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1342 | Defending against flooding-based distributed denial-of-service attacks: a tutorial | Flooding-based distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack presents a very serious threat to the stability of the Internet. In a typical DDoS attack, a large number of compromised hosts are amassed to send useless packets to jam a victim, or its Internet connection, or both. In the last two years, it was discovered tha... | [
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717 | A network simplex algorithm with O(n) consecutive degenerate pivots | We suggest a pivot rule for the primal simplex algorithm for the minimum cost flow problem, known as the network simplex algorithm. Due to degeneracy, cycling may occur in the network simplex algorithm. The cycling can be prevented by maintaining strongly feasible bases proposed by Cunningham (1976); however, if we do ... | [
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752 | Presenting-a better mousetrap [Leeza outboard video signal processor] | Scaling interlaced video to match high-resolution plasma, LCD, and DLP displays is a tough job, but Key Digital's Leeza is zip to the tack. And it's digitally bilingual, too. There's no question that outboard video signal processors like Leeza help overcome the inherent limitations of fixed-pixel displays. Being able t... | [
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879 | Well behaved women rarely make history! | The author considers women in the history of computer science. Prior to the ENIAC, women were extremely important to the computing business as "computers". Just as women had taken over the tasks as secretaries in the late 1800s with the advent of the typewriter, and in the early 1900s staffing telephone exchanges, so c... | [
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1006 | Robust model-order reduction of complex biological processes | This paper addresses robust model-order reduction of a high dimensional nonlinear partial differential equation (PDE) model of a complex biological process. Based on a nonlinear, distributed parameter model of the same process which was validated against experimental data of an existing, pilot-scale biological nutrient... | [
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1043 | Fractional motion control: application to an XY cutting table | In path tracking design, the dynamic of actuators must be taken into account in order to reduce overshoots appearing for small displacements. A new approach to path tracking using fractional differentiation is proposed with its application on a XY cutting table. It permits the generation of optimal movement reference-i... | [
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884 | A hybrid-neural network and population learning algorithm approach to solving reliability optimization problem | Proposes a hybrid approach integrating a dedicated artificial neural network and population learning algorithm applied to maximising system reliability under cost and technical feasibility constraints. The paper includes a formulation of the system reliability optimisation (SRO) problem and a description of the dedicat... | [
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1187 | Ethernet networks: getting down to business | While it seems pretty clear that Ethernet has won the battle for the mindshare as the network of choice for the factory floor, there's still a war to be won in implementation as cutting-edge manufacturers begin to adopt the technology on a widespread basis | [
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905 | Ultra-high speed positioning control of a gravure engraving unit using a discrete-time two-degree-of-freedom H/sub infinity / control | The piezoelectric actuator has high-speed response in comparison with the electro-magnetic actuator. However, it is not easy to achieve both high-speed and high-precision response by feedforward control only because the piezoelectric element has nonlinear properties such as the hysteresis effect. Thus, feedback control... | [
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146 | Design patterns for high availability | It is possible to achieve five-nines reliability with everyday commercial-quality hardware and software. The key is the way in which these components are combined. The design of high availability systems is based on a combination of redundant hardware components and software to manage fault detection and correction wit... | [
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597 | Quick media response averts PR disaster | Sometimes it's not what you do, but how you do it. After hackers broke the blocking code on the home version of its popular Cyber Patrol Internet filtering software and posted it on the Internet, marketers at Microsystems Software pulled out a playbook of standard crisis management and PR techniques. But the Cyber Patr... | [
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940 | Tools for the analysis of dose optimization. I. Effect-volume histogram | With the advent of dose optimization algorithms, predominantly for intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT), computer software has progressed beyond the point of being merely a tool at the hands of an expert and has become an active, independent mediator of the dosimetric conflicts between treatment goals and risks. To ... | [
