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, Computer, May 1985 Message-ID: <2567@wateng.UUCP> Date: Fri, 21-Jun-85 15:53:32 EDT Article-I.D.: wateng.2567 Posted: Fri Jun 21 15:53:32 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 23-Jun-85 00:14:57 EDT Distribution: net Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 85 %A Gary H. Sockut %T A Framework for Logical Level Changes within Database Systems %J Computer %I IEEE %V 18 %N 5 %D May 1985 %P 9-27 %X Logical-level changes within a database system have generic characteristics that can be identified and grouped to form a powerful conceptual framework %K relational codasyl dbtg network relational conversion %A Masasuke Morita %T Japanese Text Input System %J Computer %I IEEE %V 18 %N 5 %D May 1985 %P 29-35 %X Written Japanese presents a number of difficulties for keyboard operators. This system combines a new keyboard and software program to make input easier and faster %K kanji keyboard %A John DeRosa %A Richard Glackemeyer %A Thomas Knight %T Design and Implementation of the VAX 8600 Pipeline %J Computer %I IEEE %V 18 %N 5 %D May 1985 %P 38-48 %X VAX 8600 pipelining allows the processing of as many as four macroinstructions at once. In addition, the machine cycle time is cut by more than half. %K microcoding %A Marshall D. Abrams %T Observations on Operating a Local Area Network %J Computer %I IEEE %V 18 %N 5 %D May 1985 %P 51-65 %X Local networks, part of the evolving data communications environment, provide shared use of resources through a hierarchy of value added services. %K lan lacn internetwork resource sharing distributed systems %A martin Bartschi %T An Overview of Information Retrieval Subjects %J Computer %I IEEE %V 18 %N 5 %D May 1985 %P 67-84 %X Fuzzy set models, vector space models, and probabilistic models have all been proposed to information retrieval problems. Despite such efforts, many of these problems remain unsolved. %K fuzzy set vector space probabilistic document recovery keyword %A Barry G. Silverman %T Software Cost and Productivity: An Analogical View %J Computer %I IEEE %V 18 %N 5 %D May 1985 %P 86-96 %X By making small adjustments in information flows and job designs, software mangers can reuse existing software more effectively. %K software reuse analogy software engineering life cycle model -- - 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