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On the reliability of Microsoft Excel XP for statistical purposes
Authors: Leo Knüsel
Venue: Computational Statistics Data Analysis (2002)

The paper deals with the reliability of Microsoft Excel XP for statistical purposes. In section 1 we show that Excel can compute negative variances. In section 2 we see that the random numbers generated by Excel cannot suffice scientific statistical requirements, and in section 3 we have to report that unbearable errors with the computation of statistical distributions that have been reported to Microsoft and later on have been published (Kn&#x00FC;sel, 1998) are still to be found in Microsoft Excel XP. So one has again to warn the scientific community against using Microsoft Excel for statistical purposes.
On the efficiency of ray-shooting acceleration schemes
Authors: László Szirmay-Kalos, Vlastimil Havran, Benedek Balázs, László Szécsi
Venue: Proceedings of the 18th spring conference on Computer graphics (2002)

This paper examines the efficiency of different rayshooting acceleration schemes, including the uniform space subdivision, octree and kd-tree. We use simple computational models, which assume that the objects are uniformly distributed in space. The efficiency is characterized by two measures, including the expected number of ray-object intersections needed to identify the firstly intersected object, and the expected number of steps on the space partitioning data structure. We can come to the interesting conclusion that these numbers are constant and are independent of the number of objects in the scene. The number of intersections is determined by how well the cells of the partitioning data structure enclose the objects. Such analysis helps to understand why kd-tree is better than octree and uniform space subdivision and provides hints to improve their implementation.
Coding between mouse and keyboard, part I
Authors: Patricia Jung
Venue: Linux Journal (2002)

In the first part of this two-part article, Jung provides a working example of building GUI apps with Qt.
A Finite Continuation Algorithm for Bound Constrained Quadratic Programming
Authors: Kaj Madsen, Hans Bruun Nielsen, Mustafa Çelebi Pinar
Venue: SIAM Journal on Optimization (1998)

The dual of the strictly convex quadratic programming problem with unit bounds is posed as a linear $\ell_1$ minimization problem with quadratic terms. A smooth approximation to the linear $\ell_1$ function is used to obtain a parametric family of piecewise-quadratic approximation problems. The unique path generated by the minimizers of these problems yields the solution to the original problem for finite values of the approximation parameter. Thus, a finite continuation algorithm is designed. Results of extensive computational experiments are reported.
Telecommunications Systems and Technology, 1st edition
Authors: Williams E. Barnes, Michael Khader
Venue:  (1999)

:Providing an exceptionally broad overview of the field of telecommunication and its various operating systems, this state-of-the-art guide takes an industry perspective on the field, with full coverage of all the fundamental concepts necessary to understanding the overall operations of communication devices. Presents system level descriptions of designs and architectures in an all-inclusive study that covers everything from basic concepts in telecommunications to digital transmission, T1/T3 applications and the subscriber loop carrier systems, switching systems, computer telephony and its applications, modem communications, protocols and standards, broadband ISDN and asynchronous transfer mode (ATM), local area networks, internetworking with TCP/IP, and satellite and wireless communication. Uses many analogies to clarify material; provides extensive industrial applications, examples, case studies and scenarios; and supports concepts with over 300 figures and tables. For electrical/computer engineering, computer science, data communications and telecommunications professionals want to learn more about a specific area covered in the book, or who want to get a broad and in-depth understanding of telecommunications technology.
Websights: The Future of Business and Design on the Internet
Authors: Steve Bodow, Steven He Madoff, Peter Hall, Darcy Dinucci, Clive Brunton, Laurel Janensch
Venue:  (2000)

