The only operational Soviet time-sharing systems are incorporated in special-purpose, fixed-application installations, most of which are intended for industrial applications of process control or management information. Despite the peculiar suitability of time-sharing to the Soviet economic system, with its heavy reliance on centralized planning…

Early design activities at the Institute of Library Research (ILR) are described in this part of the center for Information Services (CIS) project. Both library aspects and computer aspects of information services from data bases are covered. The appendices present various "read routines" and an inventory of programs written or utilized…

A Generalized Data Management System (GDMS) is a software environment provided as a tool for analysts, administrators, and programmers who are responsible for the maintenance, query and analysis of a data base to permit the manipulation of newly defined files and data with the existing programs and system. Because the GDMS technology is believed…

The effects of dynamic quantum allocation and swap-time variability on central processing unit (CPU) behavior are investigated using a model that allows both quantum length and swap-time to be state-dependent random variables. Effective CPU utilization is defined to be the proportion of a CPU busy period that is devoted to program processing, i.e.…

Electronic systems of the future are bound to be larger, faster, and more reliable. They will furnish management with uninterrupted services in a real-time mode for practically all applications. In short, they will provide computing power as a utility company of today provides electric power. But the most spectacular advance is likely to be the…

A programed investment decision system was developed with the aid of generalized perceptron-type pattern recognition techniques. It was implemented in form of a man-machine (MM) system: The human analyst performs (1) some unstructured (heuristic) decision functions, (2) parts of identification of the decision situation, and (3) numerical encoding…

The application of computers to retrieval of primary documents is illustrated by descriptions of the Baltimore Region Institutional Studies Center (BRISC), which operates an automated system for retrieving records by subject, geographic location, and date; and ARCHON (ARCHives ONline), the online program developed to meet BRISC retrieval…

This summary account of the research productivity of the school of Information and Computer Science at the Georgia Institute of Technology describes research in theory and foundations, information processing technology, and information systems, as well as efforts to explore the nature and content of the information-based areas of knowledge. (VT)

Summarizes the accomplishments of Township High School District 214, Illinois, in an effective energy reduction program that uses a computer. (MLF)

Notes that business students should be able to understand computer programming but do not have to perform as computer programmers, and presents a brief topic outline of material that should be included in a computer programming course for business students. (EM)

Offers some suggestions about the selection and use of computers in the schools. (IRT)

The paper describes a two-week summer course for gifted students which successfully develops mathematical program solving, promotes understanding of advanced mathematical concepts, and allows students to learn a great deal of programing. (CL)

To determine how hard it is for computers to solve problems, researchers have classified groups of problems (polynomial hierarchy) according to how much time they seem to require for their solutions. A difficult and complex proof is offered which shows that a combinatorial approach (using Boolean circuits) may resolve the problem. (JN)

Presents modified version of a glossary of commonly used terms in instructional computing. Defined as straightforwardly as possible, the terms listed are intended as an aid for foreign language teachers who are newcomers to the field of computer assisted instruction. (SL)