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Whitepapers
Context Disambiguation in Web Search Results Using Clustering Algorithm
Jun 2011
In pre-eminence web organization communication plays a significant task. Clusterization of web documents is a smart way for current web stuff. Arranging all documents into collection of similar...
Provided by Kurukshetra University
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Component Interactions From Software Architecture Recovery
Jun 2011
In modern software engineering, Software architecture modeling plays very important role in all phases of software development - like coding, maintenance, testing, etc. Component based software...
Provided by Kurukshetra University
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Proper Technique of Software Inspection Using Guarded Command Language
Jun 2011
Michael Fagan introduced the software inspection process in the early 1970 s. The Fagan inspection method, a formalization of review process is based on the application of process management...
Provided by Kurukshetra University
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Second Generation Curvelet Shrinkage Model Based Image Denoising
Jun 2011
In this paper, a Second Generation based curvelet shrinkage is proposed for discontinuity-preserving denoising using a combination of a new second Generation curvelets with a nonlinear diffusion...
Provided by Kurukshetra University
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Performance Comparison of Image Compression Using Wavelets
Dec 2010
This paper describes how the Fractal image coding takes the long time in its computation. It is its block searching and matching which takes long time. So to overcome this, the authors use the...
Provided by Kurukshetra University
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Image Segmentation by Improved Watershed Transformation in Programming Environment MATLAB
Dec 2010
Image segmentation is the foundation of object recognition and computer vision. Watershed transform is usually adopted for image segmentation in the area of image processing and image analysis...
Provided by Kurukshetra University
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Design Patterns Vs Aspect Oriented Programming - A Qualitative and a Quantitative Assessment
Dec 2010
Design patterns offer flexible solutions to common problems in software development. Recent studies have shown that several design patterns involve crosscutting concerns. Unfortunately,...
Provided by Kurukshetra University
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Vehicle Detection Using Image Processing and Fuzzy Logic
Dec 2010
Vehicles moving on road are of importance because problems like traffic congestion, economic waste, jamming on the underpasses and over-bridges (if the vehicle passing through is not of the...
Provided by Kurukshetra University
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An Efficient Framework for Requirement Engineering
Dec 2010
Software engineering is an engineering discipline and use of sound engineering principles that concerned with the theories, method and tools with all aspect of software production. Requirement...
Provided by Kurukshetra University
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Design and Development of Software Process Improvement Model
Dec 2010
Software Process Improvement (SPI) is a systematic approach and continuous improvement of software producing organization's ability to produce and deliver quality software within time and budget...
Provided by Kurukshetra University
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White Papers
Ensuring Code Quality in Multi-Threaded Applications: How to Eliminate Concurrency Defects With Static Analysis
Jul 2008
Developers moving to multi-threaded applications need advanced new testing capabilities to help them control this new cause of software complexity. Because they are nearly impossible to replicate...
Provided by Coverity
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Performance Engineering for an Educational Software Provider
Aug 2008
The company combines the latest advances in brain research and proprietary technology to create products and services that develop learning and communication skills. It needed to ensure that their...
Provided by AppLabs
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White Papers
The Future of Testing Is in the Business
Jun 2008
Testing is a business imperative. Testing helps organizations to realize and maximize the value of the business benefits that accrue from business transformation, business change and the IT...
Provided by AppLabs
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Case Studies
Quantum Corporation Speeds Time to Market, Reduces Costs With Product Lifecycle Management Applications
Jul 2009
Quantum Corporation wanted to accelerate product innovation and time to market for new storage products and upgrades, and optimize value realized on patents in the competitive data storage market...
Provided by Oracle
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Case Studies
StarHub Maintains Competitive Edge With Common IT Service Framework
Jul 2009
As a leader in Singapore's competitive telecommunications industry, StarHub strives to outdo its competitors by providing premium yet affordable services with innovative and useful features - a...
Provided by Oracle
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Case Studies
Solution Boosts Field Services Work With Rich Data Access, Both Online and Offline
Aug 2009
RemoteX Technologies, based in Stockholm, Sweden, is a solution provider that specializes in software and hardware for field service workers in a variety of industries. Supplying field service...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Nonprofit Improves Employee Productivity With Unified Communications Add-Ons
Jul 2009
The Swiss Council for Accident Prevention (bfu) uses Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 for unified communications. It saw an opportunity to develop custom applications to extend...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Crafts Superstore Gains Control, Cuts Costs With HP Indigo Presses
Aug 2009
Hobby Lobby is always looking for an edge on its competition. Several years ago, it found that edge in an unexpected place: printing labels and store signage in-house, using HP Indigo presses....
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Case Studies
Realizing the Full Potential of the De Facto Standard for CAE Software When Run on the HP ProLiant DL785 G5
Apr 2009
US-based ANSYS Inc. has taken a global leadership role in the field of CAE software, an integral and indispensable part of many manufacturing processes. ANSYS Japan K.K., the Japanese arm of ANSYS...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Case Studies
Australian Securities Exchange Processes Millions of Transactions Without Fail
Jan 2008
Australian Securities Exchange Limited (ASX) wanted to merge many exchanges into one that provides zero downtime, exceptional response times, and unparalleled security. ASX operated everything...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Case Studies
Australian Wine Selectors Toasts the Performance of Its IT Systems
Mar 2008
Australian Wine Selectors operates a sophisticated automated call center with predictive dialing capabilities together with mission-critical business applications, including an ERP and CRM system....
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Case Studies
Automated Software Testing Enables Both Faster Cycles, and Higher Quality Applications
Mar 2009
Major Defense Contractor wanted to ensure software applications meet client quality, functionality requirements. Major Defense Contractor leveraged automated testing and test management tools....
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Case Studies
Vaillant: Europe-Wide IT Harmonisation Increases Flexibility and Reduces Operating Costs
Jan 2009
Vaillant, the heating technology specialist, has expanded through acquisitions in Europe. Its IT subsidiary, VAICON was tasked to develop an integrated company-wide IT platform based on...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Webcasts
MSDN Webcast: BenkoTips Live and On Demand: Expression Blend 3 and SketchFlow (Level 100)
Aug 2009
Designing and developing a great user experience is sometimes called the "Special sauce" of a successful solution, but how to interact and share the ideas with the customer? Microsoft Expression...
Provided by Microsoft
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Webcasts
IT Academy - Early Bird Renewal Webcast Series: Silverlight/Expression Blend and Careers-Microsoft Tools & Training for Students
Aug 2009
The attendee of this webcast will hear how to work with external REST, SOAP, and Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) services from Silverlight. The attendee will learn how to securely and...
Provided by Microsoft
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Webcasts
MSDN Webcast: geekSpeak: Inside the Microsoft Web Deployment Tool (Level 200)
Aug 2009
The presenter of this webcast introduces the Microsoft Web Deployment Tool and shows how the tool is used to easily move configuration information, content, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)...
Provided by Microsoft
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Webcasts
IT Manager Webcast: How Microsoft IT Manages Vendor Development Projects (Level 300)
Jul 2009
When managing vendor development projects, lack of metrics, or the dependence on a single metric, can lead to surprises by the project's end. The attendee will learn about the tracking system that...
Provided by Microsoft
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Webcasts
TechNet Webcast: Configuration and Management of the Response Group Service in Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 (Level 300)
Jul 2009
Office Communications Server 2007 R2 extends the power of software and presence driven communications to departmental call teams with the new Response Group Service. The Response Group Service...
Provided by Microsoft
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Webcasts
Moving From Notes to Microsoft - Lessons From EMC Customer Migrations
Jun 2009
This webcast will target three types of projects that many organizations are considering today: Microsoft SharePoint enterprise portals, Infrastructure intelligence and optimization Platform...
Provided by EMC
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White Papers
Key Factors to Consider When Selecting an Enterprise Package Tracking System
Nov 2008
Off late cost-conscious managers must continually assess non-core facility support processes to identify areas that can achieve significant cost savings through automation. The receiving and...
Provided by SCLogic
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Webcasts
TIBCO Designer Video Tutorial - Query Database Table With Parameters
Jan 2009
The presenter of this webcast will teach how to query a database table using the JDBC Connection shared resource and the JDBC Query activity with a WHERE clause parameter in TIBCO Designer.