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14 | Application of hybrid models for prediction and optimization of enzyme fermentation process. A comparative study | The paper presents a comparison of the biotechnological process prediction and optimization results obtained by using different structure hybrid mathematical models for modeling of the same bioprocess. The hybrid models under investigation consist of the product mass balance equation in which different means - an artif... | [
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1286 | Self-describing Turing machines | After a sketchy historical account on the question of self-describeness and self-reproduction, and after discussing the definition of suitable encodings for self-describeness, we give the construction of several self-describing Turing machines, namely self-describing machines with, respectively, 350, 267, 224 and 206 i... | [
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696 | Design and implementation of a new sliding-mode observer for speed-sensorless control of induction machine | In this letter, a new sliding-mode-sensorless control algorithm is proposed for the field-oriented induction machine drive. In the proposed algorithm, the terms containing flux, speed, and rotor time constant, which are common in both current and flux equations, in the current model of the induction machine are estimat... | [
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1022 | Bad pixel identification by means of principal components analysis | Bad pixels are defined as those pixels showing a temporal evolution of the signal different from the rest of the pixels of a given array. Principal component analysis helps us to understand the definition of a statistical distance associated with each pixels, and using this distance it is possible to identify those pix... | [
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1067 | Quantum-information processing by nuclear magnetic resonance: Experimental implementation of half-adder and subtractor operations using an oriented spin-7/2 system | The advantages of using quantum systems for performing many computational tasks have already been established. Several quantum algorithms have been developed which exploit the inherent property of quantum systems such as superposition of states and entanglement for efficiently performing certain tasks. The experimental... | [
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818 | Clausal resolution in a logic of rational agency | A resolution based proof system for a Temporal Logic of Possible Belief is presented. This logic is the combination of the branching-time temporal logic CTL (representing change over time) with the modal logic KD45 (representing belief). Such combinations of temporal or dynamic logics and modal logics are useful for sp... | [
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1323 | Editorial system vendors focus on Adobe and the future | Looking over the newspaper-system market, we note that the Mac is getting new respect. Adobe InDesign has established itself as a solid alternative to Quark XPress for pagination. Positioning themselves for the long run, developers are gradually shifting to new software architectures | [
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1366 | A fuzzy-soft learning vector quantization for control chart pattern recognition | This paper presents a supervised competitive learning network approach, called a fuzzy-soft learning vector quantization, for control chart pattern recognition. Unnatural patterns in control charts mean that there are some unnatural causes for variations in statistical process control (SPC). Hence, control chart patter... | [
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733 | VoIP makeover transforms ugly duckling network | Surrey County Council's Swan project is Europe's biggest implementation of voice over IP. Six Wans and countless Lans are are being consolidated into a single network covering 6,000 users at 200 sites. The contract was signed in October 2001 for Pounds 13m over five years and rollout will be completed in May 2003 | [
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776 | Information access for all: meeting the needs of deaf and hard of hearing people | Discusses the nature of deafness and hearing impairments, with particular reference to the impact which the onset of hearing loss presents at various ages. The author goes on to present practical tips for interacting with deaf and hard of hearing clients in various communication contexts, including sightreading, TTY co... | [
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860 | 'Virtual Family': an approach to introducing Java programming | This paper introduces and discusses Virtual Family (VF): a gender-neutral game-based software that introduces Java programming. VF provides a completely functioning game that students extend and enhance via programming. We discuss the background and context within which Virtual Family was developed and other available ... | [
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825 | Genetic algorithm-neural network estimation of Cobb angle from torso asymmetry in scoliosis | Scoliosis severity, measured by the Cobb angle, was estimated by artificial neural network from indices of torso surface asymmetry using a genetic algorithm to select the optimal set of input torso indices. Estimates of the Cobb angle were accurate within 5 degrees in two-thirds, and within 10 degrees in six-sevenths, ... | [
