, stack usage, addressing modes, as well as array handling. 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
Building a culturally-competent corporate web site: an exploratory study of cultural markers in multilingual web design
Authors: Huatong Sun
Venue: Proceedings of the 19th annual international conference on Computer documentation (2001)

The localization of transnational corporate websites requires a strategy for designing usable web interfaces that can be easily accessed and understood by international audiences. With a discussion of a pilot study of cultural markers in two multilingual websites, this paper explores how we might accomplish website localization more effectively by defining criteria, searching for efficient and effective strategies and techniques, and evaluating current practices.
Induction of semantic classes from natural language text
Authors: Dekang Lin, Patrick Pantel
Venue: Proceedings of the seventh ACM SIGKDD international conference on Knowledge discovery and data mining (2001)

Many applications dealing with textual information require classification of words into semantic classes (or concepts). However, manually constructing semantic classes is a tedious task. In this paper, we present an algorithm, UNICON, for UNsupervised Induction of CONcepts. Some advantages of UNICON over previous approaches include the ability to classify words with low frequency counts, the ability to cluster a large number of elements in a high-dimensional space, and the ability to classify previously unknown words into existing clusters. Furthermore, since the algorithm is unsupervised, a set of concepts may be constructed for any corpus.
Multimedia Studio Win W/CD-ROM
Authors: Jeff Burger
Venue:  (1995)

:This high-power book/CD-ROM package is a complete software toolkit that shows Windows users how to produce professional-quality multimedia, including dynamic multimedia presentations, time-based productions, and interactive projects. It covers each step of a multimedia project, and provides the tools and know-how that will put multimedia developers on the road to success.
Control Systems Engineering, 2nd edition
Authors: Norman S. Nise
Venue:  (1999)

:Designed to make the material easy to understand, this clear and thorough book emphasizes the practical application of systems engineering to the design and analysis of feedback systems. Nise applies control systems theory and concepts to current real-world problems, showing readers how to build control systems that can support today's advanced technology. 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
Net Sports
Authors: Michael Wolff
Venue:  (1997)

:The first comprehensive listing of all the online sports interest groups, conferences, forums, games and trivia, this book covers every corner of Cyberspace, from the Internet to the major commercial services to the bulletin boards. Like other books in the Net Books Series, it is full of lively descriptions, engaging graphics, and sidebars.
Online Searching: A Scientist's Perspective: A Guide for the Chemical and Life Sciences, 1st edition
Authors: Damon D. Ridley
Venue:  (1996)

:The availability of online information sources allows today's scientists to perform powerful, well-targeted searches, yet often the full potential of such searches is not realised. A sound understanding of how information is stored and how effective search strategies are developed is crucial if one is to fully utilise this potential. This book examines the content of some of the most important scientific databases and explains the indexing policies used by the database producers. The mechanics of online searching are discussed, and the author details and logically explains the key principles involved in keyword, chemical substances and numeric searches. This knowledge is combined to show how effective search strategies are constructed and used. 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
Looking Good in 3d, 10th edition
Authors: Andrew Reese
Venue:  (1996)

:With Ventana's Looking Good in 3D, readers can become the da Vinci of the 3D world. The book shows readers how to integrate technical aspects with artistic elements involved in 3D design to produce powerful imagery. Not a how-to book, it focuses on teaching readers how to think in 3D by understanding how 3D functions in the real world in order to create imaginative worlds and apply the acquired 3D techniques to real-world projects. Looking Good in 3D covers a wide range of applications from still and animated media to hard copy and online media including photography, movies, TV, sculpture, painting, classic cell animation, live theater and literature. Readers learn principles, tricks and techniques so they can produce professional-quality work, including manipulating 3D characters and objects, using cameras and lights, creating spectacular 3D commercials and movie effects.Design primer for anyone who wants to design in 3D.Teaches readers to think in 3D.Presents 3D design principles in a variety of settings and applications.Shows how to use principles, techniques and tricks from other media to enhance the artists' own work.Samples from the bookTemplates, fonts and graphics
NASA's TReK project: a case study in using the spiral model of software development
Authors: T. Dean Hendrix, Michelle P. Schneider
Venue: Communications of the ACM (2002)

Software development projects face numerous challenges that threaten their successful completion. Whether it is not enough money, too little time, or a case of "requirements creep" that turns into a full sprint, projects must meet these challenges or face possible disastrous consequences. The funds needed to purchase supporting software tools or computing hardware may not be available, or they may be available for so short a period that informed purchase decisions become infeasible. Personnel resources are often limited, and it is difficult to adjust to personnel fluctuations during the project. The composition of the team personnel also offers potential challenges. A new software development team may begin with some members unfamiliar with the software development environment and project tools, and their learning curve can affect early productivity.
SARA: an experiment in natural language processing with event-type knowledge representation
Authors: Mark Armstrong, Carol A. Perkins, Glenn Smith
Venue: Proceedings of the 16th annual Southeast regional conference (1978)

