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Towards cinematic Internet video-on-demand
: ACM SIGOPS Operating Systems Review
Cheng et al. describe and discuss GridCast, a video-on-demand system, online since 2006. This system employs peer assistance to improve scalability and continuity. This approach allows GridCast...
Distributed Applications (C.2.4...) | Jul 1 08
Strategy-based instruction: lessons learned in teaching the effective and efficient use of computer applications
: ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction
The strength of strategy-based instruction resides in its instructional practices and learning environments, especially when applied to teaching the use of computer applications. In addition, as practice...
Curriculum (K.3.2...) | Jul 2 08
Enabling multimedia using resource-constrained video processing techniques: a node-centric perspective
: ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems
The problem of video object tracking in a multi-camera scenario, where the cameras and the associated video processing nodes have power constraints, is covered in this paper. The basic application scenario is...
Sampling (I.4.1...) | Jul 14 08
Task mapping and priority assignment for soft real-time applications under deadline miss ratio constraints
: ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems
Task mapping and priority assignment are critical to the efficiency of distributed multiprocessor systems. This paper presents a scheduling policy to perform these actions. The proposed method considers...
General (B.8.0) | Jul 16 08
Anatomy of high-performance matrix multiplication
: ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software
“How hard can it be to implement matrix multiply?” One can imagine an irascible reader asking that of this 25-page paper, but it is the wrong question. This paper addresses the implementation of matrix...
Efficiency (G.4...) | Jul 17 08
The pitfalls of verifying floating-point computations
: ACM Transactions on Programming Languages and Systems
Working within the quantitative-analytics group of an investment bank, I see floating-point inconsistencies as an often-recurring problem. With any valuation or risk difference having to be explained...
Software/Program Verification (D.2.4) | Jul 10 08
Exploring the neighborhood with Dora to expedite software maintenance
: ASE ’07
Hill et al. present Dora as a tool that does a better job at identifying relevant code parts when performing software maintenance. The key idea in Dora is to prune away structurally connected but...
Restructuring ... Reengineering (D.2.7...) | Jun 27 08
Tapping into the fountain of CPUs: on operating system support for programmable devices
: ASPLOS XIII
Hydra, a new framework for increasing the speed and power of general-purpose computers, without adding hardware or silicon, is described in this paper. Hydra exploits existing but untapped computing...
Domain-Specific Architectures (D.2.11...) | Jul 11 08
Duality in permutation state spaces and the dual search algorithm
: Artificial Intelligence
In the field of heuristic search, it is common practice to apply various domain-dependent ideas that serve to significantly enhance the performance of different algorithms...
Prob. Solving/Control Meth./Search (I.2.8) | Jun 30 08
Using multiple linear regression to forecast the number of asthmatics
: CEA ’08
It is important to develop models that will predict the impact of environmental factors on the incidence of disease. In this paper, Gabda et al. formulate and test a number of linear-regression models...
Correlation And Regression Analysis (G.3...) | Jul 8 08
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A first course in order statistics
Although called “a first course” and structured for use as a course text, this well-presented book on order statistics covers an extensive amount of order-statistics theory and practice. This classics edition is a revised edition of the earlier...
Probability And Statistics (G.3)
| Jul 8 08
Abstract algebra
“Perhaps no single book can ... give a faithful picture ... [of] such a diverse and expanding field” as today’s algebra, states Grillet in the preface. This clear and exhaustive treatment of a subject, whose mainstream and selected esoterica are...
General (I.1.0)
| Jul 15 08
Advanced Ajax: architecture and best practices
From a usability perspective, the “bread and butter” Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) Web interface is a step down compared to classic non-Web interfaces provided by last century’s “fat client-server” technologies. Since the dawn of the...
Integrated Environments (D.2.6...)
| Jul 10 08
Advances in biometrics: sensors, algorithms and systems
The science of biometrics can be defined as the recognition of humans based on physical and behavioral characteristics. Given the current world situation, countries have tightened immigration and emigration policies, in order to ensure that...
General (I.4.0)
| Jul 10 08
Advances in fuzzy clustering and its applications
Fuzzy sets and fuzzy logic help model vagueness and ambiguity in data representation, collection, and analysis. The subject has been of great interest to researchers since 1965, when Zadeh published...
Clustering (I.5.3)
| Jul 8 08
Beginning XNA 2.0 game programming: from novice to professional
This well-written book covers the basics of game programming. The subtitle is a bit ambitious because even mastery of this content will not be sufficient to become a professional.
Commercial games often have large budgets and many developers...
Interactive Environments (D.2.6...)
| Jul 11 08
Combinatorial methods with applications
Have you ever wondered why books on combinatorial methods attract more and more computer-science (CS) readers? The answer lies in the fact that these methods have been proved critical to the construction...
Combinatorics (G.2.1)
| Jul 18 08
Computational methods for multiphase flows in porous media
Part of a series, published by the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM), this book addresses the needs of computational scientists and engineers in their specific disciplines. The book concentrates on petroleum reservoir simulation...
Partial Differential Equations (G.1.8)
| Jul 4 08
Constraint logic programming using ECLiPSe
This is a handbook for topical undergraduate and graduate courses that teach algorithmic problem solving using constraint optimization and logic programming. Apt and Wallace take the reader through a journey of understanding the formal...
Logic Programming (D.1.6)
| Jul 17 08
Correlative learning: a basis for brain and adaptive systems
Computational neuroscience is an active field of study, spanning the traditional fields of biological neuroscience, electrical engineering, and computer science (CS). Although it has yet to achieve much by way of concrete applications that bring...
Connectionism & Neural Nets (I.2.6...)
| Jul 17 08
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