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| Samuels, Richard J., Ed. | 1 |
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Kinnucan, Paul – High Technology, 1983
Flexible manufacturing systems (FMS) are systems that can be programed to alter their procedures to suit varying production requirements. Use of and trends related to these systems in the United States and foreign countries are discussed. A detailed diagram of a hypothetical FMS is provided. (JN)
Descriptors: Assembly (Manufacturing), Automation, Computer Oriented Programs, Foreign Countries
Feigenbaum, Edward; McCorduck, Pamela – High Technology, 1983
Discusses a major, national plan (Fifth Generation Computer Systems) for Japan to become number one in the computer industry by the latter half of the 1990s. Includes comments on the likely success of and problems associated with the plan supported by Japan's Ministery of International Trade and Industry. (JN)
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Programs, Computer Science, Computers
Morse, Ronald A., Ed.; Samuels, Richard J., Ed. – 1985
The proceedings of a conference on the development of language capabilities to prepare United States scientists to share in scientific and technological development with Japan include these papers: "Are Japanese Language Programs Reaching Scientists and Engineers?"; "Japanese Language Study for Engineers: High Tech…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Audiovisual Instruction, Certification, Classroom Techniques
