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Total SNMP: Exploring the Simple Network Management Protocol
Authors: Sean J. Harnedy
Venue:  (1995)

:The most complete, up-to-date introduction to the theory and practice of SNMP, for all LAN, WAN, and Internet (TCP/IP) networking professionals.Total SNMP begins with a detailed overview of the field of network management, including current trends, and then introduces the theory, history and major components of SNMP. It provides detailed introductions to the Structure of Management Information (SMI) and Management Information Bases (MIBs) in both SNMP v1 and v2. Next, it revisits the SNMP Reference Model and then explains how SNMP has actually been implemented. The book introduces SNMP development and support tools, network management stations, agents, and a variety of implementation issues. Finally, it covers new enhancements to SNMP, including standard APIs such as WinSNMP and SNMP++, Desktop Management Task Force standards, Web-based management, distributed objects, expert systems, and more.All LAN and WAN network managers, system administrators and network engineers who work with SNMP. 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
Web user clustering from access log using belief function
Authors: Yunjuan Xie, Vir V. Phoha
Venue: Proceedings of the 1st international conference on Knowledge capture (2001)

In this work, we present a novel approach to clustering Web site users into different groups and generating common user profiles. These profiles can be used to make recommendations, personalize Web sites, and for other uses such as targeting users for advertising. By using the concept of mass distribution in Dempster-Shafer's theory, the belief function similarity measure in our algorithm adds to the clustering task the ability to capture the uncertainty among Web user's navigation behavior. Our algorithm is relatively simple to use and gives comparable results to other approaches reported in the literature of web mining.
The professional development challenge for IT professionals
Authors: Thomas Schambach, J. Ellis Blanton
Venue: Communications of the ACM (2002)

If IT professional development is good for overall corporate performance, as well as for IT professionals' employment prospects, security, self-esteem, and climbing the corporate ladder, why don't more of them do it?
Data Structures in C++ Using the Standard Template Library
Authors: Timothy Budd
Venue:  (1997)

:Highlights: Teaches data structures in the context of the C++ Standard Template Library Instructs the use of analysis techniques with which to evaluate algorithms Provides examples of modern software engineering principles and techniques, including object-oriented programming Introduces the proper use of various features of the C++ programming language.
Static and dynamic analysis of real-time systems
Authors: Wael Elseaidy
Venue: Proceedings of the 30th annual Southeast regional conference (1992)

A study was performed on various real-time formal specification techniques. Based on this study a procedure was developed for static and dynamic analysis for real-time programs. This procedure is based on the real-time logic (RTL), Presburger arithmetic, and deterministic timing tools. The major idea is to use Presburger arithmetic as a way for analyzing and reasoning about the time properties of the specification. The main output of this analysis is what we refer to as specification upper and lower bounds (Spec U/L Bounds) for different actions in the program. These Spec U/L Bounds are then compared with the U/L bounds produced by deterministic timing tools, a step which can be viewed as specification-based testing). Also the Spec U/L bounds do not deal with the entire program but rather the parts of the program that may lead to violations of the program specification during implementation. This gives the advantage of testing the U/L bounds of some specific paths of the program, which in turn helps when dealing with the deterministic timing tools (one major disadvantage of the deterministic timing tool is dealing with many paths in the program which leads to a very loose U/L bounds). In short, this specification-based testing overcomes some problems one may face when dealing with deterministic timing tools for testing the timing properties of a given program.
Word 2000
Authors: Guy Hart-Davis
Venue:  (1999)

:Word 2000; No Experience Required is your step-by-step introduction to Microsoft's word processing application. Inside, practical examples and straightforward explanations show you exactly what you need to know to get the most out of this powerful and versatile programincluding improved integration with other Office applications, easier HTML conversion, and all-new online collaboration features.
The Comprehensive Guide to SmartSuite 97, 10th edition
Authors: James G. Meade
Venue:  (1997)

:Contains everything most critical to readers so they can get the most of their computer, the Internet, and intranets. Discusses litle known but valuable tools in the Suite. Focuses on team-computing, one of SmartSuite 97's specialties--enabling multip In-depth coverage of all the components of SmartSuite 97. Informative and invaluable Suite 97 secrets and tips. Lively, easy-to-read style.
Software Architect Bootcamp: A Programmer's Field Manual, 1st edition
Authors: Raphael C. Malveau
Venue:  (2000)

