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Arbitrated Sharing of Traffic in Telecommunication Networks: Technoeconomical Considerations
Authors: Perambur S. Neelakanta, Daniel M. Baeza
Venue: Netnomics (2002)

The technoeconomical aspects of implementing an arbitrated sharing of telecommunication traffic by CO (class 5) circuit-switches are studied. The traffic in question refers voice calls and dial-up modem data supported on network access lines terminated at the circuit-switches. Such time-division multiplexed (TDM) services still remain as the major revenue-earning products of public switched telephone network service-providers (and this i>status i>quo is expected to continue over several future years, despite of xDSL and/or IP-network penetrations). As such, this study was motivated to address an engineering effort to realize higher revenue-potentials through prudent sharing of the traffic between the circuit-switches. This arbitration in traffic-sharing is based on the diversity in the dynamics of traffic-demand posed by different subscribers (such as suburban-based residential customers and urban-based commercial end-users). The centum call seconds (CCS) metric is adopted to specify the traffic-load commensurate with the voice/dial-up modem sources. The heuristics of fair-proportioning considerations that let the switches serving a diverse population of subscribers so as to optimally vary (share) the traffic-load between switches i>via an arbitrated approach is discussed. Relevant metric for arbitration is defined in terms of a cross-entropy based complexity measure and an implementation scheme is proposed thereof. Computed results on traffic sharing algorithm are presented and discussed.
Transforming Home Care: Quality, Cost, and Data Management, 1st edition
Authors: Donna Ambler Peters, Tad McKeon
Venue:  (2001)

:Donna Peters, a noted expert in outcomes and data management in home health care, and Tad McKeon, author of Home Health Financial Management, team up to assess the current home health care environment in light of quality, cost, and data collection issues. The most prevalent sources of data including outcomes measurement, professional standards, regulatory requirements, consumer expectations, care guidelines, and activitybased costing are examined. The book addresses how one uses data to derive information that can be used to improve performance and examines how to use data to achieve excellence, not just to satisfy regulators.
MCSE Iis 4 Exam Cram, 3rd edition
Authors: James Michael Stewart, Ramesh Chandak, Libby Chovanec
Venue:  (2000)

:Contains all of the curriculum objectives of the IIS 4 exam 70-087 and serves as a complement to the IIS 4 Exam Prep. Includes two complete, revised, practice exams featuring questions designed to assess the reader's readiness to take the exam, and the answers and explanations that reinforce the reasoning behind the correct answers. Features a new 32-page scenario section designed to prepare the reader for scenario-based questions on the actual exam. Includes updated content that covers all the exam formats. Includes updated content that covers all the exam formats.
Spatiotemporal Complexity of Plankton and Fish Dynamics
Authors: Alexander B. Medvinsky, Sergei V. Petrovskii, Irene A. Tikhonova, Horst Malchow, Bai-Lian Li
Venue: SIAM Review (2002)

Nonlinear dynamics and chaotic and complex systems constitute some of the most fascinating developments of late twentieth century mathematics and physics. The implications have changed our understanding of important phenomena in almost every field of science, including biology and ecology. This article investigates complexity and chaos in the spatiotemporal dynamics of aquatic ecosystems. The dynamics of these biological communities exhibit an interplay between processes acting on a scale from hundreds of meters to kilometers, controlled by biology, and processes acting on a scale from dozens to hundreds of kilometers, dominated by the heterogeneity of hydrophysical fields. We focus on how biological processes affect spatiotemporal pattern formation. Our results show that modeling by reaction-diffusion equations is an appropriate tool for investigating fundamental mechanisms of complex spatiotemporal plankton dynamics, fractal properties of planktivorous fish school movements, and their interrelationships.
Data Analysis and Decision Making with Microsoft Excel, 2nd edition
Authors: S. Christian Albright, Wayne Winston, Christopher J. Zappe
Venue:  (2002)

