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High-performance up-and-downdating via Householder-like transformations
The linear least-squares problem in statistics is usually solved by finding the Cholesky factor of the matrix of normal equations. In certain applications, one wants to solve several related problems formed by removing and/or adding data. In this case, the algorithm... more
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Will we soon have a personal machine for our use? Unfortunately not. First we will no doubt see the mechanization of our libraries, and this itself will take years... more
- Vannevar Bush (1967)
Articles
A RESTful implementation of the WS-agreement specification: WS-REST 11

Representational state transfer (REST) is a software architecture for distributed systems and is one of the most popular implementations of Web service technology. RESTful refers to products that... more

Standards (D.2.0...) | May 18 12

Access control in feature-oriented programming: Science of Computer Programming

Feature-oriented programming is a programming paradigm for modular development of a family of programs as part of a software product line. Feature-oriented... more

Access Controls (D.4.6...) | May 18 12

Multilingual use of twitter: social networks and language choice: CSCW 12

This short doctoral colloquium proposal summarizes the main goals and methodology of a research project focusing on the study of multilingual use of Twitter. Two research directions are proposed: one... more

Social Networking (H.3.4...) | May 17 12

Classification of arrhythmia using hybrid networks: Journal of Medical Systems

A new methodology for medical differential diagnosis purposes, based on the use of fuzzy clustered hybrid networks, is detailed in this paper. The study is focused on discriminating among the diseases... more

Neural Nets (C.1.3...) | May 17 12

An incremental online semi-supervised active learning algorithm based on self-organizing incremental neural network: Neural Computing & Applications

Shen et al. propose an enhancement of a learning algorithm they developed previously. The base algorithm may be seen as a clever combination... more

Connectionism & Neural Nets (I.2.6...) | May 17 12

Interleaving multi-agent systems and social networks for organized adaptation: Computational & Mathematical Organization Theory

This work combines existing approaches that define rules for information exchange in a social network with voting algorithms for computational, social... more

Multiagent Systems (I.2.11...) | May 17 12

A note on disjoint cycles: Information Processing Letters

Certain measures of graphs, such as the edge coloring number, are hard to compute precisely. Some others, such as the maximum number of vertex-disjoint cycles, are even hard to approximate. It is... more

Path & Circuit Problems (G.2.2...) | May 17 12

Two pioneering projects from the early history of computer-aided algorithmic composition: Computer Music Journal

Anyone interested in computer-aided algorithmic composition (CAAC) will likely be acquainted with Hiller’s remarkable contributions from his research publications as... more

Sound & Music Computing (H.5.5) | May 17 12

Implementation of smart antenna API and transceiver API in software communication architecture for a wireless innovation forum standard: Analog Integrated Circuits & Signal Proc.

In this paper, the authors consider the smart antenna (SA) application programming interface (API) developed by the Wireless Innovation Forum... more

Input/Output Devices (B.4.2) | May 16 12

Collaborative indoor sensing with the SensorFly aerial sensor network: IPSN 12

This short paper introduces a dynamic sensor network formed by SensorFly mobile aerial autonomous platforms, which interact and collaborate... more

Wireless Communication (C.2.1...) | May 16 12

Books
Thinking as computation: a first course

Can computers think? Well, some might ask if people can think... Is thinking a form of computation? Can mere symbolic processing be equated with thought? These questions have dogged the intellect as... more
Computer Science Education (K.3.2...) | May 18 12

Detection and identification of rare audio-visual cues

Did you know that some living organisms often generate appropriate responses to incongruent and unexpected stimuli or situations, despite having no experience with or previous knowledge about... more
Learning (I.2.6) | May 17 12

Windows 7 made simple

Like other Apress books, this one presents high-quality information about new software products. Information about the main components of Windows 7 and how one can customize it is included. The book describes working with programs, files, music, photos... more
Microsoft Windows (D.4.0...) | May 17 12

Adopting open source software: a practical guide

Five case studies of government organizations that have made a transition from proprietary, commercial software to open-source software are described in this book. Each of these organizations has its own... more
Software Management (K.6.3) | May 17 12

Middleware and cloud computing: Oracle on Amazon Web Services (AWS), Rackspace Cloud and RightScale

Vivek Kundra, the former Federal Chief Information Officer (CIO) of the US, identified cloud computing as a “light technology” that can be deployed rapidly and at substantial cost savings. As such, the cloud... more
Cloud Computing (C.2.4...) | May 16 12

Voice over IP security: a comprehensive survey of vulnerabilities and academic research

Talking over the Internet is probably the best way to describe voice over IP (VoIP). VoIP also includes video conferencing over the Internet. As the title suggests, the book is a survey of security-related publications about VoIP. The survey is organized using a... more
Data Communications (C.2.0...) | May 16 12

The science of service systems

This book is one of two related collections of papers in the Springer “Service Science” series on research and innovation in the service economy [1,2]. Best suited for academics, it presents research on the nature of service systems and future directions in... more
Web-Based Services (H.3.5...) | May 16 12

Handbook of scientific proposal writing

Unfortunately, many researchers are not well prepared on how to write a convincing proposal; often, this leads to the frustrating consequence of having their proposals rejected, even if the research ideas... more
Miscellaneous (A.m) | May 15 12

Service systems implementation

This work is one of two related collections of papers in the Springer “Service Science” series on research and innovation in the service economy [1,2]. Best suited for practitioners, it presents research and case... more
Online Information Services (H.3.5) | May 15 12

Handbook of mobile ad hoc networks for mobility models

Mobile ad-hoc networks (MANETs) are networks of mobile nodes that have, as a consequence of their mobilities, no fixed topology. They also have limited and possibly uncertain communication links... more
Wireless Communication (C.2.1...) | May 14 12


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