:Dear Readers, Our mission with Websights was not only to show examples of great Web design, but also explore and elaborate on the myriad issues Web designers face on a daily basis. The expert contributors to this volume--including John Maeda of MIT Media Laboratory, digital typographer Clive Bruton, and Carl Steadman, cofounder of Suck and columnist for the Industry Standard--focus on future trends in areas such as e-commerce, advertising, digital typography, new-media education, experimental interfaces, and localization. Designer Christa Skinner captures the excitement of the digital world in a contemporary and inspirational book design. Websights in truly the first of its kind: a digital design book that combines hundreds of excellent examples with no-nonsense commentary on the new-media industry. Other industry-savvy contributors to this volume include Steve Bodow, Peter Hall, Laurel Janensch, Steven Henry Madoff, Andrea Moed, and Rhonda Rubinstein. Our very best regards, Katherine Nelson & RC Publications
Computers and Information Technology in Social Work: Education,Training,and Practice
Authors: Jo Ann Coe
Venue:  (2000)

:Computers and Information Technology in Social Work: Education, Training, and Practice discusses the impact that recent technological advances have had on social work practice and education. Social workers and educators will discover ideas and projects that were presented at a week long conference presented at the University of South Carolina College of Social Work. This unique book covers a wide range of topics, such as different aspects of technology applied to assist those in helping professions, how computers can be used in child protective cases in order to practice more effectively, social services via videoconferencing, and much more. It is vitally important that social workers understand how to utilize information technology in the best interest of clients and students. This book provides relevant information that informs both practitioners and educators in social work. Such a book has an important place as social worker agencies increasingly take advantage of it in practice. (Julie Miller-Cribbs, PhD, Assistant Professor, College of Social Work, University of South Carolina, Columbia)
Apache Server Unleashed with Cdrom
Authors: Rich Bowen, Ken Coar
Venue:  (2000)

:Apache Server Unleashed is designed for both the Apache Web developer and system administrator. Apache Server Unleashed teaches you how to extend the base server through CGI scripts and modules, with extensive advanced coverage on modules. This book teaches the system administrator how to fine-tune the server for specific traffic use. Some topics include how to start, stop and restart the server in order to update, retune, and address any general or disaster recovery issues. Learn underlying architecture of Apache Server, specifically security and authentication, as well as newer topics such as running Apache on Windows NT.
A web-based learning tool that simulates a simple computer architecture
Authors: Jucain E. Butler, Jay B. Brockman
Venue: ACM SIGCSE Bulletin (2001)

As a supplement to an introduction to engineering systems course, the article presents a self-paced, web-based learning tool that introduces computer concepts by simulating the Lego Mindstorm s RCX programmable brick. It discusses the motivation for creating this tool and its implementation. The materials presented give students a broader perspective of an engineering system (the computer) and a sense of what goes on under the hood of a computer. They also give students, in conjunction with a physical laboratory project, a sense of working on a real workplace assignment.
Data Structures and Other Objects Using Java, 1st edition
Authors: Michael Main
Venue:  (1998)

:This book takes a gentle approach to the data structures course in Java. It offers an early, self-contained review of object-oriented programming and Java to give students a firm grasp of key concepts, and allows those experienced in other languages to adjust easily. The book also offers a flexibility which allows professors such options as emphasizing object-oriented programming, covering recursion and sorting early or accelerating the pace of the course. This title meets the needs of professors searching for a book to balance the introduction of object-oriented programming and data structures with Java.
Telecity: Information Technology and Its Impact on City Form
Authors: Tarik A. Fathy
Venue:  (1991)

:Fathy examines the growth of the information society and the impact of its technologies on city form and urban life. He establishes a theoretical framework that integrates the consequences of technology on the physical city, the dynamics of its economic activities and location decisions, and its social processes. The main concern of this study is the relationship between socioeconomic forces of social change and the physical transformation process of the existing city in Western countries. 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
Nursing Informatics: Where Caring and Technology Meet, 3rd edition
Authors: Marion J. Ball, Kathryn J. Hannah, Susan K. Newbold, Judith V. Douglas
Venue:  (2000)

