March 1983 - Vol. 26 No. 3
Features
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…