: Become a great software architecthands-on! Define architectures that leverage today's best design patterns Maximize scalability and technical flexibility Lead your technical organization to successful implementation Your hands-on "field manual" for becoming a great software architect! This hands-on "field manual" gives developers the essential skills they need to survive and thrive as software architects! You'll find insightful, real-world coverage of everything from design patterns to prototyping, business case development to leadership. Leading software architects Raphael Malveau and Thomas Mowbray share profound insights and practical solutions for all the key challenges of architectures using objects, components, and distributed Internet computing, showing how to avoid time-consuming pitfalls and costly errors. You'll master proven methods for: Identifying the best architectural model for any project Executing heavyweight or lightweight approaches to software architecture Addressing scalability and long-term business flexibility Making the most of abstraction, refactoring, and architectural prototyping Leveraging superior design patterns to improve your implementations With hands-on exercises, real-life war stories, and a take-no-prisoners attitude, Software Architect Bootcamp won't just help you become a great software architect: it'll help you become a true technical leader of your organization.
The Bit and the Pendulum: From Quantum Computing to M Theory -- The New Physics of Information
Authors: Tom Siegfried
Venue:  (2000)

:Will it be possible in the twenty-first century to teleport objects from one place to another? Will superfast quantum computers usher in an even more powerful second computer revolution? Is our universe only one of an infinite number of universes?" "What do all of these questions have to do with the radical new theory that "everything is information"? In The Bit and the Pendulum, science writer Tom Siegfried introduces readers to the frontiers of the radical new physics of information, and to the host of amazing discoveries it is inspiring - from the development of a stunning new breed of quantum computers, to methods for writing supersecure codes, to revealing fascinating insights into the elaborate computer-like workings of the cell and resolving long-standing mysteries about the inner workings of black holes and how the universe evolved." "Siegfried has interviewed the leading researchers, and he provides lucid and entertaining explanations of the remarkable range of work they are doing. We are introduced to the latest theories in quantum physics and how they are being applied by quantum cryptographers to create secret codes that are absolutely unbreakable. We learn how the mind-boggling physics of "reversible logic" can recapture lost information. We are introduced to Nobel Prize-winning physicist Murray Gell-Mann and his provocative new idea of a "schema" to encode the way that nature works. We meet maverick mathematician Leonard Adleman and learn about his ingenious method of harnessing the information power of the genetic code to create DNA computers.
Conceptual free-form styling on the responsive workbench
Authors: Gerold Wesche, Marc Droske
Venue: Proceedings of the ACM symposium on Virtual reality software and technology (2000)

A two-handed 3D styling system for free-form surfaces in a table-like Virtual Environment, the Responsive Workbench (RWB)TM, is described. Intuitive curve and surface deformation tools based on variational modeling and interaction techniques adapted to 3D VR modeling applications are proposed. The user draws curves (cubic B-splines) directly in the Virtual Environment using a stylus as an input device. The curves are connected automatically, such that a curve network develops. A combination of automatic and user-controlled topology extraction modules creates the connectivity information. The underlying surface model is based on B-spline surfaces, or, alternatively, uses multisided patches [20] bounded by closed loops of curve pieces.
Word for Windows 95 Clear and Simple
Authors: Keith Brindley
Venue:  (1996)

:Easy to followJargon freePracticalTask basedIncludes Version 7 Quickly learn how to make Word for Windows 95 work for you! This book contains all you need to get started. If you need to produce letters, memos, reports, and other documents, and want to get the job done quickly and efficiently, pick up a copy of Word for Windows 95 Clear & Simple. This self-teaching approach will give you results fast. About The AuthorIndependent PC Consultant 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
Testing, Troubleshooting, and Tuning Local Area Networks: Techniques and Tools to Isolate Problems and Boost Performance, 1st edition
Authors: Gilbert Held
Venue:  (1996)

:Many factors can cause a network to crash--everything from electromagnetic interference to hardware failure to improper planning. This book provides a survival guide for network administrators. It shows how to use modern hardware and software diagnostic tools to test and troubleshoot a network. There are also tips on how to tune a network to obtain the maximum level of performance possible. 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
Developing a stage lighting system from scratch
Authors: Michael Sperber
Venue: Proceedings of the sixth ACM SIGPLAN international conference on Functional programming (2001)

Lula is a system for computer-assisted stage lighting design and control. Whereas other systems for the same purpose are usually the results of long chains of incremental improvements of historic concepts, Lula represents a complete redesign. Whereas other systems focus on control aspects of lighting, Lula focuses on design and generates control information from it. This approach gives significantly more flexibility to the lighting designer and shortens the design process itself. Lula's design and implementation draw from a number of disciplines in advanced programming. It is written in Scheme and runs atop PLT Scheme, and benefits from its high-level GUI library. Lula uses an algebraic model for lighting looks based on just three combinators. It employs Functional Reactive Programming for all dynamic aspects of lighting, and is programmable via a functional reactive domain-specific language. Lula is an actual product and has users who have neither interest in nor knowledge of functional programming.
Lightwave Power Guide: The Definitive Guide to Lightwave's Hidden Power, with CD-ROM
Authors: Dan Ablan
Venue:  (1996)

