ppxscal/embedding_network huggingface dataset:
Samba: Integrating UNIX and Windows
Authors: John D. Blair
Venue:  (1998)

:Samba: Integrating UNIX and Windows, a combination of technical tutorial, reference guide, and how-to manual, contains the depth of knowledge experienced network administrators demand without skipping the information beginners need to get fast results. UNIX administrators new to Windows networking will find the information they need to become Windows networking experts. Those new to UNIX will find the details they need to install and configure Samba correctly and securely.Samba is the tool of choice for providing Windows filesharing and printer services from UNIX and UNIX-like systems. Freely available under the GNU Public License, Samba allows UNIX machines to be seamlessly integrated into a Windows network without installing any additional software on the Windows machines. Used in tandem with Linux or FreeBSD, Samba provides a low-cost alternative to the Windows NT Server. The book also contains a CD-ROM containing version 1.9.17 and 1.9.18alpha versions of the Samba server, a library of useful tools and scripts, the Samba mailing list archives, and all examples discussed in the book.
A Statistical Approach for Phrase Location and Recognition within a Text Line: An Application to Street Name Recognition
Authors: Mounim A. El-Yacoubi, Michel Gilloux, Jean-Michel Bertille
Venue: IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (2002)

In this paper, we describe a new approach to conjointly locate and recognize a street name within a street line. The system developed is based on a probabilistic framework that naturally integrates various knowledge sources to emit a final decision. At the handwriting signal level, hidden Markov models are extensively used to provide the needed matching scores. Several optimization techniques are employed to speed up the processing time. Experiments carried out on large data sets of street line images, automatically extracted from real French mail envelope images, show very promising results.
Trigonometry Enhanced with Graphing Utilities
Authors: Michael Sullivan
Venue:  (1997)

:Written by authors while using graphing utilities in their own classroom, these texts fully utilize graphing utilities in order for students to explore and discover important precalculus concepts. This series combines the successful writing style of the authors with cutting edge technology. Professors and students alike will find that these texts present the material at the correct pace--with an appropriate emphasis on the technology as a tool and mathematics as the subject.
Quicken 2000: The Official Guide, 1st edition
Authors: Maria Langer
Venue:  (1999)

:Written in collaboration with Quicken's product marketing and development teams, this guide shows the upgrader and new user alike how to take full advantage of Quicken 2000's features.
Understanding Weatherfax
Authors: Mike Harris
Venue:  (1997)

:How do you turn the symbols on a weather chart into a meaningful forecast? Armed with "Understanding Weatherfax" and a current weatherfax chart you will have all the essentials for making your own forecast, no matter where you are in the world.
VV&A; II: enhancing modeling and simulation accreditation by structuring Verification and Validation results
Authors: Dirk Brade
Venue: Proceedings of the 32nd conference on Winter simulation (2000)

Model Verification, Validation and Accreditation (VV&A) is as complex as developing a Modeling and Simulation (M&S) application itself. For the purpose of structuring both Verification and Validation (V&V) activities and V&V results, we introduce a refined V&V process. After identification of the major influence factors on applicable V&V, a conceptual approach for subphase-wise organization of V&V activities is presented. Finally a hierarchical presentation of V&V results is shown which addresses different people involved in use or in accreditation of simulation models.
Equitable cost allocations via primal-dual-type algorithms
Authors: Kamal Jain, Vijay V. Vazirani
Venue: Proceedings of the thiry-fourth annual ACM symposium on Theory of computing (2002)

Perhaps the strongest notion of truth-revealing in a cost sharing method is group strategyproofness. However, matters are not so clear-cut on fairness, and many different, sometimes even conflicting, notions of fairness have been proposed which have relevance in different situations. We present a large class of group strategyproof cost sharing methods, for submodular cost functions, satisfying a wide range of fairness criteria, thereby allowing the service provider to choose a method that best satisfies the notion of fairness that is most relevant to her application. Our class includes the Dutta-Ray egalitarian method as a special case. It also includes a new cost sharing method, which we call the opportunity egalitarian method.
Should we bridge the gap by outsourcing part of faculty support
Authors: L. G. Parkhurst,  Jr.
Venue: Proceedings of the 29th annual ACM SIGUCCS conference on User services (2001)

Some faculty members seek to push the technology envelope further and faster than Computing Centers can respond to or support. Should we encourage some of our faculty to meet their needs outside of university resources at their own expense? Should we support this move with training, referrals, and backup support when necessary? Should we encourage a faculty member to register a domain name, create a website, and refer students and others to their own domain names and sub-domains for each class? With the right web-hosting service, they could create and manage their own discussion lists. This paper will discuss various web-hosting services, what they offer, and how faculty might use them.
Performance issues in WWW servers
Authors: Erich Nahum, Tsipora Barzilai, Dilip D. Kandlur
Venue: IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (TON) (2002)

