pdbain@wateng.UUCP (Peter Bain) (07/02/85)
%A Phillip Ein-Dor
%T Grosch's Law Re-Visited: CPU Power and the Cost of Computation
%J CACM
%I ACM
%V 28
%N 2
%D Feb. 1985
%P 142-151
%X Given the increasing differentiation of the computer product market,
is it still advisable to accomplish a task on the least powerful
computer capable of performing it?
%K economies of scale mainframes minicomputers microcomputers
supercomputers decentralization
%A Ronald S. Lemos
%T Rating the Major Computer Periodicals on Readability
%J CACM
%I ACM
%V 28
%N 2
%D Feb. 1985
%P 152-157
%X A readability analysis of 10 leading computer periodicals raises
questions about the degree of difficulty found
%K human factors flesch index
%A Niklaus Wirth
%T From Programming Language Design to Computer Construction
%J CACM
%I ACM
%V 28
%N 2
%D Feb. 1985
%P 160-164
%X Wirth's retrospective traces his work in programming language
design (and ultimately hardware design), highlighting the principles
that have served him well.
%K algol pascal modula lilith
%A Bernard C. Riemann
%A Allan D. Waren
%T User-Oriented Criteria for the Selection of DSS Software
%J CACM
%I ACM
%V 28
%N 2
%D Feb. 1985
%P 166-179
%X Decision support system emphasis on the end-user means that
a slightly different orientation is needed in the selection process
%K decision support systems management information systems software
evaluation
%A Stephen Hose' hanson
%A Richard R. Rosinski
%T Programmer Perceptions of Productivity and Programming Tools
%J CACM
%I ACM
%V 28
%N 2
%D Feb. 1985
%P 180-189
%X Psychometric preference scaling methods are used to determine which
programming tools - based on programmer perceptions - most favourably
affect the software creation process
%K software engineering tools productivity
%A C. Michael Overstreet
%A Richard E. Nance
%T A Specification Language to Assist in Analysis of Discrete Event
Simulation Models
%J CACM
%I ACM
%V 28
%N 2
%D Feb. 1985
%P 190-201
%X A new specification language aids dicrete event modelling by
interposing an intermediate form between the conceptual model and an
executable representation.
%K modelling modeling event oriented
%A Daniel D. Sleator
%A Robert E. Tarjan
%T Amortized Efficiency of List Update and Paging Rules
%J CACM
%I ACM
%V 28
%N 2
%D Feb. 1985
%P 202-208
%X Amortized complexity analysis of two list update and paging rules -
"move to front" and LRU - provides a more robust measure than the
traditional average-case analysis
%K self-organizing lists move to front lru least recently used access
cost analysis
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