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Visual C++ Developer's Guide, 2nd edition
Authors: Nabajyoti Barkakati, Peter Hipson
Venue:  (1993)

:Introduce yourself to the basic concepts of object-oriented programming (OOP) and learn how to apply OOP techniques using the C++ programming language with Visual C++ Developer's Guide. This edition is a complete, useful guide to the latest enhancements available in Visual C++ 1.0. With this comprehensive book/disk set, you learn terminology, how C++ features support OOP, and how to use the Microsoft C Libraries. By focusing on the essentials, you'll be able to easily handle changes in software requirements, program with the iostream I/O library, call C functions from C++, and utilize the power of the Microsoft Foundation Class Library 2.0. When you're ready to take the next step, example programs for MS-DOS and Windows combine with diagrams to illustrate concepts and show the inheritance hierarchies of classes. In addition, this book serves as an in-depth reference manual of the C run-time library and the Microsoft Foundation Class Library 2.0.
Computer graphics pioneers: the Giloi's school of computer graphics
Authors: Carl Machover
Venue: ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics (2001)

In the early 1970s, I first encountered Dr. Encarna&ccedil;&atilde;o at the University of Saarbruchen where he was an associate of Professor Wolfgang Giloi in the computer graphics department. I met Dr. W. Stra&beta;er sometime later.At that time, I worked for Information Displays Inc. (IDI). Dr. Giloi and Dr. Encarna&ccedil;&atilde;o were interested in acquiring a graphics system for their department and after much discussion, they agreed to purchase our unit, the IDIIOM (IDI Input Output Machine). See Figure 9.Shortly after we delivered the unit to Saarbruchen, Dr. Encarna&ccedil;&atilde;o told us that he had accepted a new position at the University of Daarmstadt, and would go there as a full professor to head up their computer graphics efforts. We were delighted to learn that he intended to bring the IDIIOM with him, Dr. Encarna&ccedil;&atilde;o and I developed a warm personal, as well as professional, relationship and although I left IDI in 1976 to form my consultancy, we continued to find ways to work together.
Visual Basic Controls in a Nutshell: The Controls of the Professional and Enterprise Editions, 1st edition
Authors: Evan Dictor
Venue:  (1999)

:This quick-reference guide covers one of the crucial elements of Visual Basic -- its controls and their numerous properties, events, and methods. It probes extensively into the forms, modules, and classes of Visual Basic programming features and contains a detailed summary of intrinsic and custom controls with an overview of major characteristics of each.
Oracle9i New Features
Authors: Robert G. Freeman
Venue:  (2002)

:Maximize all of the enhanced capabilities of Oracle9i using the precise information presented in this convenient resource,officially authorized by Oracle Corporation. Inside,you'll find full details on all the new Oracle9i features,including database administration and management improvements,architecture changes,performance enhancements,security advancements,and high-availability innovations. Maximize the Potential of Oracle9iGet the most out of Oracle9i using the precise information presented in this convenient resource,officially authorized by Oracle Corporation. Inside,you'll find full details on all the new Oracle9i features,including database administration and management improvements,architecture changes,performance enhancements,security advancements,and high-availability innovations. Find out how to take full advantage of all the new and improved Oracle9i capabilities,including: Database administration improvements,such as managed datafiles and resumable space managementEnhanced availability and recoverability features,including Oracle Flashback Query and Oracle9i Data GuardParameter and view changesOracle9i XML Development Kits (XDKs) and iFSExpanded high-availability functions,including Oracle9i Real Application ClustersAdvanced security capabilities,such as Virtual Private Database (VPD) and encryption toolsNational Language Support (NLS) and globalization support enhancementsNew data warehousing and online analytical processing capabilitiesNew SQL and PL/SQL features
Keychamp: Textbook
Authors: Walter M. Sharp, Olinzock
Venue:  (1998)