:In response to the growing market trend in quantitative education, Albright, Winston, and Zappe's integrated business-statistics and management-science text presents core statistics and management-science methods in a modern, unified spreadsheet-oriented approach.With a focus on applications, not on mathematical techniques, the book covers business statistics with some essential management-science topics included. The example-based, Excel spreadsheet approach is useful in courses that combine traditional statistics and management-science topics, though it can be easily used for a one-term business statistics only course. The modeling and application focus, together with the Excel spreadsheet add-ins, provides a complete learning source for both students and practicing managers.
Accelerating volume rendering with texture hulls
Authors: Wei Li, Arie Kaufman
Venue: Proceedings of the 2002 IEEE symposium on Volume visualization and graphics (2002)

Texture-mapping hardware has been successfully exploited for volume rendering. In this paper, we propose algorithms for texture-based volume rendering accelerated by texture hulls that avoid the transferring and compositing of empty voxels. We have developed methods that efficiently find all the bounding rectangles of the non-empty regions as well as the bounding contours that more accurately describe the borders of the non-empty regions. The bounding shapes are treated as the hulls of the non-empty sub-textures. Texels outside the hulls are skipped for storing and rendering. With our accelerations, the rendering speed is 2 to 12 times faster for a variety of data sets.
Panel: constructing a performance taxonomy
Authors: Mary Hesselgrave
Venue: Proceedings of the 3rd international workshop on Software and performance (2002)

Many software system projects fail for reasons related to software performance, yet it is often difficult to convince project teams of the need for proactive performance engineering. Development of a performance taxonomy with a mapping between project types and applicable performance process elements can aid in this effort.
Prima's Official Guide to Ultima Online, the Second Age
Authors: David Ladyman
Venue:  (1998)

:Ultima Online Gold: PrimaÆs Official Strategy Guide is the ultimate guide to the ever-evolving world of Ultima. Inside youÆll get every update to Ultima Online, as well as all the details on the new creatures, characters, maps, and rules of Ultima Online Gold. Our experts have gathered the best combat advice, full lists of key words and Easter Eggs, and many maps with travel tips for the towns and dungeons of this amazing world.
The Internet Primer: Getting Started On the Internet, Version 3, 3 edition
Authors: Fritz J. Erickson, John Vonk
Venue:  (1997)

If you look in the computer section in a bookstore, you will see a number of books on how to use the Internet. Many of these books are filled with technical jargon and loaded with acronyms such as TCP/IP, SLIP, PPP, http, DNS, VT100, and X.400. The size of the books and the large number of abbreviations suggest that learning to use the Internet is a complicated process. Not so. Learning to use the Internet is not very difficult if you have a little guidance. On the other hand, learning to use the Internet can be difficult if you limit yourself to a trial-and-error approach. The goal of the authors is to show you how to access and use some of the Internet's more common features. You will not be an Internet expert. Instead you will have just enough knowledge to get started.Table of contents1 Welcome to the Internet2 World Wide Web and Gopher3 Electronic Mail4 Telnet and FTP
Proximate interactions of wireless appliances
Authors: Michel Banâtre, Paul Couderc, Jean-Marc Menaud, Frédéric Weis
Venue: Proceedings of the 9th workshop on ACM SIGOPS European workshop: beyond the PC: new challenges for the operating system (2000)

Development and progress of appliances enable to envision the design of new application classes that exploit direct communication with a limited range. Mobile users will be able to exchange information dynamically and spontaneously when they are physically close together. The purpose of this position paper is to discuss about some research problems related to these new usage scenarios.
Introduction to Feedback Control
Authors: Kirsten A. Morris
Venue:  (2000)

:"Feedback control is present in every aspect of modern life, from simple house thermostats that maintain comfortable indoor temperatures to complex devices that maintain the position of communications satellites in space. Feedback control is also a crucial part of almost all engineering systems." "Designing feedback systems requires a rigorous understanding of linear systems as well as a number of input/output controller design methods. The purpose of this book is to provide just such a rigorous introduction to input/output controller design for linear systems. For greater clarity, explanations and most examples are confined to single-input-single-output, although generalizations are also made from these examples to more complex multi-input-multi-output systems."--BOOK JACKET.
Web Design Studio Secrets with Cdrom, 1st edition
Authors: Deke McClelland, Katrin Eismann
Venue:  (1998)

