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COMPGEOM
1998
ACM
15 years 9 months ago
Rotational Polygon Containment and Minimum Enclosure
An algorithm and a robust floating point implementation is given for rotational polygon containment: given polygons P1,P2,P3,...,Pk and a container polygon C, find rotations and...
Victor Milenkovic
SIGMOD
1998
ACM
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Secure and Portable Database Extensibility
The functionality of extensible database servers can be augmented by user-de ned functions UDFs. However, the server's security and stability are concerns whenever new code...
Michael W. Godfrey, Tobias Mayr, Praveen Seshadri,...
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CHI
1997
ACM
15 years 9 months ago
The Cognitive Ergonomics of Knowledge-Based Design Support Systems
Critiquing systems are a type of active, knowledge-based design support system. They propose to positively influence designers’ cognitive processes by pointing out potential pro...
Tamara Sumner, Nathalie Bonnardel, Benedikte Harst...
PODC
1997
ACM
15 years 9 months ago
Lazy Consistency Using Loosely Synchronized Clocks
Thispaperdescribesanewschemeforguaranteeingthattransactions in a client/server system observe consistent state while they are running. The scheme is presented in conjunction with ...
Atul Adya, Barbara Liskov
IFIP
1993
Springer
15 years 9 months ago
Computer Science in Elementary and Secondary Schools
In this paper we examine the current computer science curriculum in elementary schools and identify its shortcomings. We then presents a new approach to teaching computer science ...
Viera K. Proulx