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The 3d Studio Max 2.0 Quick Reference, 1st edition
Authors: Michele Bousquet
Venue:  (1998)

:This resource is a must for the new user of 3D Studio MAX R2 and the seasoned professional. Clear, concise and illustrated explanations of all commands available within 3D Studio MAX are presented alphabetically and supported by a glossary. Explanations of all commands in 3D Studio MAX R2 are organized for rapid and easy access; chapters correspond to 3D Studio MAX R2 Menu Organization; and Notes and Tips enhance user speed and efficiency.
Philosophy and Computing: An Introduction
Authors: Luciano Floridi
Venue:  (1999)

:This accessible book explores the development, history and future of Information and Communication Technology using examples from philosophy. Luciano Floridi offers both an introduction to these technologies and a philosophical analysis of the problems theypose. The book examines a wide range of areas of technology, including the digital revolution, the Web and Internet, Artificial Intelligence and CD-ROMS. We see how the relationship between philosophy and computing provokes many crucial philosophical questions. Ultimately, Philosophy and Computing outlines the what the future philosophy of information will need to undertake.
The MIS and LAN Manager's Guide to Advanced Telecommunications, 1st edition
Authors: Leo A. Wrobel
Venue:  (1999)

:Leo Wrobel examines the technologies, devices, and equipment commonly used by telecommunications carriers. He explores the basics of voice and data communications as well as a wide range of telecommunications topics, particularly focusing on client server LAN networks within wide area networks and digital networks. Major issues surrounding LAN interconnection are explained in easy-to-understand language and numerous illustrations.
Simulation education: taking HLA education to the web
Authors: Katherine L. Morse
Venue: Proceedings of the 32nd conference on Winter simulation (2000)

Now that the High Level Architecture (HLA) (DMSO 1998) is a technical reality and DoD M&S programs are moving toward compliance, there's a growing market for computer scientists and software engineers with HLA experience. There's also a long term need for continuing research in HLA-related areas. In addition, the simulation community as a whole is growing while the number of universities offering simulation courses and study programs is not. One of the key reasons is that developing new course material is a time-consuming and expensive process for professors whose time is already divided among existing teaching and research responsibilities. The Defense Modeling and Simulation Offices (DMSO) HLA University Outreach program seeks to bridge this gap with freely available course materials on the HLA. The program is currently moving to make these materials even more accessible by making them web-based.
On Line and on Paper: Visual Representations, Visual Culture, and Computer Graphics in Design Engineering
Authors: Kathryn Henderson
Venue:  (1998)

:The role of representation in the production of technoscientific knowledge has become a subject of great interest in recent years. In this book, sociologist and art critic Kathryn Henderson offers a new perspective on this topic by exploring the impact of computer graphic systems on the visual culture of engineering design. Henderson shows how designers use drawings both to organize work and knowledge and to recruit and organize resources, political support, and power.
Oracle DBA Survival Guide, 1st edition
Authors: Joseph Greene
Venue:  (1995)

:This hands-on, step-by-step guide provide the detailed information necessary to run your Oracle database smoothly and efficiently. Practical, step-by-step examples teach you the entire Oracle environment - from installation to daily administration and maintenance. Additional chapters give you tips for tuning, optimizing, and hassle-free on-the-fly problem solving. Oracle DBA Survival Guide is the only book you will ever need to efficiently administer your database!
Social play at the computer: preschoolers scaffold and support peers' computer competence
Authors: Nancy K. Freeman, Jennifer Somerindyke
Venue: Information Technology in Childhood Education Annual (2001)

Computers are increasingly being integrated into the preschool curriculum. They effect young children's peer-mediated cognitive development as well as their social play. Based on observations in a classroom of 4 and 5-year-olds at a fullday child development program at a major university lab school, this article applies Parten's categories of social behavior as well as theory that comes from a a Vygotskian social-cultural learning theory to young children's computer competencies. The authors describe the behaviors and interactions of Active Navigators (including Program, Mouse, and Consolidated Navigation); Vicarious Navigation/Super-onlooker behavior; and the behavior of Spectators/ On-lookers as they interact with developmentally appropriate software during the free choice center time.
Fourth Resource: Information and Its Management
Authors: David P. Best
Venue:  (1996)

:We are accustomed to thinking of our organizations in terms of the three key resources of traditional economics: those of people, money and physical resources. However, there is growing recognition that information has now taken a place as the fourth resource, ranking equally with the other three in importance. This book looks, therefore, at the relationship between information and its management, and business process and strategy; and highlights the areas where appropriate policies can have significant impact on organizational performance.
Livemotion Visual Jumpstart
Authors: Richard H. Schrand
Venue:  (2000)