Provided by Xmarter
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Webcasts
TIBCO Designer Video Tutorial - Detect File Changes
Jan 2009
The presenter of this webcast will teach how to detect changes in a file using the File Poller activity in TIBCO Designer.
Provided by Xmarter
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White Papers
Using the Triangle Inequality to Accelerate k-Means
Jan 2009
The k-means algorithm is by far the most widely used method for discovering clusters in data. The paper shows how to accelerate it dramatically, while still always computing exactly the same...
Provided by University of California
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Whitepapers
Delivering Energy Proportionality With Non Energy-Proportional Systems - Optimizing the Ensemble
Nov 2008
With power having become a critical issue in the operation of data centers today, there has been an increased push towards the vision of "Energy-proportional computing", in which no power is used...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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White Papers
Borland Agile Testing Survey Results 2009 - Update
Jul 2009
The driver for this paper was to understand in greater detail the needs of Quality Assurance (QA) organizations in Agile software delivery projects. Borland is managing its own Agile...
Provided by Borland
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Whitepapers
Accelerate to Zero: How IT Delivers Breakthrough Results for Business
Jan 2008
Every successful company today feels compelled to invest in technology innovations, if only to keep from falling behind. But few companies make the investment with certainty that they can get the...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Case Studies
County of San Joaquin Information Systems Division Modernizes and Integrates Law and Justice Systems
Jul 2009
The County of San Joaquin Information Systems Division is the central IT organization serving the County of San Joaquin, which is a midsize California county with a population of more than...
Provided by Oracle
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White Papers
Improving the Patient Experience: The Rise of Healthcare Consumerism
Mar 2009
The broad scope of participation directed by the 2009 Stimulus Act will cross many service areas and the Act's general information technology requirement for "meaningful use of Electronic Health...
Provided by Oracle
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Whitepapers
Research Report: Are 3D Mice a Smart Buy?
Nov 2008
This paper purported to evaluate the anecdotal claims that 3D mice can significantly improve CAD design engineer productivity. Based on a survey of 190 3D mice users, substantial gains of more...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Case Studies
Academic Competition Leads the Way to a New Electric Car
Jul 2009
The University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) is one of 17 North American Universities participating in EcoCAR: The NeXt Challenge, a three-year engineering competition established by...
Provided by Siemens
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Whitepapers
An Expert System for Automated Essay Scoring (AES) in Computing Using Shallow NLP Techniques for Inferencing
Aug 2012
In this paper, the authors present the report of the development of an Expert System (ES) that; acquires the knowledge of Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) in a specific computing field, "Software...
Provided by Federal University of Technology
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Whitepapers
Evaluation of Object Oriented Requirements Engineering Frameworks: A Study
Aug 2012
With the growing demand of Object Oriented paradigm in the development of large scale information system, a "Good" requirements engineering framework has become essential for analysis of...
Provided by International Journal of Computer Applications
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Whitepapers
Implementation of Neural Network Back Propagation Training Algorithm on FPGA
Aug 2012
This paper presents the implementation of trainable Artificial Neural Network (ANN) chip, which can be trained to implement certain functions. Usually training of neural networks is done off-line...
Provided by International Journal of Computer Applications
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Whitepapers
Reconstruction Techniques for Software Architecture
Jan 2013
Architecture is important for any application, migration, feature additions and impact analysis. In the initial design separate the as-designed and as-built architectures. In the architecture...
Provided by The World
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Whitepapers
Probabilistic Approach for Speech Intelligibility Improvement and Noise Reduction
Jan 2013
Unlike the most speech enhancement algorithms improve speech quality, they may not improve speech intelligibility in noise, this paper focuses on the development of an algorithm that can be...
Provided by The World
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Whitepapers
Reusable Software Component Retrieval System
Jan 2013
Software component reuse is the use of existing software components to build a new software system. Effective storage and retrieval of software components is much essential in software components...
Provided by International Journal of Application or Innovation in Engineering & Management (IJAIEM)
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Whitepapers
A Method of the Parameter Estimation for the Oceanic Internal Wave Based on the Developed Intelligent Software
Oct 2012
There was geometric distortion in MODIS remote sensing images. For the problem the geometric correction method was used based on ENVI that the each pixel in the remote sensing image of MODIS was...
