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Whitepapers
Privacy Engine for Context-Aware Enterprise Application Services
Sep 2008
Satisfying the varied privacy preferences of individuals, while exposing context data to authorized applications and individuals, remains a major challenge for context-aware computing. This paper...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Lesion Detection and Segmentation in Uterine Cervix Images Using an Arc-Level MRF
May 2009
This study develops a procedure for automatic extraction and segmentation of a class-specific object (or region) by learning class-specific boundaries. The paper presents and evaluates the method...
Provided by Tel-Aviv University
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A General Greedy Approximation Algorithm With Applications
Jan 2009
Greedy approximation algorithms have been frequently used to obtain sparse solutions to learning problems. This paper presents a general greedy algorithm for solving a class of convex optimization...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Tight Approximation Algorithms for Maximum General Assignment Problems
Jan 2009
This paper studies a general class of maximizing assignment problems with packing constraints. In particular, one studies the Separable Assignment Problems (SAP): one is given a set U of n bins...
Provided by IBM
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A Constant Factor Approximation Algorithm for Generalized Min-Sum Set Cover
Oct 2009
Consider the following generalized min-sum set cover or multiple intents re-ranking problem proposed by Azar et al. (STOC 2009). The author is given a universe of elements and a collection of...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Combination of Multiple Speech Transcription Methods for Vocabulary Independent Search
Jun 2008
Off late, most systems use large vocabulary continuous speech recognition tools to produce word transcripts which have indexed transcripts and query terms retrieved from the index. However, query...
Provided by Association for Computing Machinery
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Closed-Form Jensen-Renyi Divergence for Mixture of Gaussians & Applications to Group-Wise Shape Registration
Jun 2009
This paper proposes a generalized group-wise non-rigid registration strategy for multiple unlabeled point-sets of unequal cardinality, with no bias toward any of the given point-sets. To quantify...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Updating an NLP System to Fit New Domains: An Empirical Study on the Sentence Segmentation Problem
Jan 2009
Statistical machine learning algorithms have been successfully applied to many Natural Language Processing (NLP) problems. Compared to manually constructed systems, statistical NLP systems are...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
On the Convergence of MDL Density Estimation
Jan 2009
This paper presents a general information exponential inequality that measures the statistical complexity of some deterministic and randomized density estimators. Using this inequality, one is...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Business Rules for Object-Oriented Projects
Dec 2009
Managers and developers adopt object-oriented techniques, not for the benefits of the new technology, but for protection against the weaknesses of the old technology. They are usually seeking...
Provided by Management Strategies
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Whitepapers
UML Basics: The Component Diagram
Dec 2004
In component-based development (CBD), component diagrams offer architects a natural format to begin modeling a solution. Component diagrams allow an architect to verify that a system's required...
Provided by IBM
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Case Studies
eHuman Accelerates Anatomical Data Processing Five-Fold With Dell Servers and Dell Certified Partner Rev2 Technologies
Jun 2009
With only one legacy server powerful enough to handle its data-intensive computational requirements, eHuman wanted servers that were powerful enough to meet its needs, yet affordable enough to...
Provided by Dell
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Case Studies
Global IT Services Provider Creates Custom Solutions With Unified Communications
Dec 2009
Wipro Limited is creating new collaboration solutions with Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 that improve productivity for service-oriented organizations. For example, Wipro customers...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Tools Company Integrates With Visual Studio to Make PHP Developers More Productive
Sep 2009
Jcx.Software, a development tools company, has three employees and is based in Miami, Florida. Jcx.Software was formed to provide a better set of tools for the development of PHP applications....
