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Saul Gorn Letter to the Editor . . . . . . . . . . 1
Alan J. Perlis Announcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1--1
Robert W. Bemer A Machine Method for Square-Root
Computation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6--7
Herbert S. Wilf Tables for Automatic Computation . . . . 8--11
B. C. Kenny and
J. A. Hunter A Programmed Binary Counter for the IBM
Type 650 Calculator . . . . . . . . . . 11--12
Mark Halpern Variable-Width Tables with Binary-Search
Facility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1--3
Murray Grumette IBM 704 Code-Nundrums . . . . . . . . . 3--4
Harold Wolpe Algorithm for Analyzing Logical
Statements to Produce a Truth Function
Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4--13
E. A. Weiss and
Henry P. T. Corley Letters to the editor . . . . . . . . . 5--5
W. Selden Need for an Algorithm . . . . . . . . . 7--9
Henry P. T. Corley Request for Methods or Programs . . . . 9--11
James B. Randels and
Roy F. Reeves Note On Empirical Bounds For Generating
Bessel Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . 3--5
Robert W. Bemer A Subroutine Method for Calculating
Logarithms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5--8
Anatol W. Holt General Purpose Programming Systems . . 7--9
Roger L. Sisson An Improved Decimal Redundancy Check . . 10--12
William H. Kautz Binary and Truth-Function Operations on
a Decimal Computer with an Extract
Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12--13
E. F. Morris and
T. E. Wohr Unusual Applications Department ---
Automatic Implementation of Computer
Logic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14--20
F. M. Verzuh and
Charles C. Holt Letters to the editor . . . . . . . . . 3--3
Edward A. Voorhees Algebraic Formulation of Flow Diagrams 4--8
J. H. Wegstein Accelerating Convergence of Iterative
Processes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9--13
Quentin Correll and
Otto Matty Khodr and
Alexander Vanderburgh, Jr. Letters to the editor . . . . . . . . . 2--3
A. Vanderburgh The Lincoln Keyboard: a typewriter
keyboard designed for computer input
flexibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4--4
Eldridge S. Adams, Jr. and
Stewart I. Schlesinger Simple Automatic Coding Systems . . . . 5--9
Walter M. Carlson and
Roger L. Boyell and
B. Conway Letters to the editor . . . . . . . . . 2--2
Andrei P. Ershov On Programming of Arithmetic Operations 3--6
William H. Kautz and
Edward A. Voorhees and
T. A. Jeeves Automatic programming systems . . . . . 6--8
T. A. Jeeves Secant modification of Newton's method 9--10
John Giblin Recursive Curve Fitting Technique . . . 10--11
J. Strong and
J. Wegstein and
A. Tritter and
J. Olsztyn and
O. Mock and
T. Steel The problem of programming communication
with changing machines: a proposed
solution (Part 1) . . . . . . . . . . . 12--18
J. Gordon Stillson Letters to the editor . . . . . . . . . 2--2
Dickson H. Call and
Roy F. Reeves Error estimation in Runge--Kutta
procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7--8
J. Strong and
J. H. Wegstein and
A. Tritter and
J. Olsztyn and
Owen R. Mock and
T. Steel The Problem of Programming Communication
with Changing Machines A Proposed
Solution (Part 2) . . . . . . . . . . . 9--16
Melvin E. Conway Proposal for an UNCOL . . . . . . . . . 5--8
Iu. I. Ianov On The Equivalence and Transformation of
Program Schemes . . . . . . . . . . . . 8--12
John W. Carr, III Letters to the editor . . . . . . . . . 3--3
Mervin E. Muller The Use of Computers in Inspection
Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7--13
W. G. Wadey Two Square-Root Approximations . . . . . 13--14
Iu. I. Ianov On Matrix Program Schemes . . . . . . . 3--6
Iwao Sugai Extraction of Roots by Repeated
Subtractions for Digital Computers . . . 6--8
Alan J. Perlis and
K. Samelson Preliminary Report --- International
Algebraic Language . . . . . . . . . . . 8--22
R. W. Bemer and
Walter F. Bauer and
Philip R. Bagley Letters to the editor . . . . . . . . . 2--3
LeRoy A. Brothers and
Paul Armer and
Millard H. Perstein and
Dan C. Wilkins and
P. A. Zaphyr and
M. J. R. Healy and
H. M. Lieberstein and
Bruce Gilchrist Letter to the editor of operations
research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4--5
Virginia Nather and
Ward C. Sangren Abstracts --- nuclear reactor codes . . 6--32