:Deciphering the basics of LiveMotion is a breeze thanks to the Sybex Visual JumpStart method of teaching. Now you can use this proven learning method to master the essentials of Adobe's LiveMotion, one of the hottest new vector-based web graphic and animation tools on the market. Using easy-to-read screens and illustrations and to-the-point explanations, this book describes the LiveMotion user interface, its key features and tools, and gives you the fundamentals you need to create professional-quality animation and vector-based graphics on the Web. Learn by Seeing: Easy-to-follow examples and illustrations show you, screen by screen, the essential tasks and features of LiveMotion. Learn by Doing: Hands-on lessons guide you step by step through fundamental LiveMotion tasks. Learn the Skills You Need: LiveMotion Visual JumpStart covers the program's most essential and commonly used elements. This book will teach you how to: Understand and use commands Work with modification tools Import materials Use a Web site splash animation Create rollover buttons . . . and much more Take the Fundamental First Step to Mastering LiveMotion!
Tolerance Analysis of Electron Circuits Using MathCAD, 1st edition
Authors: Robert Boyd
Venue:  (1999)

:Written for the practicing electronics professional, Tolerance Analysis of Electronic Circuits Using Mathcad offers a comprehensive, step-by-step treatment of methods used to perform analyses essential to the design process of circuit cards and systems of cards, including: worst-case analysts, limits for production testing, component stress analysis, determining if a design meets specification limits, and manufacturing yield analysis.
Space-time trade-offs for some ranking and searching queries
Authors: Adrian Dumitrescu, William Steiger
Venue: Information Processing Letters (2001)

We study space/time tradeoffs for querying some combinatorial structures. In the first, given an arrangement of n lines in general position in the plane, a query for a real number t asks about Rank(t), the number of vertices of the arrangement with x-coordinates &le; t. We show that for K = O(n/logn), after a preprocessing step that uses space S = O(n2/(KlogK)) the query can be answered in time O(nlog K). The second query involves the Cartesian sum vectors a = (a1,...,an) and b = (b1,...,bn). For a given real t, it asks about Rank(t), the number of sums ai + bj which are &le; t. We show that for some positive constant c and K &le; c(log n)/(log logn), after a preprocessing step that uses space S = O(n2/K2), the query may be answered in time O((n/K)log K). Both results fit neatly between two obvious extremes.
The relationship advantage: information technologies, sourcing, and management
Authors: Thomas Kern, Leslie P. Willcocks
Venue:  (2001)

The relationship in information technology (IT) outsourcing determines the difference between a successful, a less successful, and a failing outsourcing deal. IT managers will commonly spend seventy per cent of their time on making the client-supplier relationship work, while thirty per cent of of their time will focus on the contract, personnel, and problem issues. Longitudinal research into Xero's global, British Aerospace's total, ESSO's selective, British Petroleum's alliance, and the UK Inland Revenue's public sector outsourcing deals highlights relationship practices and recurring post-contract management issues that demand careful attention and management. By use of a novel client-supplier relationship framework developed from transaction cost, relational contract, and interorganizational relationship theory, the authors carefully analyse these five longitudinal case studies and identify what the key dimensions of an outsourcing relationship are. Together the framework and the case studies provide a number of unique insights and learning pointers for both practitioners and academics on how to achieve's 'relationship advantage'.
A framework for geometric warps and deformations
Authors: Tim Milliron, Robert J. Jensen, Ronen Barzel, Adam Finkelstein
Venue: ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG) (2002)

We present a framework for geometric warps and deformations. The framework provides a conceptual and mathematical foundation for analyzing known warps and for developing new warps, and serves as a common base for many warps and deformations. Our framework is composed of two components: a generic modular algorithm for warps and deformations; and a concise, geometrically meaningful formula that describes how warps are evaluated. Together, these two elements comprise a complete framework useful for analyzing, evaluating, designing, and implementing deformation algorithms. While the framework is independent of user-interfaces and geometric model representations and is formally capable of describing any warping algorithm, its design is geared toward the most prevalent class of user-controlled deformations: those computed using geometric operations. To demonstrate the expressive power of the framework, we cast several well-known warps in terms of the framework. To illustrate the framework's usefulness for analyzing and modifying existing warps, we present variations of these warps that provide additional functionality or improved behavior. To show the utility of the framework for developing new warps, we design a novel 3-D warping algorithm: a mesh warp---useful as a modeling and animation tool---that allows users to deform a detailed surface by manipulating a low-resolution mesh of similar shape. Finally, to demonstrate the mathematical utility of the framework, we use the framework to develop guarantees of several mathematical properties such as commutativity and continuity for large classes of deformations.
Complexity Measures of Supervised Classification Problems
Authors: T. K. Ho, M. Basu
Venue: IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (2002)

