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Oral history interview with Simon E. Gluck, Hans B. Marx, Douglas C. Wendell, Lyle G. Thompson, and J. Jay Wolf
No full textTranscript, 108 pp.Gluck, Marx, Thompson, Wendell, and Wolf discuss the growth of research and development within the Burroughs Corporation.
Subjects include: the establishment and growth of the Paoli research and development facility; research on electronic equipment for banks; research on general and special purpose computers; and the integration of Burroughs acquisitions--ElectroData Corporation and System Development Corporation--into Burroughs research and development.Wolf, J. Jay; Wendell, Douglas C.; Thompson, Lyle G.; Marx, Hans B.; Gluck, Simon E.. (1986). Oral history interview with Simon E. Gluck, Hans B. Marx, Douglas C. Wendell, Lyle G. Thompson, and J. Jay Wolf. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/107327
On Thompson Problem
No full textIn 1987, the second author of this paper reported his conjecture, all finite
simple groups can be characterized uniformly using the order of and the
set of element orders in , to Prof. J. G. Thompson. In their communications,
Thompson posed his problem about the judgment of solvability of finite groups
. In this paper we give a positive answer for Thompson's problem if the
prime graph of is not connection.Comment: 8 page
DS_10.1177_0272989X17753380 – Supplemental material for Discrete Event Simulation for Decision Modeling in Health Care: Lessons from Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening
No full textSupplemental material, DS_10.1177_0272989X17753380 for Discrete Event Simulation for Decision Modeling in Health Care: Lessons from Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening by Matthew J. Glover, Edmund Jones, Katya L. Masconi, Michael J. Sweeting, Simon G. Thompson, and SWAN Collaborators in Medical Decision Making</p
Concentration in Knowledge Output: A case of Economics Journals
No full textThis paper assesses the degree of author concentration in seven economics journals, which were published in India during 1990-2002. To measure the degree of author concentration, Lotka's Law was used. Moreover, we also make an exploratory analysis of the geographic, economics subfield and institutional concentration in 704 economics journals. An important finding of this paper is that specialized journals in the sample report the highest degree of author concentration. This result is quite similar to the findings by Cox and Chung (1991). Furthermore, there are several instances showing that the journals lean towards certain norms; this may affect the flow of innovative ideas into economics. We conclude that a knowledge activity, involving the high degree of concentration and a biased publication process, may affect the flow of new ideas into the discipline.Concentration, Lotka's Law
A heuristic-based approach to code-smell detection
No full textEncapsulation and data hiding are central tenets of the object oriented paradigm. Deciding what data and behaviour to form into a class and where to draw the line between its public and private details can make the difference between a class that is an understandable, flexible and reusable abstraction and one which is not. This decision is a difficult one and may easily result in poor encapsulation which can then have serious implications for a number of system qualities. It is often hard to identify such encapsulation problems within large software systems until they cause a maintenance problem (which is usually too late) and attempting to perform such analysis manually can also be tedious and error prone. Two of the common encapsulation problems that can arise as a consequence of this decomposition process are data classes and god classes. Typically, these two problems occur together – data classes are lacking in functionality that has typically been sucked into an over-complicated and domineering god class. This paper describes the architecture of a tool which automatically detects data and god classes that has been developed as a plug-in for the Eclipse IDE. The technique has been evaluated in a controlled study on two large open source systems which compare the tool results to similar work by Marinescu, who employs a metrics-based approach to detecting such features. The study provides some valuable insights into the strengths and weaknesses of the two approache
Donald O. Thompson: A remembrance
No full textThis paper was developed from the remarks delivered to honor Don Thompson by the banquet speakers at the 40th QNDE meeting, July 2013. Don died peacefully at his home just days later on July 29th after a two year battle with cancer. “Don was a tenacious fighter for what he believed in, and his vision and perseverance did much to establish NDE in both the US and wider global R&D community. He will be greatly missed by his many friends and colleagues in the NDE community”.This proceeding may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and AIP Publishing. This proceeding appeared in Achenbach, Jan Drewes, G. Alers, Lester W. Schmerr Jr, and Leonard J. Bond. "Donald O. Thompson: A remembrance." AIP Conference Proceedings 1581, no. 1 (2014): 2135-2150. DOI: 10.1063/1.4865087. Posted with permission.</p
[Letter to J. G. O'Rielly Regarding Firefighting - October 15, 1943]
No full textLetter to J. G. O'Rielly of W. S. Darley & Company discussing the champion type "H" pump and an enclosed list of fire chiefs located throughout the Middle East. The author of this letter recommends that Mr. Rielly send photographs and the highest pressure recorded on this pump to Captain James C. Thompson
Letters to Andrew Inglis Clark, Tasmania, from Simon Sterne, New York, 11 May 1898
No full textLetters to Andrew Inglis Clark, Tasmania, from Simon Sterne (and Samuel Oppenheim), New York, 11 May 1898 - 23 May 1899 regarding pamphlets by Clark on proportional representation, congratulations on Clark's 'elevation to the bench', Sterne's trip to Europe, and the whereabouts of a painting by William Piguenit sent to the late Daniel G. Thompson.
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Letters to Andrew Inglis Clark, Tasmania, from Simon Sterne, New York, 16 August 1898
No full textLetters to Andrew Inglis Clark, Tasmania, from Simon Sterne , New York, 16 August 1898 regarding pamphlets by Clark on proportional representation, congratulations on Clark's 'elevation to the bench', Sterne's trip to Europe, and the whereabouts of a painting by William Piguenit sent to the late Daniel G. Thompson.
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