John W. Carr III Recursive Subscripting Compilers and
List-Type Memories . . . . . . . . . . . 4--6
Julien Green Possible Modifications to the
International Algebraic Language . . . . 6--8
Peter B. Sheridan The Arithmetic Translator Compiler of
the IBM FORTRAN Automatic Coding System 9--21
William F. Luebbert and
Percy W. Collom, Jr. Signal Corps Research and Development on
Automatic Programming of Digital
Computers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22--27
R. C. Hansen and
L. L. Bailin and
R. W. Rutishauser Scientific and business applications: on
computing radiation integrals . . . . . 28--31
John E. Powers Elimination of Special Functions from
Differential Equations . . . . . . . . . 3--4
John R. Howell An Iterative Method for Fitting the
Logistic Curve . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5--6
J. H. Wegstein From Formulas to Computer Oriented
Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6--8
Robert W. Bemer A Checklist of Intelligence for
Programming Systems . . . . . . . . . . 8--13
Bernard A. Galler Letters to the editor . . . . . . . . . 6--9
R. E. Gilman A Mathematical Procedure for Machine
Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10--12
Paolo Ercoli and
Roberto Vacca Binary Arithmetic for Discretely
Variable Word Length in a Serial
Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13--15
E. H. Larson and
D. P. Marshall A routine to find the solution of
simultaneous linear equations with
polynomial coefficients . . . . . . . . 16--17
J. S. Hicks and
R. F. Wheeling An Efficient Method for Generating
Uniformly Distributed Points on the
Surface of an $n$-Dimensional Sphere . . 17--19
Mervin E. Muller A Note on a Method for Generating Points
Uniformly on $N$-Dimensional Spheres . . 19--20
Alan J. Perlis Letters to the editor . . . . . . . . . 3--9
John W. Carr, III Error Analysis in Floating Point
Arithmetic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10--15
Robert W. Bemer Automatic programming systems . . . . . 16--16
Anonymous Scientific and business applications:
survey of progress and trend of
development and use of automatic data
processing in business and management
control systems of the Federal
Government, as of December 1957 --- II 17--20
John W. Carr III and
Alan J. Perlis and
James E. Robertson and
Norman R. Scott A Visit to Computation Centers in the
Soviet Union . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8--20
Francis A. Williams Handling Identifiers as Internal Symbols
in Language Processors . . . . . . . . . 21--24
William H. Anderson Scientific and business applications:
NORC High-Speed Printer . . . . . . . . 25--26
B. L. Schwartz and
H. A. Cress A Technique for Computing Critical
Rotational Speeds of Flexible Shafts on
an Automatic Computer . . . . . . . . . 27--31
Heinz Schecher Programming for a Machine With an
Extended Address Calculational Mechanism 32--38
A. Wouk Remarks on the Practical Solution of
Characteristic Value Problems . . . . . 38--39
Bruce W. Arden and
R. Graham On GAT and the Construction of
Translators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24--26
Donald Taranto Binary Conversion, with Fixed Decimal
Precision, of a Decimal Fraction . . . . 27--27
Wen M. Chow Parameter Estimation for Simple
Nonlinear Models . . . . . . . . . . . . 28--29
Donald L. Shell A High-Speed Sorting Procedure . . . . . 30--32
Hans W. Gschwind A Real Time Data Assimilator . . . . . . 33--36
John McCarthy Letter to the Editor . . . . . . . . . . 2--3
Alan J. Perlis Letters to the editor . . . . . . . . . 2--5
Jack Hollingsworth An Educational Program in Computing . . 6--6
Philip R. Bagley Proposal for a Feasible Programming
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7--10
M. J. Aegerter Construction of a Set of Test Matrices 10--12
John W. Hamblen Statistical programs for the IBM 650 ---
Part I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13--18
Louis Fein The Role of the University in Computers,
Data Processing and Related Fields . . . 7--14
Nelson M. Blachman Central-European Computers . . . . . . . 14--18
Robert W. Bemer A Proposal for a Generalized Card Code
for 256 Characters . . . . . . . . . . . 19--23
Edsger W. Dijkstra and
W. Heise and
Alan J. Perlis and
K. Samelson ALGOL Sub-Committee Report ---
Extensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Edsger W. Dijkstra Communication with an Automatic Computer 24--24
