A. G. Oettinger
Pages 712-713
The FORMAC (FORmula MAnipulation Compiler) programming system provides a powerful tool for performing mathematical analysis. It is an extension of FORTRAN IV which permits the use of the computer to perform the tedious algebraic …
Robert G. Tobey
Pages 742-751
Equations of the form
du/
dt =
g(
u(
t),
u(
h(
t))) arise in a number of scientific contexts. The authors point out some interesting properties of the solution of
u′(
t) = -
u(
t - 1 -
k sin
&ohgr;t) + sin
at. These properties were obtained …
Richard Bellman, June Buell, Robert Kalaba
Pages 752-754
A procedure is given for continuously computing and monitoring the step size to be used by a self-starting,
pth-order numerical integration method to solve an initial value problem. The procedure uses an estimate of the truncation …
W. C. Martin, K. C. Paulson, L. Sashkin
Pages 754-757
The American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) contains a number of control characters associated with the principle of
code extension, that is, with the representation of information which cannot be directly
…
S. Gorn
Pages 758-762
S. Gorn
Page 763
Task Group X3.3.5
1 is working to develop proposals for standards relating to the performance of systems used for digital data transmission. It has published two tutorial papers which were submitted by the U.S.A. to the International …
S. Gorn
Pages 764-770
The purpose of this paper is to present a comparison of some computer simulation languages and of some of the packages by which each is implemented. Some considerations involved in comparing software packages for digital computers …
Daniel Teichroew, John Francis Lubin
Pages 723-741