Robert L. Ashenhurst
Pages 397-398
In 1979 the Department of Defense started its “software initiative,” an effort to maintain U.S. leadership in computer technology for support of its military systems. The “software initiative” evolved into the Software Technology …
Rosalie Steier
Page 399
An historical overview of computational complexity is presented. Emphasis is on the fundamental issues of defining the intrinsic computational complexity of a problem and proving upper and lower bounds on the complexity of problems …
Stephen A. Cook
Pages 400-408
Simulations constitute an important family of computer applications in science and engineering. To perform each simulation run, it is usually necessary to provide extensive data specifying the parameters of the simulation as
…
Jonathan P. Jacky, Ira J. Kalet
Pages 409-417
An economical method of producing both hard copy and projection forms of text, without duplication of effort.
R. W. Bemer
Page 418
In previous heap storage systems, the cost of creating objects and garbage collection is independent of the lifetime of the object. Since objects with short lifetimes account for a large portion of storage use, it is worth optimizing …
Henry Lieberman, Carl Hewitt
Pages 419-429
Theories of resistance to management information systems (MIS) are important because they guide the implementation strategies and tactics chosen by implementors. Three basic theories of the causes of resistance underlie manyimplementation …
M. Lynne Markus
Pages 430-444
An experiment was performed to assess the relative merits of program design languages (PDLs) and flowcharts as techniques for the development and documentation of detailed designs for computer programs. The use of a PDL by a
…
H. Rudy Ramsey, Michael E. Atwood, James R. Van Doren
Pages 445-449