:This definitive guide to LightWave's hidden power provides a breakdown of functions and some of the most popular plug-ins.Explores LightWave's more advanced featuresEnables users to begin creating professional-quality LightWave animationsCD-ROM includes models, textures, project files, and demonstrations of LightWave animations
Scalable information sharing in large scale distributed systems
Authors: Mustaque Ahamad, Sumeer Bhola, Rammohan Kordale, Francisco Torres-Rojas
Venue: Proceedings of the 7th workshop on ACM SIGOPS European workshop: Systems support for worldwide applications (1996)

Many application domains have already demonstrated that they can benefit greatly if efficient access can be provided to shared information across widely distributed users. We use the generic term object to describe units of shared information which could include files, web pages or language defined objects. Future applications will require object sharing modes richer than simple browsing. For example, a collaboration system that allows users distributed world-wide (e.g., managers of a multinational company) to interact with each other must manipulate objects that are both read and updated at multiple locations.Several assumptions, which are natural in the context of large scale systems, can be made about scalable object sharing systems. First, such systems will consist of many server nodes that will act as the storehouses for shared objects. These servers will enable access to objects to a much larger number of client nodes. To avoid high latencies and communication costs, servers will store replicated copies of objects frequently accessed by clients in their vicinity. Furthermore, clients will cache objects to reduce access latency and frequency of communication with servers. Both replication at servers and caching at clients result in multiple copies of an object which introduces the problem of maintaining consistency among the copies.Many levels of consistency are possible and the choice of a particular consistency level has implications on the programming as well as performance of a distributed application. Although consistency requirements across copies of a single object are easily seen, such requirements can arise between copies of different but related objects. For example, assume that user 1 writes a memo object ol to produce version o1,1 and later generates its updated version ol,2. User 2 reads ol,2 and writes memo object o2 in response. If user 3 reads memo o2 and wants to read o1 to understand it, it must be provided ol,2 and not o1,1 which could have been cached by it due to a previous read. Thus, consistency requirements exist across copies of ol and o2 even when user 3 accesses them in a read-only mode.We first identify some requirements that must be met by scalable object sharing schemes. We present arguments to demonstrate that existing techniques cannot easily be adapted to meet these requirements. This is followed by an outline of our approach.
Build, Upgrade and Repair Your PC Network: On a Shoestring Budget
Authors: Wayne N. Kawamoto
Venue:  (1999)

:Covers all common network cabling, hubs, and interface technologies, including 10BaseT and Ethernet. Provides guidance on shopping for and getting the best buys on networking hardware, cabling, software, and accessories. Points up connections between hardware and server/workstation performance, with advice on upgrading existing hardware to maximize performance and eliminate bottlenecks. Shows how to configure network software for resource sharing, security, Internet access, and much more. Over 20 multimedia videos demonstrating hardware installation and configurationunlike any other book. Treats networking from a "Small Office/Home Office" (SOHO) perspective. Explains small-scale network installation, configuration, and troubleshooting in non-technical terms while showing the reader how to save money  the only book on the market with this angle. Written by the author of the bestselling Upgrade and Repair Your PC on a Shoestring Budgetover 50,000 copies in print! Multimedia videos on the CD show readers how network hardware is actually installed and configured.
On multicast flow control for heterogeneous receivers
Authors: Rung-Hung Gau, Zygmunt J. Haas, Bhaskar Krishnamachari
Venue: IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (TON) (2002)

In this paper, we study the impact of heterogeneous receivers on the throughput of multicast flow control and propose a new multicast flow control algorithm to optimally partition group members into multiple subgroups. Our main contributions are as follows. First, we cast the multicast flow control problem in the Internet as the list partition problem and then prove that the list partition problem is equivalent to the optimal paging problem in cellular networks. The result is not only interesting in itself but also essential to derive the first known analytical bounds for the throughput of multicast flow control. Furthermore, we propose an algorithm to solve not only the list partition problem but also the optimal paging problem and the problem of bulk data transfer using multiple multicast groups. The complexity of our algorithm is one order less than the best known algorithm designed only for the problem of bulk data transfer using multiple multicast groups in the literature. While earlier work uses simulations to justify the usage of multiple subgroups to deliver information to a large amount of receivers in heterogeneous networks, we provide the first analytical support.
Database cost analysis: a top-down approach
Authors: T. H. Merrett
Venue: Proceedings of the 1977 ACM SIGMOD international conference on Management of data (1977)

