Research and Advances

Recently, a personal reaction to a published abstract started a study which may lead to criteria for abstracts. This particular abstract seemed inadequate to those who were familiar with the original journal article. This brought up the question of how the adequacy of an abstract is determined. Is it a matter of opinion, or is it a measure of excellence? Assuming it is the latter, are the means for measuring it specified?

A new problem-oriented language, XYZ, is being used on an experimental basis for trajectory computation. In the experiment, XYZ is compared with FORTRAN to determine the relative advantages of the two systems for use in flight simulation work. The comparison is concerned with the steps of: problem definition, program design, coding, checkout, and production.