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Stochastic delay bounds of fair queuing policies by analyzing weighted round robin-related policies
Authors: Mouad Ben Mamoun, Nihal Pekergin
Venue: Performance Evaluation (2002)

We propose to apply the stochastic comparison method to evaluate the delay characteristics of generalized processor sharing (GPS)-related fair queuing (FQ) policies in a stochastic setting. These policies have complex dynamics, and their delays are evaluated through deterministic worst-case bounds under the leaky bucket-constrained traffics. Our approach consists to define "bounding" weighted round robin (WRR)-related policies for some GPS-related policies: under the same arrival process, the departure instants under the bounding policy are later or equal to the departure instants under the FQ policy for each cell. This sample-path comparison allows us to establish the stochastic comparison of delay distributions in the strong stochastic ordering sense. By defining WRR-related policies as bounding policies, we are able to carry out the Markovian analysis. Since our approach lets us to take into account explicitly the arrival process, the proposed bounds give more insight on delay characteristics than the deterministic bounds.
Special Edition Using Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Authors: Robert Cowart, Brian Knittel
Venue:  (2001)

:Special Edition Using Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition is the only book you need to help you get your Windows XP Home system configured and optimized for maximum performance. 95/98/Me and NT/2000 users unite! With the long-awaited release of Windows XP, Windows 95/98, and Me will become obsolete, along with all that old code and problematic DOS legacy support, to be replaced by Windows XP. Based on the NT kernel, XP finally marries the two worlds in a stable, non-crashing operating system for the rest of us.Written for humans by humans! While many authors spend time trying to overwhelm you with their technical expertise, Bob and Brian drive right to the point with the clear, natural language that you have come to love and expect.Hands on, roll-up-your-shirtsleeves advice! Bob and Brian don't just tell you how to use the Windows features and point you elsewhere for networking or hardware advice. Instead, the help you choose, install and configure hardware and software that work in concert with Windows.Build Your Own Network at Home!Turn two PCs and a bail of cable into the ultimate network for high-powered gaming, sharing files, and backing up essential data! Use XP's simple and reliable networking features to network your home for gameplay, sharing files and printers, as well as sharing broadband Internet connections.CD-ROM Includes: 45 minutes of video from Brainsville.com. This unique video package is a new, innovative feature in computer books and video courseware, which brings Bob and Brian right to your desktop. This personal seminar flattens your learning curve, introducesyou to Windows XP and demonstrates how to use it while you watch. Topics covered range from mastering the new XP user interface to setting up and fine-tuning your local area network.
Microsoft Excel 9x: Complete Tutorial, 1st edition
Authors: William R. Pasewark, Sandra Cable
Venue:  (1999)

:With an estimated completion time of 35+ hours, this comprehensive text is ideal for introductory courses on Microsoft Excel. Certified as Expert level it covers beginning through advanced features of the software. Lessons contain objectives, step-by-step instructions, screen illustrations, tips, notes, Internet coverage, chapter summaries, end-of-chapter exercises, projects and SCANS correlations. It is appropriate for individual or group work.
Modern Control Systems Analysis and Design: Analysis and Design, 1st edition
Authors: Walter J. Grantham, Thomas L. Vincent
Venue:  (1993)

:An introduction to analysis techniques used in the design of linear feedback control systems with an emphasis on both classical and matrix methods. After introducing general state space and input-output systems, the book--which presumes no background beyond dynamics and differential equations--presents all design methods in a building-block sequence, including a thorough analysis of first- and second-order systems as well as general state space systems. In addition to classical topics such as Root Locus, Bode design methods and Nyquist stability, it examines eigenvalue placement and observer design techniques for linear systems, systems with uncertain inputs and/or parameters, analogue computer implementation, and redesign for digital implementations.
Information distance and conditional complexities
Authors: Mikhail V. Vyugin
Venue: Theoretical Computer Science (2002)

