Home → Magazine Archive → March 1983 (Vol. 26, No. 3)
Table of Contents
President's letter: China—modern technology in an ancient land
David Brandin
Page 175
ACM forum
Robert L. Ashenhurst
Pages 176-178
From Washington: The robot revolution: an interview with James Albus
There is growing awareness among U.S. manufacturers that time is running short to reorganize production processes and begin investment programs for new technology. Sales of accessories—robots, computer controls, and materials …
Rosalie Steier
Pages 179-180
Remote office work: changing work patterns in space and time
Remote work refers to organizational work that is performed outside of the normal organizational confines of space and time. The term telecommuting refers to the substitution of communications capabilities for travel to a central …
Margrethe H. Olson
Pages 182-187
Comparing two microcomputer operating systems: CP/M amd HDOS
Two moderate operating systems are compared, with the intent to demonstrate how each may satisfy the needs of a different set of users. The clear superiority of either systems does not emerge, but rather a difference in “design …
Michael A. Pechura
Pages 188-195
On the modeling of parallel access to shared data
A model is constructed of a database that can be accessed and modified concurrently by a number of users, and an approximate solution is presented. The resource allocation policies considered involve dynamic acquisition of entities …
A. Chesnais, E. Gelenbe, I. Mitrani
Pages 196-202
A tree convolution algorithm for the solution of queueing networks
A new algorithm called the tree convolution algorithm, for the computation of normalization constants and performance measures of product-form queueing networks, is presented. Compared to existing algorithms, the algorithm is …
Simon S. Lam, Y. Luke Lien
Pages 203-215
Speeding up an overrelaxation method of division in Radix-2n machine
For normalized floating point division, digital computers can take advantage of a division process that uses an iterative multiplying operation instead of repeated subtractions. An improvement of this division process by using …
Hitohisa Asai, C. K. Cheng
Pages 216-220