:Since publication of the first edition in 1988, Nursing Informatics: Where Caring and Technology Meet has established itself as the premier reference text for nurses, nursing administrators, nursing students, and other health care professionals who seek a state-of-the-art review of the role of information technology in the nursing profession.The third edition of this seminal work will keep readers at the forefront of the rapidly evolving field of nursing informatics, examining new trends and thoroughly updating and revising all content.New chapters include: Selecting a Nursing Informatics Consultant; Project Management; Consumer Informatics; Data Mining; Education (CME, Patient); Electronic Medical Imaging; Nursing Informatics Competencies; Telehealth and Implications; Business Process Reengineering; Nursings Role in Telehealth.
Probabilistic rebound Turing machines
Authors: Lan Zhang, Katsushi Inoue, Akira Ito, Yue Wang
Venue: Theoretical Computer Science (2002)

This paper introduces a probabilistic rebound Turing machine (PRTM), and investigates the fundamental property of the machine. We first prove a sublogarithmic lower space bound on the space complexity of this model with bounded errors for recognizing specific languages. This lower bound strengthens a previous lower bound for conventional probabilistic Turing machines with bounded errors. We then show, by using our lower space bound and an idea in the proof of it, that i) [PRTM(o(logn))] is incomparable with the class of context-free languages, ii) there is a language accepted by a two-way deterministic one counter automaton, but not in [PRTM(o(logn))], and where [PRTM(o(logn))] denotes the class of languages recognized by o(logn) space-bounded PRTMs with error probability less than . Furthermore, we show that there is an infinite space hierarchy for [PRTM(o(logn))]. We finally show that [PRTM(o(logn))] is not closed under concatenation, Kleene +, and length-preserving homomorphism. This paper answers two open problems in a previous paper.
It's a Wi-Fi world
Authors: David Howard
Venue: netWorker (2002)

Wireless broadband may finally be ready for prime time
Exploring Microsoft Office Professional 2000, 1st edition
Authors: Robert T. Grauer, Maryann Barber
Venue:  (1999)

:All books in this series offer consistent presentationcommon design, pedagogy, and writing style. Concepts as well as key-strokes are stressed. Hands-on exercises in every lesson provide just the right amount of practice time. MOUS Certification throughout the expert level for all individual applications and Office 2000. Three levels of chapter-ending exercises, multiple choice, practice, and case studies. For anyone interested in becoming more proficient in Microsoft Office 2000.
Learning PERL for WIN32, 1st edition
Authors: Randal L. Schwartz, Tom Christiansen, Erik Olsen
Venue:  (1997)

:In this smooth, carefully paced course, leading Perl trainers and a Windows NT practitioner teach you to program in the language that promises to emerge as the scripting language of choice on NT. With a foreword by Larry Wall, the creator of Perl, this book is the "official" guide for both formal (classroom) and informal learning. Based on the "llama book," Learning Perl on Win32 Systems features tips for PC users and new, NT-specific examples.
PERL, CGI, and Javascript Complete
Authors: Sybex, Sybex Inc
Venue:  (2000)

:In a world of overpriced programming books comes the best value of all time: Perl, CGI, and JavaScript Complete. With twice the page count and at half of price of similar volumes, Web programmers will never need another reference. The book features complete coverage of the key technologies that non-Microsoft programmers are using today to build interactive Web sites. It also includes references to Perl commands and modules, plus a JavaScript object reference. Perl, CGI, and JavaScript Complete covers the fundamentals of the CGI protocol and the Perl and JavaScript languages. It also highlights the important skills needed to create interactive Web sites, including using hidden fields and cookies, interfacing JavaScript with CGI programs, and monitoring Web site activity with Perl. Adding to the book's value are three new reference sections, which detail JavaScript objects as well as Perl functions and modules.
Ubiquitous computing and AI towards an inclusive society
Authors: Daniel Jorge Viegas Gonçalves
Venue: Proceedings of the 2001 EC/NSF workshop on Universal accessibility of ubiquitous computing: providing for the elderly (2001)

