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Sams Teach Yourself Crystal Reports 9 in 24 Hours
Authors: Joe Estes, Kathryn Hunt, Neil FitzGerald, Ryan Marples, Steve Lucas
Venue:  (2002)

Sams Teach Yourself Crystal Reports 9 in 24 Hours guides the reader through understanding data sources, to creating simple reports using the provided report wizards to custom reporting creation, modification and design techniques. Crystal Reports 9 includes unprecedented technological advances and user interface design improvements. Crystal Reports can access data from the most widely used databases and can integrate data from multiple databases within one report.
Grey-level hit-or-miss transforms-part II: Application to angiographic image processing
Authors: Benoít Naegel, Nicolas Passat, Christian Ronse
Venue: Pattern Recognition (2007)

The hit-or-miss transform (HMT) is a fundamental operation on binary images, widely used since 40 years. As it is not increasing, its extension to grey-level images is not straightforward, and very few authors have considered it. Moreover, despite its potential usefulness, very few applications of the grey-level HMT have been proposed until now. Part I of this paper [B. Naegel, N. Passat, C. Ronse, Grey-level hit-or-miss transforms-part I: unified theory. Pattern Recogn., in press doi:10.1016/j.patcog.2006.06.004] was devoted to the description of a theory enabling to unify the main definitions of the grey-level HMT, mainly proposed by Ronse and Soille, respectively. Part II of this paper, developed hereafter, deals with the applicative potential of the grey-level HMT, illustrated by its use for vessel segmentation from 3D angiographic data. Different HMT-based segmentation methods are then described and analysed, leading to concrete analysis techniques for brain and liver vessels, but also providing algorithmic strategies which could further be used for many other kinds of image processing applications.
Mathematical Theory of the Duality Computer in the Density Matrix Formalism
Authors: Gui Lu Long
Venue: Quantum Information Processing (2007)

We give the mathematical theory of duality computer in the density matrix formalism. This result complements the mathematical theory of duality computer of Gudder in the pure state formalism.
Least-squares-based fitting of paraboloids
Authors: Min Dai, Timothy S. Newman, Chunguang Cao
Venue: Pattern Recognition (2007)

A technique for reconstructing a class of quadric surfaces from 3D data is presented. The technique is driven by a linear least-squares-based fitting mechanism. Previously, such fitting was restricted to recovery of central quadrics; here, extension of that basic mechanism to allow recovery of one commonly-occurring class of non-central quadric, the elliptic paraboloids, is described. The extension uses an indirect solution approach that involves introducing a variable to the basic mechanism that is a function of a quadric surface invariant. Results from fitting real and synthetic data are also exhibited.
Image classification based on Markov random field models with Jeffreys divergence
Authors: Ryuei Nishii, Shinto Eguchi
Venue: Journal of Multivariate Analysis (2006)

This paper considers image classification based on a Markov random field (MRF), where the random field proposed here adopts Jeffreys divergence between category-specific probability densities. The classification method based on the proposed MRF is shown to be an extension of Switzer's soothing method, which is applied in remote sensing and geospatial communities. Furthermore, the exact error rates due to the proposed and Switzer's methods are obtained under the simple setup, and several properties are derived. Our method is applied to a benchmark data set of image classification, and exhibits a good performance in comparison with conventional methods.
Running Linux
Authors: Matthias Kalle Dalheimer, Matt Welsh
Venue:  (2005)

