Advances in Computers, Vol. 6 9780120121069

Table of contents :
Front Cover......Page 1
Advances in Computers, Volume 6......Page 4
Copyright Page......Page 5
Contents......Page 10
Contributors to Volume 6......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
Contents of Previous Volumes......Page 13
1. Introduction......Page 18
2. The Information-Storage and -Retrieval Cyole......Page 21
3. Types of Retrieval......Page 23
4. Automatic Document Indexing and Classification......Page 25
5. Automatic Aids to Retrieval and Dissemination......Page 35
6. Automatic Fact Retrieval......Page 39
7. Conclusion......Page 42
References......Page 45
1. Introduction......Page 48
2. Ultraintelligent Machines and their Value......Page 50
3. Communication as Regeneration......Page 54
4. Some Representations of “Meaning” and Their Relevance to Intelligent Machines......Page 57
5. Recall and Information Retrieval......Page 60
6. Cell Assemblies and Subassemblies......Page 71
7. An Assembly Theory of Meaning......Page 91
8. The Economy of Meaning......Page 94
9. Conclusions......Page 95
10. Appendix: Informational and Causal Interactions......Page 97
References......Page 100
1. Introduction......Page 106
2. Training Requirements......Page 107
3. Training Simulators Using General purpose Digital Computers......Page 118
4. Programming Considerations......Page 139
5. Non-Training Uses of a Training Simulator......Page 143
6. Future Training Device Requirements......Page 145
1. Introduction......Page 148
2. Classification and Characterization of Number Systems......Page 149
3. Addition......Page 160
4. Redundant Number Systems......Page 174
5. Multiplication......Page 180
6. Division......Page 185
7. Residue Number Systems......Page 194
8. Digit by Digit Computation......Page 199
References......Page 208
1. Introduction......Page 212
2. Human and Machine Intelligence......Page 214
3. Problem Definition in Engineering Terms......Page 221
4. Summary of Information Handling by Man and Machines......Page 223
5. Information Capacity of the Human Channel; Acoustic and Visual Stimuli......Page 225
6. Somesthetic Communication......Page 233
7. Data Processing by Machines......Page 235
8. Comparison of the Bit Rate in Manned and Mechanized Systems......Page 238
9. Considerations on the Communication Links......Page 239
10. Possible Solutions and Recommendations......Page 241
Bibliography......Page 242
1. Introduction......Page 246
2. Bubble Chambers......Page 248
3. The Data Reduction Problem for Bubble Chambers......Page 252
4. Advances in Automatic Data Analysis for Bubble Chambers......Page 262
5. Spark Chambers......Page 287
6. The Data Problem for Spark Chambers......Page 294
7. Filmless Operation of Spark Chambers......Page 296
8. Some Other Particle Trace Detectors......Page 307
9. On-Line Data Processing in Physics......Page 310
Bibliography......Page 311
Author Index......Page 314
Subject Index......Page 319