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Parallel Algebraic Multigrid Methods on Distributed Memory Computers
Authors: Gundolf Haase, Michael Kuhn, Stefan Reitzinger
Venue: SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing (2002)

Algebraic multigrid methods are well suited as preconditioners for iterative solvers. We consider linear systems of equations which are sparse and symmetric positive definite and which stem from a finite element discretization of a second order self-adjoint elliptic partial differential equation or a system of them. Since preconditioners based on algebraic multigrid are very efficient, additional speedup can only be achieved by parallelization. In this paper, we propose a general parallel algebraic multigrid algorithm for finite element discretizations based on domain decomposition ideas which is well suited for distributed memory computers. This paper pays special attention to the coarsening strategy which has to be adapted in the parallel case. Moreover, a general framework of data distribution gives rise to a construction scheme for the prolongation operators.Results of numerical studies on parallel computers with distributed memory are presented which show the high efficiency of the approach.
On the Approximation of Optimal Stopping Problems with Application to Financial Mathematics
Authors: Michael D. Marcozzi
Venue: SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing (2000)

The determination of the value function associated with a given reward and stochastic process represents an important class of stochastic control problem. In particular, the expectations of such processes may be represented as solutions of variational inequalities of evolutionary type typically characterized by their high number of degrees of freedom, unbounded domains, and lack of "natural" boundary conditions. In this paper, we introduce two methodologies for computing the value function of optimal stopping associated with general stochastic processes. Our results are implemented utilizing finite elements and are validated using problems taken from financial mathematics.
Handbook for Digital Signal Processing, 1st edition
Authors: Sanjit K. Mirta, James F. Kaiser
Venue:  (1993)

:Digital signal processing (DSP) revolutionized the electronics industry. Its flexibility, cost effectiveness, grammability, precision and broad range of applications - including applications in telecommunications, consumer electronics, radar, sonar, and more - have made it the methodology of choice over analog signal processing. Over the past two decades, advances in DSP technology have been so rapid and so massive that, until now, no single volume has offered comprehensive theoretical coverage of this fascinating field along with practical DSP applications. Handbook for Digital Signal Processing is the definitive source of detailed information on all important topics in modern digital signal processing. The only up-to-date handbook of its kind, it fills the needs of practicing engineers and designers of hardware, systems, and software. Written and edited by internationally known authorities on DSP, Handbook for Digital Signal Processing is supplemented with hundreds of informative tables and illustrations. For professional engineers, designers, and researchers in electronics and telecommunications, this book will be an indispensable reference, now and for years to come.
Multimedia; A Hands-on Introduction
Authors: Dave D. Peck
Venue:  (1997)

:This hands-on approach to multimedia discusses what it takes to develop multimedia projects at a beginning or intermediate level. The student learns to assemble a wide range of multimedia productions through the guidance of the text and the CD-ROM containing tutorials, sample software, and exercises in specific graphic, sound and authoring software. The student learns how multimedia has evolved through the years, where it could go in the future, and what they need to know to be a part of this ever-changing industry. 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
Handbook of Online Learning: Innovations in Higher Education and Corporate Training
Authors: Kjell Erik Rudestam, Judith Schoenholtz-Read
Venue:  (2002)

:The demand for academic coursework and corporate training programs using the Internet and computer-mediated communication networks increases daily. The development and implementation of these new programs requires that traditional teaching techniques and course work be significantly reworked. This handbook consists of 20 chapters authored by experts in the field of teaching in the online environment to adult students enrolled in graduate university degree programs, corporate training programs, and continuing education courses. The book is organized to first lay a conceptual and theoretical foundation for implementing any online learning program. Topics such as psychological and group dynamics, ethical issues, and curriculum design are covered in this section. Following the establishment of this essential framework are separate sections devoted to the practical issues specific to developing a program in either an academic or corporate environment. Whether building an online learning program from the ground up or making adjustments to improve the effectiveness of an existing program, this book is an invaluable resource.
The Unofficial Guide to eBay & Online Auctions
Authors: Dawn E. Reno, Bobby Reno
Venue:  (2000)

:A one-stop guide to buying and selling on the Internet. According to Fortune magazine, eBay reports having over 900,000 products for sale in 1,086 categories. Starting out, either as a seller or a buyer, can be challenging. The Unofficial Guide to eBay & Online Auctions offers step-by-step guidance on everything from registering and setting up an account, to bidding, to avoiding "auction fever." This book shows you how to maximize your online experience with advice on: The values and pitfalls of selling in online auctions How to choose the best online auction site The right and wrong ways of buying and selling at an online auction What to do if an item doesn't sell Online fraud-what to do if it happens and how to avoid it the next time
Business Data Communications and Networking, 4th edition
Authors: Raymond R. Panko
Venue:  (2002)

:This cutting-edge exploration of data communications features 11 core chapters of essential material and 6 advanced modulesallowing readers at all levels of expertise to get up to speed and keep pace with the latest developments in the field. Real-world case studies, hands-on exercises, and a Market Realities section give readers a feel ofand prepare them forthe broad range of situations they are likely to encounter on the job. Core Network Concepts. Standards. Physical Layer Propagation. A Small Ethernet PC Network. Other LAN Technologies. Telephony: Internal and External. Wide Area Networks (WANS). Internetworking. Security. Network Management and Systems Administration. Networked Applications. For Network administrators.
Internet Issues and Applications, 1997-1998
Authors: Bert J. Dempsey, Paul Jones
Venue:  (1998)

:A primer on the leading-edge Internet application areas (streaming multimedia, collaborative tools, Web databases) and key information policy issues (privacy, censorship, information quality, and more), "Internet Issues and Applications" serves as an overview of the forceseconomic, legal, social, and technologicalthat are shaping the future of the Internet. "Internet Issues and Applications" will be essential to anyone interested in the evolution of the Internet and its impact on society, but especially to educators developing Internet-related courses. Contents: Part I: INTERNET ISSUES Introduction Health of the Internet Censorship and the First Amendment Anonymity, Privacy, and Security Information Quality Internet Commerce: A Global Marketspace Distance Education: A Killer App? Part II: EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES Streaming Audio Streaming VideoAuthor Biography: Bert J. Dempsey is Assistant Professor in the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Paul Jones is director of UNC's MetaLab, a collaboration of the University of North Carolina's School of Information and Library Science, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, and Academic Technology and Networking.
Design and Implementation of DSL-Based Access Solutions
Authors: Sanjeev Mervana, Chris Le
Venue:  (2001)

:The ultimate DSL deployment guides and reference Teaches the reader how to design and implement the network to offer services such as voice, video, and dataExplains the various access and core architectures for xDSL technologies Details how to do mass provisioning and how to manage an end-to-end network Includes case studies that depict some of the most common deployed architectures, how they evolved, problems they faced, and how they were overcome Design and Implementation of DSL-Based Access Solutions addresses various architectures for DSL-based networks. It focuses on how to design and implement an end-to-end solution for service providers, considering various business models such as retail, wholesale, VPN, etc. This book depicts the different architectures, and helps you understand the key design principles in deploying them. It covers both access encapsulations such as bridging, PPPoA, PPPoE, and routing, as well as core architectures such as IP, L2TP, MPLS/VPN, and ATM. Because it focuses on end-to-end solutions, Design and Implementation of DSL-Based Access Solutions talks about how to do mass provisioning of subscribers and how to manage networks in the most efficient way. It also includes discussions of real-life deployments, their design-related issues, and their implementation.
Personalized search
Authors: James Pitkow, Hinrich Schütze, Todd Cass, Rob Cooley, Don Turnbull, Andy Edmonds, Eytan Adar, Thomas Breuel
Venue: Communications of the ACM (2002)

A contextual computing approach may prove a breakthrough in personalized search efficiency.
Working with Oracle Cartridges
Authors: Steve Shiflett, Joe Duer
Venue:  (1997)

:This book is both an overview of the cartridge technology, and a hands-on tutorial for using the existing cartridges in your databases. This book will allow readers to see how Java, LiveHTML, VRML, and Perl can bring their data alive. Look for sections on third-party cartridges, as well as information on why custom cartridges will make you more productive, and save you money. Learn to optimize and design your databases to exploit Oracle Cartridge technologies. Learn the publish-and-subscribe PUSH technology, and how to deploy it in your databases now.Serves as both an overview of the cartridge technology and a hands-on tutorial for using the existing cartridges in your databasesAllows readers to see how Java, LiveHTML, VRML, and Perl can bring their data aliveIncludes sections on third-party cartridges, as well as information on why custom cartridges will make you more productive, and save you money
Ultimate Nintendo 64 Pocket Power Guide
Authors: Steve Faragher
Venue:  (1999)

:1080° Snowboarding Banjo-Kazooie Blast Corps Diddy Kong&reg; Racing F-Zero&reg; X The Legend of Zelda&reg;: Ocarina of Time Mario Kart 64 PilotWings&reg; 64 Star Fox&reg; 64 Super Mario 64 Wave Race&reg; 64 Yoshi's Story Special Bonus Pok&eacute;mon Section for Game Boy&reg;
Exchange Server 5.5: 24 Seven
Authors: Jim McBee, Luisa Cesana
Venue:  (1999)

:For experienced Exchange administrators. Here at last is the book that Exchange professionals have been waiting for. Starting where other books and training courses end and the real world begins, Exchange Server 5.5 24seven provides the detailed, high-level information that working administrators really need to reach the level of true expert. Written to build on the knowledge you already have. Exchange expert Jim McBee delivers the advanced coverage and targeted information that will enable you to get the most out of your Exchange system. Coverage includes: How to avoid common mistakes when deploying Exchange Server Maintenance and operations procedures to keep your server up and running How to re-install and upgrade an Exchange server Tackling key issues that arise during migration Techniques for successfully troubleshooting messaging communications problems Exchange Server and messaging security Successfully recovering from database and component failures Backing up and restoring Exchange Server databases Troubleshooting procedures for Exchange Server and Outlook clients 24seven: Information You Can't Find Anywhere Else Keep your systems and networks up and running 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year, with the 24seven series from Sybex's Network Press.
Characterization of Efficiently Parallel Solvable Problems on Distance-Hereditary Graphs
Authors: Sun-Yuan Hsieh, Chin-Wen Ho, Tsan-Sheng Hsu, Ming-Tat Ko, Gen-Huey Chen
Venue: SIAM Journal on Discrete Mathematics (2002)

In this paper, we sketch common properties of a class of so-called subgraph optimization problems that can be systematically solved on distance-hereditary graphs. Based on the found properties, we then develop a general problem-solving paradigm that solves these problems efficiently in parallel. As a by-product, we also obtain new linear-time algorithms by a sequential simulation of our parallel algorithms. Let Td|V|,|E|) and Pd(|V|,|E|) denote the time and processor complexities, respectively, required to construct a decomposition tree of a distance-hereditary graph G=(V,E) on a PRAM model Md. Based on the proposed paradigm, we show that the maximum independent set problem, the maximum clique problem, the vertex connectivity problem, the domination problem, and the independent domination problem can be sequentially solved in O(|V|+|E|) time, and solved in parallel in O(Td(|V|,|E|)+log |V|) time using O(Pd(|V|,|E|)+|V|log |V|)processors on Md. By constructing a decomposition tree under a CREW PRAM, we also show that Td(|V|,|E|)=O(log2|V|) and Pd(|V|,|E|)=O(|V|+|E|).
Linux: sendmail for Linux
Authors: Richard Blum
Venue:  (2000)

