Peter J. Denning
Pages 543-544
The authors contend that it is both possible and necessary to clearly demark and explicitly define the transition between the software design and software implementation phases of the software life cycle. The output of the software …
Donald R. Chand, Surya B. Yadav
Pages 546-555
The work reported here stems from our deep belief that improved human engineering can add significantly to the acceptance and use of computer technology.
In particular, this report describes an experiment to test the hypothesis …
Henry Ledgard, John A. Whiteside, Andrew Singer, William Seymour
Pages 556-563
This paper presents a model of an I/O subsystem in which devices can be accessed from multiple CPUs and/or via alternative channel and control unit paths. The model estimates access response times, given access rates for all
…
Yonathan Bard
Pages 564-572
In the last two decades there has been special interest in queueing
networks with a
product form solution. These have been widely used as models of computer systems and communication networks. Two new computational algorithms …
K. Mani Chandy, Charles H. Sauer
Pages 573-583
Consistency control has to be enforced in database management systems (DBMS) where several transactions may concurrently access the database. This control is usually achieved by dividing the database into locking units or granules …
D. Potier, Ph. Leblanc
Pages 584-593
Robert L. Ashenhurst
Pages 599-606
