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BORKO, H. – 1966
THE VERSATILITY AND ADVANTAGES OF USING ON-LINE INTERACTIVE DISPLAYS ARE ILLUSTRATED BY EXAMPLES FROM (1) THE GENERAL PURPOSE DISPLAY SYSTEM (GPDS), (2) THE PATTERN LEARNING PARSER (PLP II), AND (3) THE BIBLIOGRAPHIC ON-LINE DISPLAY SYSTEM (BOLD). ALTHOUGH THESE SYSTEMS ARE DESIGNED FOR DIFFERENT PURPOSES THEY ALL UTILIZE DISPLAYS AS COMMUNICATION…
Descriptors: Communications, Data Processing, Decision Making, Display Systems
Kriebel, Charles H. – 1969
Over the past several years there has been considerable speculation concerning the role, direction, and characteristics of information processing systems in the future. The gap between the technological state of the art in computer-based information processing and today's applied practices in management information systems further clouds the…
Descriptors: Data Processing, Decision Making, Information Processing, Information Systems
SIMMONS, R.F. – 1966
AS COMPUTERS ARE USED FOR INCREASINGLY COMPLEX OPERATIONS SUCH AS RETRIEVING DOCUMENTS AND ANALYZING SENTENCES, IT BECOMES APPARENT THAT HUMAN DECISION-MAKING IS STILL AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT OF THE PROCESS. THE USE OF THE ON-LINE INTERACTIVE CAPABILITY OF TODAY'S THIRD-GENERATION COMPUTERS SUPPORTED BY TYPEWRITER AND DISPLAY SCOPE TERMINALS MAKES…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Decision Making, Display Systems, Feedback
Hayman, John L., Jr. – 1972
This document proceeds from the model presented in ED 088 147 outlining in general form some of the issues and needs in a management information system (MIS) for the National Institute of Education (NIE). This report discusses management information issues and needs more concretely. The discussion is related to planning, developing, and operating…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Planning, Educational Research, Federal Programs
GREEN, JAMES SPROAT – 1967
IN GENERAL, PROBLEM SOLUTIONS CAN BE FOUND ALONG A CONTINUUM OF ABSTRACTION FROM THE SPECIFIC TO THE GENERAL. THERE IS, AT ANY GIVEN POINT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOLUTION, A MOST EFFICIENT OR OPTIMUM STRATEGY. IN INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS THE ULTIMATE SOLUTION IS USUALLY OBTAINED, AT A MORE SPECIFIC RATHER THAN AT A MORE ABSTRACT LEVEL. THE…
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Decision Making, Feedback, Indexing
Field, Frank L. – 1969
This is a further clarification of the psychological theory underlying the Information System for Vocational Decisions (ISVD), a prototypic, computer-based, interactive, information quidance system, which is intended to facilitate the realization of purpose. The basic purpose paradigm herein comceptualized consists of a description, largely in…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computers, Decision Making, Guidance
Tiedeman, David V. – 1967
The author asserts that financial support of guidance activities, the job of the counselor, and counselors themselves will all have to change if computerized guidance support systems are to come into widespread use. The potential costs, benefits, and operating economics are discussed. Needed educational reorganization is dealt with on several…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Development, Career Planning, Computer Assisted Instruction
Ryland, Jane N., Ed.; Thomas, Charles R., Ed. – 1975
Collected here are 55 papers presented at the 1975 College and University Systems Exchange (CAUSE) national conference. Papers are organized to reflect the activities at the conference: 10 papers are grouped in the section for management presentations, 10 papers are included in technical presentations, and 12 papers are included in mixed…
Descriptors: Administration, Computers, Conference Reports, Data Processing
Lumsdaine, A.A.; And Others – 1970
The work of a three-year series of experimental studies of human cognition is summarized in this report. Proglem solving and learning in man-machine interaction was investigated, as well as relevant variables and processes. The work included four separate projects: (1) computer-aided problem solving, (2) computer-aided instruction techniques, (3)…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction