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Troubleshooting Microsoft® Access 2002
Authors: Virginia Andersen, John Pierce
Venue:  (2002)

:Troubleshooting Microsoft Access Version 2002 provides fast answers to problems that can arise when using the latest version of Access. Vivid, easy-to-follow diagnostic charts enable users to identify the problemand the solution to itquickly and easily. Each chapter begins with a flowchart to aid the user in pinpointing a solution to the problem. Each flowchart contains quick fixes for simple problems. Solution pages give step-by-step procedures with screen images that illustrate what users see on their computer screen. When Access users get stuck, Troubleshooting Microsoft Access Version 2002 helps them pinpoint the problem and identify a solutionfast. Easy-to-use book delivers fast solutions so users can fix their own Access database problemsno phone calls, no fruitless trial and error! Key Book Benefits: * Designed expressly to help beginning and intermediate users solve problems, Troubleshooting Microsoft Access Version 2002 quickly pinpoint the source of the problem and recommend a solution. * With a choice of several ways to access informationTop 20 Problems, quick-reference and detailed tables of contents, and flowchartsusers can solve their problem without a lot of work and having to call technical support. Sidebars explain why the problem might have occurred and help users avoid the problem in the future. * Readers of other Troubleshooting titles have praised how easy this approach makes it to find the information they need, because the books lay out a clear path from problem to solution.
Teach Yourself Microsoft Internet Explorer 4, 1st edition
Authors: Kevin Reichard, Kathy Yakal
Venue:  (1997)

:The Internet is no longer the domain of techies, nerds, and digital elite thanks to user-friendly Web browsers such as Microsofts Internet Explorer 4. Integrated into Microsofts core operating system, Internet Explorer 4 shepherds you onto the Web and directs you to the prime content hubs. The Web is literally one click away. teach yourselfMicrosoft&reg; Internet Explorer 4, the seminal introductory guide to Web surfing with IE4, exposes Internet Explorer 4 both as an Internet tool and a system-management tool. With teach yourselfMicrosoft Internet Explorer 4 youll to manage e-mail, receive push content, edit Web pages, conference with NetMeeting, and even optimize IE4s advanced multimedia capabilities.
The eBay Phenomenon: Business Secrets Behind the World's Hottest Internet Company
Authors: David Bunnell, Richard A. Luecke
Venue:  (2001)

:The eBay Phenomenon tells the inside story of how a hobby/experiment run from Pierre Omidyar's Silicon Valley apartment gave birth to not just a new business model but a whole new industry - creating one of the most powerful forces on the Internet. Featuring interviews with eBay insiders such as CEO Meg Whitman, this compelling and instructive book reveals how, with no blueprint or road map to follow, eBay executives and employees invented their business on the fly - in Internet time.
eBusiness Technology Kit For Dummies
Authors: Kathleen Allen, Jon Weisner
Venue:  (2000)

:Proven ways to harness the power of technology and the Internet. Technology has leveled the playing field for small businesses, playing a significant role in their growth over the past decade. eBusiness Technology Kit For Dummies guides readers, step-by-step, through the maze of computers, e-mail, and the Internet and shows how to use technology to help any business succeed. It includes a CD-ROM disk filled with interactive software, templates, and samples. The book offers guidance on such topics as: How to use the Internet and e-mail effectively to build a business The 10 common mistakes business owners make when it comes to today's technology How to incorporate a technology strategy into a business plan Learning to plan for cost and execution of technology How to deal with technology consultants About the Authors: Kathleen Allen, Ph.D. (Los Angeles, California), a professor of entrepreneurship at the University of Southern California, is the author of Entrepreneurship For Dummies and coauthor of The Complete MBA For Dummies. She has also written articles for magazines and newspapers such as The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and Los Angeles Business Journal. Jon Weisner (Sherman Oaks, California), has over 10 years of experience in the computer field working in studio, production, and corporate environments.
Integrating object-oriented programming and protected objects in Ada 95
Authors: A. J. Wellings, B. Johnson, B. Sanden, J. Kienzle, T. Wolf, S. Michell
Venue: ACM SIGAda Ada Letters (2002)

