May 1987 - Vol. 30 No. 5
Features
A mathematically focused curriculum for computer science
A curriculum that is flexible enough to suit all students studying computer science, and that reintegrates the theoretical aspects of the field along with more practical…
Taking “computer literacy” literally
Computer literacy implies an analogy between computer-related skills and linguistic literacy that has not been seriously explored. Recent studies of linguistic literacy…
This report summarizes the activities of the Computing Sciences Accreditation Board from its inception in 1984 through its first accreditation cycle completed in June…
Intelligent information-sharing systems
The Information Lens system is a prototype intelligent information-sharing system that is designed to include not only good user interfaces for supporting the…
Distribution of mathematical software via electronic mail
A large collection of public-domain mathematical software is now available via electronic mail. Messages sent to "netlib@anl-mcs" (on the Arpanet/CSNET) or to…
A software architecture for supporting the exchange of electronic manuscripts
As electronic-manuscript exchange becomes more prevalent, problems arise in translating among the wide variety of electronic representations. The optimum solution is a…
An empirical validation of software cost estimation models
Practitioners have expressed concern over their inability to accurately estimate costs associated with software development. This concern has become even more pressing as…
An analysis of variance (ANOVA) model is developed for determining the existence of significant differences among strategies employing heuristics. Use of the model is…