Provided by International Journal of Application or Innovation in Engineering & Management (IJAIEM)
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Whitepapers
WIIAR-A Wireless Game Controller for Augmented Reality Game
Mar 2012
In this paper, the authors describes how to use a wireless remote a san Augmented Reality Game Controller. Augmented Reality (AR) is a growing area in virtual reality research. An augmented...
Provided by International Journal of Communications and Engineering
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Whitepapers
An Automated Wrapper-Based Approach to the Design of Dependable Software
May 2011
The design of dependable software systems invariably comprises two main activities: the design of dependability mechanisms, and the location of dependability mechanisms. It has been shown that...
Provided by University of Warsaw
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Whitepapers
Networking for Multi-Agents: Beyond a Local View
May 2009
Decentralised multi-agent systems have empowered individual agents to actively select their course of action to achieve their goals. However, this leaves agents with a limited view of their...
Provided by University of Warsaw
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Whitepapers
Error Tolerant Booth Multiplier for Lossy Applications
Mar 2012
Multipliers are the fundamental arithmetic unit in multimedia and digital signal processing applications. The fixed width multipliers are used in those applications where the authors have to...
Provided by International Journal of Communications and Engineering
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Whitepapers
A Design Space for Self-Adaptive Systems
Mar 2012
Self-adaptive systems research is expanding as systems professionals recognize the importance of automation for managing the growing complexity, scale, and scope of software systems. The current...
Provided by University of Warwick Library
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Whitepapers
Performance Assessment Metrics for Software Testers
Jun 2012
The reliability of delivered software depends on the performance of the individuals responsible for testing it. However, there are currently no standard methods for assessing the performance of...
Provided by Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers
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A Study of Architectural Information Foraging in Software Architecture Documents
Jun 2012
When using Software Architecture Documents (ADs), users typically "Forage" for information. However, it is little understood how they do this foraging or how to structure architecture...
Provided by Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers
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Whitepapers
Lessons Learned From Conducting Industry Surveys in Software Testing
Mar 2013
The authors have conducted a number of industry studies looking into aspects of software testing. These include a survey of practitioner view on software tester performance indicators and team...
Provided by Swinburne
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Whitepapers
Development of Robust Traceability Benchmarks
Mar 2013
Traceability benchmarks are essential for the evaluation of traceability recovery techniques. This includes the validation of an individual traceability technique itself and the objective...
Provided by Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers
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Whitepapers
An Empirical Study of the Effects of Personality on Software Testing
Mar 2013
The effectiveness of testing is a major determinant of software quality. It is believed that individual testers vary in their effectiveness, but so far the factors contributing to this variation...
Provided by Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers
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Whitepapers
CO-LDA: A Semi-Supervised Approach to Audio-Visual Person Recognition
Jun 2012
Client models used in Automatic Speaker Recognition (ASR) and Automatic Face Recognition (AFR) are usually trained with labelled data acquired in a small number of enrolment sessions. The amount...
Provided by Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers
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Recognizing Occluded 3D Faces Using an Efficient ICP Variant
Jun 2012
This paper proposes an efficient variant of the Iterative Closest Point (ICP) algorithm for 3D face recognition in the presence of occlusion. The new ICP variant improves the original one in two...
Provided by Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers
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Whitepapers
Spatiotemporal Saliency Detection Via Sparse Representation
Jun 2012
Multimedia applications like retrieval, copy detection etc. can gain from saliency detection, which is essentially a method to identify areas in images and videos that capture the attention of the...
Provided by Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers
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Whitepapers
Joint Example-Based Depth Map Super-Resolution
Jun 2012
The fast development of Time-of-Flight (ToF) cameras in recent years enables capture of high frame-rate 3D depth maps of moving objects. However, the resolution of depth map captured by ToF is...
Provided by Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers
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Whitepapers
Scene Segmentation and Pedestrian Classification From 3-D Range and Intensity Images
Jun 2012
This paper proposes a new approach to classify obstacles using a time-of-flight camera, for applications in assistive navigation of the visually impaired. Combining range and intensity images...