We studied a number of measures that characterize the difficulty of a classification problem, focusing on the geometrical complexity of the class boundary. We compared a set of real-world problems to random labelings of points and found that real problems contain structures in this measurement space that are significantly different from the random sets. Distributions of problems in this space show that there exist at least two independent factors affecting a problem's difficulty. We suggest using this space to describe a classifier's domain of competence. This can guide static and dynamic selection of classifiers for specific problems as well as subproblems formed by confinement, projection, and transformations of the feature vectors.
First Book of WordPerfect for Windows, 2nd edition
Authors: Kate Miller
Venue:  (1993)

:This is the all-new and updated version of Alpha's immensely popular book for beginning WordPerfect for Windows users. Presents easy-to-follow Quick Steps instructions for performing common WordPerfect for Windows tasks. Features numerous screen illustrations that show the new graphical Windows interface in realistic detail.
Mechanical Desktop 4: Applying Designer and Assembly Modules, 1st edition
Authors: Daniel T. Banach
Venue:  (2000)

:This edition of Mechanical Desktop 4: Applying Designer and Assembly Modules has been completely reorganized to provide a more intuitive, yet equally comprehensive introduction to Mechanical Desktop features and functions. Featuring numerous step-by-step exercises based on real parts and assemblies - plus more than 500 images to show users exactly what their screen should look like - this how-to book will enable even first-time Mechanical Desktop users to quickly achieve proficiency.Keywords: AutoCAD LT Keywords: Mechanical Desktop
Running Microsoft FrontPage 2000 with Cdrom, 1st edition
Authors: Jim Buyens
Venue:  (1999)

:Running Microsoft FrontPage 2000 is packed with everything from quick, clear instructions for new users to advanced answers for experienced users. Complete in one volume, the book takes you through the most-used tasks and functions of Microsofts exciting Web site creation program. In short, this is the authoritative handbook youll keep by your computer and use every day. Comprehensive Master Web page creation with FrontPage-structuring your web; adding and formatting text; incorporating graphics and hyperlinks; using Frontpage themes, forms, and page-level components; working with HTML Learn to manage a FrontPage Web Server-choosing and configuring your server; understanding FrontPage Server extensions Work with FrontPage Webs-planning and managing reusable components; using FrontPage-specific components; accessing databases Gain insights into maintaining your site-publishing content; keeping it up-to-date Easy Access to Information "Chapters at a Glance" for quick reference Master table of contents Extensive cross-referenced index Two-color interior for easier navigation Everything is Clear Step-by-step instructions Hundreds of screen illustrations Real-world examples Tips and advice from the experts The CD-ROM (included) is loaded with all the sample Web pages from the book, ready to use, and with must-have utilities and tools to help you create dazzling Web sites.
The design and construction of a computer controlled music synthesis system
Authors: Michael Andrew Montgomery
Venue: Proceedings of the 17th annual Southeast regional conference (1979)

Almost all of the recent research in the field of electronic composition and generation of music relies on the use of large computers. This work describes the design and development of a system to compose and generate music using a microcomputer together with a music synthesizer.The scope of this project included building a modular synthesizer with a wide range of modules, designing and building an inexpensive microcomputer suited to the task of music generation, and designing and building interfaces that would link synthesizer modules under computer control and provide digital control of the synthesizer parameters and the frequency and harmonics of the sound. The resulting system was capable of real-time music composition and generation, as well as having control of every parameter of the sound including the Fourier Series of each note, envelope shape, filter timbre and Q, reverb, distortion, etc. This complete system was built for under $2000, which is less than the cost of twenty hours of time on most large computer installations.
Information Systems: Policies and Procedures Manual, 2nd edition
Authors: George Henry Jenkins
Venue:  (1997)

:The Infomation Systems Policies & Procedures Manual, Second Edition, is a comprehensive, generic, and ready-to-use guidebook that provides everything needed for a thorough information systems standardization program. By using this manual as a guide, model, and frequent decision-making reference, an information systems policy and procedure program uniqely tailored to the needs of any organization can be devised. No two information systems operations could pass for twins,but they have elements in common: hardware, software and personnel. This manual defines these common threads that link all information systems operations, providing for a variety of situations; it is not a "one size fits all.""Simplicity is the ultimate design." Often policies and procedures manuals inculde an overabundance of forms, but this guidebook attempts to provide a minimum. Frequently, a well-written memo or e-mail message can take the place of a form and reduce the complexity of an IS operation. The more complex, the more fence-mending is required to keep a system working. IS operations that have a formal systems and procedures manual in place are noticeably much better run.The role of IS management is changing even more quickly than information systems technology itself. Today the IS operation is no longer found in some obscure corner of the corporate organization, but plays an interactive role in global systems.This manual will help with the formalization of policies and procedures that are needed for a program of documentation of the IS operation. This can be done with the savings of both time and effort by using this manual which identifies standard operationsdocumentation needed but still allows for any special needs.End-user computing systems will grow with or without the guidance of corporate IS, but the two working together in concert will provide a synergistic dividend. This manual provides the policies and procedures which can expedite this objective.The research conducted for this book revealed many well-run information systems operations and some real disasters. The better ones had noticeably good management and practical documentation. Expensive consultants, fad innovations, and cutting-edge technology did not always produce the desired results.The Information Systems Policies & Procedures Manual, Second Edition is not a product of the academic, theoretical dream-world: it is a compilation of proven information systems policies and procedures. It is an applications manual that any seasoned information systems manager - working in either a large or small IS operation - will find useful. 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
Networking & Data Communications Laboratory Manual
Authors: Frances S. Grodzinsky
Venue:  (1998)