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Visual Studio Shell Helps Start-Up Speed Delivery of Tool for Building Diagnostic Applications
Jul 2009
Emotive provides a software tool for the rapid development of automotive diagnostic applications. The company was founded in 2008, has four employees, and is based in Stuttgart, Germany. Emotive...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Israel-Based Startup Changes the Game for Development of Web Applications
Aug 2009
Gizmox, a development tools company, has 14 employees and is based in Tel Aviv, Israel. Gizmox saw the need for a set of enterprise-ready tools that married the developer experience of desktop...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Numerical Library Provider Realizes Major Performance Gains by Parallelizing Its Code
Dec 2009
Visual Numerics needed a way to efficiently parallelize its C# numerical library software - and thus realized the performance gains made possible by today's multicore processors. The company...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Northern Collaborative Technologies Embraces Microsoft Solution
Nov 2009
Andrew Pollack, a well-known advocate and expert whose articles and speeches are highly regarded in the Lotus Notes community, spent more than 18 years offering primarily IBM solutions through his...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Work Smart Guides Deliver Key Software and Services Productivity Scenarios
Oct 2009
Work Smart Guides provide users with simple, easy-to-use content that guides them through scenario-based tasks. The goal is to reduce training costs, get users up and running quickly with newly...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Mayo Clinic Helps Radiologists Pinpoint Potential Problems
Oct 2009
In support of its vision of "Individualized medicine," Mayo Clinic is integrating clinical and genomic data from across its organization to develop more targeted and effective treatments. Mayo...
Provided by IBM
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Case Studies
Mxtran Connects Consumers With Mobile Commerce Using IBM Lotus Expeditor
Jul 2009
With 90 percent of the world's population predicted to have access to cell phone coverage by 2010, providers of cell phone payment technologies like Taiwan's Mxtran, Inc. have a virtually...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Charting in Reports for WinForms
Dec 2009
ComponentOne Reports for WinForms has always supported chart fields using its extensible custom field architecture. The Chart field is implemented as a custom field in the...
Provided by ComponentOne
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Webcasts
MSDN Webcast: Comparative Windows Code Protection Technologies, Strengths, and Weaknesses (Level 200)
Dec 2009
As a developer, one not only have to consider writing great applications with broad appeal, but one also needs to consider how to protect applications so that they are not pirated or stolen by...
Provided by Microsoft
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Webcasts
MSDN Webcast: Lighting Up the New Visual Studio 2010 Editor With Rich Extensions (Level 200)
Dec 2009
While many of them may know that Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 comes with a new extensible editor based on Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), does one know why one should care? The presenter...
Provided by Microsoft
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Webcasts
MSDN Webcast: Building a Twitter Application With Silverlight 3 (Part 1 of 2) (Level 200)
Dec 2009
The presenter of this webcast covers what Microsoft Silverlight is and explains how the attendee can capitalize on its capabilities to easily create browser-based applications. The attendee will...
Provided by Microsoft
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Webcasts
MSDN Webcast: Got Memory Leaks? Find Errors Using Intel Parallel Studio (Level 300)
Dec 2009
Discover how easy it is to detect challenging memory errors by taking advantage of the power of Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 and Intel Parallel Studio. Intel Parallel Studio is an add-in to Visual...
Provided by Microsoft
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Webcasts
Enhancing Exchange Server 2010 Availability
Nov 2009
When it comes to business continuity and disaster recovery, the built-in functionality of Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 may not be enough to meet the needs of the organization. The attendee will...
Provided by EMC
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Webcasts
Microsoft Exchange Server 2010: A Sneak Peek
Oct 2009
Exchange Server 2010 will be the cornerstone of Microsoft's "New Efficiency" launch, delivering innovative Exchange deployment options, a rich user experience, and unprecedented information...
Provided by EMC
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Webcasts
Microsoft Office and SharePoint 2010: The Big Picture
Sep 2009
The attendee of this webcast will learn about the new features and capabilities of the Microsoft Office and SharePoint 2010 platforms, how they might benefit the organization, and where to begin...
Provided by EMC
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Webcasts
MSDN Webcast: Building a Twitter Application With Silverlight 3 (Part 2 of 2) (Level 200)
Dec 2009
The presenter of this webcast explains how the attendee can display table data in a few different ways, including a traditional grid view and more visually appealing views, such as a chart or a...
Provided by Microsoft
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Whitepapers
Where Is the Debugger for My Software-Defined Network?