:Linux: A Sendmail Server for Your Office instructs the small business network administrator to install and configure a full-featured Internet e-mail system with a minimum amount of expense. This is possible using the Linux Operating System which supplies all of the necessary server software in conjunction with Public Domain client e-mail software on local PC's. Most network administrators in small businesses do not have extensive backgrounds in working on Internet systems. The first part of this book will have detailed descriptions of how e-mail works and how the protocols used for Internet e-mail operate. The second part of the book will assist the network administrator in configuring a Linux system and connecting it to an ISP to send receive Internet mail.
Dual use of superscalar datapath for transient-fault detection and recovery
Authors: Joydeep Ray, James C. Hoe, Babak Falsafi
Venue: Proceedings of the 34th annual ACM/IEEE international symposium on Microarchitecture (2001)

Diminutive devices and high clock frequency of future microprocessor generations are causing increased concerns for transient soft failures in hardware, necessitating fault detection and recovery mechanisms even in commodity processors. In this paper, we propose a fault-tolerant extension for modern superscalar out-of-order datapath that can be supported by only modest additional hardware. In the proposed extensions, error-detection is achieved by verifying the redundant results of dynamically replicated threads of executions, while the error-recovery scheme employs the instruction-rewind mechanism to restart at a failed instruction. We study the performance impact of augmenting superscalar microarchitectures with this fault tolerance mechanism. An analytical performance model is used in conjunction with a performance simulator. The simulation results of 11 SPEC95 and SPEC2000 benchmarks show that in the absence of faults, error detection causes a 2% to 45% reduction in throughput, which is in line with other proposed detection schemes. In the presence of transient faults, the fast error recovery scheme contributes very little additional slowdown.
A method for understanding quality attributes in software architecture structures
Authors: Mikael Svahnberg, Claes Wohlin, Lars Lundberg, Michael Mattsson
Venue: Proceedings of the 14th international conference on Software engineering and knowledge engineering (2002)

To sustain the qualities of a software system during evolution, and to adapt the quality attributes as the requirements evolve, it is necessary to have a clear software architecture that is understood by all developers and to which all changes to the system adheres. This software architecture can be created beforehand, but must also be updated as the domain of the software, and hence the requirements on the software system evolves. Creating an architectural structure for a system or part of a system so that the architecture fulfils the desired quality requirements is often hard. In this paper we propose a decision support method to aid in the understanding of different architecture structure candidates for a software system. We propose a method that is adaptable with respect to both the set of potential architecture structures, and quality attributes relevant for the system's domain to help in this task. The method creates a support framework, using a multi-criteria decision method, supporting comparison of different software architecture structures for a specific software quality attribute and vice versa. Moreover, given a prioritization of quality attributes for the software system, or part thereof, the most suitable software architecture structure can be indicated using the created framework.
Teach Yourself Microsoft Word 2000, 1st edition
Authors: Keith Underdahl, Swasy
Venue:  (1999)

:Teach Yourself® Microsoft® Word 2000 When you need on-the-spot answers  Teach Yourself! Learn fast with short, clear steps Find the answers you need easily Explore the Web for related topics*Create professional-looking documents in minutes*Use templates and macros to save time and effort*Liven up your documents with images from the Clip Gallery*Handle long projects and mail merge efficiently*Convert Word documents to HTML and publish them on the Web
On two-sided infinite fixed points of morphisms
Authors: Jeffrey Shallit, Ming-wei Wang
Venue: Theoretical Computer Science (2002)

Let &Sgr; be a finite alphabet, and let h:&Sgr;*&Sgr; be a morphism. Finite and infinite fixed points of morphismsi.e., those words w such that h(w)=wplay an important role in formal language theory. Head characterized the finite fixed points of h, and later, Head and Lando characterized the one-sided infinite fixed points of h. Our paper has two main results. First, we complete the characterization of fixed points of morphisms by describing all two-sided infinite fixed points of h, for both the "pointed" and "unpointed" cases. Second, we completely characterize the solutions to the equation h(xy)=yx in finite words.
Diagnosability of Crossed Cubes under the Comparison Diagnosis Model
Authors: Jianxi Fan
Venue: IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems (2002)

