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Western APL A May/June 1981, Vol 9/No 3, 8

Actuarial/Insurance Applications Software

Graphics for the Actuary, Jim Spurgeon CONSOL, Margaret Reilly July/August 1981, Vol 9/No 4, 9 March/April 1981, Vol 9/No 2, 2-4 Winnipeg Week MABRA, a new release, Hugh Hyndman and September/October 1981, Vol 9/No 5, 4 Steve Halasz May/June 1981, Vol 9/No 3, 2-5 Project Management, Ken Chakahwata American Petroleum Institute September /October 1981, Vol 9 /No 5, 3 SAGA, A Graphics Language for APL Program­ API Weekly Statistical Bulletin, Brian Hart mers, Mike Holloway July/August 1981, Vol 9/No 4, 10 November/December 1981, Vol 9/No 6, 5- 7 Unlocking the I.P. Sharp Public Libraries (The APL Conferences, Meetings Glass Box Approach), Lib Gibson January/February 1981, Vol 9/No 1, 1 APL Blossoms in SFO, Arlene Azzarello November/December 1981, Vol 9/No 6, 7 APL Club Germany E.V. Aviation March/April 1981, Vol 9/No 2, 4 APL 81 Air Transportation Seminar March/April 1981, Vol 9/No 2, 5 January/February 1981, Vol 9/No 1, 4 APL82 Heidelberg Expanded Service to the Aviation Industry July/August 1981, Vol 9/No 4, 13 July/August 1981, Vol 9/No 4, 10 APL Forum in Vienna, Gottfried Bach September/October 1981, Vol 9/No 5, 5 Expanding Audience for APL Myths, Peter Mee·kin July/August 1981, Vol 9/No 4, 12 B NY SIGAPL-A Report September /October 1981, Tech Supp 34, Back Up Schedule TS Panel Discussion on the Use of Enclosed Arrays, Back Up Schedule Roland Pesch March/April 1981, Tech Supp 31, T4 November/December 1981, Tech Supp 35, T3-T4 Third Dutch APL Mini Congress BI/DATA see Business International Data Base July/August 1981, Vol 9/No 4, 13

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Book Reviews I.P. Sharp Exhibits at COMPEC '80, David Chivers APL/STAT, Mike Powell January/February 1981, Vol 9/No 1, 5 May/June 1981, Vol 9/No 3, 8

CONSOL Branching CONSOL, Margaret Reilly Whether Conditions, Stephen Taylor March/April 1981, Vol 9/No 2, 2-4 July/August 1981, Tech Supp 33, T10-T11

Contests Business International Data Base Contest 10 Entrants, Please Note, Comparing International Statistics using the BI Eugene McDonnell and OECD Data Bases March/ April 1981, Tech Supp 31, T3 November/December 1981, Vol 9/No 6, Contest 10 Results 2- 4 January/February 1981, Tech Supp 30, T6 Contest 11 Results, Phil Chastney July/August 1981, Tech Supp 33, T9-T10 C Dead Key Puzzle, Eugene McDonnell January/February 1981, Tech Supp 30, TS Combinatorics D Practical Combinatorics I, J. Henri Schueler March/April 1981, Tech Supp 31, T3 Practical Combinatorics, Part I, Robert Metzger Data Bases January/February 1981, Tech Supp 30, T6-T8 API Weekly Statistical Bulletin, Brian Hart Practical Combinatorics, Part II, Robert Metzger July/August 1981, Vol 9/No 4, 10 March/April 1981, Tech Supp 31, T1-T3 Comparing International Statistics using the BI and OECD Data Bases November/December 1 981, Vol 9 /No 6, Complex Numbers 2- 4 Data Base Trends, David Keith Application of Complex Numbers to Sampled March/April 1981, Vol 9/No 2, 6 Data Systems, Helmut Mach New Reference and Applications Library for September/October 1981, Tech Supp 34, Public Data Bases, Ray Chantler T1-T3 January/February 1981, Vol 9/No 1, 2 New Stockmarket Data Base, Marc Odho November/December 1981, Vol 9/No 6, Computer Centre 8- 9 New Toronto Stock Exchange Index and Stock SHARP APL Computer Centre, Bill Apsit (TSE 300) Data, George Bihus January/February 1981, Vol 9/No 1, 7 January/February 1981, Vol 9/No 1, 3-4 Subscription Fee Removed from EUROCHARTS COMMODITIES Data Base, Marc Odho Conferences, Meetings July/August 1981, Vol 9/No 4, 10 U.S. National Planning Association Economic Forum SUPELEC, Nelly Detre Data Base, Bill Flowers May/June 1981, Vol 9/No 3, 8 May/June 1981, Vol 9/No 3, 1-2

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Education Graphics

A Fresh Approach to Teaching APL Graphics for the Actuary, Jim Spurgeon September/October 1981, Vol 9/No 4, 1-2 July/August 1981, Vol 9/No 4, 9 SAGA, A Graphics Language for APL Program­ mers, Mike Holloway Enclosed Arrays November/December 1981, Vol 9/No 6, 5-7 Panel Discussion on the Use of Enclosed Arrays, Tracking Ocean Currents with the help of Roland Pesch SHARP APL Graphics, Michael Berry November/December 1981, Tech Supp 35, March/April 1981, Vol 9/No 2, 5 T3-T4