Integrating concurrent and object-oriented programming has been an active research topic since the late 1980's. There is now a plethora of methods for achieving this integration. The majority of approaches have taken a sequential object-oriented language and made it concurrent. A few approaches have taken a concurrent language and made it object-oriented. The most important of this latter class is the Ada 95 language, which is an extension to the object-based concurrent programming language Ada 83. Arguably, Ada 95 does not fully integrate its models of concurrency and object-oriented programming. For example, neither tasks nor protected objects are extensible. This article discusses ways in which protected objects can be made more extensible.
MCSE Readiness Review-- Exam 70-087: Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0, 1st edition
Authors: James Semick
Venue:  (1999)

:An inexpensive way to assess abilities before taking the real MCSE Exam 70-087, this guide has been co-developed with Self-Test Software, the official supplier of MCSE assessment exam questions. 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
Combining the Perceptron Algorithm with Logarithmic Simulated Annealing
Authors: A. Albrecht, C. K. Wong
Venue: Neural Processing Letters (2001)

We present results of computational experiments with an extension of the Perceptron algorithm by a special type of simulated annealing. The simulated annealing procedure employs a logarithmic cooling schedule c(k)&equals;&Gamma;/ln(k+2), where &Gamma; is a parameter that depends on the underlying configuration space. For sample sets S of n-dimensional vectors generated by randomly chosen polynomials w1&middot;x1a1+&middot;&middot;&middot;+wn&middot;xnan&ges;&thetav;, we try to approximate the positive and negative examples by linear threshold functions. The approximations are computed by both the classical Perceptron algorithm and our extension with logarithmic cooling schedules. For n&equals;256,&hellip;, 1024 and ai&equals;3,&hellip;, 7, the extension outperforms the classical Perceptron algorithm by about 15% when the sample size is sufficiently large. The parameter &Gamma; was chosen according to estimations of the maximum escape depth from local minima of the associated energy landscape.
Bayesian inference for multivariate survival data with a cure fraction
Authors: Ming-Hui Chen, Joseph G. Ibrahim, Debajyoti Sinha
Venue: Journal of Multivariate Analysis (2002)

We develop Bayesian methods for right censored multivariate failure time data for populations with a cure fraction. We propose a new model, called the multivariate cure rate model, and provide a natural motivation and interpretation of it. To create the correlation structure between the failure times, we introduce a frailty term, which is assumed to have a positive stable distribution. The resulting correlation structure induced by the frailty term is quite appealing and leads to a nice characterization of the association between the failure times. Several novel properties of the model are derived. First, conditional on the frailty term, it is shown that the model has a proportional hazards structure with the covariates depending naturally on the cure rate. Second, we establish mathematical relationships between the marginal survivor functions of the multivariate cure rate model and the more standard mixture model for modelling cure rates. With the introduction of latent variables, we show that the new model is computationally appealing, and novel computational Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods are developed to sample from the posterior distribution of the parameters. Specifically, we propose a modified version of the collapsed Gibbs technique (J. S. Liu, 1994, J. Amer. Statist. Assoc. 89, 958-966) to sample from the posterior distribution. This development will lead to an efficient Gibbs sampling procedure, which would otherwise be extremely difficult. We characterize the propriety of the joint posterior distribution of the parameters using a class of noninformative improper priors. A real dataset from a melanoma clinical trial is presented to illustrate the methodology.
Ciw Foundations for Dummies, 1st edition
Authors: Sharon Roark
Venue:  (2002)

