AFIPS '63 (Fall)Pub Date : 1963-11-12DOI: 10.1145/1463822.1463879
L. Mathison
{"title":"Information handling in an arms control inspection and verification environment","authors":"L. Mathison","doi":"10.1145/1463822.1463879","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1463822.1463879","url":null,"abstract":"On 18 April, 1963, the United States tabled at Geneva an outline of a treaty on general and complete disarmament. It is this document and its subsequent modifications that provide, and will provide, the bases for planning of arms control inspection and verification systems. It must be emphasized, however, that an actual system configuration will be predicated on agreements reached at the conference table and on coordinated international technical design criteria. The operational and system concept discussed in this paper, therefore, may have little, if any resemblance to an actual operating system, whose resultant design would be based on international political and technical accord. Nonetheless, it appears certain that automated information handling will play a major role in any disarmament program.","PeriodicalId":432708,"journal":{"name":"AFIPS '63 (Fall)","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1963-11-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115499549","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AFIPS '63 (Fall)Pub Date : 1963-11-12DOI: 10.1145/1463822.1463888
Richard Hayden
{"title":"Computers and the administration of justice","authors":"Richard Hayden","doi":"10.1145/1463822.1463888","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1463822.1463888","url":null,"abstract":"Lawyers and judges have been thinking about using computers to help in their work at least since 1950 and active research is only a little more recent. Today there are several working research projects going on across the country and at least one of them has been productive of an extremely useful working product as well as theoretical information. There is a Special Committee on Electronic Data Retrieval of the American Bar Association and it is no longer accurate to say that most lawyers have never heard of the idea. On the other hand it would be misleading to suggest that active participants in this field constitute more than a tiny fraction of even that minority of lawyers and judges who are inclined toward theoretical speculation. The momentum is such however that even in the most depressive swings of my personality cycle I no longer suspect that it is all a fantasy. If Western industrial civilization does not destroy itself, computer technology with its concomitant theory will become an integrated instrument in the American legal system and will make significant contributions to the administration of justice.","PeriodicalId":432708,"journal":{"name":"AFIPS '63 (Fall)","volume":"52 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1963-11-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123034578","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AFIPS '63 (Fall)Pub Date : 1963-11-12DOI: 10.1145/1463822.1463873
W. T. Comfort
{"title":"A modified Holland machine","authors":"W. T. Comfort","doi":"10.1145/1463822.1463873","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1463822.1463873","url":null,"abstract":"A highly parallel machine is, in concept, a multiprocessor with more than one hundred semi-independent, program-controlled computing elements. One type of highly parallel machine is the parallel-network computer, wherein the computing elements are arranged in a geometrical array and direct communication among elements is restricted for each to a local neighborhood. (See Section II.) Most of the postulated network systems have a separate central control unit that directs the operation of the network. Examples of such are Unger's machine (References 17 and 18), McCormick's machine (References 5 and 13), and SOLOMON (References 1, 14, and 15). The only published example of a network machine without central control is that proposed by Holland (References 4, 9, 10, and 16), and is the organization to be considered here.","PeriodicalId":432708,"journal":{"name":"AFIPS '63 (Fall)","volume":"49 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1963-11-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121894230","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AFIPS '63 (Fall)Pub Date : 1963-11-12DOI: 10.1145/1463822.1463882
B. Kaufman, W. Pfieffer, Vijay K. Randery, A. Kolk
{"title":"Engineering characteristics of cylindrical thin-film parametrons for use in digital systems","authors":"B. Kaufman, W. Pfieffer, Vijay K. Randery, A. Kolk","doi":"10.1145/1463822.1463882","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1463822.1463882","url":null,"abstract":"The parametron, a phase-locked subharmonic oscillator, is one of the newer devices available to the system designer for use as a logical element in digital systems. The basic concept of phase-locked oscillators for logical operations has been discussed in the literature. Parametrons are inherently reliable, being composed of passive elements only, are potentially inexpensive, and possess a unique universality since one basic type of parametron may be interconnected to perform all logical functions (gates, flip-flops, comparators, etc.).","PeriodicalId":432708,"journal":{"name":"AFIPS '63 (Fall)","volume":"46 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1963-11-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116250832","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AFIPS '63 (Fall)Pub Date : 1963-11-12DOI: 10.1145/1463822.1463853
R. Gelman
{"title":"Corrected inputs: a method for improved hybrid simulation","authors":"R. Gelman","doi":"10.1145/1463822.1463853","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1463822.1463853","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this paper is to describe a programming procedure which is designed to minimize some of the difficulties often encountered in hybrid simulations. The method has been worked out for the hybrid system at General Electric's Re-Entry Systems Department, in Philadelphia. This system consists of general purpose analog and digital machines, connected by analog to digital (A-D) and digital to analog (D-A) converters, and associated logical elements. The procedure itself will be referred to as the method of corrected inputs. It is designed to minimize three major sources of error connected with data transfer.","PeriodicalId":432708,"journal":{"name":"AFIPS '63 (Fall)","volume":"20 2","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1963-11-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132836165","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AFIPS '63 (Fall)Pub Date : 1963-11-12DOI: 10.1145/1463822.1463858