C.H. Bennett, P. G&aacute;cs, M. Li, P.M.B. Vit&aacute;nyi, and W.H. Zurek have defined information distance between two strings x, y as d(x,y)= maxK (x|y), where" K(x|y) is conditional Kolmogorov complexity. It is easy to see that for any string x and any integer n there is a string y such that d(x,y)=n+O(1). In this paper we prove the following (stronger) result: for any n and for any string x such that K(x)&ge;2n+O(1) there exists a string y such that both K(x|y) and K(y|x) are equal to n+O(1).
MATLAB Primer, 5th edition
Authors: Kermit N. Sigmon
Venue:  (1997)

:This fifth edition extends the MATLAB Primer, representing thesignificant features introduced in MATLAB 5 and reflecting a dramatic change in the text . This pocket book serves as an excellent resource for students and engineers requiring a high-level introduction and handy reference to MATLAB 5, helping readers to learn efficiently and independently without having to delve through manuals. MATLAB integrates computation, visualization, and programming in a flexible, open environment - offering engineers and scientists an intuitive language for expressing problems and their solutions mathematically and graphically. Complex numerical problems can be solved in a fraction of the time required with other programming languages, such as FORTRAN or C. Updated by numerous members involved with product development at The MathWorks, this exceptional revision provides the student and user with a quick, accessible, hands-on guide to the latest version of MATLAB.
Analysis of different approaches for storing GML documents
Authors: J. E. Córcoles, P. González
Venue: Proceedings of the 10th ACM international symposium on Advances in geographic information systems (2002)

The fact that GML is an XML encoding allows it to be queried. In order to query a GML document we have designed a query language over GML/XML enriched with spatial operators. This query language has an underlying data model and algebra that supplies the semantics of the query language. In order to use this query language, it is necessary to find an implementation that allows us to exploit all its features, storing GML documents efficiently. The general aim of this paper is to study the behaviour of different alternatives over XML documents (alphanumeric data) applied to store and query GML documents (alphanumeric and spatial data). The alternatives selected use relational schemas to store GML documents because they use a complete set of data management services (including concurrency control, crash recovery, scalability, etc) and benefit from the highly optimised relational query processor. Three approaches have been used: LegoDB, a structure-mapping approach, and two simple model-mapping approaches, Monet over Relational database and XParent. We focus on the effectiveness of storage models in terms of query processing. A performance study is conducted using three data sets and the experimental results are given.
Computational Geometry Column 30
Authors: Joseph O'Rourke
Venue: ACM SIGACT News (1997)

Several results from Combinatorial Geometry [PA95] are detailed.
Verbmobil: A Translation System for Face-to-Face Dialog
Authors: Martin Kay
Venue:  (1992)

:The first experimental prototypes, with restricted capabilities, of Verbmobil, a system that provides simultaneous language translations, are anticipated by the year 2000. This volume is the result of a study conducted at CSLI to assess the program's realistic chances for success.
Inside the Adobe PhotoShop 6 Studio
Authors: Eileen Mullin
Venue:  (2001)

:One of the most widely used software programs by graphics professionals, Photoshop can be used to edit and prepare graphics for eventual publication on Web sites or a variety of print uses. Inside the Photoshop X Studio allows you to learn all the new features of Photoshop through an easy-to-follow tutorial format. It is unique in that it integrates its format with real-world scenarios. This book is perfect for the graphics professional who is looking to enhance his or her skills and real-world expertise. However, anyone who uses Photoshop will need this book to get up to speed quickly with its new features.
A distributed monitoring mechanism for wireless sensor networks
Authors: Chih-fan Hsin, Mingyan Liu
Venue: Proceedings of the 1st ACM workshop on Wireless security (2002)

