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The cable trench problem: combining the shortest path and minimum spanning tree problems
Authors: Francis J. Vasko, Robert S. Barbieri, Brian Q. Rieksts, Kenneth L. Reitmeyer, Kenneth L. Stott,  Jr.
Venue: Computers and Operations Research (2002)

Let G = (V, E) be a connected graph with specified vertex υ0 &isin V, length l(e) ≥ 0 for each e &isin E, and positive parameters τ and γ. The cable-trench problem (CTP) is to find a spanning tree T such that τlτ(T) + γlγ(T) is minimized where lτ(T) is the total length of the spanning tree T and lγ(T) is the total path length in T from υ0 to all other vertices of V. Since all vertices must be connected to υ0 and only edges from E are allowed, the solution will not be a Steiner tree. Consider the ratio R = τ/γ. For R large enough the solution will be a minimum spanning tree and for R small enough the solution will be a shortest path. In this paper, the CTP will be shown to be NP-complete. A mathematical formulation for the CTP will be provided for specific values of τ and γ. Also, a heuristic will be discussed that will solve the CTP for all values of R.
Cases on Global It Applications and Management: Successes and Pitfalls
Authors: Felix B. Tan
Venue:  (2002)

As organizations prepare to compete globally in the new millennium, the effective deployment and exploitation of IT will create the difference between those that are successful and those that are not. What lessons are there to be learned from organizations that run global IT operations and deploy IT in support of their global business operations? What lessons are there to be learned in the development, implementation, use and management of IT from organizations operating in countries other than their own? Cases on Global IT Applications and Management: Success and Pitfalls brings together original cases that report on these aspects of global IT applications and management and benefits educators, researchers and practitioners alike.
Nonsymmetric Algebraic Riccati Equations and Wiener--Hopf Factorization for M-Matrices
Authors: Chun-Hua Guo
Venue: SIAM Journal on Matrix Analysis and Applications (2001)

We consider the nonsymmetric algebraic Riccati equation for which the four coefficient matrices form an M-matrix. Nonsymmetric algebraic Riccati equations of this type appear in applied probability and transport theory. The minimal nonnegative solution of these equations can be found by Newton's method and basic fixed-point iterations. The study of these equations is also closely related to the so-called Wiener--Hopf factorization for M-matrices. We explain how the minimal nonnegative solution can be found by the Schur method and compare the Schur method with Newton's method and some basic fixed-point iterations. The development in this paper parallels that for symmetric algebraic Riccati equations arising in linear quadratic control.
One method of introducing APL
Authors: K. W. Smillie
Venue: ACM SIGAPL APL Quote Quad (1979)

A Summary of APL is given, together with a set of APL functions that allow the examples in the summary to be presented simply on an IBM 5100 computer.
Breath of Fire III: Official Strategy Guide
Authors: Chip Daniels, P. D. Joyce
Venue:  (1998)

:Breath of Fire 3 features beautifully detailed 2D characters who interact in a fully 3D polygon word. The player is able to select from different viewpoints, which may reveal secret passageways, hidden enemies, or unseen treasures. This guide walks players through the intricate storyline, powerful spells, weapons, and magical items, and the numerous fighting scenes.
Drakan: Order of the Flame: Prima's Official Strategy Guide
Authors: Jeremiah Marinas, Prima Publishing, Greg Kramer
Venue:  (1999)

:The official strategy guide to Drakan contains detailed walkthroughs of the 10 multi-mission levels and four uniquely different fantasy worlds. The guide features Item and Spell tables, comprehensive combat tactics, maps to guide you to your destiny, and much more.
Clinical Decision Support Systems: Theory and Practice, 1st edition
Authors: Eta S. Berner, K. J. Hannah, M. J. Ball
Venue:  (1998)

