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Admediation: New Horizons in Effective Email Advertising
Authors: Ram D. Gopal, Zhiping Walter, Arvind K. Tripathi
Venue: Communications of the ACM (2001)

Using incentive-based approaches to match interested buyers and sellers.
CCNP Advanced Cisco Router Configuration Exam Cram
Authors: Certification Insider Press
Venue:  (1999)

:Enables the reader to configure Cisco IOS software to control multiprotocol routed traffic, routed protocols, and WAN traffic. Instructs on using VLSMs to extend the use of IP addresses within a large internetwork. Discusses placement of OSPF and EIGRP in a growing enterprise network environment. Provides ways to determine which bridging system to use and the required configuration. Includes information on configuring scalable routing protocols and dial-up connectivity. Prepares the reader to pass the CCNP Advanced Cisco Router Configuration exam (640-403). Instructs the reader on ways to configure the Cisco IOS software for scalable operation in large or growing multiprotocol internetworks. Contains exclusive tear-out Cram sheet with tips, acronyms, and memory-joggers (mnemonics) to improve recall immediately before the exam. Includes sections on proven test-taking strategies, warnings on trick questions, time-saving study tips, multiple-part question strategies, and shortcuts.
PC Basic Training Kit with Cdrom, 1st edition
Authors: Microsoft Press
Venue:  (1998)

:If you're just embarking on your first personal-computing adventure, the PC BASIC TRAINING KIT will help bring you up to speed quickly. The PCs FOR BEGINNERS book and CD-ROM provide easy-to-follow lessons and reference materials to help you overcome any puzzlement you might have about getting started with your new PC. In MICROSOFT WINDOWS 98 STARTS HERE(TM), a fun, multifaceted, multimedia tutorial sparks your new system savvy by walking you through exercises on the actual product (and not simulations)-so you discover how to put the amazing productivity of Windows 98 to work right away.
SDI industry product suite: the SDI Industry Product Suite: simulation from the production line to the supply chain
Authors: Richard A. Phelps, David J. Parsons, Andrew J. Siprelle
Venue: Proceedings of the 32nd conference on Winter simulation (2000)

The SDI Industry&reg;Product Suite is a versatile, high-level simulation toolset for solving problems of whole enterprises. It adds important capabilities to an existing simulation package, Extend&trade;, which provides a robust simulation architecture and a wealth of existing building blocks. The SDI Industry Product Suite contains 5 specific elements for modeling the enterprise: SDI Database for high-speed data import/export; SDI Industry for high-speed, high-volume production line modeling; SDI Plant Builder for multi-stage plants driven by schedules; and Supply Chain Builder for supply/distribution chains. Each of these elements can be built upon to model everything from a single packline to a worldwide supply chain.
Edge of Now: New Questions for Democracy in the Network Age
Authors: David Howell
Venue:  (2000)

:"As the state domain has been rolled back around almost the entire world,and as global markets have expanded in scope and power, what is left for governments and the nation state? David Howell argues that, far from the day of the nation state being over, it has become more vital than ever in the emerging network world. But the tasks of governing nations badly need defining." "Politics in the new millennium continues to revolve around economics, and economics continues to rely on time-expired theories about how individuals and economics behave and on ever more unreliable statistics. New insights from the worlds of science and biology, combined with the new realities of a largely privatized and globalized world order, have changed for ever the way governments need to govern and politicians to seek and retain power and influence. In this book David Howell, who has worked both at the highest level in government and deep inside the global financial machine, and who has an unrivalled experience of international affairs, raises the key questions for democracy in the new millennium." "The idea of privatizing public assets, and of unravelling the state's all powerful and longstanding domain, was the great heresy of the 1960s and 1970s. In turn it became, as heresies do, the new orthodoxy, not just in Britain but throughout the world. Now Howell turns to new ideas and new heresies. Could they be the orthodoxies of the globalization age? Can our political institutions handle the new challenges? This is the central question posed by a book which draws on unchronicled episodes in modern political history and on a vast quarry of new ideas for a new era."--BOOK JACKET. 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
IDMaps: a global internet host distance estimation service
Authors: Paul Francis, Sugih Jamin, Cheng Jin, Yixin Jin, Danny Raz, Yuval Shavitt, Lixia Zhang
Venue: IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (TON) (2001)

There is an increasing need to quickly and efficiently learn network distances, in terms of metrics such as latency or bandwidth, between Internet hosts. For example, Internet content providers often place data and server mirrors throughout the Internet to improve access latency for clients, and it is necessary to direct clients to the nearest mirrors based on some distance metric in order to realize the benefit of mirrors. We suggest a scalable Internet-wide architecture, called IDMaps, which measures and disseminates distance information on the global Internet. Higher level services can collect such distance information to build a virtual distance map of the Internet and estimate the distance between any pair of IP addresses. We present our solutions to the measurement server placement and distance map construction problems in IDMaps. We show that IDMaps can indeed provide useful distance estimations to applications such as nearest mirror selection.
Scheduling MEMS manufacturing
Authors: Wang Lixin, Francis Tay Eng Hock, Lee Loo Hay
Venue: Proceedings of the 32nd conference on Winter simulation (2000)