:This laboratory manual is designed for the purpose of enhancing the understanding of concepts discussed in a variety of networks and data communications books. Reinforces fundamental concepts and theories associated with the network physical layer, data link layer, network layer, transport layer, and application layer. Includes labs devoted to Comnet III simulations, INTERNET activities, NOVELL NetWare, and PC hardware.
Integrated Network Barriers
Authors: Jon A. Solworth
Venue: IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems (2002)

Integrated Network Barriers (INBs) are a network protocol for parallel processors. INBs are both pipelinable and have low latency. In this paper, we show that INBs implement barriers¿which ensure that all prebarrier operations of any processor appear to complete before any post-barrier operations¿and we show how to construct efficient, deadlock-free barriers for any interconnection network and routing function which has an acyclic queue dependency graph. As a special case, INBs can be implemented for any network and routing function for which there exists an acyclic channel dependency graph.
Pro/Engineer 2000i, 1st edition
Authors: Louis Gary Lamit
Venue:  (1999)

:Lamit's learn-by-doing approach to using Pro/ENGINEER 2000i instructs readers in how to use this software in twenty-two lessons. Project-based lessons incrementally introduce users to a new set of commands and concepts that are applied to parts, assemblies, or drawings-providing both new and experienced Pro/ENGINEER users with customizable information that they can tailor to their skill level.
Database Design and Programming for DB2/400, 1st edition
Authors: Paul Conte
Venue:  (1996)

:For effective business applications, a well-designed database is an essential prerequisite. It follows that a successful AS/400 application developer needs a thorough understanding of DB2/400 and database design. Paul Conte's new textbook provides that understanding. It is a comprehensive introduction to the design and implementation of application databases on IBM's AS/400.
Sacrifice Official Strategy Guide
Authors: Brady Games
Venue:  (2000)

:BradyGames Sacrifice Official Strategy Guide features complete walkthroughs for every variant of every Sacrifice level, as well as a detailed list of all available spells and how best to use them. Playing against your friends? Check out the multiplayer section and clue in to valuable tips and tricks for fighting live opponents.
Advances in Inductive Logic Programming, 1st edition
Authors: De Raedt
Venue:  (1996)

:Inductive Logic Programming is a new research area situated in machine learning and logic programming, two subfields of artificial intelligence. The goal of inductive logic programming is to develop theories, techniques and tools for inducing hypotheses from observations using the representations from computational logic. Inductive Logic Programming has a high potential for applications in data mining, automated scientific discovery, knowledge discovery in databases, as well as automatic programming. This book provides a detailed state-of-the-art overview of Inductive Logic Programming as well as a collection of recent technical contributions to Inductive Logic Programming. The state-of-the-art overview is based on - among others - the succesful ESPRIT basic research project no. 6020 on Inductive Logic Programming, funded by the European Commission from 1992 till 1995. It highlights some of the most important recent results within Inductive Logic Programming and can be used as a thorough introduction to the field. This book is relevant to students, researchers and practitioners of artificial intelligence and computer science, especially those concerned with machine learning, data mining and computational logic.
Camera angle affects dominance in video-mediated communication
Authors: Wei Huang, Judith S. Olson, Gary M. Olson
Venue: CHI '02 extended abstracts on Human factors in computing systems (2002)

Physical proximity and appearance guide people to interact with each other in different ways [1,6]. However, in Video-Mediated Communications (VMC), these are distorted in various ways. Monitors and camera zooms make people look close or far, monitors and camera angles can be high or low making people look tall or short, volume can be loud or soft, making people sound assertive or submissive, --all independent of the true physical characteristics or intentions of the participants. Here we test the apparent height of a person on how dominant they are in a group decision-making task. We found that the artificially tall people had more influence in the group decision than the artifically short people.