:This book is designed to be a resource for informatics specialists, a textbook for teachers or students, and a comprehensive introduction for clinicians who are interested in learning about the current developments in computer-based diagnostic systems. The chapter authors are recognized worldwide as experts on the design, evaluation, and application of such systems. The book includes an overview of diagnostic computer applications, past, present, and future, and the authors examine the impact of practitioner and patient use of computer-based tools.
Mastering and Using Microsoft Excel 2000 Beginning Course, 1st edition
Authors: H. Albert Napier, Philip J. Judd
Venue:  (1999)

:Designed as a 20 hour course, this book is written for people who have no prior experience with Excel. Focusing on the business world, it covers the skills most employers require. Field tested by such organizations as Arthur Andersen, Conoco, and the Texas Society of CPAs, this book provides clear, step-by-step instructions that explain the how and why of completing a task. Realistic scenarios show the real-world application of the material being covered, while sidebars provide both useful and cautionary tips.
Windows 95 Study Guide with Cdrom, 2nd edition
Authors: Lance Mortensen, Rick Sawtell
Venue:  (1998)

:Here's the book you need to prepare for Exam 70-064, Implementing and Supporting Microsoft Windows 95. This Microsoft Certified Professional Approved Study Guide provides full coverage of every exam objective - all the information you need to know, hundreds of challenging review questions, in the book and on the CD, and practical information on implementing and supporting Windows 95 in real-world situations.
Correctness of Java Card method lookup via logical relations
Authors: Ewen Denney, Thomas Jensen
Venue: Theoretical Computer Science (2002)

This article presents a formalisation of the bytecode optimisation of Sun's Java Card language from the class file to CAP file format as a set of constraints between the two formats, and defines and proves its correctness. Java Card bytecode is formalised using an abstract operational semantics, which can then be instantiated into the two formats. The optimisation is given as a logical relation such that the instantiated semantics are observably equal.
Architectural Drawing and Light Construction, 5th edition
Authors: Edward John Muller, James G. Fausett, Philip A. Grau
Venue:  (1998)

:Using clear, concise explanations and numerous illustrations, this book introduces the basics of architectural design and practice along with construction documentation and practice. This book provides the most current information on architecture and construction including modern residential planning, environmental considerations, computer-aided design and drafting, building codes, and lettering. For architects and other construction professionals who want a thorough treatment of the basics of architecture.
Quicken 4 for Windows Answers: Certified Tech Support
Authors: Mary V. Campbell, David Campbell
Venue:  (1995)

:This unique book provides answers to the most frequently asked questions about the latest version of the popular financial management system,Quicken for Windows. Topics include reconciling a register that doesn't agree with the bank statement,entering a new rate for an adjustable mortgage,and tracking an IRA. Readers will learn to customize Quicken,correct printer problems,and much more.
The CNC Workshop with Cdrom, 1st edition
Authors: Frank Nanfara, Tony Uccello, Derek Murphy
Venue:  (2001)

:The CNC Workshop is the only Computer Numerical Control (CNC) text and multimedia package currently available. This flexible, unique package provides many benefits that can't be found in stand-alone texts. Using the multimedia CD-ROM, students can visualize CNC concepts through vivid animations, virtually visit machine shops through videoclips of processes and machine tools, and view numerous examples. The CD also features CNCez, simulation software that actually allows students to program numerical control code and then see a simulation of the tool path or process that the code would generate. The code can also be sent to an actual machine. This package is an excellent simulation and animation tool for milling and turning and can be used to test existing programs or write and edit new programs. This package covers the basics of CNC programming, including step-by-step coverage of machining processes, fundamentals of CNC, and basic CNC programming concepts. It can be used as a stand-alone package in a hands-on CNC course or can be used as a supplement in a comprehensive manufacturing process or numerical controls course. The book and CD package is an excellent instruction tool for CNC programming and many of the animations and videoclips can be used for classroom presentation.
Machine Interpretation of Line Drawing Images: Technical Drawings, Maps, and Diagrams
Authors: Sergey V. Ablameyko, Tony Pridmore
Venue:  (2000)