Aug 2012
The behavior of a Software-Defined Network is controlled by programs, which like all software, will have bugs - but this programmatic control also enables new ways to debug networks. This paper...
Provided by Association for Computing Machinery
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Nonparametric Steganalysis of QIM Steganography Using Approximate Entropy
Jul 2011
This paper proposes an active steganalysis method for Quantization Index Modulation (QIM) based steganography. The proposed nonparametric steganalysis method uses irregularity (or randomness) in...
Provided by University of Michigan
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Webcasts
Generalized Alias Analysis on a Basis for Programming Tools
Jul 2008
Tools for automatic program analysis promise to improve programmer productivity by searching and summarizing large bodies of code. However, the phenomenon of aliasing - different names being used...
Provided by Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers
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Whitepapers
The Usage of Performance Testing for Information Systems
Apr 2012
The main focus of this paper is the possibility of the performance testing for information systems. The authors' proposal focuses on steps, which perform the performance testing itself. The...
Provided by International Journal of Computer Theory and Engineering (IJCTE)
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Whitepapers
Soft-Decision Decoding of Reed-Solomon Codes Using Successive Error-and-Ersure Decoding
Oct 2008
The authors propose a soft-decision decoding algorithm of Reed-Solomon (RS) codes using successive error-and-erasure decoding. Extensive simulations are conducted to show the possible performance...
Provided by Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers
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White Papers
Visual Literacy White Paper
Mar 2009
Visual communication is a process of sending and receiving messages using images. Visual literacy can be defined as the ability to construct meaning from visual images. To make meaning from...
Provided by Adobe Systems
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White Papers
Climbing Mount Reliability
Feb 2009
There is incessant pressure to supply reliable systems at reduced cost and increased profitability. Object-oriented development has also made it easier to develop components iteratively in...
Provided by nFocus
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White Papers
Understanding Xbap: Full Trust, Partial Trust, Certificates and More?
Nov 2009
Xaml Browser Application (Xbap) is a part of Wpf that runs inside the browser. Xbap applications combine features of both web and rich window based applications. Generally xbap runs in Sandbox...
Provided by TarKia
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White Papers
When, Why, and How: Code Analysis
May 2008
It means statically analyzing code to monitor whether it meets uniform expectations around security, reliability, performance, and maintainability. Done properly, this provides a foundation for...
Provided by ParaSoft
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Hybrid Analysis,Quality Issues and Concerns for Building e-Commerce Applications
May 2009
The World Wide Web has become a highly adopted platform for E-Commerce applications. The traditional structured systems analysis and design as well as object oriented analysis and design (UML)...
Provided by Association for Computing Machinery
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A Fuzzy Assessment Model for Evaluating the Rate of Aggregative Risk in Software Development
Mar 2008
In this paper, the authors present a fuzzy assessment model to tackle the rate of aggregative risk in fuzzy circumstances by fuzzy sets theory during any phase of the software development life...
Provided by China University of Technology
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Whitepapers
Software Measurement Standard Etalons: A Design Process
Mar 2008
Material measurement standard etalons are widely recognized as critical for accurate measurements in sciences and engineering. However, there is no measurement standard etalons yet in software...
Provided by Universit� du 7 Novembre � Carthage
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Whitepapers
The Algorithm and a Case Study for CTL Model Update
Mar 2008
In this paper, the authors presented an update of the CTL model checker. The minimal modifications which appear represent the fundamental concept for model the dynamic system. They used five...
Provided by Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu
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Whitepapers
An Improved LVQ Algorithm with Data-Structure Preserving Visualization
Oct 2012
Data-structure preserved visualization of high-dimensional data reveals the dataset borders and the spread and overlapping tendency of the class borders in a more informative manner than the usual...
Provided by La Trobe University
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An Effective Solution for Matrix Parenthesization Problem Through Parallelisation
Feb 2008
Dynamic programming can be used to solve the optimization problem of optimal matrix parenthesization problem, which is discussed in detail in the paper. The results and their analysis reveal that...