In this paper we focus on a large class of wireless sensor networks that are designed and used for monitoring and surveillance. The single most important mechanism underlying such systems is the monitoring of the network itself, that is, the control center needs to be constantly made aware of the existence/health of all the sensors in the network for security reasons. In this study we present plausible alternative communication strategies that can achieve this goal, and then develop and study in more detail a distributed monitoring mechanism that aims at localized decision making and minimizing the propagation of false alarms. Key constraints of such systems include low energy consumption and low complexity. Key performance measures of this mechanism include high detection accuracy (low false alarm probabilities) and high responsiveness (low response latency). We investigate the trade-offs via simulation.
Drumbeat 2000 for Dummies with Cdrom
Authors: Gayle Kidder, Stuart Harris
Venue:  (1999)

:To get readers designing sophisticated database-driven sites in a hurry, the authors take a hands-on approach with some lighthearted examples. In the Active Server Pages portion of the book, they focus on developing a full database application with a whimsical theme (The_Psychiatrist_Is_IN.com). All the pieces for building this site are available on the CD, along with a 30-day trial version of Drumbeat.
New Perspectives on Computer Concepts Fourth Edition -- Comprehensive, 4th edition
Authors: June Jamrich Parsons, Dan Oja
Venue:  (2000)

:Part of the New Perspectives Series, the Fourth Edition of this best-selling book uses the text, the innovative book-on-CD, and the Web to enhance both the teaching and learning experience.
The Sovereign Individual; Mastering the Transition to the Information Age
Authors: James Dale Davidson, William Rees-Mogg
Venue:  (1999)

:The authors identify both the likely disasters and the potential for prosperity inherent in the advent of the information age.
Histogram Preserving Image Transformations
Authors: Efstathios Hadjidemetriou, Michael D. Grossberg, Shree K. Nayar
Venue: International Journal of Computer Vision (2001)

Histograms are used to analyze and index images. They have been found experimentally to have low sensitivity to certain types of image morphisms, for example, viewpoint changes and object deformations. The precise effect of these image morphisms on the histogram, however, has not been studied. In this work we derive the complete class of local transformations that preserve or scale the magnitude of the histogram of all images. We also derive a more general class of local transformations that preserve the histogram relative to a particular image. To achieve this, the transformations are represented as solutions to families of vector fields acting on the image. The local effect of fixed points of the fields on the histograms is also analyzed. The analytical results are verified with several examples. We also discuss several applications and the significance of these transformations for histogram indexing.
Programming Perl, 3rd edition
Authors: Larry Wall
Venue:  (2000)

:Perl is a powerful programming language that has grown in popularity since it first appeared in 1988. The first edition of this book, Programming Perl, hit the shelves in 1990, and was quickly adopted as the undisputed bible of the language. Since then, Perl has grown with the times, and so has this book. Programming Perl is not just a book about Perl. It is also a unique introduction to the language and its culture, as one might expect only from its authors. Larry Wall is the inventor of Perl, and provides a unique perspective on the evolution of Perl and its future direction. Tom Christiansen was one of the first champions of the language, and lives and breathes the complexities of Perl internals as few other mortals do. Jon Orwant is the editor of The Perl Journal, which has brought together the Perl community as a common forum for new developments in Perl. Any Perl book can show the syntax of Perl's functions, but only this one is a comprehensive guide to all the nooks and crannies of the language. Any Perl book can explain typeglobs, pseudohashes, and closures, but only this one shows how they really work. Any Perl book can say that my is faster than local, but only this one explains why. Any Perl book can have a title, but only this book is affectionately known by all Perl programmers as The Camel. This third edition of Programming Perl has been expanded to cover version 5.6 of this maturing language. New topics include threading, the compiler, Unicode, and other new features that have been added since the previous edition.
Language issues of compiling Ada to hardware
Authors: M. Ward, N. C. Audsley
Venue: Proceedings of the 11th international workshop on Real-time Ada workshop (2002)