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1433 | The role and future of subject classification: the exploitation of resources | It is imperative that the library information systems (LIS) profession and LIS educators appreciate fully the contribution that classification makes to the discipline and that it is no longer seen as the domain of the academic, isolated theorist, but becomes an integral part of our understanding of the contribution tha... | [
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91 | IT challenge: cross selling [finance] | Like most financial institutions, FleetBoston, Fidelity and Berkshire Group of Companies are being charged with developing a strong technology platform that will allow them to cross sell their products and services. They discuss their solutions, advice and technology choices | [
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557 | Noise and the PSTH response to current transients: II. Integrate-and-fire model with slow recovery and application to motoneuron data | For pt.I see ibid., vol.11, no.2 , p.135-151( 2001). A generalized version of the integrate-and-fire model is presented that qualitatively reproduces firing rates and membrane trajectories of motoneurons. The description is based on the spike-response model and includes three different time constants: the passive membr... | [
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980 | Convergence of Runge-Kutta methods for nonlinear parabolic equations | We study time discretizations of fully nonlinear parabolic differential equations. Our analysis uses the fact that the linearization along the exact solution is a uniformly sectorial operator. We derive smooth and nonsmooth-data error estimates for the backward Euler method, and we prove convergence for strongly A (v)-... | [
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1147 | Angular disparity in ETACT scintimammography | Emission tuned aperture computed tomography (ETACT) has been previously shown to have the potential for the detection of small tumors (<1 cm) in scintimammography. However, the optimal approach to the application of ETACT in the clinic has yet to be determined. Therefore, we sought to determine the effect of the angula... | [
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1102 | Design and implementation of a reusable and extensible HL7 encoding/decoding framework | The Health Level Seven (HL7), an international standard for electronic data exchange in all health care environments, enables disparate computer applications to exchange key sets of clinical and administrative information. Above all, it defines the standard HL7 message formats prescribed by the standard encoding rules.... | [
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938 | Fast accurate MEG source localization using a multilayer perceptron trained with real brain noise | Iterative gradient methods such as Levenberg-Marquardt (LM) are in widespread use for source localization from electroencephalographic (EEG) and magnetoencephalographic (MEG) signals. Unfortunately, LM depends sensitively on the initial guess, necessitating repeated runs. This, combined with LM's high per-step cost, ma... | [
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656 | The cataloger's workstation revisited: utilizing Cataloger's Desktop | A few years into the development of Cataloger's Desktop, an electronic cataloging tool aggregator available through the Library of Congress, is an opportune time to assess its impact on cataloging operations. A search for online cataloging tools on the Internet indicates a proliferation of cataloging tool aggregators; ... | [
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613 | Comparison between discrete STFT and wavelets for the analysis of power quality events | This paper deals with the comparison of signal processing tools for power quality analysis. Two signal processing techniques are considered: the wavelet filters and the discrete short-time Fourier transforms (STFT). Then, examples of the two most frequent disturbances met in the power system are chosen. An adjustable s... | [
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1246 | Why information departments are becoming academic | This article outlines the increasing convergence between academia and business over the last decade or so, and the mutual benefits that this closer association has brought. It also looks at the growing importance of the information profession, suggesting that this is leading to a greater need for specialist skills, as ... | [
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1203 | Technology decisions 2002 | The paper looks at the critical hardware, software, and services choices manufacturers are making as they begin to emerge from the recession and position themselves for the future | [
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1058 | Bigger is better: the influence of physical size on aesthetic preference judgments | The hypothesis that the physical size of an object can influence aesthetic preferences was investigated. In a series of four experiments, participants were presented with pairs of abstract stimuli and asked to indicate which member of each pair they preferred. A preference for larger stimuli was found on the majority o... | [
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1359 | On fuzzy and probabilistic control charts | In this article, different procedures of constructing control charts for linguistic data, based on fuzzy and probability theory, are discussed. Three sets of membership functions, with different degrees of fuzziness, are proposed for fuzzy approaches. A comparison between fuzzy and probability approaches, based on the ... | [
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749 | Numerical modeling of the flow in stenosed coronary artery. The relationship between main hemodynamic parameters | The severity of coronary arterial stenosis is usually measured by either simple geometrical parameters, such as percent diameter stenosis, or hemodynamically based parameters, such as the fractional flow reserve (FFR) or coronary flow reserve (CFR). The present study aimed to establish a relationship between actual hem... | [
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862 | Two efficient algorithms for the generalized maximum balanced flow problem | Minoux (1976) considered the maximum balanced flow problem, i.e. the problem of finding a maximum flow in a two-terminal network N = (V,A) with source s and sink t satisfying the constraint that any arc-flow of N is bounded by a fixed proportion of the total flow value from s to t, where V is vertex set and A is arc se... | [
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827 | Williams nears end of Chapter 11 [telecom] | Leucadia National Corp. comes through with a $330 million boost for Williams Communications, which should keep the carrier afloat through the remainder of its bankruptcy | [
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1431 | Cataloguing to help law library users | The author takes a broader view of the catalogue than is usual; we can include within it items that have locations other than the office/library itself. This may well start with Internet resources, but can perfectly appropriately continue with standard works not held in the immediate collection but available in some ot... | [
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654 | A question of perspective: assigning Library of Congress subject headings to classical literature and ancient history | This article explains the concept of world view and shows how the world view of cataloguers influences the development and assignment of subject headings to works about other cultures and civilizations, using works from classical literature and ancient history as examples. Cataloguers are encouraged to evaluate the hea... | [
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611 | Intelligent optimal sieving method for FACTS device control in multi-machine systems | A multi-target oriented optimal control strategy for FACTS devices installed in multi-machine power systems is presented in this paper, which is named the intelligent optimal sieving control (IOSC) method. This new method divides the FACTS device output region into several parts and selects one typical value from each ... | [
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1244 | Applied ethics in business information units | The primary thesis of this paper is that business information professionals commonly overlook ethical dilemmas in the workplace. Although the thesis remains unproven, the author highlights, by way of real and hypothetical case studies, a number of situations in which ethical tensions can be identified, and suggests tha... | [
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1201 | Moving into the mainstream [product lifecycle management] | Product lifecycle management (PLM) is widely recognised by most manufacturing companies, as manufacturers begin to identify and implement targeted projects intended to deliver return-on investment in a timely fashion. Vendors are also releasing second-generation PLM products that are packaged, out-of-the-box solutions | [
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555 | Computing transient gating charge movement of voltage-dependent ion channels | The opening of voltage-gated sodium, potassium, and calcium ion channels has a steep relationship with voltage. In response to changes in the transmembrane voltage, structural movements of an ion channel that precede channel opening generate a capacitative gating current. The net gating charge displacement due to membr... | [
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982 | Abundance of mosaic patterns for CNN with spatially variant templates | This work investigates the complexity of one-dimensional cellular neural network mosaic patterns with spatially variant templates on finite and infinite lattices. Various boundary conditions are considered for finite lattices and the exact number of mosaic patterns is computed precisely. The entropy of mosaic patterns ... | [
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1145 | Mammogram synthesis using a 3D simulation. II. Evaluation of synthetic mammogram texture | We have evaluated a method for synthesizing mammograms by comparing the texture of clinical and synthetic mammograms. The synthesis algorithm is based upon simulations of breast tissue and the mammographic imaging process. Mammogram texture was synthesized by projections of simulated adipose tissue compartments. It was... | [
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1100 | Evaluation of existing and new feature recognition algorithms. 2. Experimental results | For pt.1 see ibid., p.839-851. This is the second of two papers investigating the performance of general-purpose feature detection techniques. The first paper describes the development of a methodology to synthesize possible general feature detection face sets. Six algorithms resulting from the synthesis have been desi... | [
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93 | Help-desk support is key to wireless success [finance] | A well thought out help desk can make or break an institution's mobile play. Schwab, Ameritrade and RBC are taking their support function seriously | [