Provided by National University of Sciences and Technology
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Whitepapers
Block Merging for Quadtree-Based Partitioning in HEVC
Dec 2012
The joint development of the upcoming High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) standard by ITU-T Video Coding Experts Group and ISO/IEC Moving Picture Experts Group marks a new step in video...
Provided by Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers
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On Dependent Bit Allocation for Multiview Image Coding With Depth-Image-Based Rendering
Nov 2011
The encoding of both texture and depth maps of multi-view images, captured by a set of spatially correlated cameras, is important for any 3-D visual communication system based on Depth-Image-Based...
Provided by Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers
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Whitepapers
Counter-Based Cache Replacement and Bypassing Algorithms
Dec 2007
Recent studies have shown that, in highly associative caches, the performance gap between the Least Recently Used (LRU) and the theoretical optimal replacement algorithms is large, motivating the...
Provided by Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers
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Whitepapers
FlexiTaint: A Programmable Accelerator for Dynamic Taint Propagation
Dec 2007
This paper presents FlexiTaint, a hardware accelerator for dynamic taint propagation. FlexiTaint is implemented as an in-order addition to the back-end of the processor pipeline, and the taints...
Provided by Georgia Tech
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Whitepapers
Efficient Complex Operators for Irregular Codes
Dec 2010
Complex "Fat operators" are important contributors to the efficiency of specialized hardware. This paper introduces two new techniques for constructing efficient fat operators featuring up to...
Provided by University of Calgary
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Whitepapers
Energy-Efficient Soft-Output Trellis Decoder Design Using Trellis Quasi-Reduction and Importance-Aware Clock Skew Scheduling
Sep 2007
Energy-efficient implementation of high-speed soft-output trellis decoders is of great practical importance. This paper first presents an algorithm-level technique, referred to as...
Provided by Rensselaer at Hartford
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Whitepapers
Computation Error Analysis in Digital Signal Processing Systems With Overscaled Supply Voltage
Apr 2010
It has been recently demonstrated that digital signal processing systems may possibly leverage unconventional Voltage OverScaling (VOS) to reduce energy consumption while maintaining satisfactory...
Provided by Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers
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Whitepapers
Predicting the Next Page that will be Visited by a Web Surfer Using Page Rank Algorithm
Nov 2011
Predicting the next page to be visited by a web user with increasing accuracy have many important applications like caching and prefetching web pages to improve the speed of navigation or creating...
Provided by NORTH ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY UNION
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Analyzing Distribution of Traffic Capacity
Mar 2009
In this paper, an evaluation of the network routing algorithms is made. In a real network, it is expected to find a mix of traffic capacities corresponding to different qualities of the video...
Provided by NORTH ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY UNION
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Whitepapers
Intra/inter Algorithm for B Frame Processing in H.264/AVC Encoder
Mar 2008
The H.264/AVC video coding standard aims to enable significantly improved compression performance compared to all existing video coding standards. In order to achieve this, a robust...
Provided by NORTH ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY UNION
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Whitepapers
Towards Unsupervised Learning of Temporal Relations Between Events
Sep 2012
Automatic extraction of temporal relations between event pairs is an important task for several natural language processing applications such as question answering, information extraction and...
Provided by AI Access Foundation
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Whitepapers
The Tractability of CSP Classes Defined by Forbidden Patterns
Sep 2012
The Constraint Satisfaction Problem (CSP) is a general problem central to computer science and artificial intelligence. Although the CSP is NP-hard in general, considerable effort has been spent...
Provided by AI Access Foundation
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Whitepapers
Interactions Between Knowledge and Time in a First-Order Logic for Multi-Agent Systems: Completeness Results
Sep 2012
While reactive systems (Pnueli, 1977) are traditionally specified using plain temporal logic, there is a well-established tradition in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and, in particular, Multi-Agent...
Provided by AI Access Foundation
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Whitepapers
Toward Supervised Anomaly Detection
Feb 2013
Anomaly detection is being regarded as an unsupervised learning task as anomalies stem from adversarial or unlikely events with unknown distributions. However, the predictive performance of purely...