Elder citizens are faced with a large number of problems on their everyday lives. Loss of motor, sensorial and cognitive skills results in a growing difficulty to live and interact in today's society. Ubiquitous computing can help alleviate these problems, by allowing elders to have a normal life despite their shortcomings. Medical monitoring, communication and memory aids are already being developed. However, the large amount of data produced by those devices is of little use if not subject to some kind of analysis. Some Artificial Intelligence areas such as Knowledge Representation, Learning and Automated Planning can be used with success to improve what can be learned from the data. This will open the door for a wide range of applications that will adapt to the needs of each user and greatly improve the quality of life of elders.
Projects for Office 2000, Brief Edition, 1st edition
Authors: Pamela R. Toliver, Philip A. Koneman, Yvonne Johnson
Venue:  (1999)

:The SELECT Lab Series uses a highly visual, project-based approach that teaches readers through tasks supported by step-by-step instruction, and extensive 4-color figures tat guide learners through the basic skills and procedures necessary to demonstrate proficiency using each software application. The content of this text is driven the Microsoft Office User Specialist (MOUS) guidelines. Students work through step-by-step instructions in three projects designed to integrate files and data among Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint. For anyone interested in becoming more proficient in Microsoft Office.
Sams Teach Yourself Oracle 8 in 21 Days, 1st edition
Authors: Steve Adrien Deluca, Ed Whalen
Venue:  (1997)

:Understand the history behind the Oracle RDBMS and where terms such as DSS, OLTP, and data marts fit into the Oracle system; properly size your database and plan for future growth; take advantage of the Oracle Enterprise Manager for easy database navigation and management; create a safer system with security and backup techniques, including scheduling backups for off-peak hours; manage database storage with redo logs, control files, datafiles, and rollback segments; and create indexes and implement Parallel Options to improve usability and performance.
Feature Interactions in Telecommunications and Software Systems VI, 1st edition
Authors: M. Calder, E. Magill
Venue:  (2000)

:Typically, telecommunications services are implemented in software. Feature Interaction is the term used to describe interference between services or features; most attention is given to cases where the interference is undesirable, i.e. there is an incompatibility. In telecommunications, control and data is distributed and of such a large scale that software development is by numerous disjoint teams; by its nature, therefore, this software experienced the feature interaction problem first. But, while the workshop focuses on communications services, the subject has relevance to any domain where separate software entities control a shared resource. An important aspect of this and past workshops is the mix of experts in the area. A synergy is obtained by mixing academics and industrialists, vendors and operators, engineers and computer scientists, practitioners with theorists. At Glasgow, the workshop tradition is maintained, so in addition to fully refereed papers, time is also devoted to invited speakers, discussion sessions, and posters. The afternoon discussion sessions and the posters have key roles. Both allow a degree of exchange that presentations cannot permit: the posters on a one-on-one basis, the discussion sessions on a broader platform. Of course the presentations are an important framework for the workshop by introducing novel ideas and reporting on experiences. In addition, three well-known workers within the field are invited to give their perspective on the problem. What better way to test out the offered approaches than by having a contest? This sixth workshop maintains the contest started at the last workshop in Sweden. Groups enter the contest during the months preceding the workshop, but the winner is kept secret and only announced during the workshop. We are entering an exciting new phase for feature interaction. New generation networks are offering huge opportunities for growth and change. For example, a momentum built upon CORBA and DCOM is accelerating as consortia such PARLAY and JAIN offer open public standards. No longer do we have isolated features and services unaware of each other controlling shared resources; the signalling limitations of POTS and IN are giving way to a regime where services may communicate directly and negotiate. Balancing this new paradigm will be the increased possibilities of interaction: simply consider an accelerating number of features and services across an increasingly disparate range of networks, within an increasingly deregulated market. Consequently, enormous, new possibilities for feature interaction detection, resolution, and of course avoidance will be revealed; never has feature interaction research been so necessary.
Microsoft Word 2000 Intermediate
Authors: Pamela W. Adams
Venue:  (2000)