Julien Green Remarks on ALGOL and Symbol Manipulation 25--27
Shu-T'ien Li Octal Diagrams of Binary Conception and
Their Applicability to Computer Design
Logic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28--29
Fred H. Lesh Multi-Dimensional Least-Squares
Polynomial Curve Fitting . . . . . . . . 29--30
Scot D. Hornick IBM 709 Tape Matrix Compiler . . . . . . 31--32
Stephen J. Wersan The Alpha Vector Transformation of a
System of Linear Constraints . . . . . . 33--34
Anonymous Survey of progress and trend of
development and use of automatic data
processing in business and management
control systems of the Federal
Government, as of December 1957 --- III 34--43
U. A. Machmudov and
A. S. Popov LEM-1, Small Size General Purpose
Digital Computer Using Magnetic
(Ferrite) Elements . . . . . . . . . . . 3--9
Isao Takasaki J.E.I.D.A. and its computer center . . . 10--16
H. S. Bright Standards: Proposed standard flow chart
symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17--17
W. Barkley Fritz and
Marion Campbell and
Webb T. Comfort and
Frank Engel and
Millard H. Perstein and
Joseph H. Wegstein Proposed Standard Flow Chart Symbols . . 17--18
H. Kanner An Algebraic Translator . . . . . . . . 19--22
W. R. Brittenham and
K. Clark and
G. Kuss and
H. Thompson SALE, a Simple Algebraic Language for
Engineers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22--24
Harvy Bratman and
Julien Green and
John Stockman and
Albert R. Watson Recommendations of the SHARE ALGOL
Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25--26
J. M. Cook Remarks on a Recent Paper: ``An
Efficient Method for Generating
Uniformly Distributed Points on the
Surface of an $n$-Dimensional Sphere''
(2, No. 4 (1959), 17) . . . . . . . . . 26--26
Saul Gorn and
P. Z. Ingerman and
J. B. Crozier On the Construction of Micro-Flowcharts 27--31
John W. Hamblen Statistical programs for the IBM 650 ---
Part II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32--37
C. T. Fike Scientific and Business Applications:
\sc Oracle Curve Plotter . . . . . . . . 38--39
Stephen J. Wersan Corrigendum: ``The Alpha Vector
Transformation of a System of Linear
Constraints'' . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39--39
Mortin Nadler and
A. Sengupta Shift-Register Code for Indexing
Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40--43
E. M. Zaitzeff and
Morton M. Astrahan Russian Visit to U.S. Computers . . . . 4--11
E. F. Codd and
E. S. Lowry and
E. McDonough and
Casper A. Scalzi Multiprogramming STRETCH: Feasibility
Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13--17
W. T. Gant Flow Outlining --- A Substitute for Flow
Charting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17--17
Donald E. Knuth RUNCIBLE --- algebraic translation on a
limited computer . . . . . . . . . . . . 18--21
Irwin D. Greenwald A Technique for Handling Macro
Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21--22
Diran Sarafyan A New Method of Computation of Square
Roots Without Using Division . . . . . . 23--24
Morton Nadler Some Notes on Computer Research in
Eastern Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1--2
Wilfried Buchholz Fingers or Fists? (The Choice of Decimal
or Binary Representation) . . . . . . . 3--11
Philip Wolfe The Secant Method for Simultaneous
Nonlinear Equations . . . . . . . . . . 12--13
Edgar T. Irons and
F. S. Acton A Proposed Interpretation in ALGOL . . . 14--15
Stanley M. Humphrey Impact of computer developments: an
address before the Bendix G-15 users
exchange conference, September 17, 1959 16--19
Richard W. Conway and
B. M. Johnson and
William L. Maxwell A Queue Network Simulator for the IBM
650 and Burroughs 220 . . . . . . . . . 20--23
Anonymous Corrigendum: ``A Technique for Handling
Macro Instructions'', by Irwin D.
Greenwald, \em Communications ACM \bf 2,
No. 11 (Nov. 1959) . . . . . . . . . . . 75--75
J. F. Traub Comments on a recent paper [``A New
Method of Computation of Square Roots
Without Using Division''] . . . . . . . 86--86
Hans J. Maehly and
J. Svigals and
J. B. Reid Letters to the Editor: Fingers or Fists?
(The Choice of Decimal or Binary
Representation) . . . . . . . . . . . . A11--A13
J. F. Traub Comment on a Previous Paper [M. J.
Aegerter, \em Construction of a Set of
Test Matrices, Comm. ACM \bf 2(8),
10--12 August (1990)] . . . . . . . . . 352--352