Recent development in natural language processing have shown that the inclusion of world knowledge in a processing system will inhance the understanding capabilities of the computer. This paper describes a system, called SARA, that implements some of the recent techniques used to organize the computers view of the world. An ability to understand events is demonstrated by generating a paraphrase of a short input story. The systems limitations are discussed as a function of the unsolved problems in designing a universal scheme for an adaquate knowledge representation.
Groupspace: a 3D workspace supporting user awareness
Authors: Jeff Dyck, Carl Gutwin
Venue: CHI '02 extended abstracts on Human factors in computing systems (2002)

Real-time distributed groupware must support awareness of other users if collaborators are to work together effectively. Several techniques have been developed for enhancing awareness in two-dimensional shared workspaces, but less is known about how to support awareness in 3D workspaces. The Groupspace system incorporates several types of awareness techniques (embodiment enhancements, participant list enhancements, and the Grand Tour) to help users maintain awareness of others' locations and perspectives, even when they are distant or out of view.
NT Network Plumbing: Routers, Proxies, and Web Services, 1st edition
Authors: Anthony Northrup
Venue:  (1998)

:Sort through the maze of bridges, routers, and gateways to design and manage an efficient NT 4.0 internetwork. Networking authority Anthony Northrup provides straightforward, step-by-step guidelines for assessing your current and future networking needs, acquiring the best hardware and software for your LAN or WAN, and implementing Internet connectivity that is reliable, secure, and requires minimal maintenance.
The effect of tangible interfaces on children's collaborative behaviour
Authors: Danaë Stanton, Victor Bayon, Camilla Abnett, Sue Cobb, Clair O'Malley
Venue: CHI '02 extended abstracts on Human factors in computing systems (2002)

The physical nature of the classroom means that children are continually divided into small groups. The present study examined collaboration on a story creation task using technologies believed to encourage and support collaborative behaviour. Four children used tangible technologies over three sessions. The technology consisted of a large visual display in which they could input content (using Personal Digital Assistants (Pda) and a scanner), record sounds (using RF-ID tags) and navigate around the environment using an arrangement of sensors called 'the magic carpet'. The children could then retell their story using bar-coded images and sounds. The three sessions were video recorded and analysed. Results indicate the importance of immediate feedback and visibility of action for effective collaboration to take place.
Emerging public safety wireless communication systems
Venue:  (2001)

With the increasing need for more effective and efficient responses to man-made and natural public safety threats, the necessity for improved private mobile and commercial wireless digital communication systems has become apparent. This one-of-a-kind resource describes today's public safety communication requirements and radio systems from a technical perspective, and shows how communication systems are evolving to meet the growing demands of multimedia wireless applications. It covers leading-edge technologies being utilized worldwide, including the european standard TETRA (Terrestrial Trunked Radio)---a digital communication technology used to support the needs of emergency services. The book helps professionals evaluate attributes of emerging mobile radio and wireless communication technologies for public safety, particularly speed of response, coverage, voice recognition and security. It brings the reader up-to-date with recent spectrum regulatory action for public safety radio, guides in choosing the best frequency band for a mobile radio system, and offers an understanding of the complexities of modern digital communication systems. The books also summarizes the important innovations in the new shared-systems philosophy, developing from the U.S. Government's Public Safety Wireless Network (PSWN) initiative and corresponding efforts in Western Europe. Emerging Public Safety Wireless Communication Systems is available now from Artech House Publishers, a leading publisher of references for professionals in high-technology industries.
Managing the Web-Based Enterprise, 1st edition
Authors: Jesse Feiler
Venue:  (2000)

:Readers can choose from among many books that guide them through the technology on which e-commerce relies, but virtually none address the subject from a sound business perspective. Managing the Web-Based Enterprise fills this sizable void, offering managers key insights into the nature and future of commerce on the Web. By demonstrating how technology can contribute to success or failure, this book trains readers to make good decisions about technological investment. More importantly, it re-emphasizes the business principles-both traditional and not so traditional-that must be brought to bear on any Web-based project, whatever the technology involved. Though addressed primarily to managers, Managing the Web-Based Enterprise will also equip Webmasters and Web application developers with the business sense they need to maximize the value of their contributions. Features: Expert, job-saving advice for managers who are expected to give their companies a practical and economic Web presence. Outlines the key business issues at work in Web site/Web application development and maintenance, helping readers make the right technology decisions, for the right reasons. Teaches readers to approach Web-based enterprise as an integral, even central, part of a cohesive business strategy. The companion to two other important e-commerce books by Jesse Feiler: Database-Driven Web Sites and Application Servers: Powering the Web-Based Enterprise. Guides readers through the design and technology of Web sites from the point of view of the results-oriented manager.
Visual Basic 6 Programming: Business Applications with a Design Perspective, 1st edition
Authors: Jeffrey J. Tsay
Venue:  (2000)

