May 1988 - Vol. 31 No. 5
Features
An astronomer-turned-sleuth traces a German trespasser on our military networks, who slipped through operating system security holes and browsed through sensitive…
Information technology and dataveillance
Data surveillance is now supplanting conventional surveillance techniques. With this trend come new monitoring methods such as personal dataveillance and mass…
The higraph, a general kind of diagramming object, forms a visual formalism of topological nature. Higraphs are suited for a wide array of applications to databases,…
Managing prototype knowledge/expert system projects
Computer science technology in the 1990s will involve knowledge/expert systems. Fundamental issues of technology transfer, training, problem selection, staffing,…
Growth stages of end user computing
The stages of growth and interconnectedness of the applications of end user computing are described in a model that is directed toward management and planning.
Factors of success for end-user computing
A two-phase study concerned with the factors of success associated with the development of computer applications by end users was conducted in 10 large organizations.…
An experimental evaluation of the impact of data display format on recall performance
Recall, while an important topic in the study of learning and memory, has received relatively little attention as a dependent variable in studies that investigate…
The world’s fastest Scrabble program
An efficient backtracking algorithm makes possible a very fast program to play the SCRABBLE® Brand Crossword Game. The efficiency is achieved by creating data…
An insertion algorithm for a minimal internal path length binary search tree
This paper presents an insertion algorithm for maintaining a binary search tree with minimal internal path length. The insertion algorithm maintains minimal internal path…
MIS careers—a theoretical perspective
MIS personnel historically have exhibited a disturbingly high rate of turnover, and the job of the MIS manager is increasingly oriented to personnel and staffing…