The Computer Journal, Volume 27, 1984

Volume 27, Number 1, February 1984

Operating Systems

Maurice V. Wilkes: Security Management and Protection - A Personal Approach. 3-7 BibTeX
William A. Gale, Roger Koenker: Pricing Interactive Computer Services. 8-17 BibTeX
Ivor P. Page: Analysis of a Cyclic Placement Scheme. 18-26 BibTeX

Networks

Peter G. Harrison: The Distribution of Cycle Times in Tree-Like Networks of Queues. 27-36 BibTeX

Programming Languages

D. H. J. Brown: Transitions to Ada: An Incremental Approach. 37-41 BibTeX
L. V. Atkinson: Jumping About and Getting into a State. 42-46 BibTeX
David M. Harland: User-Defined Types in a Polymorphic Language. 47-56 BibTeX

Databases

Adarsh K. Arora, C. Robert Carlson: Normalization Could be Useful. 57-61 BibTeX
N. Parimala, Naveen Prakash, Narasimha Bolloju: Concurrency Control in Admin. 62-66 BibTeX
K. T. Fung: A. Reorganization Model Based on the Database Entropy Concept. 67-71 BibTeX

Simulation

C. M. Reeves: Complexity Analyses of Event Set Algorithms. 72-79 BibTeX

Technical Applications

M. C. Er: The Colour Towers of Hanoi: A Generalization. 80-82 BibTeX

Short Notes

Chingmin Jim Lo: Unifying Multiple Semantic Intentions for a Syntactic Construct. 83-84 BibTeX
R. J. Macmillan, James H. Davenport: Factoring Medium-Sized Integers. 84-85 BibTeX
Gael N. Buckley, Abraham Silberschatz: On the Heterogeneous Guard Locking Protocol. 86-87 BibTeX
Tamir Agmon, Israel Borovits: Dynamic and Uncertainty Considerations in the Selection and the Acquisition of An Information System: An Adoption of A Break-Even Analysis to Investment Decisions. 87-89 BibTeX

Volume 27, Number 2, 1984

Text Processing

Donald E. Knuth: Literate Programming. 97-111 BibTeX

Hardware Design

A. J. Wilkes, D. W. Singer, J. J. Gibbons, T. R. King, P. Robinson, Neil E. Wiseman: The Rainbow Workstation. 112-120 BibTeX

Information Systems

John A. Mariani, Douglas R. McGregor: Vulcan: A Modified Viewdata System with Improved Indexing and Formal Hierarchy Definition Language. 121-126 BibTeX

Operating Systems

Paolo Corsini, Graziano Frosini, Lanfranco Lopriore: The Implementation of Abstract Objects in a Capability Based Addressing Architecture. 127-134 BibTeX
C. M. Reeves: A Lumped-State Model of Clustering in Dynamic Storage Allocation. 135-142 BibTeX

Database Design

R. H. Davis, P. Coumpas: A Dynamic File Organization Model. 143-150 BibTeX

Programming

Keld Helsgaun: Backtrack Programming with SIMULA. 151-158 BibTeX

Technical Applications

David Barton: A Problem with Algebra Systems - Revisited. 159-164 BibTeX
M. Howard Williams, K. T. Milne: The Performance of Algorithms for Colouring Planar Graphs. 165-170 BibTeX
M. C. Er: The Cyclic Towers of Hanoi: A Representation Approach. 171-175 BibTeX
Alan D. Kalvin, Yaakov L. Varol: On Two Problems Reducible to Topological Sorting. 176-177 BibTeX

Volume 27, Number 3, 1984

Computing in Developing Contries

A. El Sayed Noor: A Framework for the Creation and Management of National Computing Strategies in Developing Countries. 193-200 BibTeX

Operating System Design

A. Mahjoub: On the Static Evaluation of Distributed Systems Performance. 201-208 BibTeX

Database Design

Naveen Prakash, N. Parimala, Narasimha Bolloju: Specifying Integrity Constraints in a Network DBMS. 209-217 BibTeX
David A. Bell, S. Misbah Deen: Hash Trees Versus B-Trees. 218-224 BibTeX

Computer Graphics

John R. Woodwark: Compressed Quad Trees. 225-229 BibTeX

Advanced Programming

Art Lew: Proof of Correctness of Decision Table Programs. 230-237 BibTeX
Richard B. Bunt, Jennifer M. Murphy: The Measurement of Locality and the Behaviour of Programs. 238-245 BibTeX

Hardware Design

Rabab K. Ward, M. Tabandeh: Error Correction and Detection, a Geometric Approach. 246-253 BibTeX
Mike P. Papazoglou, P. I. Georgiadis, D. G. Maritsas: Architectural Considerations of the Parallel SIMULA Machine. 254-259 BibTeX

Sorting

F. S. Wong, Mabo Robert Ito: Parallel Sorting on a Re-Circulating Systolic Sorter. 260-269 BibTeX
Hans-Werner Six, Lutz Michael Wegner: Sorting a Random Access File in Situ. 270-275 BibTeX
Hannu Erkiö: The Worst Case Permutation for Median-of-Three Quicksort. 276-277 BibTeX

Technical Applications

M. C. Er: The Generalized Colour Towers of Hanoi: An Iterative Algorithm. 278-282 BibTeX

Short Notes

H. D. Baecker: On Instruction Set Encoding. 283 BibTeX
Enid Mumford: Participative Systems Design. 283 BibTeX
R. H. Davis: A Note on Dynamic File Organization Models. 284 BibTeX

Volume 27, Number 4, 1984

Data Processing

M. Elizabeth C. Hull, R. M. McKeag: Concurrency in the Design of Data Processing Systems. 289-293 BibTeX

Database Theory and Design

David S. Bowers: A Database Architecture for Aggregate-Incomplete Data. 294-300 BibTeX
Steve Talbot: An Investigation into Logical Optimization of Relational Query Languages. 301-309 BibTeX
N. Parimala, Naveen Prakash, Narasimha Bolloju: New Corecs and New Cosets in Admin. 310-314 BibTeX
David A. Bell: Difficult Data Placement Problems. 315-320 BibTeX
Demetres D. Kouvatsos, S. K. Wong: On Optimal Blocking of Sequential Files. 321-327 BibTeX

Operating Systems

Georg Ch. Pflug: Dynamic Memory Allocation - A Markovian Analysis. 328-333 BibTeX

Advanced Programming

Wlodzimierz Dobosiewicz: Replacement Selection in 3-Level Memories. 335-339 BibTeX
Ronald E. Prather: An Axiomatic Theory of Software Complexity Measure. 340-347 BibTeX
P. J. Brown: Embedded Macro Processors. 348-353 BibTeX
Michael Stubbs: An Examination of the Resolution of Structure Clashes by Structure Inversion. 354-361 BibTeX

Hardware

A. J. B. Travis: An Aid to Pattern Recognition. Part2. 362-367 BibTeX

Short Notes

Robert W. Irving: Permutation Backtracking in Lexicographic Order. 373-375 BibTeX
F. Warren Burton, V. J. Kollias, John G. Kollias: Consistency in Point-in-Point Polygon Tests. 375-376 BibTeX
Alan Hutchinson: The Halting Problem Does Not Matter. 376 BibTeX