:Your friendly guide to CIW Foundations exam successCD-ROM includes hundreds of sample exam questionsThe fun and easy way to study for the exam  all the rewards in half the time!Here's the CIW Foundations test-prep guide you've been waiting for  a For Dummies book-and-software package that actually makes studying fun. Prepared by CIW-certified experts and packed with proven tips and practice exams, it's all you need to get up to speed on the Internet, Web page authoring, and networking fundamentals  and pass the test.All this on the bonus CD-ROMDummies Test Engine, our exclusive, fully customizable test-prep software featuring hundreds of sample questionsPlus Apache and Macromedia trial versions of ColdFusion Server Enterprise, FreeHand, Fireworks, Dreamweaver, Macromedia Flash, and morePentium PC with Windows 9x/2000/Me/XP, Windows NT 4 or later; 64 MB RAM, CD-ROM drive. See About the CD Appendix for details and complete system requirements.Get smart! @www.dummies.comFind listings of all our booksCreate your own personalized book with Hungry Minds a la CarteSign up for daily eTips at www.dummiesdaily.comAuthor Biography: SHARON ROARK is a certified Master CIW Professional and trainer who coaches CIW candidates and teaches courses in using Web design software.TOM DEVINE is a CIW-certified Web Design Professional.
A Lie Algebraic Approach to Numerical Integration of Stochastic Differential Equations
Authors: Tetsuya Misawa
Venue: SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing (2001)

In this article, "composition methods (or operator splitting methods)" for autonomous stochastic differential equations (SDEs) are formulated to produce numerical approximation schemes for the equations. In the proposed methods, the exponential map, which is given by the solution of an SDE, is approximated by composition of the stochastic flows derived from simpler and exactly integrable vector field operators having stochastic coefficients. The local and global errors of the numerical schemes derived from the stochastic composition methods are investigated. The new schemes are advantageous to preserve the special character of SDEs numerically and are useful for approximations of the solutions to stochastic nonlinear equations. To examine their superiority, several numerical simulations on the basis of the proposed schemes are carried out for SDEs which arise in mathematical finance and stochastic Hamiltonian dynamical systems.
Creating Web Pages for Dummies with Cdrom, 6th edition
Authors: Bud E. Smith, Arthur Bebak
Venue:  (2002)

:Taking the big first step toward building and posting your first Web page is tough enough without having to figure out a bunch of HTML and complex Web editors along the way. Creating Web Pages For Dummies, 6th Edition eases the work of first time Web builders by breaking page creation into a half-dozen basic tasks and showing them how to conquer each of the steps in the simplest way possible. The book also walks readers through getting a page online and offers special help to AOL and GeoCities users who are using those services to post their pages. This book includes a CD-ROM filled with free, shareware, and demo tools for building and editing Web pages -- including demos of Macromedia Dreamweaver, BBEdit Lite, Paint Shop Pro, and others. This updated edition walks readers through the essential steps of Web page building and shares the easiest way to handle each step. Introduces you to the basics of page design, site building, and offers just enough HTML to get the job done Includes easy-to-follow instruction on quickly getting a home page on the Web using the free tools and space offered by the updated Yahoo! GeoCities service Also covers basic Web graphics design About the Authors: Bud Smith (Cupertino, CA) has worked as a magazine editor and marketing manager during stints with Intel, IBM, and Apple. Along with these duties, he has also found the time to write the previous editions of Creating Web Pages For Dummies along with Web Usability For Dummies, Marketing Online For Dummies, and AutoCAD 2002 For Dummies. Arthur Bebak (Santa Clara, CA) holds a degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Illinois and has designedmainframes and managed large engineering projects in the past. He is founder of Netsurfer Communications, Inc., a company that builds Web sites for business clients and publishes Web-based magazines.
Concurrency control in graph protocols by using edge locks
Authors: Gael N. Buckley, Avi Silberschatz
Venue: Proceedings of the 3rd ACM SIGACT-SIGMOD symposium on Principles of database systems (1984)