:Fourteen of today's most prominent Web designers share with Photoshop guru Deke McClelland and Katrin Eismann some of the most effective ideas and techniques they use to develop their work - from basic type and color principles to site management tricks to the latest Web design capabilities offered by JavaScript, Dynamic HTML, VRML, Flash, and other tools.
Power System Analysis and Design, 3rd edition
Authors: J. Duncan Duncan Glover, Mulukutla S. Sarma
Venue:  (2001)

:Glover and Sarma offer broad coverage of power system concepts, combined with chapter opening case studies, updated exercises, and new problems for solutions with computers and programmable calculators.
Data privacy approaches from US and EU perspectives
Authors: Gerhard Steinke
Venue: Telematics and Informatics (2002)

Consumers using the Internet often indicate that the privacy of their personal data is their foremost concern with the new technology. Different approaches to data privacy and protection are found in the United States and the European Union -- an emphasis on self-regulation in the former versus strict legal requirements in the latter. The implications of the recent "safe harbor" agreement may have a significant impact on privacy expectations in the US.
Professional Services Automation (PSA): Optimizing Project and Service Oriented Organizations
Authors: Rudolf Melik, Ludwig Melik, Albert S. Bitton, Gus Berdebes
Venue:  (2002)

:In the beginning, there was ERP. Now, the next software program to revolutionize the service sector - PSA or Professional Services Automation. Professional Services Automation (PSA) software is a new application that replaces ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) software in the white collar world of the pro-fessional service firm (i.e. consulting firms, law firms, CPA's, etc.). ERP software was originally designed for manufacturing companies where items that were tracked were tangible objects and raw materials, where PSA software is designed for firms whose main deliverable is not a tangible product. Issues that PSA software deal with include; - Project Management - Purchasing - Timesheet Management - Expense Reporting - Document Management - Knowledge Management - Performance Analysis - Integration This book will help the reader navigate the world of PSA solutions. The reader will be able to identify the key concepts of PSA solutions and will give a clear unbiased review of the products and suppliers that are on the market.
Determining the cost of IT services
Authors: James Gerlach, Bruce Neumann, Edwin Moldauer, Martha Argo, Daniel Frisby
Venue: Communications of the ACM (2002)

Providing managerial information to explain costs in the context of personnel and equipment activities and processes.
Spoken-word direction of computer program synthesis
Authors: Alvin J. Surkan
Venue: ACM SIGAPL APL Quote Quad (2000)

Prototype software is being designed to orchestrate speech-directed synthesis of customizable computer programs. The problems encountered are considered from a perspective that assumes the notation, syntax and function structure of APL. Program synthesis is to be completed with spoken-word dialogs between humans and computers. The computer is to assist in constructing programs with minimal or zero need for mechanical contact between mobile users and computer hardware. During synthesis, the system is to respond audibly and, only when necessary, visually. Spoken commands that invoke functions must be easily recognized in a limited vocabulary in a given context for interactively completing specification of each program. Experimentation with prototype system is expected to facilitate the replacement of conventional text-entry programming systems by that a practical one for speech-directed program synthesis and development.
HTML 4 for Dummies Quick Reference, 2nd edition
Authors: Deborah S. Ray, Eric J. Ray
Venue:  (2000)

:No one can memorize the hundreds of HTML tags that make up the 4.01 standard. HTML 4 For Dummies Quick Reference, 2nd Edition provides a guide to all the updated HTML tags as well as easy-to-follow information on building HTML Web pages and sites and posting your work online. Unique to this Quick Reference is a full-color Cheat Sheet that displays 216 colors available for use on a Web page with HTML. Updated with the latest changes to HTML 4 designed to add more structure to the standard and more flexible for incorporating into XML and xHTML documents HTML 4 For Dummies Quick Reference, 2nd Edition features a listing of HTML 4.01 tags along with the basics of using them to build and publish Web pages and sites Includes a full-color Cheat Sheet that helps you find and select colors to use when developing HTML pages About the Authors: Eric & Deborah Ray (North Logan, UT) have teamed up to contribute previous editions of HTML For Dummies Quick Reference and Dummies 101: HTML to the . . .For Dummies series. The duo shares a range of technical and Internet experience including creating engineering documents, teaching technical writing, running Web servers, and presenting conferences on HTML. When not authoring best-selling . . .For Dummies titles, the Rays use their time to training and consulting on HTML related topics.
Constructible functions in cellular automata and their applications to hierarchy results
Authors: Chuzo Iwamoto, Tomonobu Hatsuyama, Kenichi Morita, Katsunobu Imai
Venue: Theoretical Computer Science (2002)