Provided by AI Access Foundation
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Whitepapers
Integrative Semantic Dependency Parsing via Efficient Large-scale Feature Selection
Feb 2013
Semantic parsing, i.e., the automatic derivation of meaning representation such as an instantiated predicate-argument structure for a sentence, plays a critical role in deep processing of natural...
Provided by AI Access Foundation
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Whitepapers
Generating Extractive Summaries of Scientific Paradigms
Feb 2013
Researchers and scientists increasingly find themselves in the position of having to quickly understand large amounts of technical material. The authors' goal is to effectively serve this need by...
Provided by AI Access Foundation
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Whitepapers
Undominated Groves Mechanisms
Jan 2013
The family of Groves mechanisms, which includes the well-known VCG mechanism (also known as the Clarke mechanism) is a family of efficient and strategy-proof mechanisms. Unfortunately, the Groves...
Provided by AI Access Foundation
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Whitepapers
Automatic Aggregation by Joint Modeling of Aspects and Values
Jan 2013
The authors present a model for aggregation of product review snippets by joint aspect identification and sentiment analysis. Their model simultaneously identifies an underlying set of ratable...
Provided by AI Access Foundation
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Whitepapers
Optimal Rectangle Packing: An Absolute Placement Approach
Jan 2013
The authors consider the problem of finding all enclosing rectangles of minimum area that can contain a given set of rectangles without overlap. Their rectangle packer chooses the x-coordinates of...
Provided by AI Access Foundation
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Whitepapers
Short and Long Supports for Constraint Propagation
Jan 2013
Special-purpose constraint propagation algorithms frequently make implicit use of short supports - by examining a subset of the variables, they can infer support (a justification that a...
Provided by AI Access Foundation
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Whitepapers
Algorithms of Digital Modulation Classification and Their Verification
Sep 2010
Two methods of the classification of digital modulations ASK, FSK2, FSK4, MSK, BPSK, QPSK, 8PSK and QAM-16 are presented. The first algorithm is based on module and phase spectrogram analysis....
Provided by Brno University of Technology
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Whitepapers
High Level Tele-Operating Speech Communication System for Controlling a Colony of Robots
Jun 2010
The purpose of this paper is to presents the implementation and design of a high level communication interface based on multi agents model for a set of autonomous robots. Classical techniques used...
Provided by Badji Mokhtar University
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Whitepapers
Design of a Modified Bi-Directional SOVA
Dec 2007
In this paper, a directional bi-directional Soft-Output Viterbi Algorithm (SOVA) based Turbo decoder architecture is proposed. By performing an extra pass through the decoder trellis, effectively...
Provided by Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
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Whitepapers
An Improved SIC Based Turbo Equalizer
Dec 2007
In this paper, the authors investigate a new Soft Interference Canceller (SIC) based turbo equalizer. The SIC is configured as a Decision Feedback (DF) equalizer that uses two linear transversal...
Provided by Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
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Podcasts
Railscasts #242: Thor
Oct 2011
In this podcast, the speaker going to explain about Thor. Thor is an alternative to Rake. It has better support for command line arguments and provides a way to add global scripts.
Provided by Oleksiy Kovyrin
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Podcasts
Railscasts #246: AJAX History State
Oct 2011
In this podcast, the speaker going to explain about AJAX. The new pushState function in JavaScript allows one to change the full URL with AJAX. This means the back button, reloading, and bookmark...
Provided by Oleksiy Kovyrin
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Podcasts
Railscasts #257: Request Specs and Capybara
Oct 2011
Request specs in RSpec are a great way to ensure the entire application stack is working properly. In this podcast, the speaker will show how to use capybara with integrated JavaScript testing...
Provided by Oleksiy Kovyrin
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Podcasts
Railscasts #258: Token Fields
Oct 2011
In this podcast, the speaker will explain about jQuery Tokeninput Fields. With the jQuery Tokeninput plugin it is easy to add an auto-completing list of entries for a many-to-many association.
Provided by Oleksiy Kovyrin
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Podcasts
Railscasts #260: Messaging With Faye
Oct 2011
In this podcast, the speaker will explain about Rails chat application messaging with Faye. Faye is a subscription/publishing server which makes it easy to do push notifications within a Rails app.