:Publisher's Note: CPI Training Solutions, Inc. is a firm that specializes in the development and publication of computer training manuals. CPI has been publishing computer training materials since 1994. From 1994 through 1998, books were published under the name ComputerEase Publications, Inc. CPI books are used by many community and technical colleges in the state of North Carolina in their computer training programs. CPI books are unique because they provide clear, comprehensive information about software applications in layman's terms. CPI books are not written for the technical computer user but rather for the novice user who wants to learn how to use software applications quickly via a step-by-step approach. All books ship with a practice file diskette which is easy to install and use. Author Biography: Pamela W. Adams has been writing computer training materials since 1984 for minicomputer and PC applications. Mrs. Adams taught computer courses with four community colleges in North Carolina over an eight year span. Since 1990 Mrs. Adams has conducted computer training classes for major corporations and municipal agencies. Mrs. Adams received her B.A. in Business along with Computer Certification in 1986 from Queens College in Charlotte, North Carolina. Today, she serves as President of CPI Training Solutions, Inc. working as an active author and editor for many CPI publications and providing training to firms in the Carolinas..Synopsis: This book will teach you how to create columns, work with tables, five different types of tabs, calculate data in tables, create charts from tables, use AutoText and AutoCorrect, create merge letters, envelopes and mail labels, and insert Clip Art and digital pictures into Word documents. Course Outline:Section 1 - Work with ColumnsFormat ColumnsCenter the TitleType in ColumnsInsert Column BreakView Print LayoutUsing the ToolbarSection BreaksSection 2 - Tables and TabsTable DesignDefine a TableInsert a TableSizing a TableRemove BordersGridlinesSet, move and clear tabsUse the RulerUse the MenuDot Leader TabsDecimal TabsRestore Default TabsSection 3 - Calculations and ChartingCalculate Rows/ColumnsView FormulasUpdate Fields FormulasAutoSumMove and Size a TableCharting in WordSection 4 - AutoText and AutoCorrectAutoTextCreate a New EntryPlayback AutoTextAutoCorrectDisable SettingsExceptionsSection 5 - Merge FeaturesMail Merge HelperData Source Main DocumentSave the Data SourceMerge the FilesRecord SelectionSort the Data RecordsSection 6 - Envelopes and Mail LabelsCreate a Merge EnvelopeMerge Envelope FormatEnvelope ButtonMail LabelsSection 7 - PicturesInsert Pictures from ClipArtSize and move picturesCut, copy and paste picturesPicture ToolbarInsert digital pictures
The U. R. strikes back
Authors: Jeffrey D. Ullman
Venue: Proceedings of the 1st ACM SIGACT-SIGMOD symposium on Principles of database systems (1982)

In this paper, we try to put to rest many of the objections to the universal relation concept that have appeared in the literature. First, we shall taxonomize the varieties of ideas that are sometimes called the "universal relation assumption." Then, we consider some of the arguments pro and con. In some cases, the arguments against were expressed prematurely, and solutions to the problems they expose have since been found. In other cases, the arguments against are simply fallacious. In still other cases, the problems pointed out are real, but simply serve to point out that the advantages of the universal relation are not gotten for free. We shall conclude the paper with a description of the algorithm used to interpret queries in System/U, and the reasoning behind it.
Planning for Windows 2000
Authors: Eric Cone, Sergio Perez, Jon Boggs
Venue:  (1999)

:Planning for Windows 2000 provides detailed descriptions of what the real upgrade hurdles are and shows you how to clear them. Time and labor saving tips on inventory and reconfiguration will simplify migration to Windows 2000. Topics include the restructuring of domains, assessment of critical applications, and the cleanup of NetBIOS-based applications and operating systems. The book also guides you through effective Active Directory design, DNS service design, TCP/IP standards, and security configurations. Tips for hardware planning and simplifying everyday administration are included.
Artificial Intelligence and Literary Creativity: Inside the Mind of Brutus, a Storytelling Machine
Authors: Selmer Bringsjord, David Ferrucci
Venue:  (1999)

:Computers can play superlative chess, diagnose disease, guide spacecraft, power robots that can deliver mail and (soon) clean houses, etcetera. But can computers originate anything? Can computers be genuinely creative? This is the toughest question those sanguine about Al face. This book reports on a multi-year attempt to engineer a blueprint (BRUTUS) for a computer system that can hold its own against literarily creative humans, and on the first incarnation of that blueprint (BRUTUS.1).