Implementing real-time systems on FPGAs allows for much easier timing analysis. However, not using a von-Neumann architecture for implementation raises issues with the specification of the Ada language.An alternative queuing and blocking policy is presented to allow priorities to be removed from the system. A new method of attaching variables to device registers using ports is presented. Changes to the interrupt handling mechanism made necessary by the freedom given by the change in implementation medium are discussed. These require a new library to provide the changes needed to target the implementation at FPGAs. Ways of indicating fine-grained parallelism at language level are examined to improve the parallelism used in the final circuit.
Aplecon: econometric analysis with APL--an introduction and demonstration
Authors: Stephen D. Lewis
Venue: ACM SIGAPL APL Quote Quad (1980)

APLECON is a set of APL workspaces which implement regression techniques commonly encountered in econometrics. Each estimation technique is expressed in a concise and unambiguous manner by using a standard format. To facilitate further analysis, data, key parameters, and estimates are either saved as global variables or can be retrieved by explicit-result functions. APLECON is viewed as an alternative to existing econometric programs which often take on the character of a "black box". Natural extensions of this work include applications in the area of computer-assisted instruction and development of a comprehensive package for econometric modeling.
Flash 4 Bible, 1st edition
Authors: Robert Reinhardt, Jon Warren Lentz
Venue:  (2000)

:100% of what you need to learn Macromedia Flash - the world's standard for vector-based web graphics and animation. Discover the only Flash book with complete coverage - introductory-advanced. Expert tutorials" from guest authors throughout the book that dive into advanced uses of Flash. Unleash the full potential of Flash with intermediate and advanced techniques. Learn how to stream animations and create animated logos. Create pop-up menus and rollover buttons with ease. Explore Flash drawing tools, animation controls, and file format support. Learn how to use Flash with Dreamweaver, Photoshop, FreeHand, Illustrator, Painter, Fireworks, Adobe Dimensions and Kinetix 3D Studio Max. Discover cool techniques like in-betweening and onion-skinning. Learn Javascript Interactivity with Flash movies. Learn to use Flash with Generator for on-the-fly, dynamic Web graphics.
How to Communicate Technical Information: A Handbook of Software and Hardware Documentation, 2nd edition
Authors: Jonathan Price, Henry Korman
Venue:  (1993)

:How to Communicate Technical Information:  Discusses easy-to-follow and user-friendly ways of organizing information.  Demonstrates how to use the art to communicate context, multiple options and results.  Offers new ways to present both quick start options for experienced users and installation instructions.  Presents effective new methods for supplying computer-based training (CBT), including sophisticated graphic and hypertext tours, and demonstrations.  Includes information on online help that suggests methods for integrating this feature into your documentation. Throughout the book, the authors share the techniques they present in their popular seminars as they provide straightforward and interesting ways of organizing information. Price and Korman also suggest practical methods for developing good writing styles. 0805368299B04062001
Representation and manipulation of finite sets
Authors: B. L. McAllister
Venue: ACM SIGAPL APL Quote Quad (1980)

A set may be represented in APL either through a vector of its elements, through a Boolean vector representing its characteristic function with respect to a pre-specified universal set, or through the re-interpretation of this Boolean vector as the binary representation of an integer. This paper discusses the use of these representations for manipulation of sets, collections of sets, and functions as they are used, for example, in topology.
Invariant Cubature Formulae for Spheres and Balls by Combinatorial Methods
Authors: Sangwoo Heo, Yuan Xu
Venue: SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis (2000)

Invariant cubature formulae for a class of weight functions on the simplex $T^d$ are derived using combinatorial methods, extending the formulae in [Grundmann and Möller, SIAM J. Numer Anal., 15 (1978), pp. 282--290] for the unit weight function on Td. These formulae are used to derive cubature formulae on the surface of the sphere Sd and on the unit ball Bd using connections between cubature formulae on Td, Bd and Sd.
Scientific Computing with Mathematica: Mathematical Problems for Ordinary Differential Equations with Cdrom
Authors: Addolorata Marasco
Venue:  (2001)