:This comprehensive book uses the uses of core Visual Basic controls to teach programming from the perspective of data entry and processing applications. It balances this approach to learning with coverage of VB features and fundamentals, providing readers with a practical orientation of many interesting programming challenges with direct applicability to related jobs. Coverage includes basic controls and events; data, operations and built-in functions; input and output procedures; special topics in data entry; menus and multiple form applications; and object oriented programming. For VB programmers in search of solutions to programming problems. 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
Computer User's Guide to Losing Weight and Gaining Fitness
Authors: Clyde Cartwright
Venue:  (2000)

:Tremendous sums of money and effort are being spent every year on weight reduction and fitness ploys of all types ranging from health clubs to weight loss groups. Yet more than 35% of the American population is obese and in excess of 50% overweight. Why can't people lose weight?The answer is the Inner Voice. It's the Inner Voice which tells us to exercise - starting the day after tomorrow. It's the Inner Voice which placates our guilt complex at having another dessert, another package of jumbo french fries or another hamburger swimming in mayo. Yes, it's the Inner Voice all right but why?This amusing yet insightful book, amply illustrated by Sarina DeGregory, looks at the kaleidoscope of diet, fitness and life through the eyes of: Clyde - the advice giver; Inner Voice; and Fellow Computer User, i.e., each of us as we wrestle with today's computing and the stresses it brings to our lives. 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
MS Word for Windows 2.0: Easy Reference Guide, 1st edition
Authors: Connie Morrison
Venue:  (1995)

:Microsoft Word for Windows easy Reference Guide is designed for Microsoft Word for Windows 2.0 users. It provides a quick and easy reference for completing the Word procedures you use most often.
Linear Algebra with Maple V, 1st edition
Authors: Eugene W. Johnson
Venue:  (1993)

:Now students can use the computational and pedagogical power of computer algebra to do calculations and to generalize about the theory and applications of linear algebra. Using this text and the powerful algebra system Maple V, students can focus their energies on the concepts and theory of linear algebra instead of time consuming routine computations. 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 BackOffice 2 Administrators Survival Guide: With Cdrom, 2nd edition
Authors: Arthur E. Knowles
Venue:  (1996)

:This all-in-one reference describes how to make the components of BackOffice version 2 work best together and with other networks. BackOffice is Microsoft's complete reference for networking, database, and system management products.Contains the fundamental concepts required for daily maintenance, troubleshooting and problem solvingCovers Microsoft's System Management ServerCD-ROM includes product demos, commercial and shareware utilities, and technical notes from Microsoft vendor technical support personnel
Internet TV with CU - See Me
Authors: Michael Sattler
Venue:  (1995)

:CU-SeeMe is the model of Internet-based video conferencing. With an inexpensive video camera, sound board, and CU-SeeMe, your computer will be able to transmit and receive video and sound from anywhere in the world. This book gives you the knowledge and expertise you need to install and configure hardware and software and troubleshoot problems. Learn how to maximize your use of this hot new technology, from connecting to friends and family to cultivating business relationships with video conferences and group discussions. 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
Essential check point FireWall-1: an installation, configuration, and troubleshooting guide
Authors: Dameon D. Welch-Abernathy
Venue:  (2001)

Essential Check Point FireWall-1 covers every major feature of the product, providing working solutions to real-world situations. Filled with screen shots and sample configurations, the book features step-by-step instructions that can be replicated on standard equipment easily. Developed through years of actual product support, this guidebook is an invaluable resource for network professionals working on UNIX or Windows NT platforms.
Windows NT Server 4: Professional Reference, 2nd edition
Authors: Karanjit S. Siyan
Venue:  (1997)

:Windows NT Server Professional Reference, Volume I, Second Edition is the benchmark of references available for Window NT Server 4.0. Although other titles take you through the setup and implementation phase of 4.0, no other product provides the user with answers to day-to-day administration problems and tasks. Real-world implementations are key in helping administrators discover the most viable solutions for their particular environments. This book extends the administrator s knowledge base to include 4.0, and how it integrates with other Microsoft BackOffice products. It shows administrators how to manage, troubleshoot, and fix problems that are specific to this version of NT, as well as its new Internet features.Customize installation of Windows NT ServerManage the Windows NT domain controllerConfigure multiple protocol architectures