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- Multiple Robust Track-Following Controller Design in Hard Disk Drives
- This paper presents a new technique for track-following control in hard disk drives, in order to achieve high tracking precision of magnetic read-write heads uniformly for a huge number of disk drives. The basic idea in this technique is to classify the disk drives into several sets depending on dynamics...
- Tags: Technique, Hard Drive, Disk Drive, John Wiley & Sons Inc., Simulation, Productivity
- White papers 2007-04-28
- Hybrid Flexible Neural-Tree-Based Intrusion Detection Systems
- An intrusion is defined as a violation of the security policy of the system, and, hence, intrusion detection mainly refers to the mechanisms that are developed to detect violations of system security policy. Current intrusion detection systems IDS examine all data features to detect intrusion or misuse patterns. Some of...
- Tags: Intrusion Detection System, John Wiley & Sons Inc., Intrusion Detection, Network Security, Security, Networking
- White papers 2007-02-16
- Non-Parametric Modelling of Time-Varying Customer Service Times at a Bank Call Centre
- Call centres are becoming increasingly important in the modern commerce. The authors are interested in modelling the time-varying pattern of average customer service times at a bank call centre. Understanding such a pattern is essential for efficient operation of a call centre. The call service times are shown to be...
- Tags: Bank, Method, John Wiley & Sons Inc., Financial Services
- White papers 2006-02-13
- Starting With Linux
- Linux is the most popular representation of the open source software model today and reflects a rich history of shared software development techniques that date back to the first UNIX systems of three decades ago. Today's Linux computer systems form the backbone of many major computing centers around the world....
- Tags: Desktop, John Wiley & Sons Inc., Linux, UNIX, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software
- White papers 2006-01-20
- Why You Should Fire Your Old Browser
- There's just one Internet, but there isn't one Internet experience. How safely, easily, and quickly person browse the Web is a function of the browser he is using. Firefox is the only one designed to meet the demands of a wired world, so if any person is not using it,...
- Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Web Browser, John Wiley & Sons Inc., Web Browsers, Internet
- White papers 2005-12-09
- How Gmail Works
- One already knows that the majority of the Gmail functionality is enacted client-side - that is, on the browser, rather than at the server - and is done with JavaScript. This paper describes exactly how this works and how one can exploit it. From this paper one learns how Gmail...
- Tags: Google Gmail, John Wiley & Sons Inc., E-mail Providers, Internet
- White papers 2005-12-09
- Unraveling the Knoppix Toolkit Maze
- Linux is famous as an operating system that includes almost everything a software user could ever want right out of the box - and for free. The Knoppix developers had quite a time deciding which of the thousands of packages to include, but they did their homework, made their decisions,...
- Tags: Linux, Knoppix Linux, John Wiley & Sons Inc., Open Source
- White papers 2005-12-02
- A Novel Compact Cable-Fed Antenna for a GSM/DCS Handset
- By using a branch-line ground plane, a monopole radiator, and parasitic patches, a newly compact cable-fed antenna is investigated in order to overcome the thickness problem of the Planar Inverted-F Antenna PIFA. The designed antenna has dimensions of only 40 12 1 mm and the impedance bandwidth of the proposed...
- Tags: John Wiley & Sons Inc., Antenna, Patches, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- White papers 2005-09-05
- Hacking Firefox Boot Camp
- Gearing up to hack Mozilla Firefox is as simple as understanding some basic Internet browser features, installing some tools, and being able to find files on your computer system. Then it gets just a tad more complicated. This paper starts things off by discussing the different methods for hacking Firefox...
- Tags: Mozilla Firefox, John Wiley & Sons Inc., Web Browsers, Hacking, Internet, Security
- White papers 2005-07-22
- How to Use Tons of Powerful, Free Software - Fast
- The Internet offers over 10,000 free software packages available for download. Some of these, of course, stand head and shoulders above the rest. Programs such as Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird, the GIMP, OpenOffice, and others are fantastic tributes to what free software stands for. In the case of software released...
- Tags: Software, Mozilla Corp., John Wiley & Sons Inc., Tools & Techniques, Management
- White papers 2005-07-06
- Basic Capacity Calculation Methods and Benchmarking for MF-TDMA and MF-CDMA Communication Satellites
- This paper introduces basic capacity calculation methods for circuit switched, multiple-beam, Low Earth Orbit LEO communication satellites that use MF-TDMA and MF-CDMA schemes. Capacity is defined as the number of simultaneous duplex channels that a satellite can support for a given data rate and bit error rate. This paper integrates...