:Develop keyboarding speed in the shortest possible time with this book and software package. Speed is maximized by the unique technique analysis of a user's two-stroke key combinations (digraphs) during timed writings. Individualized Practice is based upon technique problems rather than errors on Timed Writings. This product is an advanced solution for people who want rapid speed-building without sacrificing accuracy.System Requirements: 386 DX/33mhz processor, 4 megs of RAM (8 recommended), 40 MB hard drive with 10 MB free, 640 x 480 graphics, 256 colors
A Quick Course in Access Version 2 for Windows: Computer Training Books for Busy People
Authors: Joyce Cox, Mike Elison
Venue:  (1994)

:Focusing on Access Version 2 for Windows, this is one of a series of computer-training books for people with busy schedules.
Dummies 101: The Internet for Windows 98
Authors: Margaret Levine Young, Hy Bender
Venue:  (1998)

:If you've been itching to explore the Internet, now is the time to start! Dummies 101: The Internet For Windows 98 brings you easy, step-by-step instructions to connect you to the Net quickly right from your desktop. Research any topic, get tons of free programs, shop online, and more! Inside, get the information you need now: Click any of 200 hand-picked Web sites on this book's CD-ROM to cruise to the very best sites on the Internet Find virtually any person or fact you need on the Web Choose from thousands of fabulous free programs, picture files, and audio and video clips Send and receive e-mail -- and use our software robot to test your e-mail address Join online discussion groups, participate in live chat groups, and subscribe to electronic channels Create and publish your own Web page
Energy-efficient hybrid wakeup logic
Authors: Michael Huang, Jose Renau, Josep Torrellas
Venue: Proceedings of the 2002 international symposium on Low power electronics and design (2002)

The instruction window is a critical component and a major energy consumer in out-of-order superscalar processors. An important source of energy consumption in the instruction window is the instruction wakeup: a completing instruction broadcasts its result register tag and an associative comparison is performed with all the entries in the window.This paper shows that a very large fraction of the completing instructions have to wake up no more than a single instruction currently in the window. Consequently, we propose to save energy by using indexing to only enable the comparator at the single instruction to wake up. Only in the rare case when more than one instruction needs to wake up, our scheme reverts to enabling all the comparators or a subset of them. For this reason, we call our scheme Hybrid. Overall, our scheme is very effective: for a processor with a 96-entry window, the number of comparisons performed by the average completing instruction with a destination register is reduced to 0.8. The exact magnitude of the energy savings will depend on the specific instruction window implementation. Furthermore, the application suffers no performance penalty.
1001 Microsoft Visual C++ Programming Tips with Cdrom
Authors: Charles Wright, Kris A. Jamsa
Venue:  (2001)

:Visual C++ is a programming environment used to develop and compile programs or perform specific tasks, such as drawing an object onscreen. C++ is one of the staples of any programmers knowledge base. For this reason, owning 1001 Visual C++ Programming Tips, which covers everything from programming basics to variables, functions, and object-oriented programming, is a must! This book covers all aspects of Visual C++ programming, including the Microsoft Foundation Class Library and threads. The 1001 tips in the book present such comprehensive information in easy-to-digest pieces, that this is the definitive reference on Visual C++. You can read the book from cover to cover or simply locate the tips that address your needs at the moment. No matter how you read this book, youll receive unique expert advice about Visual C++!
COBOL: From Micro to Mainframe: Preparing for the New Millennium, 3rd edition
Authors: Robert T. Grauer, Carol Vasquez Villar, Arthur Buss, Carol Vazquez Villar
Venue:  (1999)

:The text includes additional chapters on the Year 2000 problem, structured programming and design, debugging, subprograms, table processing, sorting, screen I/O, sequential file maintenance, indexed files, and object-oriented COBOL. Programming tips are provided throughout that go beyond the syntactical rules of COBOL in order to make programs easier to maintain and more efficient to run. The Fujitsu version teaches programming as it is practiced in the real world with sample projects that reflect Year 2000 considerations. NEW-Includes the new Fujitsu 4.0 software that includes the COBOL compiler, editor, and project manager NEW-Describes fully the use of the Fujitsu software in a new appendix NEW-Updates all listings in the text, especially those on screen processing, to reflect features in the new Fujitsu software NEW-Shows how Visual Basic can be used to create Windows interfaces for COBOL programs REVISED-Details students projects to reflect Year 2000 considerations
Uniform Robust Performance Against Quasi-LTI Uncertainty in Sampled-Data Systems
Authors: Sean E. Bourdon, Geir E. Dullerud
Venue: SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization (2001)