Editor's Note: This paper unfortunately contains some errors which led to the paper being reprinted in the October 2002 issue. Please see IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems,vol. 13, no. 10, October 2002, pp. 1099-1104 for the correct paper (available without subscription).Diagnosability of a multiprocessor system is one important study topic in the parallel processing area. As a hypercube variant, the crossed cube has many attractive properties. The diameter, wide diameter and fault diameter of it are all approximately half of those of the hypercube. The power that the crossed cube simulates trees and cycles is stronger than the hypercube. Because of these advantages of the crossed cube, it has attracted much attention from researchers. In this paper, we show that the n-dimensional crossed cube is n-diagnosable under a major diagnosis model¿the comparison diagnosis model proposed by Malek and Maeng if n 4. According to this, the polynomial algorithm presented by Sengupta and Dahbura may be used to diagnose the n-dimensional crossed cube, provided that the number of the faulty nodes in the n-dimensional crossed cube does not exceed n. The conclusion of this paper also indicates that the diagnosability of the n-dimensional crossed cube is the same as that of the n-dimensional hypercube when n5 and better than that of the n-dimensional hypercube when n = 4.
AutoCAD 2000 Instant Reference, 1st edition
Authors: George Omura, B. Robert Callori
Venue:  (1999)

:AutoCAD 2000 Instant Reference is the perfect companion to Mastering AutoCAD 2000. Small enough to carry anywhere but big on content, this guide puts essential information at your fingertips, in an easy-to-use glossary format. All the AutoCAD 2000 information you need to get your work done is condensed into this pocket-sized guide. When you're stuck or want to make quick use of an unfamiliar command, this book will get you on track right away. Inside, the entries point you to related items, helping to answer all your specific questions while adding to your overall knowledge of AutoCAD. Features new to AutoCAD 2000 are included to help you make the best possible use of the latest release.
Combinatorial optimization: packing and covering
Venue:  (2001)

Combinatorial Optimization: Packing and Covering presents new and elegant proofs of classical results for the integer programming models known as set packing and covering and makes difficult results accessible.
Professional Oracle 8i Application Programming with Java, PL/SQL, and XML
Authors: Michael Awai, Drew Erwin, Good, Frank Bell, Stuart Harrison, John Carnell, Sakhr Youness, Bulusu Lakshman, James Belton, Mathijs Brands, Kelly Fox, Krystof Habich, Gary Nicol, Chris Nolan, Kelly Cox, Sean Dillion, Matthew Bortniker, Sameer Tyagi, Guy Ruth Haymond, Sandeepan Banerjee
Venue:  (2000)

:This book is for professional Oracle database programmers who need a comprehensive roadmap of the new programming possibilities with Oracle 8i. On the other hand, if you are already developing with Java and XML this book will show you how to exploit PL/SQL and the enterprise features of Oracle 8i in optimally distributing your n-tier applications. Knowledge of the essentials of PL/SQL programming is required, and familiarity with Java would be useful.OVERVIEW: Oracle Corporation has broadened its development platform, integrating open standards such as Java and XML into the heart of the Oracle 8i database. This extended programming environment continues to exploit the qualities of scalability, reliability and efficiency of the world's most successful data management software, but at the same time it provides new challenges and opportunities to programmers. This book shows you how to develop enterprise PL/SQL applications exploiting Java and XML, and how technologies such as EJBs can be moved to the 8i database. You'll work through case studies using a mix of both familiar and unfamiliar tools and languages, showing you how the various programming approaches can enhance each other. Author Biography: The authors are a multi-author Wrox writing team of professional developers.