You may be contemplating your first Linux installation. Or you may have been using Linux for years and need to know more about adding a network printer or setting up an FTP server. Running Linux, now in its fifth edition, is the book you'll want on hand in either case. Widely recognized in the Linux community as the ultimate getting-started and problem-solving book, it answers the questions and tackles the configuration issues that frequently plague users, but are seldom addressed in other books. This fifth edition of Running Linux is greatly expanded, reflecting the maturity of the operating system and the teeming wealth of software available for it. Hot consumer topics such as audio and video playback applications, groupware functionality, and spam filtering are covered, along with the basics in configuration and management that always have made the book popular. Running Linux covers basic communications such as mail, web surfing, and instant messaging, but also delves into the subtleties of network configuration--including dial-up, ADSL, and cable modems--in case you need to set up your network manually. The book can make you proficient on office suites and personal productivity applications--and also tells you what programming tools are available if you're interested in contributing to these applications. Other new topics in the fifth edition include encrypted email and filesystems, advanced shell techniques, and remote login applications. Classic discussions on booting, package management, kernel recompilation, and X configuration have also been updated. The authors of Running Linux have anticipated problem areas, selected stable and popular solutions, and provided clear instructions to ensure that you'll have a satisfying experience using Linux. The discussion is direct and complete enough to guide novice users, while still providing the additional information experienced users will need to progress in their mastery of Linux. Whether you're using Linux on a home workstation or maintaining a network server, Running Linux will provide expert advice just when you need it.
Simulation-based multi-objective optimization of a real-world scheduling problem
Authors: Anna Persson, Henrik Grimm, Amos Ng, Thomas Lezama, Jonas Ekberg, Stephan Falk, Peter Stablum
Venue: Proceedings of the 38th conference on Winter simulation (2006)

This paper presents a successful application of simulation-based multi-objective optimization of a complex real-world scheduling problem. Concepts of the implemented simulation-based optimization architecture are described, as well as how different components of the architecture are implemented. Multiple objectives are handled in the optimization process by considering the decision makers' preferences using both prior and posterior articulations. The efficiency of the optimization process is enhanced by performing culling of solutions before using the simulation model, avoiding unpromising solutions to be unnecessarily processed by the computationally expensive simulation.
An algorithm for detecting community structure of social networks based on prior knowledge and modularity: Research Articles
Authors: Haifeng Du, Marcus W. Feldman, Shuzhuo Li, Xiaoyi Jin
Venue: Complexity (2007)

An algorithm is proposed to detect community structure in social network. The algorithm begins with a community division based on prior knowledge of the degrees of the nodes, and then combines the communities until a clear partition is obtained. In applications such as a computer-generated network, Ucinet networks, and Chinese rural-urban migrants' social networks, the algorithm can achieve higher modularity and greater speed than others in the recent literature. &copy; 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Complexity 12: 53&ndash;60, 2007
OSEK/VDX API for Java
Authors: Michael Stilkerich, Christian Wawersich, Andreas Gal, Wolfgang Schröder-Preikschat, Michael Franz
Venue: Proceedings of the 3rd workshop on Programming languages and operating systems: linguistic support for modern operating systems (2006)

Modern cars contain a multitude of micro controllers for a wide area of tasks. The diversity of the heterogeneous hardware and software leads to a complicated and expensive integration process.Integrating multiple tasks on fewer micro controllers reduces diversity and costs of production, but poses new problems with the growing complexity of software on a single micro controller. Therefore a more robust software development process and a safe execution environment is needed in the automotive area and other areas with similar constraints. With the KESO system we have implemented a very small and adapted Java execution environment for an OSEK/VDX operating system to address these issues.In this paper we present our approach for a low overhead OSEK/VDX system interface, which is an integral component of the KESO system. We show how access to the system services can be restricted at low cost to ensure the isolation of tasks by the use of type-safety and modern compiler techniques, while maintaining a familiar programming interface for developers that are used to OSEK application development using the C programming language.
An adjoint approach to optimal design of turbine blades
Authors: K. Arens, P. Rentrop, S. O. Stoll, U. Wever
Venue: Applied Numerical Mathematics (2005)

In power plants, the aerodynamic optimization of turbine blades is crucial for efficiency considerations. The profile of the turbine blade is described by Bézier polynomials, where the coefficients are used as design variables in a nonlinear optimization procedure. The fluid-mechanics are modelled by the 2D Euler equations. This article deals with the application of an adjoint method for the optimization algorithm in the stationary case.
What to Sell on eBay and Where to Get It, 1 edition
Authors: Chris Malta, Lisa Suttora
Venue:  (2006)

If you want to build a profitable--and consistent--eBay business, you need to start with strategic product sourcing. What to Sell on eBay and Where to Get It reveals the same techniques used by the most successful e-commerce entrepreneurs and by major retail chains to determine what products will sell well and which suppliers will deliver those products for the best price. Learn to generate product ideas, research your markets, diversify your product line, and build a direct supply of inventory. Using the proven strategies in this book, you’ll be able to find the products that will fuel your business for the long term and skyrocket your sales!
Synthesis of an application-specific soft multiprocessor system
Authors: Jason Cong, Guoling Han, Wei Jiang
Venue: Proceedings of the 2007 ACM/SIGDA 15th international symposium on Field programmable gate arrays (2007)

