Proposals for the use of the computer in the humanities often ask more of the machine than it can reasonably yield, and the enthusiastic generation of data for dictionary projects may well overburden the editors who must eventually cope with it. Procedures in lexicography are not well enough defined for a substantial burden to be placed on the…

The computer center of the University of Iowa is the topic of this informal panel presentation. The present structure of the facility is described in terms of batch and remote terminal services. The job scheduling method used is shown to provide acceptable turn-around times, but usage is unexpectedly low, in spite of the low cost to student users.…

Computing at Stanford University has, until recently, been performed at one of five facilities. The Stanford hospital operates an IBM 370/135 mainly for administrative use. The university business office has an IBM 370/145 for its administrative needs and support of the medical clinic. Under the supervision of the Stanford Computation Center are…

This book is designed for noncomputing, specialist administrators who want straight answers to questions about the value and use of computers. The book: (1) summarizes the ways computers are being effectively used in higher education today, in science, social science, and humanities research-instruction, and administration; (2) describes the…

Research investigated: 1) the relation between user anxiety and the utilization of computer facilities, 2) the effect of "hands on" computer experience on anxiety levels of operators, and 3) the effect of prior computer exposure on anxiety levels. Male volunteer college students in good health were assigned to three groups, depending on their…

Documentation of the Coursewriter II Function FCALC is provided. The function is designed for use on the IBM 1500 instructional system and has three major applications: 1) comparison of a numeric expression in buffer 5 with a numeric expression in buffer 0; 2) comparison of an algebraic expression in buffer 5 with an algebraic expression in buffer…

Several student-authored computer programs are presented which do advanced plot routines. They are remarkable in that they are able to plot a function expressed in polar coordinates on a teletype. Some plot routines developed by the Project Solo staff are also presented. They are designed to be used with a Hewlett Packard 7200 A plotter connected…

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…

The paper deals with computer education in India at the university level. The principal causes which are inhibiting expansion of educational programmes are first outlined and suggestions offered for achieving a better performance which is entirely feasible within the resources of the nation. The philosophy underlying the paper is that transfer of…

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…