A large number of locking protocols use precedence relations among data items to ensure the serializability of the database system. These protocols have extended the semantics of the exclusive lock from prohibiting access to a data item to prohibiting access to an entire subgraph. In this paper we argue that combining the use of exclusive locks for these different purposes is ill conceived. We present a general theory on how these two distinct functions can be separated into the traditional locks operating on the individual data items, and a corresponding set operating on the edges of graph. This is illustrated by a general transformation from a given graph protocol to the new edge protocol which preserves the major properties of the original protocol. We then give a characterization for a large class of edge lock protocols within a database system, which includes most previous locking protocols defined on databases organized as graphs. We show how this separation increases concurrency, and generalizes previously unrelated concepts, such as using deadlock avoidance locks in general locking protocols.
Com.put.ing: A Dictionary for Web Surfers, Number Crunchers, Desktop Publishers, and Space-Alien Zappers
Authors: Henry Beard, Roy McKie
Venue:  (1999)

:Beard & McKie are back. The author and the illustrator who created Sailing (a New York Times bestseller with 710,000 copies in print), as well as Golfing, Fishing, and other well-defined dictionaries--which together have over 2.3 million copies in print--now turn their unflinchingly funny eye to America's newest obsession, computing. For frustrated Web surfers, confused number crunchers, for the crazed the possessed, and the befuddled, it makes perfect fun of the machine we love to hate. Computing covers it all, from hardware (any portion of a computer system that you can actually smack, thump, slam, punch, bash, whack, or clobber) to program ( a set of instructions for converting informational input into an emotional outburst). There are technical terms--Web browser (an Internet navigation program that gives computer users instant access to more than one billion advertisements); cultural phenomena--techie (a nerd with a Porsche); lingo--e-mail (a highly efficient method of wasting the countless working hours saved by the introduction of data-processing systems); and common words given new meaning in the computer age--instructions (a collection of Finnish proverbs with the words "User's Manual" printed on the cover).
Upgrading PCs: Visual QuickStart Guide, 1st edition
Authors: Bart Farkas, Jeff Govier
Venue:  (1999)

:Need to upgrade your PC fast? Try a Visual Quickstart! Takes an easy, visual approach to teaching you how to perform basic hardware upgrades, using pictures to guide you and show you what to do Works like a reference bookyou look up what you need and then get straight to work No long-winded passagesconcise, straightforward commentary explains what you need to know About the Authors: Bart G. Farkas has written more than 20 computer/video game books. He has also published numerous articles in Mac Home Journal and MacAddict magazine over the years. Bart lives with his wife, son, and two cats in Calgary, Canada. Jeff Govier has worked in technical support, instruction, and programming (where he is currently stationed) for more than six years. He is the co-author of several computer books and is an experienced hardware technician. Jeff lives with his wife in Calgary, Canada.
A pictorial query language for querying geographic databases using positional and OLAP operators
Authors: Elaheh Pourabbas, Maurizio Rafanelli
Venue: ACM SIGMOD Record (2002)

The authors propose a declarative Pictorial Query Language (called PQL) that is able to express queries on an Object-Oriented geographic database drawing the features which form the query. These features refer to the classic ones of a geographic environment (geo-null, geo-points, geo-polyline, and geo-region) and define the alphabet of the above mentioned language. This language, extended with respect to a previous one, considers twelve positional operators and a set of their specifications. Moreover, the possibility to use the mentioned language to query multidimensional databases is discussed. Finally, the characteristic of the mentioned language by a query example is shown.
SPINS: security protocols for sensor networks
Authors: Adrian Perrig, Robert Szewczyk, J. D. Tygar, Victor Wen, David E. Culler
Venue: Wireless Networks (2002)

Wireless sensor networks will be widely deployed in the near future. While much research has focused on making these networks feasible and useful, security has received little attention. We present a suite of security protocols optimized for sensor networks: SPINS. SPINS has two secure building blocks: SNEP and &mu;TESLA. SNEP includes: data confidentiality, two-party data authentication, and evidence of data freshness. &mu;TESLA provides authenticated broadcast for severely resource-constrained environments. We implemented the above protocols, and show that they are practical even on minimal hardware: the performance of the protocol suite easily matches the data rate of our network. Additionally, we demonstrate that the suite can be used for building higher level protocols.
A primal-dual algorithm for minimizing a sum of Euclidean norms
Authors: Liqun Qi, Defeng Sun, Guanglu Zhou
Venue: Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics (2002)