This paper evaluates techniques for improving operating system and network protocol software support for high-performance World Wide Web servers. We study approaches in three categories: i.e., new socket functions, per-byte optimizations, and per-connection optimizations. We examine two proposed socket functions, i.e., acceptex( ) and send_file( ), comparing send_file( )'s effectiveness with a combination of mmap( ) and writev( ). We show how send_file( ) provides the necessary semantic support to eliminate copies and checksums in the kernel, and quantify the benefit of the function's header and close options. We also present mechanisms to reduce the number of packets exchanged in an HTTP transaction, both increasing server performance and reducing network utilization, without compromising interoperability. Results using WebStone show that our combination of mechanisms can improve server throughput by up to 64%, and can eliminate up to 33% of the packets in an HTTP exchange. Results with SURGE show an aggregate increase in server throughput of 25%.
Advanced C Programming by Example, 1st edition
Authors: John W. Perry
Venue:  (1998)

:This practical, example-driven, code-centered book is intended for intermediate-level C programmers who want to take their skills to the next level. The book builds on readers' existing background in C to complete their knowledge of ANSI C libraries, and the conceptual and syntactic structures needed to master dynamic data structures, string parsing and numeric conversion, memory management, bit-level manipulation, interactions with operating systems, and other advanced techniques. What sets this book apart from traditional data structures books is it's "blue collar" approach to the art of programming  how to master the "down in the trenches" C details to implement abstract ideas successfully. In recognition of this approach, the book presents actual C code rather than pseudocode. 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
Mastering Visual C++ 6
Authors: Michael J. Young
Venue:  (1998)

:Mastering Visual C++ 6 is a comprehensive guide to the latest version of Visual C++ and the Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC), the tools of preference for Windows programmers everywhere. Inside, you'll profit from the expertise of a seasoned C++ teacher. Clear, practical explanations of key concepts and techniques show you the path to building bullet-proof 32-bit applications. In-depth exploration of the Visual C++ environment puts you in control and lets you use the language's powerful new set of tools.
Albert Odyssey: Legend of Eldean: Unauthorized Game Secrets
Authors: Anthony James
Venue:  (1997)

:Save Eldean in the ultimate battle between good and evil. This handy guide covers all secret quests and includes detailed walkthroughs of every complex level.
What's in a word?: The semantics of usability
Authors: Bruce G. Allen, Elizabeth Buie
Venue: interactions (2002)

When you say something is intuitive, do you mean that absolutely everybody understands it right away? If you say a program is logical, what help is that to a user? Does user-friendly mean anything these days? (Did it ever?)
Mining a stream of transactions for customer patterns
Authors: Diane Lambert, José C. Pinheiro
Venue: Proceedings of the seventh ACM SIGKDD international conference on Knowledge discovery and data mining (2001)

Transaction data can arrive at a ferocious rate in the order that transactions are completed. The data contain an enormous amount of information about customers, not just transactions, but extracting up-to-date customer information from an ever changing stream of data and mining it in real-time is a challenge. This paper describes a statistically principled approach to designing short, accurate summaries or signatures of high dimensional customer behavior that can be kept current with a stream of transactions. A signature database can then be used for data mining and to provide approximate answers to many kinds of queries about current customers quickly and accurately, as an empirical study of the calling patterns of 96,000 wireless customers who made about 18 million wireless calls over a three month period shows.
Internet Complete
Authors: CORPORATE Sybex
Venue:  (1998)

:This book is perfect for price-sensitive novice users. Containing vital chapters from many Sybex bestsellers, Internet Complete covers every area of importance for all Internet users, including: Internet browsers and e-mail functionality, AOL amazing secrets, Web site planning and creation, Windows 98 tips and procedures, critical PC upgrading and maintenance information, definition of key Internet/Windows terms, and much more!
Approximately common patterns in shared-forests
Authors: M. Vilares, F. J. Ribadas, J. Graña
Venue: Proceedings of the tenth international conference on Information and knowledge management (2001)

We present a proposal intended to demonstrate the applicability of tabulation techniques for detecting approximately common patterns when dealing with structures sharing some common parts. This sharing saves on the space needed to represent the structures and also on their later processing, by factorizing the filtering of substructure matching. As a consequence, preliminary experimental tests indicate a reduction of the running time.
Information Technology and Industrial Competitiveness: How It Shapes Competition
Venue:  (1998)

:Information Technology (IT) - the field that links computer and communications equipment and software - is transforming the way modern business is done. This book explores a variety of advances in IT by a group of researchers who are at the cutting edge of this research. Moreover, the book examines these innovative developments in terms of the Information Technology field and its effect on modern business. It is becoming increasingly apparent that IT is critical to success in today's competitive marketplace.
Interaction points: exploiting operating system mechanisms for inter-component communications
Authors: Daniel G. Waddington, Ramesh Viswanathan
Venue: ACM SIGOPS Operating Systems Review (2002)

