AFIPS NCC 1984: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

American Federation of Information Processing Societies: 1984 National Computer Conference, 9-12 July 1984, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. AFIPS Conference Proceedings 53 AFIPS Press 1984, ISBN 0-88283-043-0 BibTeX

The automated office

Jack Golden, Stuart Bell:
Implementing a large office automation system: how to make it work. 3-10
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Computer hardware and architectures

Jie-Yong Juang, Benjamin W. Wah:
A multiaccess bus arbitration scheme for VLSI-densed distributed systems. 13-22
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S. F. Ho, C. J. Richardson, W. C. Schwartz:
DMERT: an operating system for telecommunications systems. 23-29
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Yahiko Kambayashi, Sei-Ichi Kondoh:
Global concurrency control mechanisms for a local network consisting of systems without concurrency control capability. 31-39
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Steve Frank, Armond Inselberg:
Synapse tightly coupled multiprocessors: a new approach to solve old problems. 41-50
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Sigurd L. Lillevik, John L. Easterday:
Throughput of multiprocessors with replicated shared memories. 51-58
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Akira Sekino, Keizo Moritani, Teruaki Masai, Toshiaki Tasaki, Kazuo Goto:
The DCS: a new approach to multisystem data-sharing. 59-68
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Lewis Foti, David English, Richard P. Hopkins, David J. Kinniment, Philip C. Treleaven, Wang Long Wang:
Reduced-instruction set multi-microcomputer system. 69-76
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Richard Mateosian:
System considerations in the NS32032 design. 77-81
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Anil Patel:
An inside look at the Z80, 000 CPU: Zilog's new 32-bit microprocessor. 83-91
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J. Robert Jump, J. D. Wise, David T. Harper III:
An interleaved array-processing architecture. 93-100
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Harry W. Look:
Compatible software and hardware implementations permitted by IEEE standards for binary floating-point arithmetic. 101-105
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Joel Boney:
Goals and tradeoffs in the design of the MC68881 floating point coprocessor. 107-113
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Jeffrey W. Smith, Samuel S. Wagstaff Jr.:
An extended-precision operand computer for integer factoring. 115-121
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Omri Serlin:
New microprocessor-based computer architectures. 123-130
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David J. Elliott:
How smart the computer: status and future on building its brain. 131-142
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Stephen Y. H. Su:
IDAS: an integrated design automation system. 143-150
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Kuang-Cheng Ting, Chuan-Lin Wu:
A versatile VLSI fast Fourier transform processor. 151-162
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Algirdas Avizienis:
Design diversity: an approach to fault tolerance of design faults. 163-171
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Alireza Kavianpour, Arthur D. Friedman:
Tradeoffs in system level diagnosis of multiprocessor systems. 173-181
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Software

James R. McKee:
Maintenance as a function of design. 187-193
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A. Martin Sellers:
Maintaining user satisfaction with performance of an online system. 195-202
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Gary L. Richardson, Earl D. Hodil:
Redocumentation: addressing the maintenance legacy. 203-208
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Linda Brice, John Connell:
System information database: an automated maintenance aid. 209-216
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Jerome Garfunkel:
COBOL-80: the new structured language. 217-221
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Marco Fiorello, John Cugini:
Is COBOL-8x cost effective? 223-228
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Florence J. Bell:
Technology transfer in the maintenance environment. 229-234
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Bernard Narrow, John Kelly:
Two perceptions of software maintenance performed by on-site contractor. 235-242
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John Connell, Linda Brice:
Prolonging the life of software. 243-249
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Paul C. Tinnirello:
Software maintenance in fourth-generation language environments. 251-257
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Anthony I. Wasserman:
Specification and implementations of interactive information systems. 259-266
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Robert E. Loesh, Donald J. Reifer, Steven M. Jacobs:
Software management issues for new system designs. 267-272
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Peter R. H. McConnell, Wolfgang Strigel:
Results of modern software engineering principles applied to small and large projects. 273-281
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Larry D. Wittie, Ariel J. Frank:
A portable modula-2 operating system: SAM2S. 283-292
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Lois Zells:
Giving away the data processing store, or Does the data processing department as we know it today have a future? 293-301
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Denis A. Connor:
Are methodologies and system design techniques independent of one another? 303-310
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Clyde W. Holsapple, Andrew B. Whinston:
Aspects of integrated software. 311-317
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Edward W. Birss:
The integrated software and user interface of Apple's Lisa. 319-328
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Phil J. Grouse:
FlowGuide: a programmer's work station. 329-335
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Keith Greystoke:
Information resource planning and management methodologies. 337-341
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Michael R. Wood:
IRP/IRM methodologies. 343-348
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Aaron H. Konstam, Ronald G. Reinhard:
Simulation as an aid to software transferability. 349-355
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Paul Bassett:
Software manufacturing techniques and maintenance. 357-365
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Nola Donato, Robert Rocchetti, Janet Tom:
A prototyping environment for real-time graphics. 367-373
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Gary Swanson:
A publisher's view of writing successful software. 375-379
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Elwin E. Lages:
Versatile packaging: software for all retail environments. 381-387
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Faye C. Budlong:
Commercial and military software documentation: different steps to a common goal. 389-394
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Don Mather:
One person's perception of military documentation. 395-403
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Christer Hulten:
Simple dynamic assertions for interactive program validation. 405-410
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J. C. Huang, Peter Valdes, Raymond T. Yeh:
A tool-based approach for software testing and validation. 411-421
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David A. Gustafson:
Guidance for test selection based on the cost of errors. 423-429
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Personal computers

