Communications of the ACM

Goals for 1970

Richard G. Canning
Page 220

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ACM: A coming of age

Bernard A. Galler
Page 221

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The expanding world of computers

The onward sweep of automatic processing of information is impeded by nine principal barriers: geography, cost, problem complexity, man-machine communication, inadequate sensors, lack of understanding, distance, time, and size … E. L. Harder
Pages 231-239

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A global parser for context-free phrase structure grammars

An algorithm for analyzing any context-free phrase structure grammar and for generating a program which can then parse any sentence in the language (or indicate that the given sentence is invalid) is described. The parser is … Stephen H. Unger
Pages 240-247

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Programming Languages: A general purpose graphic language

Interactive use of computers with graphic terminals will permit many new problems to be solved using machines. In order to handle a variety of applications, it is expedient to develop a general purpose graphic language that is … H. E. Kulsrud
Pages 247-254

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Numerical Analysis: Quasilinearization and the estimation of differential operators from eigenvalues

Given a linear ordinary differential operator containing several unknown constants and a number of its eigenvalues, the values of the unknown constants are estimated. A precise formulation is provided, and an effective numerical … R. E. Bellman, H. H. Kagiwada, R. E. Kalaba, R. Vasudevan
Pages 255-256

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Education: Expenditures, sources of funds, and utilization of digital computers for research and instruction in higher education: 1964-65 with projections for 1968-69

The Southern Regional Education Board published a complete report on a survey it conducted to determine the funding and characterize the utilization of computers used for research and instruction in institutions of higher education … John W. Hamblen
Pages 257-262

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Panel discussion on computer appreciation

Session 19 of the ACM 20th Anniversary Conference on August 31, 1967, was entitled Education, Design Experiments, and Computer Appreciation. Its second half consisted of a panel discussion on computer appreciation, organized  … Elliott I. Organick
Pages 263-268

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Algorithms: Algorithm 326:Roots of low-order polynomial equations

Terence R. F. Nonweiler
Pages 269-270

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Algorithms: Algorithm 327:Dilogarithm

K. S. Kölbig
Pages 270-271

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Algorithms: Certification of algorithm 299:Chi-squared integral

William M. O'Brien, Joan Wood
Page 271

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Algorithms: Remark on algorithm 293: Transportation problem

G. Bayer
Pages 271-272

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Algorithms: Certification of and remark on algorithm 304:Normal curve integral

A. Bergson
Page 271

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Algorithms: Remark on algorithm 305:Symmetric polynomials

J. K. S. McKay
Page 272

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Standards: Proposed USA Standard: Data code for calendar date for machine-to-machine data interchange

This proposed USA Standard presents a standard data code for a calendar date for use in the interchange if data from machine-to-machine among data systems. E. Lohse
Pages 273-274

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Hollerith punched card code

This proposed USA Standard presents the standard Hollerith Card Code representation of the 128 characters of USASCII in twelve-row punched cards. Other standards specify the dimensions and quality of punched paper ca rds, and … E. Lohse
Pages 275-281

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