Uniform robust performance of sampled-data systems is studied in the context of arbitrarily slowly time-varying structured perturbations. Exact conditions for robustness are obtained. These conditions are convex but inherently infinite dimensional in nature.
Fuzzy controlled simulation optimization
Authors: Andr&#x00E9;s L. Medaglia Shu-Cherng Fang, Henry L. W. Nuttle
Venue: Fuzzy Sets and Systems (2002)

Simulation optimization deals with finding the values of input parameters of a complex simulated system which result in desired output, Traditional techniques may require an enormous amount of simulation runs to evaluate the system. To alleviate this problem, the proposed work provides the means of incorporating knowledge, expressed in natural language, that is often available among analysts and decision makers. Using convenient linguistic representations, the proposed mechanism can satisfy vaguely stated goals to a high degree (e.g. "high utilization" or "low inventory"). This mechanism is also able to generate an approximate Pareto optimal set in the presence of multiple goals. The optimization strategy used here depends on a fuzzy controller guided by a set of rules derived from statistical concepts, response surface models, and experts' knowledge. To illustrate this approach we present computational experiments on the design of a flow line manufacturing system (in terms of a tandem of queues with blocking) with one and two goals. The actions derived from the controller, using approximate reasoning, are able to generate a high quality solution in only a few iterations. The results are compared extensively with those obtained with a genetic-based approach.
A Short Course on Computer Viruses, 2nd edition
Authors: Frederick B. Cohen, Dr Frederick Cohen
Venue:  (1994)

:Here is an outstanding opportunity to learn about computer viruses from the internationally acclaimed pioneer in the field who actually coined the phrase "computer virus." This new edition of Cohen's classic work has been updated and expanded to nearly double its original size and now includes entirely new chapters on LAN viruses, international viruses, and good viruses (including code). As entertaining as it is thorough, the text is enlivened by Cohen's down-to-earth wit and his many fascinating anecdotes and heretofore unpublished historical facts about viruses. Both broad in its coverage and deep in its consideration, it includes dozens of lucid explanations and examples that amicably guide the reader through the complex, often convoluted subject matter. Hailed as a tour de force, Cohen's discussion of defensive strategies reveals many of the stumbling blocks that often trip readers up. Among the breakthroughs and exciting new developments you'll find only in this book are a new analysis of the epidemiology of computer viruses; new forms of virus evolution that will render most current defenses useless; new strategies and tactics in virus defenses; and new analyses of synergistic effects in attack and defense.
Troubleshooting Windows 2000 TCP/IP
Authors: Debra Littlejohn Shinder
Venue:  (2000)

:TCP/IP is a set of protocols developed to allow computers to share resources across a network. It's not enough for network managers to understand how TCP/IP is "supposed" to work - they must know how to accurately detect and quickly correct problems as they occur. This book shows readers how to use products such as distributed sniffers, field metering tools, and protocol analyzers to discover what is going on (and going wrong) in a live Windows 2000 TCP/IP network. They'll learn how to monitor a Windows 2000 network and identify and correct protocol errors, DNS route problems, application faults, and slow response times. Beginning with an overview of the technology and concluding with a "fast-track" summary, Troubleshooting Windows 2000 TCP/IP teaches skills through easy-to-read chapters written by subject matter experts.
Microsoft Excel 2000 Quick Reference
Authors: Nancy Warner, Stephanie McComb
Venue:  (1999)

:Microsoft Excel 2000 Quick Reference delivers a valuable and convenient source of information on using common Excel 2000 features. Sporting a more convenient comb binding than the previous edition, and focusing on a more referential approach, the same amount of feature coverage is provided in fewer pages. The highly visual approach also allows for much more coverage as one or two figures can often explain what would take several pages of text. Differences between previous versions of Excel and Excel 2000 are prominently featured to aide you in upgrading to this version.
Bomberman 64: Unauthorized Game Secrets
Authors: Nick Roberts
Venue:  (1997)