:Machine Interpretation of Line Drawing Images: describes the theory and practice underlying the computer interpretation of line drawing images, and shows how line drawing interpretation systems can be developed." "The authors show how many of the problems can be tackled and provide a thorough overview of the processes underpinning the interpretation of images of line drawings.
Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft FrontPage 2000 in 21 Days
Authors: Denise Tyler, Mark Taber
Venue:  (1999)

:In just 21 days you'll have all the skills you need to design, create, publish, and enhance professional-quality Web sites with Microsoft FrontPage 2000. After completing the first seven days of lessons you'll have a fully functional Web page, complete with images, links, and tables. In the second week of lessons you'll get your fingernails dirty with detailed information on how to enhance your pages with style sheets and eye-catching special effects. And in week three you'll find out how to exploit the full power of FrontPage with forms, custom HTML, and advanced Web technologies.
Graphics in corporate planning: a case study
Authors: Thomas H. Johnson
Venue: Proceedings of the 1st annual conference on Computer graphics and interactive techniques (1974)

An interactive integrated financial decision aiding system has been in use by all levels of management at IU International Management Corporation for several years. The corporate planning system is a major subsystem utilizing many management science tools. All the decision systems interact directly with corporate officers and staff via computer graphic interfaces. In addition on-line board room graphics, tape recorded graphic presentations and automatically generated manuals are among a few of the other uses made of computer graphics by the corporate planning department. This paper describes the uses of computer graphics in that corporate planning environment proposes a generalized technology to provide the needed systems for business environments.
Introduction to the Special Section on Sparse and Structured Matrices and Their Applications
Authors: Esmond G. Ng, Daniel J. Pierce
Venue: SIAM Journal on Matrix Analysis and Applications (1999)

The field of sparse matrices is a broad and important area of the computational sciences that includes structured matrices and those with seemingly little or no structure. The relevance of the field is highlighted by the wide range of application areas that require the exploitation of matrix sparsity and structure in order to achieve a solution given real-world constraints on computing resources and/or time. Applications in which sparse matrices appear include structural analysis, computational fluid dynamics, economic modeling, financial analysis, numerical optimization, statistical modeling, power network analysis, electromagnetics, meteorology, medical imaging, data mining, and many more. A number of significant advancements in sparse matrix computations have been made in recent years. These advances have led to new challenges as multidisciplinary problems are now ambitiously posed, and they symbolize the growth in the area and demonstrate the dependence of the future of many fields on sparse matrix methods. Moreover, they give rise to a host of new problems that have yet to be addressed by the sparse matrix community. The Second SIAM Conference on Sparse Matrices, which was held in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, October 9--11, 1996, was organized specifically to address some of the challenging issues in sparse matrix computations. This special issue of SIAM Journal on Matrix Analysis and Applications consists of some of the outstanding papers that were presented at the Sparse Matrix conference. Because of an error in scheduling, the paper titled ``Using Generalized Cayley Transformations within an Inexact Rational Krylov Sequence Method" by Richard Lehoucq, which should have appeared in this section, was published in SIAM Journal on Matrix Analysis and Applications, volume 20, number 1. We are grateful to Paul van Dooren, the Editor-in-Chief of SIAM Journal on Matrix Analysis and Applications, and the SIAM office for agreeing to publish a special section on sparse matrices. We would like to thank Roland Freund, Anne Greenbaum, Joseph Liu, and Zdenek Strakos for serving on the Guest Editorial Board; their effort and cooperation in handling the papers were much appreciated. Finally, we would like to express thanks to all the authors who have submitted papers to the special section; it would not have become a reality without their support.
Propositionalization approaches to relational data mining
Authors: Stefan Kramer, Nada Lavrač, Peter Flach
Venue: Relational Data Mining (2001)

