June 1979 - Vol. 22 No. 6
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An implementation of structured walk-throughs in teaching Cobol programming
The effectiveness of structured walk-throughs in teaching introductory Cobol programming was empirically assessed with a sample of 215 undergraduate business…
An academic program providing realistic training in software engineering
An academic program at Harvey Mudd College, called the Clinic program, brings projects from industry on campus to be studied and solved by student teams. The objective of…
A model for automating file and program design in business application systems
This paper discusses a model for finding an efficient implementation of a business application system whose logical specifications have been determined in advance. The…
High level programming for distributed computing
Programming for distributed and other loosely coupled systems is a problem of growing interest. This paper describes an approach to distributed computing at the level of…
The cyclic order property of vertices as an aid in scene analysis
A cyclic-order property is defined for bodies bounded by smooth-curved faces. The property is shown to be useful for analyzing pictures of such bodies, particularly when…