An algorithm for detecting occurrences of a three-dimensional pattern of objects within a larger structure is presented. The search technique presented uses the geometric structure of the pattern to define characteristics demanded …
Arthur M. Lesk
Pages 219-224
Econometric models of the U.S. computer market have been developed to study the relationships between system price and hardware performance. Single measures of price/performance such as “Grosch's Law” are shown to be so oversimplified …
E. G. Cale, L. L. Gremillion, J. L. McKenney
Pages 225-233
A macro model of a distributed information system in presented. The model describes the major costs of using an information system from the perspective of the end-user. The model is intended to provide guidance to the system
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Giacomo Bucci, Donald N. Streeter
Pages 233-245
An efficient and numerically stable method is presented for the problem of updating an orthogonal decomposition of a matrix of column (or row) vectors. The fundamental idea is to add a column (or row) analogous to adding an additional …
Richard J. Hanson, John A. Wisniewski
Pages 245-251
This paper describes efficient new heuristic methods to color the vertices of a graph which rely upon the comparison of the degrees and structure of a graph. A method is developed which is exact for bipartite graphs and is an …
Daniel Brélaz
Pages 251-256
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