:Many interesting behaviors of real physical, biological, economic, and chemical systems can be described by ordinary differential equations (ODEs). Scientific Computing with Mathematica for Ordinary Differential Equations provides a general framework useful for the applications on the conceptual aspects of the theory of ODEs, as well as a sophisticated use of Mathematica software for the solutions of problems related to ODEs. In particular, a chapter is devoted to the use of ODEs and Mathematica in the dynamics of rigid bodies. Mathematical methods and scientific computation are dealt with jointly to supply a unified presentation. The main problems of ODEs such as phase portrait, approximate solutions, periodic orbits, stability, bifurcation, and boundary problems are covered in an integrated fashion with numerous worked examples and computer program demonstrations using Mathematica. This book is an essential text/reference for students, graduates, and practitioners in engineering and applied mathematics interested in problems of ODEs in both the qualitative and quantitative description of solutions with the Mathematica program. It is also suitable as a self-study resource for professionals and others seeking an understanding of how to use ODEs in modeling physical, biological, and economic phenomena.
Master Windows 2000 Server Visually with Cdrom
Authors: Eric Butow
Venue:  (1999)

:"One picture is worth a thousand words." If you prefer instructions that show you rather than tell you, then this comprehensive reference is for you. Hundreds of succinctly captioned, step-by-step screen shots reveal how to accomplish more than 270 Windows&reg; 2000 Server tasks, including: Configuring Active Directory= Administering users and groups Creating a distributed file system Sharing a printer on the network Analyzing system security Connecting to the Internet Configuring SMTP e-mail Setting up fault tolerance Using network diagnostic tools Troubleshooting installations Networking tools on CD-ROM! Norton AntiVirus&reg; 2000, pcAnywhere&reg;, Backup Exec- for Windows&reg;, Undelete&reg;, and Diskeeper trial versions Plus links to useful sites, a searchable e-version of the book, and more
A Stochastic Decentralized Control Problem with Noisy Communication
Authors: Kambiz Shoarinejad, Jason L. Speyer, Ioannis Kanellakopoulos
Venue: SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization (2002)

A simple decentralized stochastic control problem is considered where the nonclassical nature of the information pattern is induced by the uncertainty on the information transmission in the system. This is, in fact, a reformulation of the Witsenhausen counterexample, where the first station is allowed to send its information to the second station through a noisy channel. Nonconvexity of the problem in this new formulation has been established, and it is shown how this formulation relates to a classical problem and the Witsenhausen problem, respectively, when the transmission noise intensity goes to zero or infinity. Assuming small transmission noise intensity, we then use an asymptotic approach in order to find an approximated cost. A necessary condition for asymptotically optimal strategies has been obtained using a variational approach, and it is shown that the linear strategies, with slightly different coefficients than the noiseless transmission case, satisfy the necessary condition.
Computational science and engineering: tools and techniques for teaching
Authors: Steve Cunningham, Sylvia Clark Pulliam, Charles D. Swanson, Peter R. Turner
Venue: ACM SIGCSE Bulletin (2002)

The methods of computational science and engineering have been applied to a wide range of problems such as weather forecasting, cosmology, drug design, and car crash simulation. More recently, high performance computers have been applied to problems in biology (e.g., molecular biology, bioinformatics). The development of CSE as an interdisciplinary field has had a profound effect on the way science and engineering is done, both for basic research and product development. Less than ten years ago, these methods required very expensive supercomputers and special software skills to be effective. Today, while supercomputers are still important, the power of widely available PCs and workstations means that many of these methods can be introduced into the undergraduate curriculum. The objectives of this session are, therefore:&bull; To introduce participants to some of the methods of CSE (e.g., modeling, scientific visualization).&bull; To demonstrate the range of software tools that can be utilized.&bull; To provide examples of these tools applied to teaching topics from different scientific disciplines.&bull; To provide participants ideas and resources that they can use in their own courses.