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Historical Development Of Computer Science At Purdue University, S. D. Conte

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

An Inductive Inference Bibliography, Carl H. Smith

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

A Study Of Publication Delays, Peter J. Denning

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Requisite Variety And The Second Law, Martin Zwick

Complex Systems Faculty Publications and Presentations

Although the Law of Requisite Variety (LRV) speaks directly about entropy (of a set of disturbances to a system, and of the states and effects of a regulator), the relation of Ashby's principle to the Second Law of Thermodynamics does not appear to have been commented on, In this paper, it is shown that, when regulation is viewed as a temporal process, the LRV can be interpreted as a statement of, and, in fact, a consequence of, the Second Law. In essence, the regulator reduces the variety (entropy) of the system being regulated by a compensatory increase of variety (entropy) …

Data Security, Dorothy E. Denning, Peter J. Denning

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Secure Personal Computing In An Insecure Network, Dorothy E. Denning

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

A System For Performance Evaluation Of Partial Differential Equations Software, R. F. Boisvert, Elias N. Houstis, John R. Rice

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Escort: Engineering Systems Classification And Ordering Technique, B. A. Dendrou, S. A. Dendrou, Elias N. Houstis, T. Papatheodorou

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Terminal Talk - The Wofford Connection - June 1978, Wofford College Computer Center

Terminal Talk

No abstract provided.

A Qualitative Justification For A Measure Of Program Clarity, Ronald D. Gordon

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Measuring Improvements In Program Clarity, Ronald D. Gordon

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Terminal Talk - The Wofford Connection - February 1978, Wofford College Computer Center

Terminal Talk

No abstract provided.

Terminal Talk - The Wofford Connection - January 1978, Wofford College Computer Center

Terminal Talk

No abstract provided.

Collocation - A Simple, Flexible And Efficient Method For Integral And Differential Equations, Elias N. Houstis

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Dialectics And Catastrophe, Martin Zwick

Complex Systems Faculty Publications and Presentations

The three classical principles of Hegelian and Marxist dialectics, (1) the transformation of quantity into quality, (2) the unity and struggle of opposites, and (3) the negation of negation, can be modeled with the Catastrophe Theory of René Thom and E. C. Zeeman, especially with the ‘elementary catastrophes’ known as the cusp and the butterfly.

Quantum Measurement And Gödel's Proof, Martin Zwick

Complex Systems Faculty Publications and Presentations

The measurement problem in quantum mechanics has the character of a fundamental incompleteness within that theory similar to the incompleteness of axiomatic systems in mathematics, discovered and elaborated by Gödel and others. The difficulty of describing the measurement process by the time-dependent Schrodinger equation may reflect the limitations of formal language , and quantum theory may thus require a formalism consisting of two levels of description, one for the dynamics and one for measurement, levels whose relationship resembles that of a calculus and meta-calculus.

The Complexity Of Numerical Methods For Elliptic Partial Differential Equations, Elias N. Houstis

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Computer Systems Modeling, Measurement And Evaluation: Project Report 1976-1977, Peter J. Denning, Saul Rosen, Herbert D. Schwetman

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

A Software Science Analysis Of The Writing Of A Technical Paper, M. H. Halstead

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Nonlinear Approximation - Final Report For Nsf Grant Gp-3294ox, John R. Rice

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Using A Prediction Model In Forecasting Appeals, Paul A. Rake

IUSTITIA

Following the 1972 reorganization of the Indiana Court of Appeals into three panels serving defined geographical districts, the Court soon found itself floundering with too many unevenly distributed cases. Lacking a sufficient base of statistical data from which to formulate a plan to cope with the problem, various proposals, including redistricting the court, adding more judges, and developing a more sophisticated staff research, could not be measured for effectiveness or advisability.

In response to these problems, the Court developed a project to deal with the future caseload by constructing a regression model to predict appeals. This model generated estimates of …

Dual-Mode Sequential Logic For Function Independent Fault-Testing, Sumit Dasgupta, Carlos R.P. Hartmann, Luther D. Rudolph

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science - Technical Reports

This paper presents a method of using hardware redundancy to ease the problem of fault testing in sequential logic networks. Sequential logic networks are constructed using two kinds of dual-mode logic gates, one of which is specifically required to initialize a feedback loop to some logic value. Initially, it is shown that these networks can be tested for all single stuck-at-faults with six function-independent tests. Next, this method is generalized to detect large classes of multiple faults with six function-independent tests. In both cases, the network must have the proper number of extra inputs.

O(H^6) Accurate Finite Difference Approximation To Solutions Of The Poisson Equation In Three Variables, Robert E. Lynch

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Software For Linear Elliptic Problems On General Two Dimensional Domains, Elias N. Houstis, John R. Rice

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Software For Numerical Computation, John R. Rice

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Recent Parallels Between The Philosophy Of Science And Mathematics, Joseph Spradley

ACMS Journal 2004

Following World War I European philosophy of science formed an alliance with mathematics culminating in an attitude of certainty and autonomy that rejected all non empirical claims to truth and purported to make all science presupposition less. The rise and fall of logical positivism has been one of the major themes of of twentieth century thought and illustrates the danger of placing too much emphasis on science and mathematics as an ideal for all knowledge. The restriction of rational inquiry to the modes of scientific verification and the processes of mathematical logic was far too confining for the containment of …

A Collocation Method For Fredholm Integral Equations Of The Second Kind, Elias N. Houstis, T. S. Papatheordorou

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Predicting The Number Of Bugs Expected In A Program Module, Linda M. Ottenstein, Victor B. Schneider, Maurice H. Halstead

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Terminal Talk - The Wofford Connection - September 1976, Wofford College Computer Center

Terminal Talk

No abstract provided.

Some Data And Observation On Research Publication (A) Numerical Computation, (B) Programming Languages And Systems, John R. Rice

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.