Provided by Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers
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Whitepapers
Virtual View Reconstruction Using Temporal Information
Jun 2012
The most significant problem in generating virtual views from a limited number of video camera views is handling areas that have become dis-occluded by shifting the virtual view away from the...
Provided by Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers
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Depth-Based Disocclusion Filling for Virtual View Synthesis
Jun 2012
Free-Viewpoint Rendering (FVR) has become a popular topic in 3D research. A promising technology in FVR is to generate virtual views using a single texture image and the corresponding depth image....
Provided by Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers
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Whitepapers
Test The Excellence of Module Set Interactions in Object Oriented Software System
Mar 2012
The metrics are anticipated which gauges the excellence of reformation of an Object-Oriented Software System (OOSS). The metrics can be pigeonholed the software according with the structural...
Provided by International Journal of Communications and Engineering
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Guidelines for Software Quality Model Using Domain-Values, User and Organizational Perception
Mar 2012
Software quality is a critical component in software engineering due to misunderstanding of its nature. So far there is no well-defined approach to design software quality model. Quality is always...
Provided by International Journal of Communications and Engineering
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Whitepapers
Prioritize Spatial Object By Shortest Path Distance and By Quality Features
Mar 2012
Top-k spatial preference queries return a ranked set of the k best data objects based on the scores of feature objects and shortest path distance in their spatial neighborhood. Despite the wide...
Provided by International Journal of Communications and Engineering
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Whitepapers
Novel Reliability-Based Hybrid ARQ Technique
Oct 2009
In this paper, the authors propose a novel technique for Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) systems where turbo codes are used as the Forward Error Correction (FEC) techniques. This technique...
Provided by University of Texas at Austin (McCombs)
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Whitepapers
Improving 3D Shape Retrieval Methods based on Bag-of-Feature Approach by using Local Codebooks
Dec 2012
Recent investigations illustrate that view-based methods, with pose normalization pre-processing get better performances in retrieving rigid models than other approaches and still the most popular...
Provided by Science and Development Network (SciDev.Net)
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Whitepapers
A New Bio-Inspired Approach to the Traveling Salesman Problem
Dec 2009
The host-seeking behavior of mosquitoes is very interesting. In this paper, the authors propose a novel Mosquito Host-Seeking Algorithm (MHSA) as a new branch of biology-inspired algorithms for...
Provided by Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering
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Whitepapers
Exploiting Memory Usage Patterns to Improve Garbage Collections in Java
Jul 2010
Copying-based garbage collectors are currently widely employed in JVM systems, as they provide not only cheap allocations but also fast collections. Comparing to their compacting-based...
Provided by Association for Computing Machinery
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Whitepapers
Object Co-location and Memory Reuse for Java Programs
Mar 2008
The authors introduce a new memory management system, STEMA, which can improve the execution time of Java programs. STEMA detects prolific types on-the-fly and co-locates their objects in a...
Provided by Association for Computing Machinery
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Whitepapers
Dynamic Programming Based Algorithms for Set Multicover and Multiset Multicover Problems
Feb 2010
Given a universe N containing n elements and a collection of multisets or sets over N, the Multi-Set Multi-Cover (MSMC) problem or the Set Multi-Cover (SMC) problem is to cover all elements at...
Provided by University of Hohenheim
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Whitepapers
Evaluation of Next Generation Sequencing Software in Mapping and Assembly
Mar 2013
Next-generation high-throughput DNA sequencing technologies have advanced progressively in sequence-based genomic research and novel biological applications with the promise of sequencing DNA at...
Provided by University of Hohenheim
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Whitepapers
Contributions of Tester Experience and a Checklist Guideline to the Identification of Categories and Choices for Software Testing
Aug 2010
An early step for most black-box testing methods is to identify a set of categories and choices (or their equivalents) from the specification. The identification is often performed in an ad hoc...
Provided by Springer Healthcare
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Whitepapers
An Efficient Distributed Algorithm for Resource Allocation in Large-Scale Coupled Systems
Jan 2013
In modern large-scale systems, fast distributed resource allocation and utility maximization are becoming increasingly important. Traditional solutions to such problems rely on primal/dual...