Greatest Common Divisor EUROCHARTS COMMODITIES Data Base Greatest Common Divisor and Least Common Subscription Fee Removed from EUROCHARTS Multiple now available as Primitive Func­ COMMODITIES Data Base, Marc Odho tions, Paul Berry July/August 1981, Vol 9/No 4, 10 January/February 1981, Tech Supp 30, T1-T4 Exponential Smoothing H A Letter to the Editor, Louis Fulkerson January/February 1981, Tech Supp 30, TS Hong Kong

Hong Kong on the occasion of the opening, F James Sinclair September/October 1981, Vol 9/No 5, 5-6 Factorial Correspondence Analysis

Factorial Correspondence Analysis, L Nathalie Merlin July/August 1981, Tech Supp 33, T3-T4 Least Common Multiple

Far East Greatest Common Divisor and Least Common Multiple now available as Primitive Func­ Hong Kong on the occasion of the opening, tions, Paul Berry James Sinclair January/February 1981, Tech Supp 30, September/October 1981, Vol 9/No 5, 5-6 T1-T4 Joint Venture with Singapore Airlines November/December 1981, Vol 9/No 6, 1 Local Service in the Far East March/April 1981, Vol 9/No 2, 1

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MABRA Programming

MABRA, a new release, Hugh Hyndman and The Psychology of Writing Programs, Peter Airs Steve Halasz May/June 1981, Vol 9/No 3, 9-10 May/June 1981, Vol 9/No 3, 2-5 Whether Conditions, Stephen Taylor July/August 1981, Tech Supp 33, T10-Tl1 N Public Data Bases see Data Bases

NASTOCK Data Base

New Stockmarket Data Base, Marc Odho R November/December 1981, Vol 9/No 6, 8- 9 Report Formatting

Producing Reports to Specification Quickly, National Planning Association Data Base Workspace 1 FORMA'I' Revisited, James Sinclair U.S. National Planning Association Economic May/June 1981, Tech Supp 32, Tl-T3 Data Base, Bill Flowers May/June 1981, Vol 9/No 3, 1-2 s Network SAGA Major Network Change, Roger Moore July/August 1981, Vol 9/No 4, 1, Tech SAGA, A Graphics Language for APL Program­ Supp 33, Tl-T3 mers, Mike Holloway Network Topology November/December 1981, Vol 9/No 6, July/August 1981, Vol 9/No 4, 15 5- 7

0 Shared Variables

Shared Variables in APL Systems, Part 1, OECD Data Base Roland Pesch July/August 1981, Tech Supp 33, T5-T9 Comparing International Statistics using the BI Shared Variables, Part 2, Roland Pesch and OECD Data Bases September/October 1981, Tech Supp 34, November/December 1981, Vol 9/No 6, T9-T12 2-4 Terminology, Corrections and Notations, Roland Pesch September/October 1981, Tech Supp 34, Operations see System News T12

4 INDEX 1981 SHARP APL Factorial Correspondence Analysis, Nathalie Merlin Greatest Common Divisor and Least Common July/August 1981, Tech Supp 33, T3-T4 Multiple now available as Primitive Func­ tions, Paul Berry January/February 1981, Tech Supp 30, System News Tl-T4 A Model for the Extension of Monadic Thorn, Back Up Schedule Robert Bernecky March/April 1981, Tech Supp 31, T4 September/October 1981, Tech Supp 34, SHARP APL Computer Centre, Bill Apsit T6-T8 January/February 1981, Vol 9/No 1, 7 New Release of SHARP APL, Paul Berry System Reliability 80 July/August 1981, Vol 9/No 4, 1-8 March/ April 1981, Tech Supp 31, T4 Statement Separators, Robert Bernecky and Kenneth E. Iverson September /October 1981, Tech Supp 34, System Variables T4-T5 Transpose, Robert Metzger System Variables, Part I, Robert Metzger November/December 1981, Tech Supp 35, May/June 1981, Tech Supp 32, T3-T4 T1-T3 System Variables, Part II, Robert Metzger July/August 1981, Tech Supp 33, T11-T14 Singapore T Joint Venture with Singapore Airlines November/December 1981, Vol 9/No 6, 1 Teaching see Education

SNAP Thorn

Project Management, Ken Chakahwata A Model for the Extension of Monadic Thorn, September/October 1981, Vol 9/No 5, 3 Robert Bernecky September/October 1981, Tech Supp 34, T6-T8 Sorting

85 APLSORT, Brian G. Sharratt Transpose September/October 1981, Vol 9/No 5, 4 Transpose, Robert Metzger November/December 1981, Tech Supp 35, Statement Separators T1-T3

Statement Separators, Robert Bernecky and Kenneth E. Iverson TSE 300 Data Base September/October 1981, Tech Supp 34, T4-T5 New Toronto Stock Exchange Index and Stock (TSE 300) Data, George Bihus January/February 1981, Vol 9/No 1, 3-4 Statistics

APL/STAT, Mike Powell May/June 1981, Vol 9/No 3, 8

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