This paper focuses on the production scheduling in MEMS (Micro-Electro Mechanical System) manufacturing. The whole MEMS production process can be organized into 3 sub-processes, i.e., the wafer front-end process, the wafer cap process and the back-end process. Every wafer processed by the wafer front-end process needs to be bonded with a wafer that is manufactured in the wafer cap process, and then it will be sent to the back-end process. Therefore how to synchronize the release of wafers into the front-end process as well as the wafer cap process becomes an important topic. An ineffective coordination will create long cycle time and large WIP (work-in-process). In this paper, four synchronization rules are developed and they are evaluated together with two release rules and five dispatching rules. The performance measures considered are cycle time, throughput rate and WIP. A visual interactive simulation model is constructed to imitate the production line. The simulation results indicate that synchronization rules, release rules, and dispatching rules, have significant impacts on the performance of MEMS manufacturing and the best policy combination is Littlesyn-CONWIP-SRPT.
Large causality: ordering broadcasts and messages
Authors: José M. Piquer
Venue: Proceedings of the 5th workshop on ACM SIGOPS European workshop: Models and paradigms for distributed systems structuring (1992)

The causal order in distributed asynchronous systems is a valuable and useful concept to implement distributed algorithms. In particular, causal broadcasts have been used to solve many well-known distributed problems (as replication using a token-passing mechanism). However, the implementation of a general causal message system (where every message and broadcast respects the causal order) is complicated and involves a hard protocol to ensure delivery order. On the other hand only a few applications really need the causal semantics of the message sending primitives and they typically only concern the broadcast primitives.This paper proposes a new ordering of broadcasts and messages, where the broadcasts are causally ordered, but they only impose an order on messages (which are not causally ordered). This order (called large causality) is easy and cheap to implement on most distributed architectures and is powerful enough to build token-passing (and though replica coherency) and global state applications.This paper does not treat group multicast nor fault-tolerance, however we expect to be able to benefit from the research done on this field by systems such as ISIS, providing all these features together.
Automotive Web Sites
Authors: Todd A. Jensen
Venue:  (1999)

:This time-saving Internet guide to automotive subjectsfrom pricing a new minivan to the latest racing news to restoring a 1930s classicpresents over 400 World Wide Web addresses, with 240 detailed descriptions of the most useful, or entertaining. The guide includes a brief history of cars and trucks on the Internet, as well as tips for novice Web users. Sites are arranged by topics, such as purchasing a vehicle, chat rooms, aftermarket suppliers, auto clubs, collectibles, racing, publications, and more. Heres a sampling of what you can find in just a few moments of browsing the pages: o the definitive information and support source for Ford Galaxies (or various other models) o a state-by-state directory of police speed traps as reported by drivers o a blow-by-blow photo diary of a 54 Studebaker restoration in progress o places to buy or sell classics 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
VBA for Dummies with Cdrom, 2nd edition
Authors: Steve Cummings
Venue:  (1999)

:Not all applications instantly give users what they need out of the box. "VBA For Dummies" helps readers customize software from Microsoft, Corel, Visio, AutoDesk, and others with Visual Basic for Applications. The CD-ROM contains all the sample source code included with the book, as well as components and development tools from ProtoView, Vectrix, Quasit Technologies, and Artisoft.
Parallel programming using visual patterns
Venue: Progress in computer research (2001)

Parallel programming is significantly more complex than sequential programming because the programmer has the additional tasks of both specifying processes, and their communication and synchronization requirements. In this paper we propose a visual environment in which a non-expert in parallel programming can concentrate on the sequential aspects of a parallel program and specify its communication and synchronization using visual tools. The visual environment provides, as patterns, encapsulations of common communication and synchronization strategies. In addition, an expert parallel programmer can add new patterns to the repository either by defining it completely, or by extending the existing patterns in the repository.
You Say You Want a Revolution, 1st edition
Authors: Reed E. Hundt
Venue:  (2000)

:This book narrates the creation of government policy for the information sector of the American and international economies, 1993-1997. It is the personal memoir of the author, the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission during those years. The central theme is the passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 and its interpretation by the FCC in a way that has replaced monopoly with competition, and helped start the wave of technological entrepreneurship that has revitalized the economy. Perhaps the most notable feature of the Act is its authorization of the FCC program to link every classroom of every school to the internet. The drama surrounding the rise of the internet as well as the political battle between Congress and the White House for control of the information sector are chronicled with 'behind-the-scenes' insights and anecdotes. 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
The Internet Instant Reference, 3rd edition
Authors: Paul E. Hoffman
Venue:  (1996)