:Get blown away with this explosive guide! Solve every puzzle, escape the treacherous traps, and master the battle mode!
The Advantage Series: PowerPoint 2002- Introductory, 1 edition
Authors: Sarah E. Hutchinson, Glen J. Coulthard
Venue:  (2001)

The Advantage Series presents the Feature-Method-Practice approach to computer software applications to today's technology and business students. This series implements an efficient and effective learning model, which enhances critical thinking skills and provides students and faculty with complete application coverage.Table of contentsChapter 1: Creating a PresentationChapter 2: Modifying and Running PresentationsChapter 3: Adding GraphicsChapter 4: Adding Tables, Multimedia, and MoreChapter 5: Preparing Presentations for DeliveryChapter 6: Working with Other Users and Programs
Modeling and verifying multi-agent behaviors using predicate/transition nets
Authors: Dianxiang Xu, Richard Volz, Thomas Ioerger, John Yen
Venue: Proceedings of the 14th international conference on Software engineering and knowledge engineering (2002)

In a multi-agent system, how agents accomplish a goal task is usually specified by multi-agent plans built from basic actions (e.g. operators) of which the agents are capable. A critical problem with such an approach is how can the designer make sure the plans are reliable. To tackle this problem, this paper presents a formal approach for modeling and analyzing multi-agent behaviors using Predicate/Transition (PrT) nets, a high-level formalism of Petri nets. We construct a multi-agent model by representing agent capabilities as transitions. To verify a multi-agent PrT model, we adapt the planning graphs as a compact structure for the reachability analysis. We also demonstrate that, based on the PrT model, whether parallel actions specified in multi-agent plans can be executed in parallel and whether the plans guarantee the achievement of the goal can be verified by analyzing the dependency relations among the transitions.
Radiosity and Global Illumination
Authors: Francois X. Sillion, Claude Puech
Venue:  (1994)

:The radiosity method, originally a computation tool for thermal engineers, has evolved in recent years into a powerful and flexible simulation technique for radiant energy transfer. The ability to compute quantitatively accurate simulations of light transfers has opened a vast domain of applications for computer graphics. Thermal radiation studies, lighting design and remote sensing are a few of the fields affected by this exciting technique for producing synthetic images. Here, the authors reformulate some of the most recent and innovative research results into a consistent framework, allowing readers to quickly acquire a comprehensive view of the technique and its derivatives. In addition to reviewing practical issues and offering recommendations, the authors also provide a complete theoretical presentation of the various radiosity algorithms. Special highlights include 93 illustrations and 45 color plates and a practical guide which provides detailed information on various design issues for the development of global illumination software.
An L1 estimation algorithm with degeneracy and linear constraints
Authors: Mingren Shi, Mark A. Lukas
Venue: Computational Statistics Data Analysis (2002)

An implementation of the reduced gradient algorithm is proposed to solve the linear L1 estimation problem (least absolute deviations regression) with linear equality or inequality constraints, including rank deficient and degenerate cases. Degenerate points are treated by solving a derived L1 problem to give a descent direction. The algorithm is a direct descent, active set method that is shown to be finite, it is geometrically motivated and simpler than the projected gradient algorithm (PGA) of Bartels, Conn and Sinclair, which uses a penalty function approach for the constrained case. Computational experiments indicate that the proposed algorithm compares favourably, both in reliability and efficiency, to the PGA, to the algorithms ACM551 and AFK (which use an LP formulation of the L1 problem) and to LPASL1 (which is based on the Huber approximation method of Madsen, Nielsen and Pinar). Although it is not as efficient as ACM552 (Barrodale-Roberts algorithm) on large scale unconstrained problems, it performs better on large scale problems with bounded variable constraints.
Adding subqueries to MySQL, what does it take to have a decision-support engine?
Authors: Antonio Badia, Matt Chanda, Bin Cao
Venue: Proceedings of the 5th ACM international workshop on Data Warehousing and OLAP (2002)