- Tags: Capacity, Benchmarking, Satellite, John Wiley & Sons Inc., Network Technology, Networking
- White papers 2004-12-13
- Performance Analysis of IEEE 802.11 MAC Protocols in Wireless LANs
- Tt is well known that, as the number of active stations increases, the performance of IEEE 802.11 MAC protocol in terms of delay and throughput degrades dramatically, especially when each station's load approaches its saturation state. To explore the inherent problems in this protocol, it is important to characterize the...
- Tags: IEEE 802.11, MAC, Performance, WLAN, Protocol, John Wiley & Sons Inc., Tt, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Performance Management, LANs, Research & Development, Wireless, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Networking, Business Operations
- White papers 2004-11-25
- Monitoring and Controlling QoS Network Domains
- Increased performance, fairness, and security remain important goals for service providers. In this paper the authors design an integrated distributed monitoring, traffic conditioning, and flow control system for higher performance and security of network domains. Edge routers monitor using tomography techniques a network domain to detect Quality of Service QoS...
- Tags: QoS, Router, Network, Monitoring, Domain, John Wiley & Sons Inc., Routers & Switches, Network Technology, Networking
- White papers 2004-11-18
- Development of Content Management System for Sales Reps
- John Wiley & Sons is a global publisher of print and electronic products, specializing in scientific, technical, and medical books and journals, professional and consumer books and subscription services, and textbooks and other educational materials for undergraduate and graduate students as well as lifelong learners. The customer wanted the navigation...
- Tags: John Wiley & Sons Inc., Content Management System, Content Management, Web Technology, Sales Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Sales
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Additional Resources
- Whither Blu-ray?
- Whither Blu-ray?It's the lack of HDTV ownersand the ignorance of those who do own that I think is the biggest issue. People who don't have HDTV would see no benefit to spending extra money on BluRay, and those who do own will never believe there is a difference unless you...
- Tags: HD DVD, Blu-ray, Consumer electronics, TVs, TV & Home Theater, HDTV, DVD
- Discussion threads 2008-07-03
- Whither Blu-ray?
- Blu-ray hasn't been setting any sales records, in no small part due to its higher price. That, however, doesn't alter the fact that Sony absolutely had to win the format war, even if media downloads end up supplanting video disc formats. by John Carroll
- Tags: Blockbuster Inc., Blu-ray, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Games, Video On Demand (VoD), Game Players, Hd Dvd, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2008-07-03
- Dishing It Out
- There may soon be just one satellite radio company. Now, the stars seem to be aligning for there to be just one satellite TV company, as well. First, in radio. The FCC is close to making a decision that will let Sirius Satellite Radio Inc acquire arch-rival...
- Tags: AT&T Corp., DirecTV, Satellite, Satellite Television, Liberty Media Corp., John Malone, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Satellite TV, Network Technology, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Consumer Electronics, Networking, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2008-07-02
- No crazies: 10 steps to kill IT failures
- No crazies: 10 steps to kill IT failuresRe: exit stragegiesI think that, in regards to the first point of making it possible to pull the plug easily, that piece of advice should be given considerable thought before being acted upon. It is a sound, responsible thing to do to...
- Tags: Backups, information technology, backup plan
- Discussion threads 2008-07-02
- McAfee S.P.A.M. experiment and more ridiculous HackerSafe failures
- McAfee S.P.A.M. experiment and more ridiculous HackerSafe failuresI get slammed for pronouncing the name wrong, but McAfee is the bestMcAfee is the only true voice on security. I have never once seen a computer with their AV software installed that has be overrun with viruses. If this is...
- Tags: SECURITY, McAfee Inc., HackerSafe
- Discussion threads 2008-07-02
- News to know: Microsoft; Yahoo; Google; IT contractors
- Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Microsoft's search plan: It's about semantics and possibly for naught. Dennis Howlett: Powerset's smarts are Microsoft's gain Paul Miller: Powerset really does go to Microsoft... but for how much? Mary Jo Foley: Confirmed: Microsoft buys Powerset natural-language search...
- Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Information Technology, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Team Management, 3G, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Blog posts 2008-07-02
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