:For every Internet user who wants a quick, alphabetical reference to Internet terms and concepts. Whether you're using a graphical or a character-based interface, this pocket guide is the place to turn for the latest information on access providers, online U.S. government sources, sites for downloading software, and more. Written by MicroTimes News Editor Paul Hoffman.
The sound of one hand: a wrist-mounted bio-acoustic fingertip gesture interface
Authors: Brian Amento, Will Hill, Loren Terveen
Venue: CHI '02 extended abstracts on Human factors in computing systems (2002)

Two hundred and fifty years ago the Japanese Zen master Hakuin asked the question, "What is the Sound of the Single Hand?" This koan has long served as an aid to meditation but it also describes our new interaction techinique. We discovered that gentle fingertip gestures such as tapping, rubbing, and flicking make quiet sounds that travel by bone conduction throughout the hand. A small wristband-mounted contact microphone can reliably and inexpensively sense these sounds. We harnessed this "sound in the hand" phenomenon to build a wristband-mounted bio-acoustic fingertip gesture interface. The bio-acoustic interface recognizes some common gestures that state-of-the-art glove and image-processing techniques capture but in a smaller, mobile package.
Quantitative Data Analysis with MINITAB: A Guide for Social Scientists
Authors: Duncan Cramer
Venue:  (1997)

:Quantitative Data Analysis with Minitab explains statistical tests for Minitab users and employs the same formula-free, non-technical approach as the very successful SPSS version. Students are introduced to the basic commands of the package and shown how quantitative data analysis techniques can be implemented through the latest versions of Minitab. Techniques covered include univariate, bivariate and multivariate analysis, with discussion of issues such as sampling, conceptualization and measurement. Each chapter concludes with a set of exercises. Social science students will welcome this integrated, non-mathematical introduction to quantitative data analysis and the Minitab package.
Clustering spatial data using random walks
Authors: David Harel, Yehuda Koren
Venue: Proceedings of the seventh ACM SIGKDD international conference on Knowledge discovery and data mining (2001)

Discovering significant patterns that exist implicitly in huge spatial databases is an important computational task. A common approach to this problem is to use cluster analysis. We propose a novel approach to clustering, based on the deterministic analysis of random walks on a weighted graph generated from the data. Our approach can decompose the data into arbitrarily shaped clusters of different sizes and densities, overcoming noise and outliers that may blur the natural decomposition of the data. The method requires only O(n log n) time, and one of its variants needs only constant space.
A simple mathematical model of adaptive routing in wormhole k-ary n-cubes
Authors: H. Sarbazi-Azad, M. Ould-Khaoua
Venue: Proceedings of the 2002 ACM symposium on Applied computing (2002)

Many fully-adaptive algorithms have been proposed for k-ary n-cubes over the past decade. The performance characteristics of most of these algorithms have been analysed by means of software simulation only. This paper proposes a simple yet reasonably accurate analytical model to predict message latency in wormhole-routed k-ary n-cubes with fully adaptive routing. This model requires a running time of O(1) which is the fastest model yet reported in the literature while maintaining reasonable accuracy.
Shared Vision
Authors: Randall C. Smith
Venue: Communications of the ACM (2001)

General Motors proved fertile ground for implementing collaborative technologies for designing cars.
Mr. Bunny's Guide to ActiveX
Authors: Carlton Egremont
Venue:  (1998)

:ActiveX has been around for literally dozens of months, but until now it has remained an inscrutable mystery to all but the most overpaid contract engineers, three Sufi priests, and Don from Nevada. Finally, here is a book that dumbs down the topic so it is understandable even to a piece of shoe leather. Mr. Bunny's Guide to ActiveX begins with the basic building block of all computer software: the pixel. From here it digresses into a classic fantasy adventure story about a cute little talking bunny and a hapless everyman farmer/programmer on an amazing journey to the heart of component-based software. You will actually learn ActiveX by reading out loud to your children at bedtime! Don't miss out on all the fun in today's highly competitive and stressful technology industries. Let Mr. Bunny bring your web pages to life. (You do have a web page, don't you?) The sky will open and everything you ever desired will be showered upon you, so wear a hard hat.
Pcanywhere for Dummies
Authors: Jill Gilbert
Venue:  (2000)