We investigate time-constructible functions in one-dimensional cellular automata (CA). It is shown that (i) if a function t(n) is computable by an O(t(n)n)-time Turing machine, then t(n) is time constructible by CA and (ii) if two functions are time constructible by CA, then the sum, product, and exponential functions of them are time constructible by CA. As an application, it is shown that if t1(n) and t2(n) are time constructible functions such that limnt1(n)/t2(n)=0 and t1(n)n, then there is a language which can be recognized by a CA in t2(n) time but not by any CA in t1(n) time.
Photoshop for the Web
Authors: Mikkel Aaland
Venue:  (1998)

:Photoshop for the Web shows you how to use the world's most popular imaging software to create web graphics and images that look great and download blazingly fast. The book is crammed full of step-by-step examples and real-world solutions from some of the world's hottest web sites, including HotWired, c|net, Discovery Online, National Geographic Online, SFGate, and many more.
$\varepsilon$-Equilibria for Stochastic Games with Uncountable State Space and Unbounded Costs
Authors: Andrzej S. Nowak, Eitan Altman
Venue: SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization (2001)

We study a class of noncooperative stochastic games with unbounded cost functions and an uncountable state space. It is assumed that the transition law is absolutely continuous with respect to some probability measure on the state space. Undiscounted stochastic games with expected average costs are considered first. It is shown under a uniform geometric ergodicity assumption that there exists a stationary $\varepsilon$-equilibrium for each $\varepsilon > 0 $. The proof is based on recent results on uniform bounds for convergence rates of Markov chains [S. P. Meyn and R. L. Tweedie, Ann. Appl. Probab., 4 (1994), pp. 981--1011] and on an approximation method similar to that used in [A. S. Nowak, J. Optim. Theory Appl., 45 (1985), pp. 591--602], where an $\varepsilon$-equilibrium in stationary policies was shown to exist for the bounded discounted costs. The stochastic game is approximated by one with a countable state space for which a stationary Nash equilibrium exists (see [E. Altman, A. Hordijk, and F. M. Spieksma, Math. Oper. Res., 22 (1997), pp. 588--618]); this equilibrium determines an $\epsilon$-equilibrium for the original game. Finally, new results for the existence of stationary $\varepsilon$-equilibrium for discounted stochastic games are given.
A State of Minds: Toward a Human Capital Future for Canadians
Authors: Thomas J. Courchene
Venue:  (2001)

:"What happens when the world changes in ways that make Canada's physical capital, natural resources and geography - once the ultimate competitive advantages - less important than knowledge, information, technological know-how and human capital? What happens to Canadians?" In A State of Minds, Tom Courchene examines the political structures that link local, provincial and federal governments and challenges many longstanding beliefs about how society should be organized and financed. While focusing on Canadian competitiveness in a global economy, Courchene shows us how an open federal state like Canada can achieve both economic prosperity and social justice. 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
AutoLISP Programming: Principles and Techniques
Authors: Rod R. Rawls, Mark A. Hagen
Venue:  (1997)

:This textbook provides practical and easy-to-follow instruction in mastering the AutoLISP programming language. It covers functions included in AutoCAD Release 2.18 through 13, including ANGTOF, NENTSELP, TEXTBOX, and ALERT. The reader will learn how to create useful and productive routines and programs with this user-friendly book.
Proofreading at the Computer: 10-Hour Series, 1st edition
Authors: Alison D. Norstrom, Mary Cole
Venue:  (1999)