David H. Ahl:
Will notebook computers revolutionize computer usage? 435-439
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Educational and societal issues

Mildred L. G. Shaw, Brian R. Gaines:
Fifth-generation computing as the next stage of a new medium. 445-451
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Brian R. Gaines:
A framework for the fifth generation. 453-459
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Michael Conrad, M. A. Rahimi:
Computers and the future of human creativity. 461-467
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Ben G. Matley:
A national computer policy: forging the final synergy of computers and society. 469-473
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Information processing management

Daniel T. Lee:
Decision support in a distributed environment. 477-488
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Robert W. Blanning:
Issues in the design of expert systems for management. 489-495
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Kathy Brittain White:
An investigation of task team structure and its impact on productivity. 497-503
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Howard A. Rubin, D. L. Von Kleeck:
Incentive compensation for information systems departments. 505-512
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M. Victor Janulaitis:
Gaining competitive advantage, or how to succeed as vice-president of information systems. 513-519
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Database management

James A. Larson, Jennifer B. Wallick:
An interface for novice and infrequent database management system users. 523-529
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Bogdan D. Czejdo, Marek Rusinkiewicz:
REQUEST: a testbed relational database management system for instructional and research purposes. 531-536
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Manfred Ruschitzka, Andrew Choi, John L. Clevenger:
Sibyl: a relational database system with remote-access capabilities. 537-545
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Yahiko Kambayashi:
Functions of the database workbench. 547-553
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Boulton B. Miller:
Fourth-generation languages (4GLs) and personal computers. 555-559
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Marvin Elder:
SALVO: a fourth-generation language for personal computers. 561-566
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Dalia Motzkin, Kenneth Williams, Karl Chang:
Uniform organization of inverted files. 567-585
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Kathryn C. Kinsley, James R. Driscoll:
A generalized method for maintaining views. 587-593
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David Lowe:
The representation of debate as a basis for information storage and retrieval. 595-603
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Kemal Koymen:
KSAM: A B⁺-tree-based keyed sequential-access method. 605-612
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Yahiko Kambayashi:
A database machine based on the data distribution approach. 613-625
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Artificial intelligence

Harry R. Tennant:
Menu-based natural language understanding. 629-635
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David Chin:
An analysis of scripts generated in writing between users and computer consultants. 637-642
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Bruce W. Ballard, John C. Lusth, Nancy L. Tinkham:
Transportable English-language processing for office environments. 643-649
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Margot Flowers, Michael G. Dyer:
Really arguing with your computer in natural language. 651-659
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Alan W. Biermann, Kermit C. Gilbert, Linda Fineman:
Introducing VIPS: a voice-interactive processing system for document management. 661-666
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James Sprowl, Periyasamy Balasubramanian, Taizoon Chinwalla, Martha W. Evens, Henriette Klawans:
An expert system for drafting legal documents. 667-673
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Computer communications

Jay B. Jordan, Victor P. Holmes:
LCNET: ethernet concepts+ubiquitous RS232C ports=Low Cost NETwork. 677-683
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Michael H. Aronson:
Direct work station to remote computer communications via satellite. 685-694
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M. Sugie, Onat Menzilcioglu, H. T. Kung:
CARGuide: on-board computer for automobile route guidance. 695-706
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Eric K. Clemons, Peter G. W. Keen, Steven Orla Kimbrough:
Telecommunications and business strategy: basic variables for design. 707-717
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