Provided by Oleksiy Kovyrin
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Podcasts
Railscasts #261: Testing JavaScript With Jasmine
Oct 2011
Is the user testing their JavaScript? In this podcast, the speaker will explain about testing JavaScript with Jasmine. Learn how to add specs using Jasmine. This podcast also covers jQuery...
Provided by Oleksiy Kovyrin
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Podcasts
Railscasts #262: Trees With Ancestry
Oct 2011
In this podcast, the speaker will explain about Trees with Ancestry. The Ancestry gem works like a tree but also allows one to fetch deeply nested messages in a single query. It provides a method...
Provided by Oleksiy Kovyrin
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Podcasts
Railscasts #263: Client Side Validations
Oct 2011
Showing validation errors inline as the user is filling out the form can lead to a better use experience. In this podcast, learn how to do this using the Client Side Validations gem.
Provided by Oleksiy Kovyrin
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Podcasts
Railscasts #264: Guard
Oct 2011
In this podcast, the speaker will explain about Guard. Guard watches files and runs a command after a file is modified. This allows the user to automatically run tests in the background, restart...
Provided by Oleksiy Kovyrin
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Webcasts
Google I/O 2011: Best Practices for Accessing Google APIs on Android
Mar 2012
Integration with Google APIs (such as Buzz, Latitude and Translate) can enrich many Android applications. In this webcast, the presenters will explain about how to do so easily, efficiently and...
Provided by Oleksiy Kovyrin
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Webcasts
Google I/O 2010 - A Beginner's Guide to Android
Mar 2012
In this webcast, the presenter will introduce some of the basic concepts involved in Android development. Starting with an overview of the SDK APIs available to developers, they will work through...
Provided by Oleksiy Kovyrin
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Webcasts
Microsoft Global ISV Technical Forum Webcast: WPF or Silverlight: Making the Right Choice for Building Line-of-Business Applications
Feb 2010
Silverlight 4's new features enable this RIA platform to be considered as a strong contender for building line of business applications that were previously better suited to the .NET WPF platform....
Provided by Microsoft
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Webcasts
TechNet Webcast: Network Considerations for Deploying Communications Server 2007 R2 (Level 300)
Feb 2010
Deploying and scaling Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 in one's enterprise network requires thoughtful consideration to ensure the quality of experience for end users. The presenter...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Middle East's Largest Automotive Distributor Improves IT Application Development Efficiency and Effectiveness
Feb 2010
With the discontinuance of the existing development solution being used, IT leadership was compelled to take action on finding a new, more effective solution for ALJ's application development...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Government Body Uses Smart Software Strategy to Improve Estate Management
Feb 2010
Founded in 1912, La Direction des Domaines de l'Etat is the part of the Moroccan Ministry of Economy and Finance responsible for managing government property and government privately-owned land....
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
La Redoute Uses HP Exstream to Centralise Its Document Automation Requirements
Feb 2010
La Redoute has been France's number one mail-order company for a number of years, and is number three in the world. It is a member of Redcats Group, a Group PPR company. La Redoute, France's...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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White Papers
An Introduction to Software Testing
Sep 2003
This paper provides an introduction to software testing. It serves as a tutorial for developers who are new to formal testing of software, and as a reminder of some finer points for experienced...
Provided by IPL Information Processing
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White Papers
Off-the-Shelf or Custom Development: How Frameworks Can Save the Day - Build Vs. Buy and Why Integra for Notes Is the Best of Both Worlds
May 2008
Every person that is involved with an Information Technology (IT) project faces this issue - should one build this from scratch or purchase a product and customize it? This important decision...
Provided by PSC Group
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White Papers
Improved Software Quality With Agile Processes
Jun 2008
fundamental nature of software development is changing, and quality professionals must change with it. With the acceptance of this motion, modern software processes have changed to evolutionary,...
Provided by Ephlux
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White Papers
Building Better Software Architecture With Agile Model
Jun 2008
Every software solution is built upon software architecture. The architectures focuses on everything from initial assumptions about how products fit together, to which features are of value to...