:Packed with troubleshooting tips for typical problemsIncludes coverage of pcAnywhere 9The easy way to connect with a remote computer or network Whether you're a telecommuter, a road warrior, or a technical support professional, this friendly guide is just what you need to stay connected. You'll get the lowdown on pcAnywhere basics. You'll find out what to do about the inevitable hassles and hang ups. And you'll get loads of timesaving tips.Discover how to: Connect to a remote computer Work through connection problems Troubleshoot glitches during a session Transfer files and synchronize changes Provide technical support to remote users Use macros and scriptingThe Dummies Way Explanations in plain English "Get in, get out" information Icons and other navigational aids Tear-out cheat sheet Top ten lists A dash of humor and funGet smart! www.dummies.com Register to win cool prizes Browse exclusive articles and excerpts Get a free Dummies Daily e-mail newsletter Chat with authors and preview other books Talk to us, ask questions, get answersAuthor Biography: Jill Gilbert is a CPA who holds degrees in accountancy, taxation, and law. She is currently completing her MCSE. She first used pcAnywhere to keep in touch with her business while on maternity leave. 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
The practical SQL handbook: using SQL variants, 4th edition
Venue:  (2001)

This latest edition of the best-selling implementation guide to the Structured Query Language teaches SQL fundamentals while providing practical solutions for critical business applications. The Practical SQL Handbook, Fourth Edition now includes expanded platform SQL coverage and extensive real-world examples based on feedback from actual SQL users.
Front Mission 3: Official Strategy Guide
Authors: David Cassady
Venue:  (2000)

:BradyGames-Front Mission 3:Offical Strategy Guide Book Features: Complete Coverage of Every Mission in Both Adverntures. Pilot Skills and Detailed Stats for Every Wanzer. Explore the Virtual Net & Unlock Game Secrets. Maximize Your Wanzer's Effectivness with Battle-tested Combat Tips. 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
The Nonlinear Workbook: Chaos, Fractals, Cellular Automata. Neural Networks, Genetic Algorithms, Fuzzy Logic with C++ and Reduce Programs
Authors: Willi-Hans Hans Steeb
Venue:  (2000)

:This book provides all the techniques and methods used in nonlinear dynamics. The concepts and underlying mathematics are discussed in detail.. "The numerical and symbolic methods are implemented using C++, Java, SymbolicC++ and Reduce. Object-oriented techniques are also applied. The book contains more than 100 ready-to-run programs.. "The text has also been designed for a one-year course at both the junior and senior levels in nonlinear dynamics.
A simulation of the general request capability of Mark IV
Authors: Carol A. Jones, Wayne L. Bartel
Venue: Proceedings of the 20th annual Southeast regional conference (1982)

A simulation of the Mark IV General Request Capability is presented. Using data flow diagrams, the development of a COBOL simulation is outlined. A specific reporting problem is traced from its specification on the Information Request form to its equivalent in COBOL card images, and finally, to a finished report.
A Brief Guide to AutoCAD, 1st edition
Authors: Scott E. Davis
Venue:  (2000)

:This book assumes previous experience operating a computer, but little or no understanding of AutoCAD®. It is intended for use in basic AutoCAD® courses offered at both the post-secondary and secondary levels. Each chapter builds on the skills previously presented in the text. Objectives, Key Concepts, and Margin Definitions provide an overview and review of chapter concepts. "Try This" activities within the chapter and Activities at the end of each chapter provide practice and application of the skills presented in the chapter. 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
Application of an analytical model to evaluate storage structures
Authors: T. J. Teorey, K. Sundar Das
Venue: Proceedings of the 1976 ACM SIGMOD international conference on Management of data (1976)

The File Design Analyzer is a software package which evaluates well-known database storage structures and access methods in terms of secondary storage processing time and storage overhead required to service a set of user applications. It implements a first-order analytical model to specifically evaluate sequential, indexed sequential, direct access, inverted, multilist, and network storage structures. Interaction with the package is available in conversational mode, enabling the experienced analyst to conduct on-line sensitivity analysis.The paper describes three extensions of a conceptual model and system into a practical tool for evaluation of existing or proposed database designs: batched transactions, multi-access interference due to shared secondary storage, and variable record size. Case studies of real systems illustrate the potential of the File Design Analyzer to provide insight regarding the optimal choice of physical parameters within a specified storage structure and to effectively compare alternative storage structures for a particular set of applications.
Web Architect's Handbook, 1st edition
Authors: Charles Stross
Venue:  (1996)

:If you're planning to create a professional presence on the World Wide Web you need to master the tools and tactics the experts use. Treat yourself to a copy of the grand plan with The Web Architect's Handbook and find out how they do it. Basic HTML and graphics techniques will only get you part of the way; when it comes to creating a large web site, different methods are needed. The Web Architect's Handbook will provide you with an overview of web structure and show you how different types of web site have differing requirements. Along the way you will learn about maintaining large publications, creating dynamic documents, and building a site that is durable and useable. 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