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568 | Modeling cutting temperatures for turning inserts with various tool geometries and materials | Temperatures are of interest in machining because cutting tools often fail by thermal softening or temperature-activated wear. Many models for cutting temperatures have been developed, but these models consider only simple tool geometries such as a rectangular slab with a sharp corner. This report describes a finite el... | [
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1178 | Network-centric systems | The author describes a graduate-level course that addresses cutting-edge issues in network-centric systems while following a more traditional graduate seminar format | [
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1284 | A linear time special case for MC games | MC games are infinite duration two-player games played on graphs. Deciding the winner in MC games is equivalent to the the modal mu-calculus model checking. In this article we provide a linear time algorithm for a class of MC games. We show that, if all cycles in each strongly connected component of the game graph have... | [
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694 | A novel genetic algorithm for the design of a signed power-of-two coefficient quadrature mirror filter lattice filter bank | A novel genetic algorithm (GA) for the design of a canonical signed power-of-two (SPT) coefficient lattice structure quadrature mirror filter bank is presented. Genetic operations may render the SPT representation of a value noncanonical. A new encoding scheme is introduced to encode the SPT values. In this new scheme,... | [
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1279 | Place/Transition Petri net evolutions: recording ways, analysis and synthesis | Four semantic domains for Place/Transition Petri nets and their relationships are considered. They are monoids of respectively: firing sequences, processes, traces and dependence graphs. For each of them the analysis and synthesis problem is stated and solved. The monoid of processes is defined in a non-standard way, N... | [
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1185 | Trading exchanges: online marketplaces evolve | Looks at how trading exchanges are evolving rapidly to help manufacturers keep up with customer demand | [
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907 | Development of an integrated and open-architecture precision motion control system | In this paper, the development of an integrated and open-architecture precision motion control system is presented. The control system is generally applicable, but it is developed with a particular focus on direct drive servo systems based on linear motors. The overall control system is comprehensive, comprising of var... | [
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144 | Development of a 3.5 inch magneto-optical disk with a capacity of 2.3 GB | The recording capacity of GIGAMO media was enlarged from 1.3 GB to 2.3 GB for 3.5 inch magneto-optical (MO) disks while maintaining downward compatibility. For the new GIGAMO technology, a land and groove recording method was applied in addition to magnetically induced super resolution (MSR) media. Furthermore, a novel... | [
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595 | Six common enterprise programming mistakes | Instead of giving you tips to use in your programming (at least directly), I want to look at some common mistakes made in enterprise programming. Instead of focusing on what to do, I want to look at what you should not do. Most programmers take books like mine and add in the good things, but they leave their mistakes i... | [
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942 | Micro-optical realization of arrays of selectively addressable dipole traps: a scalable configuration for quantum computation with atomic qubits | We experimentally demonstrate novel structures for the realization of registers of atomic qubits: We trap neutral atoms in one- and two-dimensional arrays of far-detuned dipole traps obtained by focusing a red-detuned laser beam with a microfabricated array of microlenses. We are able to selectively address individual ... | [
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1364 | An adaptive sphere-fitting method for sequential tolerance control | The machining of complex parts typically involves a logical and chronological sequence of n operations on m machine tools. Because manufacturing datums cannot always match design constraints, some of the design specifications imposed on the part are usually satisfied by distinct subsets of the n operations prescribed i... | [
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731 | Aggregate bandwidth estimation in stored video distribution systems | Multimedia applications like video on demand, distance learning, Internet video broadcast, etc. will play a fundamental role in future broadband networks. A common aspect of such applications is the transmission of video streams that require a sustained relatively high bandwidth with stringent requirements of quality o... | [
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774 | Keeping Web accessibility in mind: I&R services for all | After presenting three compelling reasons for making Web sites accessible to persons with a broad range of disabilities (it's the morally right thing to do, it's the smart thing to do from an economic perspective, and it's required by law), the author discusses design issues that impact persons with particular types of... | [
