August 1989 - Vol. 32 No. 8
Features
Introduction—computing and social responsibilities
The three articles in this special section deal with computing applications that affect how people are treated in their social roles: as litigants, as employees, or as…
The potential of artificial intelligence to help solve the crisis in our legal system
The laws that govern affluent clients and large institutions are numerous, intricate and applied by highly sophisticated practitioners. In this section of society, rules…
Computing, research, and war: if knowledge is power, where is responsibility?
In the United States, artificial intelligence (AI) research is mainly a story about military support for the development of promising technologies. Since the late 1950s…
Computer accessibility for federal workers with disabilities: it’s the law
In 1986, Congress passed Public Law 99-506, the "Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1986." This law, amending the famous Rehabilitation Act of 1973, contains a small…
ER model clustering as an aid for user communication and documentation in database design
Entity-relationship clustering promotes the simplicity that is vital for fast end-user comprehension, as well as the complexity at a more detailed level to satisfy the…
Using a relational system on Wall Street: the good, the bad, the ugly, and the ideal
Developers of a Wall Street financial application were able to exploit a relational DBMS to advantage for some data management tasks (the good). For others, the…
A graphics interface for linear programming
We describe the interface to a software system that assists users in the process of formulating linear programming models. The main idea is to introduce a new…