The application-specific multiprocessor System-on-a-Chip is a promising design alternative because of its high degree of flexibility, short development time, and potentially high performance attributed to application-specific optimizations. However, designing an optimal application-specific multiprocessor system is still challenging because there are a number of important metrics, such as throughput, latency, and resource usage, that need to be explored and optimized. This paper addresses the problem of synthesizing the application-specific multiprocessor system to minimize latency and resource usage under the throughput constraint. We employ a novel framework for this problem, similar to that of technology mapping in the logic synthesis domain, and develop a set of efficient algorithms, including labeling, clustering and packing, for efficient generation of the multiprocessor architecture with application-specific optimized latency and resources. Specifically, the result of our algorithm is latency-optimal for directed acyclic task graphs. Application of our approach to the Motion JPEG example on Xilinx's Virtex II Pro platform FPGA shows interesting design tradeoffs.
MCSA/MCSE Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-290): Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment, Second Edition
Authors: Dan Holme, Orin Thomas
Venue:  (2006)

Get in-depth exam preparation for the updated Exam 70-290, a core MCSA/MCSE exam for Windows Server 2003-and build real-world job skills. Includes case studies, troubleshooting labs, and more.
Monad: Introducing the New MSH Command Shell and Language for Windows
Authors: Andy Oakley, Jeffrey Snover
Venue:  (2005)

Windows PowerShell, formerly know by its codename "Monad" and available now for Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows Vista, and soon for Exchange Server 2007 and MOM, is the future of Windows administration. From setting up automated build environments to managing 20,000 Exchange email clients in an organization, any tool that reduces the number of repetitive steps an administrator must perform, is a real win. Even better, PowerShell part of a major Microsoft initiative that aims to replace a host of Windows management tools with a single, unified shell. This is the promise of PowerShell and the reason IT professionals need to start learning how to use it todayReflecting the best of legacy tools such as bash and the Korn shell, PowerShell also breaks new ground in its command language design and its use of the object-oriented .NET Framework. And there is no better way to learn how to put PowerShell to work than to get your hands on Monad, O'Reilly's innovative, hands-on introduction to the tool. This concise 200-page book is an exciting tour of some of the new capabilities that PowerShell puts into the hands of system administrators and power users, and is the perfect complement to existing PowerShell documentation.With more than 40 hands-on activities, the book covers every angle, from using PowerShell commands and its object-oriented pipelines to querying systems, generating reports and writing scripts that automate existing tasks. Adding to the lure is the fact that the book is written by Microsoft manager, Andy Oakley with a Foreword by PowerShell architect Jeffrey Snover-so you can be certain that it's teeming with inside information. Monad lets you see for yourself how PowerShell can significantly improve your productivity.Because the PowerShell technology has wide appeal, so, too, does this compact guide. Developers, administrators, and power users alike can all benefit from its insight. If you're someone who habitually drifts toward the c-m-d keys, knows all of the switches to most command tools, or spends time authoring batch files to solve new challenges, this book is right up your alley. And if your organization plans to upgrade soon to Exchange 2007 or MOM V3, there's no time to waste.Breaking News: A PowerShell RC1 Update to the book is now available at no charge from the book's catalog page on oreilly.com!
How Microsoft Windows Vista Works (How It Works)
Authors: Michael Miller, Eric Lindley
Venue:  (2006)