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1449 | Raising the standard of management education for electronic commerce professionals | The teaching of electronic commerce in universities has become a growth industry in itself. The rapid expansion of electronic commerce programmes raises the question of what actually is being taught. The association of electronic commerce as primarily a technical or information technology (IT) phenomenon has not been s... | [
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1098 | Instability phenomena in the gas-metal arc welding self-regulation process | Arc instability is a very important determinant of weld quality. The instability behaviour of the gas-metal arc welding (GMAW) process is characterized by strong oscillations in arc length and current. In the paper, a model of the GMAW process is developed using an exact arc voltage characteristic. This model is used t... | [
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1020 | Supersampling multiframe blind deconvolution resolution enhancement of adaptive optics compensated imagery of low earth orbit satellites | We describe a postprocessing methodology for reconstructing undersampled image sequences with randomly varying blur that can provide image enhancement beyond the sampling resolution of the sensor. This method is demonstrated on simulated imagery and on adaptive-optics-(AO)-compensated imagery taken by the Starfire Opti... | [
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1065 | Quantum universal variable-length source coding | We construct an optimal quantum universal variable-length code that achieves the admissible minimum rate, i.e., our code is used for any probability distribution of quantum states. Its probability of exceeding the admissible minimum rate exponentially goes to 0. Our code is optimal in the sense of its exponent. In addi... | [
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8 | New investors get steal of a deal [Global Crossing] | Hutchison Telecommunications and Singapore Technologies take control of Global Crossing for a lot less money than they originally offered. The deal leaves the bankrupt carrier intact, but doesn't put it in the clear just yet | [
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923 | Design and manufacture of a lightweight piezo-composite curved actuator | In this paper we are concerned with the design, manufacture and performance test of a lightweight piezo-composite curved actuator (called LIPCA) using a top carbon fiber composite layer with near-zero coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE), a middle PZT ceramic wafer, and a bottom glass/epoxy layer with a high CTE. The... | [
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966 | Controlling in between the Lorenz and the Chen systems | This letter investigates a new chaotic system and its role as a joint function between two complex chaotic systems, the Lorenz and the Chen systems, using a simple variable constant controller. With the gradual tuning of the controller, the controlled system evolves from the canonical Lorenz attractor to the Chen attra... | [
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125 | A fast implementation of correlation of long data sequences for coherent receivers | Coherent reception depends upon matching of phase between the transmitted and received signal. Fast convolution techniques based on fast Fourier transform (FFT) are widely used for extracting time delay information from such matching. The latency in processing a large data window of the received signal is a serious ove... | [
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77 | Modeling frequently accessed wireless data with weak consistency | To reduce the response times of wireless data access in a mobile network, caches are utilized in wireless handheld devices. If the original data entry has been updated, the cached data in the handheld device becomes stale. Thus, a mechanism is required to predict when the cached copy will expire. This paper studies a w... | [
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608 | How closely can a personal computer clock track the UTC timescale via the Internet? | Nowadays many software packages allow you to keep the clock of your personal computer synchronized to time servers spread over the internet. We present how a didactic laboratory can evaluate, in a statistical sense, the minimum synch error of this process (the other extreme, the maximum, is guaranteed by the code itsel... | [
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1218 | Knowledge acquisition for expert systems in accounting and financial problem domains | Since the mid-1980s, expert systems have been developed for a variety of problems in accounting and finance. The most commonly cited problems in developing these systems are the unavailability of the experts and knowledge engineers and difficulties with the rule extraction process. Within the field of artificial intell... | [
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1119 | A component-based software configuration management model and its supporting system | Software configuration management (SCM) is an important key technology in software development. Component-based software development (CBSD) is an emerging paradigm in software development. However, to apply CBSD effectively in real world practice, supporting SCM in CBSD needs to be further investigated. In this paper, ... | [