This paper introduces the concept of "interaction points" which are currently used in an experimental programming environment, the In-process Modular Programming (IMP) platform. IMP is a Microsoft COM-style platform designed specifically for building component-based applications in real-time and embedded environments, and used for research prototyping at Lucent Technologies, Bell-labs. Interaction points serve as a unified abstraction for a wide range of inter-component communication mechanisms. They allow the programmer to easily take advantage of available operating system level mechanisms such as semaphores, shared memory, spinlocks and I/O buffers, in order to realise advanced inter-component communication paradigms. They excel in supporting broadcast and multicast communication, which are often difficult to realise with point-to-point communications such as those provided by conventional program function calls. In addition to supporting operating system mechanisms, interaction points also provide a mechanism for building re-useable custom communication facilities that are not themselves, considered worthy of componentisation. Finally, the use of interaction points helps to maintain an explicit definition of communications on component-interfaces and thus avoid problems of ill specified 'hidden' component interactions that often lead to problems during third party re-use.
Roger C. Parker's One-Minute Designer
Authors: Roger C. Parker
Venue:  (1997)

:Clear, accessible, and quick advice -- if that's what you're after, you've come to the right place! With more than 200 tips, Roger C. Parker's One Minute Designer packs in a lifetime of design advice from the guru of desktop publishing. With the Roger C. Parker's One-Minute Designer you get free updates, additional examples, and a list of resources including a downloadable Preflight checklist.
Question and answer: design means remembering to ask the question
Authors: Joshua Seiden
Venue: interactions (2002)

Have you found yourself using standard design features simply because they are standards? I know I have. We assume that a feature has become standard for a good reason, and we may follow it without much consideration. Josh Seiden urges us to change our approach, restrain our impulse to use the standard answer to a design problem, and look deeper to see if it really does meet our users' needs.---Elizabeth BuieP.S. When I conceived "Whiteboard," I envisioned a provocative, opinionated, informal, and humorous column. What I did not insist on was that I agree with its contributors' views. This installment was difficult for me to edit---not for its main point (challenging assumptions can be a very good thing) but because I question some of its specific recommendations (I certainly want to know in which folder my file is being stored!) and also because I am involved in standards development. It was an interesting exercise in maintaining my detachment, and I have Josh to thank for the opportunity.
The Book Lover's Guide to the Internet, 1st edition
Authors: Evan Morris
Venue:  (1998)

:From instant access to the Library of Congress catalog to on-line book discussion groups to a burgeoning library of literary gems converted to electronic text, the Internet is a paradise for readers and book lovers - and the information and resources there just continue to grow. In this revised edition of The Book Lover's Guide to the Internet, syndicated columnist Evan Morris provides new and updated listings of sites and links, incisive ratings of the latest Internet service providers, and valuable sections on cutting-edge 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
Complete Idiot's Guide to QuarkXPress
Authors: Ted Alspach
Venue:  (1994)

:For a fun and easy way to learn QuarkXPress, nothing beats the friendly approach of this beginner's book. Easy-to-follow steps from an expert author help readers create flyers, brochures, and more with QuarkXPress in no time. The book also includes a free CD-ROM!Specific advice on working with text, graphics, images, and other desktop publishing elementsContains valuable Oops! notes, E-Z shortcuts, Speak Like a Geek definitions, and Techno Nerd Teaches notesBonus Mac CD-ROMi includes an incredible multimedia tutorial that gives many working examples
Oracle
Authors: Jeremy Ashley, Kristin Desmond
Venue: interactions (2002)

Oracle is the market leader in database sales and the world's second largest software maker. In addition, Oracle creates industry award-winning, Web-based corporate applications, business intelligence tools, server management tools, and development tools.
Multi-Operating System Networking: Living with UNIX, NetWare, and NT, 1st edition
Authors: Raj Rajagopal
Venue:  (1999)

:Here is all the practical, hands-on information you need to build, manage and maintain a multi-operating system environment with hardware, software, and network equipment from a number of different vendors. Packed with real-world case studies and proven techniques for integrating disparate platforms, operating systems, and servers, Multi-Operating System Networking is a one-stop, no-nonsense guide that shows you how to port and develop applications; manage desktops, data access, communications, and security; build and manage distributed systems.
Viewing composition tables as axiomatic systems
Authors: Carola Eschenbach
Venue: Proceedings of the international conference on Formal Ontology in Information Systems - Volume 2001 (2001)