J. Carothers, Russell K. Brunner, J. L. Dawson, M. O. Halfhill, R. E. Kubec
{"title":"A new high density recording system: the IBM 1311 disk storage drive with interchangeable disk packs","authors":"J. Carothers, Russell K. Brunner, J. L. Dawson, M. O. Halfhill, R. E. Kubec","doi":"10.1145/1463822.1463858","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1463822.1463858","url":null,"abstract":"The development of the 1311 Disk Storage Drive began with the realization that although systems were available to meet the data processing requirements of many businesses, these systems were too big for small industries and businesses. Files which had been announced or were in development up to this time had large capacities with fast data handling capabilities but could not meet the low cost objective necessary for the smaller users.","PeriodicalId":432708,"journal":{"name":"AFIPS '63 (Fall)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1963-11-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131004727","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AFIPS '63 (Fall)Pub Date : 1963-11-12DOI: 10.1145/1463822.1463889
R. Egbert
{"title":"The computer in education: malefactor or benefactor","authors":"R. Egbert","doi":"10.1145/1463822.1463889","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1463822.1463889","url":null,"abstract":"When \"computers\" and \"education\" are mentioned together, one might visualize the computer as a tool for scientific research, as a teaching aid for instructing students in the use of computers, or as a device for helping in the business operations of an educational institution. In these three roles, the computer has amply demonstrated its utility. Few would question that the computer is now an important adjunct of the university research program; that computers in schools are necessary for teaching our future generation of computer engineers, programmers, and computer users; or that a computer can do much to facilitate and to permit integration of the various business activities of a large school system.","PeriodicalId":432708,"journal":{"name":"AFIPS '63 (Fall)","volume":"708 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1963-11-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132147186","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AFIPS '63 (Fall)Pub Date : 1963-11-12DOI: 10.1145/1463822.1463857
J. S. Davis, P. Wells
{"title":"Investigation of a woven screen memory system","authors":"J. S. Davis, P. Wells","doi":"10.1145/1463822.1463857","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1463822.1463857","url":null,"abstract":"The woven aperture screen plane concept is a new fabrication technique that could lead to high speed production of memory stacks. The woven aperture screen planes have many characteristics which are similar to ferrite core planes. However, the environmental characteristics of the woven aperture screen planes are superior in many respects to those of ferrite core planes. Large planes have operated at +105°C. Tests on small planes have been conducted at +195° C.","PeriodicalId":432708,"journal":{"name":"AFIPS '63 (Fall)","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1963-11-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124667335","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AFIPS '63 (Fall)Pub Date : 1963-11-12DOI: 10.1145/1463822.1463881
C. Kagan, Ronald Tevonian
{"title":"An approach to manufacturing control using inexpensive source to computer communication","authors":"C. Kagan, Ronald Tevonian","doi":"10.1145/1463822.1463881","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1463822.1463881","url":null,"abstract":"More efficient use of computers to reduce costs as a result of improved scheduling and control of manufacturing operations is made possible through the availability of timely, accurate and complete information.\u0000 This requires more effective data gathering from the lowest and most dispersed level of operations. Such extensive coverage is made economically feasible through the application of a concept of tailor made systems which provides versatility through the use of a variety of modular subassemblies. Low cost is possible through extensive use of components and devices mass produced for other purposes. Some aspects of two systems which employ these concepts are described.","PeriodicalId":432708,"journal":{"name":"AFIPS '63 (Fall)","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1963-11-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124969163","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AFIPS '63 (Fall)Pub Date : 1963-11-12DOI: 10.1145/1463822.1463862
D. Bobrow
{"title":"Syntactic analysis of English by computer: a survey","authors":"D. Bobrow","doi":"10.1145/1463822.1463862","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1463822.1463862","url":null,"abstract":"A statement in a spoken language may be regarded as a one-dimensional string of symbols used to communicate an idea from the speaker to a listener. The dimensionality of the statement is limited by the need for presenting words in a single time sequence. However, evidence indicates that most information and ideas are not stored by people in one-dimensional arrays isomorphic to these linear strings. This implies that a speaker must use certain complex information manipulating processes to transform the stored information to a linear output string, and that a listener, in order to \"understand\" the speaker, must use another set of processes to decode this linear string. In order for communication to take place, the information map of both the listener and the speaker must be approximately the same, at least for the universe of discourse. Most important, the decoding process of the listener must be an approximate inverse of the encoding process of the speaker.","PeriodicalId":432708,"journal":{"name":"AFIPS '63 (Fall)","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1963-11-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122160697","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}