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COMPGEOM
1998
ACM
15 years 10 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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15 years 10 months ago
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,...
CHI
1997
ACM
15 years 10 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 10 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 10 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