Provided by Ephlux
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White Papers
Developing Facebook Applications: Tips for Owners and Designers
Mar 2010
Facebook applications are an innovation aimed to help their owners to make the most of one of the largest social networks. But like any other popular novelty, this Facebook option raises a lot of...
Provided by Acceptic
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Case Studies
Leading Worldwide Optical Supplier Improves Collaboration With SharePoint and Exchange
Jan 2010
Carl Zeiss Vision was formed from the merger of optical business of Carl Zeiss and American lens supplier SOLA. Carl Zeiss was on the Lotus Notes platform while SOLA was on the Microsoft platform,...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Solutions Provider Performs Discovery Tasks 90 Percent Faster With New Solution
Dec 2009
Binaria develops IT solutions for a large number of electricity providers throughout Chile. The company, which is required to keep five years' worth of data, was having trouble managing the huge...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
New Securities-Trading Platform Delivers Rich User Experience and Greater Flexibility
Jan 2010
UNX LLC (UNX), which provides trading tools and other services for institutional investors and brokers, wanted to develop a next-generation Execution Management System (EMS). The company used the...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Insurance Company Improves Time-to-Market With Enhanced Rating Engine
Sep 2009
For nearly 75 years, Grange Insurance has offered competitive products and services to policyholders in more than a dozen U.S. states. To maintain its well-earned reputation and standing, the...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
University Hospital Develops HIS to Provide Top-Quality Medical Services
Aug 2009
Chung Shan Medical University Hospital is recognized as a superior healthcare provider in the Taichung area for the residents of Taiwan. For the long period of time, the hospital outsourced its...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Bank in Dubai Maximizes Core Banking System
Jul 2009
Headquartered in Dubai, Mashreq is one of the largest banks in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), in terms of assets and networks. The bank needed to ensure that its investment in its Microsoft-based...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Financial Site Transforms Online Investing With Interactive Tools
Jul 2009
Operated by Dublin, Ireland - based Digital Minds, Zignals empowers investors with free, online investment tools that incorporate real-time communication and collaborative features. Zignals wanted...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Cross-Platform Plug-In Powers Rich Internet Applications for Scientists and Engineers
Jul 2009
National Instruments is a leading provider of virtual instrumentation software used in a range of industries to test, monitor, and control the performance of hardware devices. The company was...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Desktop Publishing Innovator Taps Into Huge Market With Flexible Publishing Solution
Jun 2009
Quark, which creates software used to design print and digital publications, wanted to expand beyond its traditional professional design and corporate customer base to reach small and midsize...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Cognizant Accelerates Enterprise Application Development Cycle-Time by 10 Percent
Jun 2009
Cognizant is a leading provider of application technology, business consulting, IT infrastructure and business process outsourcing services to its customers. Cognizant anticipated the need to...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Software Company Is 20 Per Cent More Productive With Flexible Development Solution
May 2009
Micro Librarian Systems (MLS) wanted to create new library management applications in a faster and more cost-effective way. By moving entirely to Microsoft technologies and using Microsoft Visual...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Developer Sees Up to 75 Percent Performance Gain Through Technology Center Learnings
May 2009
New Dawn Technologies needed to increase the performance of its software to meet the needs of potential enterprise customers. The company visited a Microsoft Technology Center to help identify...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Microsoft SharePoint Shines for Eni's Collaboration Needs
Jan 2010
Eni - a multinational energy company with 76,000 employees in 70 countries - produces, transports, and markets oil and gas worldwide. It also operates in the electricity generation and sale,...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Saudi Bank Boosts Internet Banking by 20 Per Cent With Online Payment Tool for Billing
Jan 2010
Bank Al-Jazira in Saudi Arabia wanted to improve its e-commerce services by joining SADAD, the central bank electronic billing and payment system. It implemented A4SADAD, an accelerator for SADAD...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Hyder Consulting Transforms Communications Technology With Customised Financing Plan
Jan 2010
Hyder Consulting wanted to benefit from the latest Microsoft communications technology but required a compelling business case. The company worked with Microsoft Financing on a customised...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Turkish Bank Improves Operations With Unified Communications Solution