Axiomatic systems and composition tables are often seen as alternative ways of specifying the semantic interrelations of relations for qualitative reasoning. Axiomatic characterizations usually specify ontological assumptions concerning the domain of the relations and introduce a taxonomic system of relations that, on the one hand, serves to specify the relations and, on the other hand, supports the communication of the intended meaning.In this article, composition tables are seen as a specific form of axiomatic theories that can also be combined with a taxonomic system of relations. On this basis, the content of composition tables can be reformulated in a simplified way. This simplification supports the construction of such tables parallel to the development of the axiomatic specification or on the basis of a given axiomatic characterization.
Particle swarm optimization method in multiobjective problems
Authors: K. E. Parsopoulos, M. N. Vrahatis
Venue: Proceedings of the 2002 ACM symposium on Applied computing (2002)

This paper constitutes a first study of the Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) method in Multiobjective Optimization (MO) problems. The ability of PSO to detect Pareto Optimal points and capture the shape of the Pareto Front is studied through experiments on well-known non-trivial test functions. The Weighted Aggregation technique with fixed or adaptive weights is considered. Furthermore, critical aspects of the VEGA approach for Multiobjective Optimization using Genetic Algorithms are adapted to the PSO framework in order to develop a multi-swarm PSO that can cope effectively with MO problems. Conclusions are derived and ideas for further research are proposed.
Simulating Neural Networks with Mathematica, 1st edition
Authors: James A. Freeman
Venue:  (1993)

:application, in the context of the interactive Mathematica environment. Readers will learn how to simulate neural network operations using Mathematica, and will learn techniques for employing Mathematica to assess neural network behavior and performance. For students of neural networks in upper-level undergraduate or beginning graduate courses in computer science, engineering, and related areas. Also for researchers and practitioners interested in using Mathematica as a research tool. Features Teaches the reader about what neural networks are, and how to manipulate them within the Mathematica environment. Shows how Mathematica can be used to implement and experiment with neural network architectures. Addresses a major topic related to neural networks in each chapter, or a specific type of neural network architecture. Contains exercises, suggested projects, and supplementary reading lists with each chapter. Includes Mathematica application programs (³packages²) in Appendix. (Also available electronically from MathSource.) Table of Contents Introduction to Neural Networks and Mathematica Training by Error Minimization Backpropagation and Its Variants Probability and Neural Networks Optimization and Constraint Satisfaction with Neural Networks Feedback and Recurrent Networks Adaptive Resonance Theory Genetic Algorithms
Distributed data flow computing system
Authors: Edmund Gallizzi, Quinton Zondervan
Venue: Proceedings of the 30th annual Southeast regional conference (1992)

The distributed system of this project integrates the functions of the kernel of the distributed operating system with the hardware and protocols of a high performance local area network (LAN). The "LAN" is a data flow architecture that provides computing and communication functions on a store and forward ring in which the data packets are data flow tokens. The network is implemented with data flow microprocessors that realize the processing and communication functions of the distributed kernel. The global state of the system is described by the data flow graph and its tokens which are resident in the network.
Learnability beyond AC0
Authors: Jeffrey C. Jackson, Adam R. Klivans, Rocco A. Servedio
Venue: Proceedings of the thiry-fourth annual ACM symposium on Theory of computing (2002)

We give an algorithm to learn constant-depth polynomial-size circuits augmented with majority gates under the uniform distribution using random examples only. For circuits which contain a polylogarithmic number of majority gates the algorithm runs in quasipolynomial time. This is the first algorithm for learning a more expressive circuit class than the class AC0 of constant-depth polynomial-size circuits, a class which was shown to be learnable in quasipolynomial time by Linial, Mansour and Nisan in 1989. Our approach combines an extension of some of the Fourier analysis from Linial et al. with hypothesis boosting. We also show that under a standard cryptographic assumption our algorithm is essentially optimal with respect to both running time and expressiveness (number of majority gates) of the circuits being learned.
Windows Internals: The Implementation of the Windows Operating Environment
Authors: Matt Pietrek
Venue:  (1993)

:Most Windows programming books treat Windows like a "black box" - your program makes calls to the Windows API and somewhere the request is processed. But to write truly professional programs, you need to understand what goes on under the hood of Windows. Matt Pietrek, coauthor of the bestselling Undocumented Windows, reveals the internal complexity and power of Windows in a clear and concise style. Through the extensive use of pseudocode, the book illustrates the actual implementation of Windows functions, showing in detail what happens when a Windows program executes. The topics include a walk through a typical Windows application, memory management, the creation and destruction of a program, dynamic linking, the Windows-DOS interface, the scheduler, the messaging system, resource management, and GDI basics. Based on intensive research of the actual binary code of the Windows program files, Windows Internals' authoritative account of the complicated interactions that occur inside Windows is essential reading for all Windows programmers. 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