A top-down approach is proposed for cost analysis for database and information system design. General principles are given which allow the analyst either to estimate rapidly the costs of a wide variety of alternatives or to investigate fewer possibilities in great detail. Techniques are developed which can be used at any level of the iterative design process - at the early stages or at the detailed phase of specific design. The paper applies the methods to the basic categories of file cost at the simpler levels of analysis and refers to the literature for more sophisticated analyses, which can be done within the framework provided here. Among the specific results developed are: the extension of a widely-used hit ratio formula to non-uniform usage distribution; the introduction of the "distribution of depths" for serial accesses; a general activity analysis and a volatility analysis for indexed sequential files.
Way More Free Stuff from the Internet, 11th edition
Authors: Patrick Vincent
Venue:  (1995)

:Way More! FREE $TUFF from the Internet is great for new users! You'll get sidebars with helpful tips and interesting facts. Contains special new sections like: -FREE $TUFF for Kids -FREE $TUFF for Families -FREE $TUFF for the Macintosh -FREE $TUFF from Around the World Bursts at the seams with an incredible collection of free stuff that will truly surprise and entertain you! Takes you to Internet and Web sites you never even imagined existed. Helps you grow your collection of free stuff 'till your hard disk can't take it anymore. Takes your Internet treasure hunt to the next level where you'll find new goodies available from all corners of cyberspace.
Using aspectC to improve the modularity of path-specific customization in operating system code
Authors: Yvonne Coady, Gregor Kiczales, Mike Feeley, Greg Smolyn
Venue: Proceedings of the 8th European software engineering conference held jointly with 9th ACM SIGSOFT international symposium on Foundations of software engineering (2001)

Layered architecture in operating system code is often compromised by execution path-specific customizations such as prefetching, page replacement and scheduling strategies. Path-specific customizations are difficult to modularize in a layered architecture because they involve dynamic context passing and layer violations. Effectively they are vertically integrated slices through the layers. An initial experiment using an aspect-oriented programming language to refactor prefetching in the FreeBSD operating system kernal shows significant benefits, including easy (un)pluggability of prefetching modes, independent development of prefetching modes, and overall improved comprehensibility.
Getting real about speech: overdue or overhyped?
Authors: Frankie James, Jennifer Lai, Bernhard Suhm, Bruce Balentine, John Makhoul, Clifford Nass, Ben Shneiderman
Venue: CHI '02 extended abstracts on Human factors in computing systems (2002)

Speech has recently made headway towards becoming a more mainstream interface modality. For example, there is an increasing number of call center applications, especially in the airline and banking industries. However, speech still has many properties that cause its use to be problematic, such as its inappropriateness in both very quiet and very noisy environments, and the tendency of speech to increase cognitive load. Concerns about such problems are valid; however, they do not explain why the use of speech is so controversial in the HCI community. This panel would like to address the issues underlying the controversy around speech, by discussing the current state of the art, the reasons it is so difficult to build a good speech interface, and how HCI research can contribute to the development of speech interfaces.
Bryce 4: F/X and Design
Authors: R. Shamms Mortier
Venue:  (1999)

:Contains detailed and easy-to-follow projects for readers to try themselves using files from the CD. Offers walkthrough of all the latest Bryce tools and effects to bring intermediate and seasoned users up to speed. Provides insight to using Bryce with other MetaCreations software. Projects take readers beyond the software documentation to enhance and extend their Bryce capabilities, including use in TV and film, CD multimedia, and Web design. 32 full-color pages of ethereal, sci-fi, and Dali-esque 3D backgrounds and imagery (also on the accompanying CD) that caters to Bryce users who want to create unusual artwork. The only book to cover handshaking with MetaCreations' Poser, Ray Dream, and Painter. Unlike competing titles ,Bryce 4 f/x and design will cover film and video techniques and will teach the complexity of the software in an approachable, easy-to-follow manner. Delves into the secrets of the Deep Texture Editor and fine-tunes all of the new materials made possible in the Materials Lab. Over 100 animations that educate andentertain readers with wild Bryce landscapes. Project files that will allow readers to create Bryce artwork from the book's tutorials. Also includes completed project artwork for comparison. A collection of new grayscale terrain maps, which users can target in the Bryce Terrain Editor for modeling. Demo applications that help readers enhance Bryce illustrations.
An efficient and portable strings processor
Authors: James R. Pinkert
Venue: Proceedings of the 14th annual Southeast regional conference (1976)

In this paper the author discusses a string processing system designed to alleviate education and implementation problems normally associated with such systems. It is written as a set of FORTRAN subroutines using SAC-1 [1]. Hence, this system can be implemented almost anywhere, is easy to learn, and can be used in computer science classes with limited prerequisites.