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Annotated Bibliography of the Literature on Resource Sharing Computer Networks R. P. Blanc, I. W. Cotton, T. N. Pyke, Jr., and S. W. Watkins Computer Systems Section Information Processing Technology Division Institute for Computer Sciences and Technology National Bureau of Standards Washington, D.C. 20234 ^fAU Of U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, Frederick B. Dent, Secretary NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS, Richard W. Roberts, Director Issued September 1973 Library of Congress Catalog Number: 73-600268 National Bureau of Standards Special Publication 384 Nat. Bur. Stand. (U.S.), Spec. Publ. 384,95 pages (Sept. 1973) CODEN: XNBSAV For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402 (Order by SD Catalog No. C13.10:384). Price $1.25 CONTENTS Page 1. INTRODUCTION 1 2. CLASSIFICATION SCHEME 4 3. ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY 10 4. AUTHOR INDEX 56 5. CORPORATE AUTHOR INDEX 61 6. NETWORK INDEX 67 7. KWOC INDEX 69 8. REPORT NUMBER INDEX 88 iii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The authors acknowledge the extensive assistance pro- vided by members of the ICST Office of Computer Information in preparing this report. Under the guidance of Mr. M. S. Keplinger preparations for computer processing of the entire report leading to computer type setting of the end product were initiated and directed. Mrs. H. W. Hawes and Mr. C. L. Johnson provided substantial support in modifying the "CHA- OTIC" computer programs to produce the variety of indexes and the main listing in the desired format. Mrs. S. K. Sweeney, Mrs. J. Y. Jones and Mrs. B. D. Borke spent many hours inputting the bibliographic data and annotations onto magnetic tape. iv h Annotated Bibliography of the Literature on Resource Sharing Computer Networks * R. P. Blanc I . W . Cotton T. N. Pyke, Jr. S. W. Watkins This bibliography consists of re f e ren ces w i t critical annotations to the literature on computer networks. A classification scheme ha|s been developed to place each annotation iri acatego ry reflective of its content. Filve indexes to the bibliography are included: author index, corporate author index, network index, key word out of context index, and report number index. Key Words: Bibliography; computer network; data communications; resource sharing. 1 . INTRODUCTION A fully annotated bibliography on resource sharing computer networks has been prepared by the Computer Systems Section of the Institute for Computer Sciences and Technology. Its purpose is to serve as a working tool for the National Bureau of Standards and other efforts devoted to the plan- ning for the Networking for Science Program of the National Science Foundation. The operating objective has been to produce a continually updated and usable collection of documents together with a set of indexes and critical annotations. These can then be used to support the planning and development of the Networki ng for Science Program. * This work has been supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant AG-350. 1 In addition, it became clear as the bibliography was pre- pared that no coverage of similar scope and depth has been heretofore provided. Numerous requests for the completed bibliography have indicated a widespread need for it, and therefore, it has been produced in this readily available form as an NBS Special Publication. The bibliography covers computer networks consisting of independent computer systems which communicate with one another and share resources such as hardware, programs, or data and excludes, for example, articles on time-sharing and mult i -processing which deal specifically and exclusively with those topics. Ancillary topics are covered if they are sufficiently relevant. Errors of exclusion have been consid ered by the authors to be more serious than errors of inclu- sion. All articles which are clearly topical are included without regard to quality; one purpose of the annotations is to identify particularly worthwhile articles. Sources for inclusion in the bibliography have included all available related bibliographies, including those in Computing Reviews and those available through the ARPA Net- work Information Center. Complete coverage of the personal collections of individuals at NBS who have been working in the computer networking area for some time is also included. As papers and reports were made a part of this collection citations made within them were checked for potential addi- tional documents for the collection. In addition, recent 2 literature that may contain appropriate papers has been and is continually being searched. No documents of a classified nature are included; however, some reports that may be rather difficult to obtain but are formal reports of recog- nized organizations are included. No document is referenced in this bibliography unless it has actually been obtained for the collection at NBS. These documents are not, however, available from NBS except