Provided by University of Alaska, Fairbanks
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Whitepapers
Improvisation of Fault Classification and Detection
Mar 2012
Software faults are a major threat for the dependability of software systems. When the authors intend to study the impact of software faults on software behavior, the issue of distinguishing...
Provided by International Journal of Communications and Engineering
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Whitepapers
The Design and Implementation of a Packet Sniffer (PSniffer) Model for Network Security
Nov 2012
This paper presents another type of packet sniffer software that captures network data as well as provides sufficient means for the decision making process of an administrator. This paper designed...
Provided by International Journal of Electronics Communication and Computer Engineering
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Whitepapers
Control Chart Procedure for Software Reliability: Inflection S-Shaped Model
Dec 2012
Over the last four decades, many software reliability growth models have been developed in tracking the growth of reliability as software is being developed. This paper presents the use of SPC in...
Provided by International Journal of Electronics Communication and Computer Engineering
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Whitepapers
A Sophisticated Study on Best Practices of Agile Software Testing
Jan 2012
From the time procedure is penned for an development process, its best practices and easy way to implement those practices are discussed and optimized. In recent years many Software development...
Provided by International Journal of Electronics Communication and Computer Engineering
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Whitepapers
Computation of Pheromone Values in AntNet Algorithm
Aug 2012
In this paper, the authors discuss the basic routing technique of ants and study the change in pheromone values at each node. Also the optimal paths can then be computed based on the shortest...
Provided by mecs-press
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Whitepapers
Difference of the Absolute Differences - A New Method for Motion Detection
Aug 2012
This paper presents a new method, which reduces costs and processing time for spatial object motion detection by focusing on the bare-hand motion that mimics computer mouse functions to allow the...
Provided by mecs-press
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Whitepapers
A Novel Application of Artificial Neural Network for the Solution of Inverse Kinematics Controls of Robotic Manipulators
Aug 2012
In robotic applications and research, inverse kinematics is one of the most important problems in terms of robot kinematics and control. Consequently, finding the solution of Inverse Kinematics in...
Provided by mecs-press
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Whitepapers
Inheritance Based Maintenance Prediction Scheme Using Design Complexity Metrics
Dec 2010
Software metrics should be used in order to improve the productivity and quality of software, because they provide critical information about reliability and maintainability of the system. In this...
Provided by Indian Academy of Sciences
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Case Studies
Patti Engineering Case Study: Ancor
Feb 2009
For 18 years every night, Troy, Michigan-based Ancor had been printing all of Ford Motor Company's vehicle window label packages, matching Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) and then hand...
Provided by Patti Engineering
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White Papers
Oracle Architecture Development Process: The Art of Realizing Your Future State Architecture
Oct 2009
The Oracle Architecture Development Process is an agile and streamlined method focused on creating future state architectures for information-driven organizations. It was developed using an agile...
Provided by Oracle
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Whitepapers
Measurement for Maturity and Process Improvement With IBM Rational Dashboard Software
Jun 2009
A measurement process can provide valuable guidance for improving the organization's capability to plan, monitor and control programs and projects. Software managers use the Measurement and...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Ajax: For Graphics-Intensive Web Applications
Dec 2009
Ajax (which stands for asynchronous JavaScript and XHTML) is not a technology per se, but rather a design approach for Web applications. Ajax improves the user's Web application experience while...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Scorecarding Best Practices: Choosing Metrics and Setting Targets for Performance Management
Apr 2009
Scorecards are a powerful tool for executives to manage performance against strategy. But to perform this critical task, scorecards have several basic requirements. First, it is vital that...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Named Entity Recognition Through Classifier Combination
Jan 2009
This paper presents a classifier-combination experimental framework for named entity recognition in which four diverse classifiers (robust linear classifier, maximum entropy, transformation-based...
Provided by IBM
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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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Whitepapers
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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Whitepapers
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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Whitepapers
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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Whitepapers
Business Process Modeling and Simulation With UML Part I: Defining a UML Transaction Model That Maps to RUP Business Models
Feb 2004
Business modeling is an important activity in software development: For software to be useful, it must directly support the business. Once a sound business model is developed, it is possible to...
Provided by IBM
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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