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1004 | Games machines play | Individual rationality, or doing what is best for oneself, is a standard model used to explain and predict human behavior, and von Neumann-Morgenstern game theory is the classical mathematical formalization of this theory in multiple-agent settings. Individual rationality, however, is an inadequate model for the synthe... | [
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1041 | Fractional differentiation in passive vibration control | From a single-degree-of-freedom model used to illustrate the concept of vibration isolation, a method to transform the design for a suspension into a design for a robust controller is presented. Fractional differentiation is used to model the viscoelastic behaviour of the suspension. The use of fractional differentiati... | [
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886 | A fractional-flow model of serial manufacturing systems with rework and its reachability and controllability properties | A dynamic fractional-flow model of a serial manufacturing system incorporating rework is considered. Using some results on reachability and controllability of positive linear systems the ability of serial manufacturing systems with rework to "move in space", that is their reachability and controllability properties, ar... | [
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1428 | Syndicators turn to the enterprise | Syndicators have started reshaping offerings, products, and services towards the marketplace that was looking for enterprise-wide content syndication technology and service. Syndication companies are turning themselves into infrastructure companies. Many syndication companies are now focusing their efforts on enterpris... | [
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1305 | Learning nonregular languages: a comparison of simple recurrent networks and LSTM | Rodriguez (2001) examined the learning ability of simple recurrent nets (SRNs) (Elman, 1990) on simple context-sensitive and context-free languages. In response to Rodriguez's (2001) article, we compare the performance of simple recurrent nets and long short-term memory recurrent nets on context-free and context-sensit... | [
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1340 | Orthogonal decompositions of complete digraphs | A family G of isomorphic copies of a given digraph G is said to be an orthogonal decomposition of the complete digraph D/sub n/ by G, if every arc of D/sub n/ belongs to exactly one member of G and the union of any two different elements from G contains precisely one pair of reverse arcs. Given a digraph h, an h family... | [
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715 | The quadratic 0-1 knapsack problem with series-parallel support | We consider various special cases of the quadratic 0-1 knapsack problem (QKP) for which the underlying graph structure is fairly simple. For the variant with edge series-parallel graphs, we give a dynamic programming algorithm with pseudo-polynomial time complexity, and a fully polynomial time approximation scheme. In ... | [
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750 | Automated cerebrum segmentation from three-dimensional sagittal brain MR images | We present a fully automated cerebrum segmentation algorithm for full three-dimensional sagittal brain MR images. First, cerebrum segmentation from a midsagittal brain MR image is performed utilizing landmarks, anatomical information, and a connectivity-based threshold segmentation algorithm as previously reported. Rec... | [
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846 | Female computer science doctorates: what does the survey of earned doctorates reveal? | Based on the National Center for Education Statistics (2000), in the 1997-1998 academic year 26.7% of earned bachelors' degrees, 29.0% of earned masters' degrees and 16.3% of earned doctorates' degrees in computer science were awarded to women. As these percentages suggest, women are underrepresented at all academic le... | [
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803 | The mutual effects of grid and wind turbine voltage stability control | This note considers the results of wind turbine modelling and power system stability investigations. Voltage stability of the power grid with grid-connected wind turbines will be improved by using blade angle control for a temporary reduction of the wind turbine power during and shortly after a short circuit fault in t... | [
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1415 | The disconnect continues [digital content providers] | The relationships between the people who buy digital content and those who sell it are probably more acrimonious than ever before, says Dick Curtis, a director and lead analyst for the research firm Outsell Inc., where he covers econtent contract and negotiation strategies. Several buyers agree with his observation. Th... | [
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1081 | Stability of W-methods with applications to operator splitting and to geometric theory | We analyze the stability properties of W-methods applied to the parabolic initial value problem u' + Au = Bu. We work in an abstract Banach space setting, assuming that A is the generator of an analytic semigroup and that B is relatively bounded with respect to A. Since W-methods treat the term with A implicitly, where... | [
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1450 | Networking in the palm of your hand [PDA buyer's guide] | As PDAs move beyond the personal space and into the enterprise, you need to get a firm grip on the options available for your users. What operating system do you choose? What features do you and your company need? How will these devices fit into the existing corporate infrastructure? What about developer support? | [