We study the problem of minimizing a sum of Euclidean norms. This nonsmooth optimization problem arises in many different kinds of modern scientific applications. In this paper we first transform this problem and its dual problem into a system of strongly semismooth equations, and give some uniqueness theorems for this problem. We then present a primal-dual algorithm for this problem by solving this system of strongly semismooth equations. Preliminary numerical results are reported, which show that this primal-dual algorithm is very promising.
Delivering Digital Images: Cultural Heritage Resources for Education
Authors: Christie Stephenson, Patricia McClung
Venue:  (1998)

:This pioneering two-year project explored the legal, technical, and practical issues involved in using digital images of museum collections for educational purposes. The report includes essays by project participants for the fourteen museums and universities that participated in this project, and recommends terms and conditions for distributing digital museum images via the Internet and university campus networks.
Using Internet Primary Sources to Teach Critical Thinking Skills in World Languages
Authors: Grete Pasch
Venue:  (2001)

:Language teachers, social studies teachers, and school library media specialists will find this resource invaluable for providing lessons and activities in critical thinking. 200 primary source Internet sites provide students in grades 7-12 with references to web sites and related activities that can be used in the classroom to reinforce world language learning. Using the interactive activities provided for lessons in Chinese, French, German, Spanish, Japanese, Russian, and Latin languages will help students to explore the unique cultures of the peoples who speak these languages. Not only will using this book increase language skills, it will also enable students to experience world language almost as if they were actually visiting the country itself!
Mastering Local Area Networks
Authors: Christa Anderson, Mark Minasi
Venue:  (1999)

:Mastering Local Area Networks offers a practical, systematic look at networking components, how they fit together, and what they can mean for your business. Whether you're considering investing in a network or already have a network in place, this book will help you choose the technologies that make the most sense for your organization. If you want to build a network yourself, this book will teach you all the concepts and techniques you need to do it right the first time. If you already have a network, this book will help you master the administrative and analytical tasks that are key to optimal performance and sensible evolution.
A unified set of APIs for acquisition and processing of scanning probe microscope images
Authors: S. T. Jemander
Venue: Computer Standards Interfaces (2002)

The author presents a unified set of application programmer's interfaces (APIs) for acquisition, processing and storage of data generated by scanning probe microscopes (SPMs). We describe and discuss the shortcomings of current implementations (file format incompatibilities, absence of software recycling and improper image processing) and present a solution based on plug-ins and open APIs. Much of the functionality found in a traditional, monolithic SPM system is moved out from the core to plug-in subsystems. The subsystems are defined by APIs for microscope drivers, file format plug-ins, SPM image processing plug-ins and plug-ins for controlling the data acquisition. There is also a discussion about the internal representation and the problems associated with information reduction when data is passed through the APIs and how that can be eliminated. A description of an implementation under the Be operating system is also given.
Safe Cooperative Robot Dynamics on Graphs
Authors: Robert W. Ghrist, Daniel E. Koditschek
Venue: SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization (2001)

This paper introduces the use of vector fields to design, optimize, and implement reactive schedules for safe cooperative robot patterns on planar graphs. We consider automated guided vehicles (AGVs) operating upon a predefined network of pathways. In contrast to the case of locally Euclidean configuration spaces, regularization of collisions is no longer a local procedure, and issues concerning the global topology of configuration spaces must be addressed. The focus of the present inquiry is the definition, design, and algorithmic construction of controllers for achievement of safe, efficient, cooperative patterns in the simplest nontrivial example (a pair of robots on a Y-network) by means of a hierarchical event-driven state feedback law.