May 1990 - Vol. 33 No. 5
Features
The Six-Digit Coding Method (SDCM) is a new coding method for Chinese characters. It is based on the structural analysis of Chinese characters. We recently developed this method and have successfully used it to code 11,100 characters, including the simplified, traditional, and variant forms found in Xin Hua Dictionary [7]. This article illustrates the basic principes, features, and some viewpoints concerning the method.
Building bilingual microcomputer systems
In the Arab world the need for bilingual microcomputer systems is ever increasing. In addition to the ability to process the Arabic and English scripts, an ideal system should support the use of existing applications with Arabic data and the access to the system facilities through Arabic interfaces. The Integrated Arabic System (IAS) was developed to study the feasibility of building such systems using existing microcomputers and software solutions.
Typographic style is more than cosmetic
There is disagreement about the role and importance of typographic
style (source code formatting and commenting) in program comprehension.
Results from experiments and opinions in programming style books are
mixed. This article presents principles of typographic style consistent
and compatible with the results of program comprehension studies. Four
experiments demonstrate that the typographic style principles embodied
in the book format significantly aid program comprehension and reduce
maintenance effort.
—Authors' Abstract
An AI-based approach to machine translation in Indian languages
Primarily illustrated as an approach to translate the Indian languages, a focus on AI techniques for building semantic representational structures of sentences is presented.
A cross-cultural comparison of IS designer values
The values of system designers have a significant influence on the extent to which information system meet the broad effectiveness needs of an
organization.
Measuring parallel processor performance
Many metrics are used for measuring the performance of a parallel algorithm running on a parallel processor. This article introduces a new metric that has some advantages over the others. Its use is illustrated with data from the Linpack benchmark report and the winners of the Gordon Bell Award.
Sixth annual UCLA survey of business school computer usage
Providing the most comprehensive picture to date of the business school computing, communication, and information environment, this year's survey extends the focus of the Fourth Survey (1987) and raises the question: how to most effectively manage these resources.
Self-assessment procedure XXI: a self-assessment procedure on concurrency
A self-assessment procedure on concurrency
