December 1985 - Vol. 28 No. 12
Features
In the fall of 1981, a Japanese report officially initiated the quest for fifth-generation computers that would encompass the functions of knowledge processing and…
Describing Prolog by its interpretation and compilation
Since its conception, Prolog has followed a developmental course similar to the early evolution of LISP. Although the version of Prolog described here typifies that…
Software aspects of strategic defense systems
A former member of the SDIO Panel on Computing in Support of Battle Management explains why he believes the “Star Wars” effort will not achieve its stated…
Data compression on a database system
A general-purpose data-compression routine—implemented on the IMS database system—makes use of context to achieve better compression than Huffman's method…
Selecting MIS projects by steering committee
Steering committees have recently gained vast acceptance in organizations as the mechanism used to select management information systems (MIS) projects. Because of their…