Jan 2010
Yapý Kredi, the first national private bank of Turkey, is a leader in setting standards for the Turkish banking sector through the introduction of new products and services. The bank wanted to...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Performance Testing Now Standardized; Four Times as Many Load Tests Run, Lowering Risk of Post-Production Issues
Jan 2010
For major corporations, decentralized technology can be troublesome technology. At one major U.S. department store chain, for instance, independent development teams had long purchased and managed...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Case Studies
Business-Critical Software Upgrades Now Released Every 2 Weeks, Instead of 4 to 6: Speed Provides Competitive Advantage Thanks to Swift Response to Client Needs
Jan 2010
Legg Mason, headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland, is one of the largest asset management firms in the world, serving individual and institutional investors in 190 countries on six continents. Legg...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Case Studies
Quick and Easy Energy Performance Certificates for BRUNATA Hurth
Jun 2009
From 1st July 2008 following on from the Energy Saving Regulation in Germany, the Energy Performance Certificate has been compulsory for all residential buildings built up to and including 1965....
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Case Studies
Sonata Uses Quantified Agile+ to Deliver OPD Services to a Leading Provider of Innovative Solutions to the Airline Industry
Jun 2009
Established in 2002, the customer services the airline industry with innovative solutions that provide outstanding value to airlines. It innovative BI and revenue integrity solutions to the...
Provided by Sonata Software
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Case Studies
Website Development for Retail Estate for a Market Leader in Travel and Tours Coordination
Aug 2009
The customer provides its end customers with holidays from a single source - from bookings in a travel agency, flights, accommodation in the Group's own hotels and customer-care provided by the...
Provided by Sonata Software
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Case Studies
Mobile Application Development & Testing
Nov 2009
The customer, a leading provider of end-to-end software solutions for accessing information on mobile devices, wanted to facilitate secure communication between mobile devices and enterprise...
Provided by Sonata Software
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Case Studies
Collection Firm and Economic Information Bureau Cut Backup Time by 80 Percent
Nov 2009
Kaczmarski Inkasso is a leading collection services company in Poland, with internationally known clients like PepsiCo and Nestle. Wholly dependent on its messaging system, Kaczmarski Inkasso was...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Communications Solution Increases Productivity for Global Conferencing Provider
Oct 2009
InterCall, the world's leading conferencing and collaboration service provider, offers a range of unified communications solutions, including design, implementation, and adoption services....
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Chat Solution Extends Benefits of Unified Communications to Web Site Visitors
Jul 2009
Many companies use Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 to enrich internal communications. Now e-office WebChat extends those benefits to users of a company's Web site. Web visitors use...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Software Leader Helps Manufacturers Improve Processes With New Communications Tools
Jul 2009
To help manufacturers gain better control over their industrial machinery, software maker Wonderware used Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 to embed new collaboration features into...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Swiss City Expects to Save Up to $1.8 Million Annually With Unified Communications
Mar 2009
Biel-Bienne is Switzerland's largest bilingual city. Until recently, the city government's telephone and IT systems were managed by two different departments. In early 2008, Biel-Bienne sought to...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Advertising Company Doubles Customer Base in Six Months With Mapping Solution
Jul 2009
Signposter.com provides poster advertising services to small and medium-sized businesses in the United Kingdom (U.K.). The founders needed a solution to help customers choose sites quickly and...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Third-Party Controls for Visual Studio 2008 Reduce Development Time and Costs by 75 Percent
Jul 2009
With an important trade show only two months away, automated microanalysis solution provider ASPEX Corporation had only a short time to add rich reporting and graphing functionality to its...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Nonprofit Firm Expands Transport for Senior Citizens With Software-Plus-Services Solution
Oct 2009
ITNAmerica, the first national non-profit transportation service for the aging population and the visually impaired, was founded with the goal of providing affordable, easy-to-access...
Provided by Microsoft