MySQL is an OLTP system without the ability to handle SQL subqueries. As part of our project in query optimization, we add subquery processing to MySQL through rewriting. First, we incorporate the ability to handle subqueries in the FROM clause; then rewrite queries with subqueries in the WHERE clause by moving the subquery to the FROM clause and introducing suitable conditions to link the subquery and the main query tables. The result is a complete and correct unnesting procedure for SQL queries. The idiosyncrasies of SQL semantics make some rewritings tricky. While optimization issues are not directly addressed, the rewriting opens up the possibility of more efficient query processing in several cases.
Extending and evaluating a pattern language for safety-critical user interfaces
Authors: Simon Connelly, Jay Burmeister, Anthony MacDonald, Andrew Hussey
Venue: Proceedings of the Sixth Australian workshop on Safety critical systems and software - Volume 3 (2001)

This paper describes the extension and evaluation of an existing pattern language for safety-critical user interface development. The patterns were updated and new patterns were added by examining existing medical systems. The new patterns were found by generating problem definitions from perceived exemplary solutions. This method of pattern development and its application is described. A qualitative evaluation of the pattern language was performed by designing a safety-critical user interface for a hypothetical radiation therapy machine. Discussion of the design process focuses on the usefulness of our patterns as a design tool for safety-critical user interfaces.
Pictoplasm, 1st edition
Authors: Peter Thaler
Venue:  (2001)

:Pictoplasma presents the world´s finest exhibition of contemporary character-design. The exhaustive collection impressively surveys one of the most global languages in graphics. As an international platform and playground, Pictoplasma showcases the high-quality works by an array of independent artists and corporations. Instant visual gratification is provided by these cute and timeless creatures. Pictoplasma exhibits the most various styles and techniques used in recent character-design. Definitely check out: www.pictoplasma.comAuthor Biography: Born 1969, German-American Peter Thaler ´s career included various exciting projects in the creative field before becoming obsessed with contemporary characters, e.g. he directed Madonnás video "American Pie" and Garbage´s "The World is not Enough".
A Changing-Chart Symplectic Algorithm for Rigid Bodies and Other Hamiltonian Systems on Manifolds
Authors: Giancarlo Benettin, Anna Maria Cherubini, Francesco Fassò
Venue: SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing (2001)

We revive the elementary idea of constructing symplectic integrators for Hamiltonian flows on manifolds by covering the manifold with the charts of an atlas, implementing the algorithm in each chart (thus using coordinates) and switching among the charts whenever a coordinate singularity is approached. We show that this program can be implemented successfully by using a splitting algorithm if the Hamiltonian is the sum H1+H2 of two (or more) integrable Hamiltonians. Profiting from integrability, we compute exactly the flows of H1 and H2 in each chart and thus compute the splitting algorithm on the manifold by means of its representative in any chart. This produces a symplectic algorithm on the manifold which possesses an interpolating Hamiltonian, and hence it has excellent properties of conservation of energy. We exemplify the method for a point constrained to the sphere and for a symmetric rigid body under the influence of positional potential forces.
Teach Yourself Visually Premiere 6, 1st edition
Authors: Sherry Willard Kinkoph
Venue:  (2002)

:"I just purchased my third Visual book (my first two are dog-eared now!) and, once again, your product has surpassed my expectations. Keep up the wonderful work!" &mdash;Tracey Moore (Memphis, TN)"Your Teach Yourself VISUALLY books are incredible and I use them in my computer classes. All my students love them!" &mdash;Michele Schalin (Lockhart, TX)Are you a visual learner? Do you prefer instructions that show you how to do something - and skip the long-winded explanations? If so, then this book is for you. Open it up and you'll find clear, step-by-step screen shots that show you how to tackle more than 140 Adobe Premiere 6 tasks, from adding a timecode to a clip, deleting tracks, and performing a rolling edit to creating a scrolling title, applying a video effect, and exporting to videotape."Teach Yourself" sidebars offer practical tips and tricksFull-color screen shots demonstrate each taskSuccinct explanations walk you through step by stepTwo-page lessons break big topics into bite-sized modulesAuthor Biography: Sherry Kinkoph has been a computer book author for eight years, with 40 titles to her name including Teach Yourself VISUALLY Flash 5 and Master VISUALLY FrontPage 2002. She lives and works near Indianapolis, IN.