An affirmative partial answer is provided to the question of whether it is possible to program parallel-processor computing systems to efficiently decrease execution time for useful problems. Parallel-processor systems are multiprocessor …
Jack L. Rosenfeld
Pages 645-655
Numerical Analysis is the study of methods and procedures used to obtain“approximate solutions” to mathematical problems. Much of the emphasis is on scientific calculation. The difficulties of education in such a broad area center …
Seymour V. Parter
Pages 661-663
Cryptographic techniques which can be used to maintain the confidentiality of information processed by computers are dealt with. Special emphasis is paid to the unique characteristics of computer files that make many cryptographic …
Dennie Van Tassel
Pages 664-665
A method of optimizing the computation of arithmetic and indexing expressions of a Fortran program is presented. The method is based on a linear analysis of the definition points of the variables and the branching and DO loop …
Vincent A. Busam, Donald E. Englund
Pages 666-674
The downhill method is a numerical method for solving complex equations ƒ(
z) = 0 on which the only restriction is that the function
w = ƒ(
z) must be analytical. An introduction to this method is given and a critical review of …
H. Bach
Pages 675-677
Robert G. Herriot
Pages 685-686
H. Bach
Pages 686-687
P. J. Claringbold
Pages 687-688
P. J. Claringbold
Pages 688-691
Ronald G. Parson
Pages 691-692
T. A. Bray
Page 692
K. S. Kölbig
Page 692
L. G. Proll
Page 692
Richard J. Fateman
Pages 694-695
Marsaglia and Bray [1] recommend incorporating two-line random number generators directly into FORTRAN programs. One of the advantages of this is the time saved in avoiding linkage to and fro from a subroutine. Implicit in their …
Dominic S. Seraphin
Page 695
This proposed American National Standard has been accepted for publication by American National Standards Committee X3, Computers and Information Processing. In order that the final version of the proposed standard reflect the …
Pages 696-698
Bernard A. Galler
Page 643
The operation of “folding” a program into the available memory is discussed. Measurements by Brawn et al. and by Nelson on an automatic folding mechanism of simple design, a demand paging unit built at the IBM Research Center …
D. Sayre
Pages 656-660
Multiprogramming as it is discussed here is a mode of computer operation in which two or more programs are concurrently in processor memory and proceeding, each using the same central processor unit (CPU) and input-output (I/O) …
Daniel J. Lasser
Pages 678-684
