Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site wateng.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!wateng!pdbain From: pdbain@wateng.UUCP (Peter Bain) Newsgroups: net.mag Subject: TOC, CACM Feb. 1985 Message-ID: <2597@wateng.UUCP> Date: Tue, 2-Jul-85 15:13:49 EDT Article-I.D.: wateng.2597 Posted: Tue Jul 2 15:13:49 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 3-Jul-85 06:23:06 EDT Distribution: net Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 103 %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 -- - peter bain ...!{allegra|decvax|clyde|ihnp4 }!watmath!wateng!pdbain hard mail: CCNG, CPH-2369A, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ont. Canada N2M 5G4 telephone: (519) 885-1211 x2810