This chapter surveys methods that transform a relational representation of a learning problem into a propositional (feature-based, attribute-value) representation. This kind of representation change is known as propositionalization. Taking such an approach, feature construction can be decoupled from model construction. It has been shown that in many relational data mining applications this can be done without loss of predictive performance. After reviewing both general-purpose and domain-dependent propositionalization approaches from the literature, an extension to the LINUS propositionalization method that overcomes the system's earlier inability to deal with non-determinate local variables is described.
Active Server Pages 3 Developer's Guide
Authors: Alberto Ricart, Stephen Asbury
Venue:  (2000)

:This high-level reference shows users how to create dynamic Web sites with ASP, using both JavaScript and VBScript. Providing inside tips and practical exercises, the expert authors cover all the key features of ASP: server side applications, ADO-to-database access and manipulation, scriptless ASP processing, and much more. The CD-ROM contains source code, sample applications, and third-party software including SA-FileUp, AspQ Mail, ASP-db, Macromedia's Drumbeat, and more.
Products of Real Matrices with Prescribed Characteristic Polynomials
Authors: Susana Furtado, Laura Iglésias, Fernando C. Silva
Venue: SIAM Journal on Matrix Analysis and Applications (2001)

Let A be a matrix with entries in the field of real numbers. In this paper we give necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of real matrices B and C, with prescribed characteristic polynomials, such that A=BC.
Low Rank Solution of Lyapunov Equations
Authors: Jing-Rebecca Li, Jacob White
Venue: SIAM Journal on Matrix Analysis and Applications (2002)

This paper presents the Cholesky factor--alternating direction implicit (CF--ADI) algorithm, which generates a low rank approximation to the solution X of the Lyapunov equation AX+XAT=-BBT. The coefficient matrix A is assumed to be large, and the rank of the right-hand side -BBT is assumed to be much smaller than the size of A. The CF--ADI algorithm requires only matrix-vector products and matrix-vector solves by shifts of A. Hence, it enables one to take advantage of any sparsity or structure in A.This paper also discusses the approximation of the dominant invariant subspace of the solution X. We characterize a group of spanning sets for the range of X. A connection is made between the approximation of the dominant invariant subspace of X and the generation of various low order Krylov and rational Krylov subspaces. It is shown by numerical examples that the rational Krylov subspace generated by the CF--ADI algorithm, where the shifts are obtained as the solution of a rational minimax problem, often gives the best approximation to the dominant invariant subspace of X.
Knowledge and Communities
Authors: Eric L. Lesser, Michael Fontaine, Jason Slusher
Venue:  (2000)

:Knowledge and Communities is the first book dedicated to a major new knowledge management topic. "Communities of Practice" are cross-organizational groups of people sharing knowledge, solving common problems, and exchanging insights and frustrations. Knowledge and Communities, a collection of authoritative articles, describes the dynamics of these groups and explains how they enable organizational knowledge to be creating, shared, and applied. Features: Hot-topic - addresses how virtual/on-line communities drive an organization's e-commerce and knowledge strategies Establishes best practices for building and maintaining traditional and virtual communities
MCSE: Windows 2000 Directory Services Design Exam Notes
Authors: Robert King, Gary Govanus
Venue:  (2000)

:MCSE Certification Series. The coverage you need to pass exam 70-219, Designing a Microsoft Windows 2000 Directory Services Design: Analyzing Business Requirements Analyzing Technical Requirements Designing a Directory Service Architecture Designing Service Locations MCSE: Windows 2000 Directory Services Design Exam Notes provides the fastest and most effective way to make sure you're ready to pass the Windows 2000 Directory Services Design exam. The unique, innovative Exam Notes approach helps you gain and retain the knowledge you need, objective by objective: Critical Information sections provide detailed analyses of the key issues for each exam objective. Exam Essentials sections highlight crucial subject areas you'll need to know for the exam. Key Terms and Concepts sections define the words and concepts vital to passing the exam. Sample Questions sections preview the types of questions found in the exam and give answers and explanations.
Optimal Sizing for a Class of Nonlinearly Elastic Materials
Authors: Christoph Stangl
Venue: SIAM Journal on Optimization (1999)

