Advances in Computers
Academic Press
Published on 1. January 1966
309 pages
978-0-08-056638-2 (ISBN)
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Volume 6 reflects the editors' conviction that application of digital computers to areas akin to human thinking-machine-aided cognition, to borrow a term from another environment-is one of the most active frontiers of development in our time. Articles in this volume deal with two such areas: information retrieval and what is called "ultraintelligent machines.
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F. L. Alt | M. Rubinoff
Advances in Computers: v. 6
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Content
- Front Cover
- Advances in Computers, Volume 6
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Contributors to Volume 6
- Preface
- Contents of Previous Volumes
- Chapter 1. Information Retrieval
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The Information-Storage and -Retrieval Cyole
- 3. Types of Retrieval
- 4. Automatic Document Indexing and Classification
- 5. Automatic Aids to Retrieval and Dissemination
- 6. Automatic Fact Retrieval
- 7. Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 2. Speculations Concerning the First Ultraintelligent Machine
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Ultraintelligent Machines and their Value
- 3. Communication as Regeneration
- 4. Some Representations of "Meaning" and Their Relevance to Intelligent Machines
- 5. Recall and Information Retrieval
- 6. Cell Assemblies and Subassemblies
- 7. An Assembly Theory of Meaning
- 8. The Economy of Meaning
- 9. Conclusions
- 10. Appendix: Informational and Causal Interactions
- References
- Chapter 3. Digital Training Devices
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Training Requirements
- 3. Training Simulators Using General purpose Digital Computers
- 4. Programming Considerations
- 5. Non-Training Uses of a Training Simulator
- 6. Future Training Device Requirements
- Chapter 4. Number Systems and Arithmetic
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Classification and Characterization of Number Systems
- 3. Addition
- 4. Redundant Number Systems
- 5. Multiplication
- 6. Division
- 7. Residue Number Systems
- 8. Digit by Digit Computation
- References
- Chapter 5. Considerations on Man versus Machines for Space Probing
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Human and Machine Intelligence
- 3. Problem Definition in Engineering Terms
- 4. Summary of Information Handling by Man and Machines
- 5. Information Capacity of the Human Channel
- Acoustic and Visual Stimuli
- 6. Somesthetic Communication
- 7. Data Processing by Machines
- 8. Comparison of the Bit Rate in Manned and Mechanized Systems
- 9. Considerations on the Communication Links
- 10. Possible Solutions and Recommendations
- 11. Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Chapter 6. Data Collection and Reduction for Nuclear Particle Trace Detectors
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Bubble Chambers
- 3. The Data Reduction Problem for Bubble Chambers
- 4. Advances in Automatic Data Analysis for Bubble Chambers
- 5. Spark Chambers
- 6. The Data Problem for Spark Chambers
- 7. Filmless Operation of Spark Chambers
- 8. Some Other Particle Trace Detectors
- 9. On-Line Data Processing in Physics
- Bibliography
- Author Index
- Subject Index