:Proofreading at the Computer teaches basic proofreading skills. In ten brief lessons and 64 activities, students will learn important proofreading skills such as comparative, team and consistency while using word processor spelling and grammar-check features. Students will work with letters memos, reports. Intranet postings. and other workplace documents.
Visual Basic .Net XML Web Services: Developer's Guide
Authors: Roger Jennings
Venue:  (2002)

:Build robust Web services with Visual Basic . NET using the hands-on examples found inside this definitive book. You'll also get key coverage of core open standards and protocols that encompass Web services including SOAP,WSDL,and UDDI.
DROOPI: towards a generic middleware
Authors: Thomas Quinot, Fabrice Kordon, Laurent Pautet
Venue: ACM SIGAda Ada Letters (2001)

This paper presents our work to bridge the Ada 95 Distributed Systems Annex (DSA) and CORBA to take advantages of both environments facilities. Our project consists in two successive steps. The first one is CIAO, a DSA to CORBA translator. The second one aims at the definition of a generic middleware to be customized to DSA and CORBA. We propose a definition and an architecture of services for a generic middleware, DROOPI, and explain how it can be customized according various criteria. This generic middleware takes advantage of the lessons learned in the design and the development of several projects: GLADE [24], AdaBroker [1], and CIAO [25]. Therefore, in its motivation and its targetting, we believe DROOPI is an original project.
VBA for Dummies (with CD-ROM), 1st edition
Authors: Steve Cummings
Venue:  (1998)

:VBA For Dummies gives you a fresh, casual, and irreverent approach to VBA programming. Steve Cummings' sound advice covers VBA features as well as core topics, such as the VBA development environment, meat-and-potatoes coding techniques, and custom forms design. Filled with hot tips, tricks, and code samples specific to the most popular VBA-enabled applications, this down-to-earth reference will have you programming in VBA before the night is over! Inside, find helpful advice on how to Write clean, easy-to-read VBA code Customize your VBA applications and bring their power to your own software tasks Record macros to automate repetitive tasks Modify macros to create quick, simple VBA programs that respond to changing conditions Figure out the Visual Basic Editor -- the collection of programming tools included with every VBA application Take charge of your data with variables, arrays, and collections Tap your VBA application's objects -- and VBA's object-oriented language features -- to add powerful features to your own programs
Authorization and Access Control of Application Data in Workflow Systems
Authors: Shengli Wu, Amit Sheth, John Miller, Zongwei Luo
Venue: Journal of Intelligent Information Systems (2002)

Workflow Management Systems (WfMSs) are used to support the modeling and coordinated execution of business processes within an organization or across organizational boundaries. Although some research efforts have addressed requirements for authorization and access control for workflow systems, little attention has been paid to the requirements as they apply to application data accessed or managed by WfMSs. In this paper, we discuss key access control requirements for application data in workflow applications using examples from the healthcare domain, introduce a classification of application data used in workflow systems by analyzing their sources, and then propose a comprehensive data authorization and access control mechanism for WfMSs. This involves four aspects: role, task, process instance-based user group, and data content. For implementation, a predicate-based access control method is used. We believe that the proposed model is applicable to workflow applications and WfMSs with diverse access control requirements.
ALE, EDI, and IDoc Technologies for SAP, Second Edition, 2nd edition
Authors: Arvind Nagpal
Venue:  (2000)

:Application Link Enabling (ALE) is SAP's proprietary technology that enables data communications between two or more SAP R/3 systems and/or SAP R/3 legacy systems. ALE and EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) technologies are the best fit for this type of communication. With ALE, EDI, & IDoc Technologies for SAP, 2nd Edition, you will acquire powerful skills that are valuable to your employers, clients, or management. A natural follow-up to the original version, ALE, EDI, & IDoc Technologies for SAP (0761519033), this book covers the technical changes of the 4.6 version of SAP R/3. The topics covered in this book will be instrumental to functional and technical staff who are on new SAP implementations, are adding new EDI messages or interfaces to existing implementations, or who are upgrading from version 3.x to 4.x. It is aimed at experienced SAP professionals who are either new to ALE/EDI/IDoc technology or who need a reference for a specific procedure or task.ItemID: 0761534318