The intention of this paper is to develop efficient algorithms for solving sizing optimization problems for a class of nonlinearly elastic materials (including, e.g., gray cast iron that is used in car engines) within common finite element programming packages such as, e.g., MSC/NASTRAN. The nonlinear material law is such that Young's modulus depends on the stresses. Therefore it is not possible to use standard software to perform sizing optimization; new algorithms must be found.We develop and analyze algorithms to solve the nonlinear discrete equilibrium equations and the discrete design problem. Moreover, we test our algorithms on practically relevant problems, namely to minimize the volume, respectively, to reach an even stress distribution, of a unit injector rocker arm made of gray cast iron.
Windows XP Secrets
Authors: Curt Simmons, Brian Livingston
Venue:  (2001)

:Do what you never thought possible with Windows XP! Harness the power of the latest version of Windows with hundreds of undocumented features and shortcuts to optimize performance and productivity. This book provides an in-depth expose on the hottest undocumented functions and shortcuts, that takes the reader through a wide range of Windows XP features. Author Simmons offers insider information on the latest features of Windows XP, Internet Explorer 6.0, performance enhancements and more.
Wireless Data Demystified
Authors: John R. Vacca
Venue:  (2002)

:Wireless data, the high-speed transfer of email, stock information, messages, and even video and audio across wireless networks, is expected to become a$7.5 billion business within the next three years. This resource unpacks the networks, technologies, and protocols that make it all possible and explains how to cash in on this massive new telecom market.* Includes basic network deployment and design concepts* Covers implementing fixed wireless and WLL (wireless local loop)* Details managing and maintaining high-speed wireless data networks
Sams Teach Yourself Python in 24 Hours, 1st edition
Authors: Ivan Van Laningham
Venue:  (2000)

:Sams Teach Yourself Python in 24 Hours presents 24 hands-on, one-hour lessons that guide you through all the steps needed to learn the Python programming language. The lessons begin with basic Python syntax and language features, and move up through object oriented design and programming. The book ends with a series of chapters covering GUI programming (using Tkinter), Python as a system administration tool, and Python as a programming language for CGI applications.
MCSE Certification Test Yourself Practice Exams
Authors: Snygress Media Inc Staff, Syngress Inc.
Venue:  (1998)

:Here in one book are more than 1,200 all-new exam-based questions with richly detailed answers covering four MCSE core exams. It's more than just a massive collection of precise questions like the ones you'll face on exam day...it's that plus in-depth, authoritative, answers to each one. So now you can test yourself, expand your knowledge, and gain a critical edge using this ideal companion to any MCSE study guide.
Designing a component-based framework for visualization in software engineering and knowledge engineering
Authors: Casey Best, Margaret-Anne Storey, Jeff Michaud
Venue: Proceedings of the 14th international conference on Software engineering and knowledge engineering (2002)

This paper describes our experiences reengineering a visualization tool (SHriMP) into a component-based framework for visualizing software engineering and knowledge engineering projects. The framework is domain independent, customizable and supports multiple methods of integration with other tools. We share with the reader the successes and failures we encountered throughout this reengineering endeavor. We also describe how we have integrated the SHriMP framework with a knowledge management tool called Prot&eacute;g&eacute; and with other software engineering environments. We believe that these lessons will be valuable to tool designers in many domains wishing to use a component-based framework architecture. By using a framework of reusable components, we have been able to reap the benefits of the shared insights in visualization from these two closely related domains.
Study of delay patterns of weighted voice traffic of end-to-end users on the VoIP network
Authors: Jeong-Soo Han, Seong-Jin Ahn, Jin-Wook Chung
Venue: International Journal of Network Management (2002)

In this paper we study delay patterns of weighted voice traffic of end-to-end users on the Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) network. We compare the delay performance of voice traffic which varies with queue management techniques such as First-In First-Out (FIFO) and Weighted Fair Queuing (WFQ) and voice codec algorithms such as G.723 and G.729 and select an optimal algorithm.