Windows Vista is the long-awaited upgrade to the Microsoft Windows operating system, and it's a lot different from the Windows you're used to. What's new in Windows Vistaï¾and how do all those new features work?How Microsoft Windows Vista Works is the first book to take you inside the new Windows Vista operating system and show you how all the pieces and parts work. With clear and simple explanations and illustrations that say, "You, too, can understand this," How Microsoft Windows Vista Works gives you detailed information on the hidden workings of Windows Vistaï¾from the new Aero interface inside to the Windows kernel. It's a four-color, highly visual explanation of everything that matters about Windows Vista, including: How Windows Vista differs from Windows XP How Windows controls your computer How User Account Control protects your system How virtual folders and instant search work How Windows Vista renders graphics How the Aero interface and the Windows Sidebar work How Internet Explorer 7's tabbed browsing works How Windows connects to a wireless network How the new Windows Photo Gallery manages your digital photosContentsï¾ Introductionï¾ xiPart I: What Windows Vista Isï¾and What It Doesï¾ 2Chapter 1ï¾ ï¾ ï¾ ï¾ ï¾ Understanding Windows and Other Operating Systemsï¾ 6Chapter 2ï¾ ï¾ ï¾ ï¾ ï¾ How Windows Vista Differs from Windows XPï¾ 14Chapter 3ï¾ ï¾ ï¾ ï¾ ï¾ What Windows Vista Doesï¾ 26Part II: Basic Operationsï¾ 32Chapter 4ï¾ ï¾ ï¾ ï¾ ï¾ Powering On and Powering Offï¾ 36Chapter 5ï¾ ï¾ ï¾ ï¾ ï¾ Managing System Resourcesï¾ 48Chapter 6ï¾ ï¾ ï¾ ï¾ ï¾ Managing System Informationï¾ 62Chapter 7ï¾ ï¾ ï¾ ï¾ ï¾ Managing Usersï¾ 70Chapter 8ï¾ ï¾ ï¾ ï¾ ï¾ Managing Dataï¾ 76Chapter 9ï¾ ï¾ ï¾ ï¾ ï¾ Managing Applicationsï¾ 92Part III: Windows Vista Graphicsï¾ 100Chapter 10ï¾ ï¾ ï¾ ï¾ Understanding Vista Graphicsï¾ 104Chapter 11ï¾ ï¾ ï¾ ï¾ The Vista Interfaceï¾ 112Chapter 12ï¾ ï¾ ï¾ ï¾ The Vista Desktopï¾ 122Part IV: Digital Mediaï¾ 130Chapter 13ï¾ ï¾ ï¾ ï¾ Windows Media Centerï¾ 134Chapter 14ï¾ ï¾ ï¾ ï¾ Digital Musicï¾ 150Chapter 15ï¾ ï¾ ï¾ ï¾ Digital Imagesï¾ 166Chapter 16ï¾ ï¾ ï¾ ï¾ Digital Video and Moviesï¾ 174Part V: Networking and the Internetï¾ 182Chapter 17ï¾ ï¾ ï¾ ï¾ Windows Vista and the Internetï¾ 186Chapter 18ï¾ ï¾ ï¾ ï¾ Windows Vista Networksï¾ 204Part VI: Security and Maintenanceï¾ 220Chapter 19ï¾ ï¾ ï¾ ï¾ Windows Vista Security Featuresï¾ 224Chapter 20ï¾ ï¾ ï¾ ï¾ Routine Maintenanceï¾ 238Glossaryï¾ 252Indexï¾ 266
Tricks of the Microsoft Office Gurus (Business Solutions)
Authors: Paul McFedries
Venue:  (2005)

We all have those "go-to" people in our lives. The one you go-to for advice, the one you go-to for comfort, the one you go-to with technical questions...now you can be the one that others go-to for help with Microsoft Office 2003. Tricks of the Microsoft Office Gurus is full of exclusive tricks from Paul McFedries, an Office "insider," that will help you learn the Office applications inside and out. Designed to bridge the gap between your expectation and reality, you will go beyond the basics and learn newly discovered techniques, shortcuts and best practices, including: Using Excel's "Camera Tool" for what-if analysis Embedding fonts in shared documents Adding a live stock price quote to a worksheet Using dummy text to layout and format a document Publishing Outlook Calendar to the web Using Word to customize Power Point handoutsThrough real-world examples that showcase how the tips and tricks can be used in everyday business tasks, Tricks of the Microsoft Office Gurus will help you get the most out of Office 2003.
PrIMe: a software engineering methodology for developing provenance-aware applications
Authors: Steve Munroe, Simon Miles, Luc Moreau, Javier Vázquez-Salceda
Venue: Proceedings of the 6th international workshop on Software engineering and middleware (2006)