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1338 | The chromatic spectrum of mixed hypergraphs | A mixed hypergraph is a triple H = (X, C, D), where X is the vertex set, and each of C, D is a list of subsets of X. A strict k-coloring of H is a surjection c : X {1,..., k} such that each member of le has two vertices assigned a common value and each member of D has two vertices assigned distinct values. The feasible... | [
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728 | Questioning the RFP process [telecom] | In the current climate, the most serious concern about the purchasing habits of telecom carriers is obviously the lack of spending. Even against a backdrop of economic constraints and financial struggles, however, genuine concerns about the purchasing process itself are being raised by some of those closest to it | [
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790 | Data assimilation of local model error forecasts in a deterministic model | One of the most popular data assimilation techniques in use today are of the Kalman filter type, which provide an improved estimate of the state of a system up to the current time level, based on actual measurements. From a forecasting viewpoint, this corresponds to an updating of the initial conditions. The standard f... | [
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1380 | A feature-preserving volumetric technique to merge surface triangulations | Several extensions and improvements to surface merging procedures based on the extraction of isosurfaces from a distance map defined on an adaptive background grid are presented. The main objective is to extend the application of these algorithms to surfaces with sharp edges and comers. In order to deal with objects of... | [
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1039 | Design of an adaptive vibration absorber to reduce electrical transformer structural vibration | This paper considers the design of a vibration absorber to reduce structural vibration at multiple frequencies, with an enlarged bandwidth control at these target frequencies. While the basic absorber is a passive device a control system has been added to facilitate tuning, effectively giving the combination of a passi... | [
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571 | Control of transient thermal response during sequential open-die forging: a trajectory optimization approach | A trajectory optimization approach is applied to the design of a sequence of open-die forging operations in order to control the transient thermal response of a large titanium alloy billet. The amount of time the billet is soaked in furnace prior to each successive forging operation is optimized to minimize the total p... | [
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1161 | Model theory for hereditarily finite superstructures | We study model-theoretic properties of hereditarily finite superstructures over models of not more than countable signatures. A question is answered in the negative inquiring whether theories of hereditarily finite superstructures which have a unique (up to isomorphism) hereditarily finite superstructure can be describ... | [
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1124 | Data extraction from the Web based on pre-defined schema | With the development of the Internet, the World Wide Web has become an invaluable information source for most organizations. However, most documents available from the Web are in HTML form which is originally designed for document formatting with little consideration of its contents. Effectively extracting data from su... | [
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118 | Sensorless control of induction motor drives | Controlled induction motor drives without mechanical speed sensors at the motor shaft have the attractions of low cost and high reliability. To replace the sensor the information on the rotor speed is extracted from measured stator voltages and currents at the motor terminals. Vector-controlled drives require estimatin... | [
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635 | Detection and estimation of abrupt changes in the variability of a process | Detection of change-points in normal means is a well-studied problem. The parallel problem of detecting changes in variance has had less attention. The form of the generalized likelihood ratio test statistic has long been known, but its null distribution resisted exact analysis. In this paper, we formulate the change-p... | [
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1260 | A dataflow computer which accelerates execution of sequential programs by precedent firing instructions | In the dataflow machine, it is important to avoid degradation of performance in sequential processing, and it is important from the viewpoint of hardware scale to reduce the number of waiting operands. This paper demonstrates that processing performance is degraded by sequential processing in the switching process, and... | [
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1225 | BT voices its support for IP | BTexact's chief technology officer, Mick Reeve, gives his views on the future for voice over DSL services and virtual private networks, and defends the slow rollout of public access WLANs | [
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Subsets and Splits
Average Keyphrase List Length
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