Communications of the ACM articles from September 1987

Communications of the ACM archives from September 1987

Authors.
September 1, 1987... authors NIV AHITUV A Meta-Model of Information Flow--A Tool to Support Information System Theory page 781 Niv Ahituv is an associate professor and chairperson of the Computer and Information Systems Program at the Faculty of management, Tel...

A gown for the princess: a parable for software engineers. (President's letter)
September 1, 1987... A Gown for the Princess: A Parable for Software Engineers Once upon a time, there lived a king who had a beautiful daughter. The king wished nothing more than to make her happy, and so he resolved that the princess should have a fine new gown...

A sample of brilliance. (in Programming Pearls)
September 1, 1987... A SAMPLE OF BRILLIANCE How can a computer deal a poker hand? If we assign each card in the deck its own integer between 1 and 52, then we can make a hand from a "random sample" of 5 integers in the range 1..52, for instance. 4 8 31 46 47 ...

The 1984 Olympic message system: a test of behavioral principles of system design. (includes related article on changes required for a field test)
September 1, 1987... THE 1984 OLYMPIC MESSAGE SYSTEM: A TEST OF BEHAVIORAL PRINCIPLES OF SYSTEM DESIGN This study is a comprehensive research effort aimed at evaluating a computer system design methodology. It reports on the 1984 Olympic Message System (OMS), a...

Corrigenda.
September 1, 1987... CORRIGENDA The following corrections have been made to the Research Contribution by Chris F. Kemerer, "An Empirical Validation of Software Cost Estimation Models," that appeared in the May 1987 (30, 5, 416-429) issue of Communications: P. 423,...

An object-oriented programming discipline for standard Pascal. (technical)
September 1, 1987... AN OBJECT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING DISCIPLINE FOR STANDARD PASCAL In recent years there has been considerable enthusiasm for object-oriented programming. In this type of programming, programs are based on objects, which are record-like data...

Processing encrypted data. (technical)
September 1, 1987... Processing Encrypted Data 1. INTRODUCTION A severe problem associated with commercial encrypted data-processing systems is the difficulty of securing data while the data are being processed by the computing system [2-5]. This paper...

Technical correspondence.
September 1, 1987... Technical Correspondence A LOCALLY ADAPTIVE DATA COMPRESSION SCHEME I would like to mention that the main results of the paper "A Locally Adaptive Data Compression Scheme" by Bentley, Sleator, Tarjan, and Wei [1] coincides with...

Calendar of events.
September 1, 1987... Calendar of Events ACM's calendar policy is to list open computer science meetings that are held on a not-for-profit basis. Not included in the calendar are educational seminars, institutes, and courses. Submittals should be substantiated...

Calls for papers.
September 1, 1987... Calls for Papers September 1 Symposium on Personal and Small Computers, Cannes, France. May 4-6, 1988. 5c., 5000 words to Dr. Fred Maryanski, CSE Dept., U-155, Univ. of Conn./Storrs, CT 06268. September 21 Conference...

Textbook authors schedule Las Vegas meeting. (in General News and Notes)
September 1, 1987... Textbook authors Schedule Las Vegas Meeting The newly formed Textbook authors Association announces its first open meeting to which textbook authors and prospective authors are invited. The one-day meeting is set for December 21, 1987, in Las...

The computer museum opens 'Smart Machines' exhibit. (in General News and Notes)
September 1, 1987... The computer Museum Opens "Smart Machines" Exhibit In June, boston's Computer Museum unveiled its permanent exhibit on artificial intelligence and robotics. The exhibit, called "Smart Machines," presents old and new forms of technology that...

Gio Wiederhold appointed TODS Editor-in-Chief. (in ACM News)
September 1, 1987... Gio Wiederhold Appointed TODS Editor-in-Chief ACM Transactions on Database Systems named Gio Wiederhold as its new editor-in chief, succeeding Robert W. Taylor. formerly TODS associate editor, Wiederhold is associate professor in Stanford...

CompuSearch sees slow data-processing job market for the second half of 1987. (in General News and Notes)
September 1, 1987... CompuSearch Sees Slow Data-Processing Job Market for the Second Half of 1987 CompuSearch, a division of Management Recruiters International, Inc., said planned staff increases for data-processing professionals will level off in the latter half...

Newton-Evans Research sees gain in industry microcomputer installations. (in General News and Notes)
September 1, 1987... Newton-Evans Research Sees Gain in Industry Microcomputer Installations Newton-Evans Research Company, based in Ellicott City, Maryland, projects significant gains in microcomputer installations within the "Fortune 1000" companies by year-end...

Price Waterhouse survey finds increased investment in applications software. (in General News and Notes)
September 1, 1987... Price Waterhouse Survey Finds Increased investment in Applications Software Price Waterhouse, the accounting firm based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, reported the 94 percent of manufacturers it surveyed plan to invest in applications software....

ANSI standard measures data communication performance systems. (in Standards News and Notes)
September 1, 1987... ANSI Standard Measures Data Communication Performance Systems The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) released a standard measurement method to help users evaluate performance of data communication systems. The standard, ANSI...