Provenance is a concept often used in the Art world to refer to the documented history of an artifact, providing information about the artifact's lineage and authenticity. Provenance-aware applications similarly allow their users to have confidence about the data they produce, and can enable users to make judgements relating to notions of trust, accountability, validation, replication and compliance of their data. PrIMe is a software engineering methodology for adapting applications to enable them to interact with a provenance middleware layer, thereby making them provenance-aware. Such applications allow users to answer questions about provenance use cases, which are descriptions of scenarios in which a user interacts with a system by performing particular functions on that system. In order to illustrate how PrIMe can make applications provenance-aware, an Organ Transplant Management example application is used.
Learning prototypes and distances: A prototype reduction technique based on nearest neighbor error minimization
Authors: Roberto Paredes, Enrique Vidal
Venue: Pattern Recognition (2006)

A prototype reduction algorithm is proposed, which simultaneously trains both a reduced set of prototypes and a suitable local metric for these prototypes. Starting with an initial selection of a small number of prototypes, it iteratively adjusts both the position (features) of these prototypes and the corresponding local-metric weights. The resulting prototypes/metric combination minimizes a suitable estimation of the classification error probability. Good performance of this algorithm is assessed through experiments with a number of benchmark data sets and with a real task consisting in the verification of images of human faces.
Inside LightWave v9
Authors: Dan Ablan
Venue:  (2007)

You hold in your hands the best-selling guide to NewTek's LightWave 3D animation software, completely updated for LightWave v9 by award-winning animator and trainer Dan Ablan. Rather than rehash the documentation like other books, this down-to-earth, easy-to-follow guide offers an invaluable set of project tutorials that teach you the ins and outs of LightWave and show you the techniques you need to master this powerful 3D software. Inside LightWave v9's accompanying DVD features hours of high- quality video training tutorials that will help you take the projects in the book to new heights. No other book has taught more LightWave 3D users than Inside LightWave. Featured tutorials cover: Insights into the new LightWave v9 workflow Powerful new surfacing with the Node Editor Character modeling Bones and rigging for character animation Particle animation Hard body and soft body dynamics Rendering concepts with the new Global Render options Advanced camera toolsAccompanying DVD-ROM offers hours of unique training videos created just for this book, exclusively from 3DGarage.com (requires QuickTime); a demo of LightWave v9 for Mac OS and Windows; all of the projects from the book; royalty-free textures and reference images; and full-color screenshots from the book!
Your iPod Life: A Guide to the Best iPod Accessories from Playlist
Authors: Dan Frakes
Venue:  (2005)

Ranging from the silly (a $35 posable case that looks like a cat) to the sublime (the $400 Klipsch iFi digital music system), iPod accessories are almost as hot as the iconic music player itself. Here to help you make sense of the explosion of cases, carriers, cables, external speakers, FM transmitters, battery chargers, and more is eye candy of another kind: a beautiful, full-color guide that lets you drool over the world of accessories available for your beloved music player. With a picture of each product and a description and analysis to go alongside, you'll discover not only just what you're looking for but items you'd never imagined existed: waterproof headphones and cases (good for depths up to 10 feet), a remote control with an FM radio built in, a international AC adapter, an iPod-docking alarm clock, and moreï¾much more. Get this guide and start exploing! 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
Product concept generation and selection using sorting technique and fuzzy c-means algorithm
Authors: Wei Yan, Chun-Hsien Chen, Meng-Dar Shieh
Venue: Computers and Industrial Engineering (2006)

Product conceptualization is regarded as a key activity in new product development (NPD). In this stage, product concept generation and selection plays a crucial role. This paper presents a product concept generation and selection (PCGS) approach, which was proposed to assist product designers in generating and selecting design alternatives during the product conceptualization stage. In the PCGS, general sorting was adapted for initial requirements acquisition and platform definition; while a fuzzy c-means (FCM) algorithm was integrated with a design alternatives generation strategy for clustering design options and selecting preferred product concepts. The PCGS deliberates and embeds a psychology-originated method, i.e., sorting technique, to widen domain coverage and improve the effectiveness in initial platform formation. Furthermore, it successfully improves the FCM algorithm in such a way that more accurate clustering results can be obtained. A case study on a wood golf club design was used for illustrating the proposed approach. The results were promising and revealed the potential of the PCGS method.